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FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Complete Schubert Edition: An 1822 Schubertiad John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Maarten Koningsberger (baritone) / Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 28 / CD - released 2/Feb/2002 ] 'There are unknown treasures here. Anyone who hasn't invested in this vast enterprise might well begin with this volume' (Classic CD) |
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WILLIAM ALWYN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Alwyn: Fantasy-Waltzes / Twelve Preludes John Ogdon (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1985 ] Recorded in Snape Maltings in October 1984 |
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ALKAN / BUSONI / RACHMANINOV / SCRIABIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - John Ogdon I John Ogdon (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniell Revenaugh [ Philips / EMI / Philips / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2000 ] Recordings made between 1960 & 1971 |
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FERRUCCIO BUSONI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Busoni: Concerto for piano, orchestra & male chorus, Op.39 John Ogdon (piano) / Men's Voices of the John Alldis Choir / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Daniell Revenaugh [ EMI Classics / CD - released 12/Feb/1989 ] Busoni's vast Piano Concerto lasts for nearly 70 minutes, and as well as the usual piano and orchestra combination requires, in the last of its five movements, a choir of men's voices. It was completed in 1904 and first performed in Berlin on 4... |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: MASTERPIECE Rachmaninov John Ogdon (piano) Roger Woodward (piano) Garrick Ohlsson (piano) Elizabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) Nicolai Gedda (tenor), etc [ EMI Studio / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/1990 ] Original recordings from 1962 - 1977 |
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PAUL HINDEMITH / LEOS JANACEK / DALIBOR VACKAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Music for Brass, Piano and Percussion John Wallace (trumpet) / Members of the Philharmonia Orchestra, Simon Wright, with Radoslav Kvapil (piano) & Evelyn Gennie (Xylophone) [ Nimbus The Wallace Collection / CD - released 2/Feb/1988 ] Scottish trumpeter John Wallace studied at King's College, Cambridge (1967-70), the Royal Academy of Music (1970-72), and York University (1972-74). His principal teachers included Alan Bush and David Blake. From 1976 until 1995, Wallace was... |
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Johnny Hodges (alto saxophone) with Lawrence Brown (trombone) Al Williams (piano) Aaron Bell (bass) Sam Woodyard (drums)
Johnny Hodges at Sportpalast, Berlin [ Pablo / 2 CD - released 2/Feb/1993 ] Recorded at the Sportpalast, Berlin; March 1961 |
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FINZI / BUTTERWORTH / BRITTEN / BOLCOM / IRELAND / QUILTER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Love Blows as the Wind Blows-English and American Songs Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone) Malcolm Martineau (piano) / Belcea Quartet [ EMI Music / CD - released 18/Oct/2005 ] Gramophone Awards 2002 Winner - Debut Recording |
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FRANZ LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Jorge Bolet ReDiscovered - Liszt recital Jorge Bolet (piano) [ RCA / BMG / CD - released 20/Feb/2004 ] Even before he was famous, he was already a legend among piano aficionados. Not until he won a 1985 Gramophone award for a Liszt album did Jorge Bolet, then already 70, graduate from insider tip to household name. |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Chopin - 24 Preludes Op 28 / 2 Ballades / Fantasie in F minor Jorge Bolet (piano) [ Decca Eloquence / CD - released 25/May/1999 ] The Cuban-American pianist, Jorge Bolet (1914-1990), was a pupil of the great virtuoso, Leopold Godowsky. Bolet's career reached its peak during his later years (1970-1990) and it was during this period that he made a number of outstanding recordings... |
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FRANZ LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Liszt: Piano Works - Années De Pèlerinage - Italie Jorge Bolet (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 26/May/1985 ] "Jorge Bolet's noble, somewhat restrained Liszt playing evokes a sound-world far removed from the pyrotechnicians who barnstorm their way through the etudes or opera transcriptions." ClassicsToday |
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W. A. MOZART / FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Clifford Curzon Clifford Curzon (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Istvan Kertesz [ Decca / Philips / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2000 ] "When you hear Mozart playing like this, you realize how superficial most other performances are." Gramophone |
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BOHUSLAV MARTINU
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Martinu: Rhapsody-Concerto For Viola And Orchestra / Piano Concerto No. 3 Josef Palenicek (piano) Josef Suk (viola) / Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Václav Neumann [ Supraphon / CD - released 6/May/1989 ] Track 1 - 3 recorded on 23 and 24 Febr., 1982. Track 4 & 5 recorded on 18 and 20 Nov., 1987 (Piano Concerto) Digital recorded at the DvoĆák Hall of the House of Artists, Prague. |
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ANTON RIBINSTEIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rubinstein: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Joseph Banowetz (piano) / Czech-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Alfred Walter [ Marco Polo / CD - released 2/Feb/1993 ] Recorded at the House of Arts in Kosice from March 3rd to 7th, 1992 |
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MOZART / SCHUMANN / CHOPIN / RACHMANINOV / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Jozef & Rosina Lhevinne Jozef & Rosina Lhevinne (piano) with Juilliard Orchestra, Members of the National Orchestra Assiociation [ Philips Great Pianists Of The 20th Century Vol. 64 / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2000 ] "These discs celebrate both an incomparable partnership and two Moscow Gold Medallists who achieved a legendary status in their separate careers." Gramophone |
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LUKAS FOSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Foss: Complete Vocal Chamber Music Judith Kellock (soprano) Lukas Foss (piano, narrator, conductor) / Cornell Contemporary Singers [ Koch International Classics / CD - released 5/Jun/1997 ] Foss was appointed professor of music at UCLA in 1953, replacing Arnold Schoenberg. While there he founded the Improvisation Chamber Ensemble, which made its Boston debut in 1962 for the Peabody Mason Concert series. He founded the Center of the... |
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DVORAK / BARBER / SCHOENBERG / SCHUMANN / COPLAND / FRANCK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Juilliard Quartet - 50 years Juilliard String Quartet, with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Leonard Berstein & Jorge Bolet (piano), Harold Wright (clarinet) [ Sony Classical / 2 CD Box Set - released 18/Jun/1996 ] When William Schuman founded a string quartet at New York's Juilliard School in 1946, he envisaged an ensemble not only to teach the elite New York conservatory's students but also, in its own public performances, to "play the standard repertoire... |
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DELIUS / VILLA-LOBOS / BACH / SCHUMANN / GRIEG / BRAHMS / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cello Song Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) John Lenehan (piano) [ Philips / CD - released 1/May/2018 ] A classic recording - Limited availability |
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FREDERICK DELIUS / EDVARD GRIEG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Delius & Grieg: Music for Cello and Piano Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) Bengt Forsberg (piano) [ Philips / CD - released 1/May/1996 ] 'Though a very high proportion of the music here is reflective, the meditative intensity of the playing sustains it well. The booklet contains a delightful photo of Delius with Grieg and his wife as well as Halvorsen and Sinding, all playing cards.'... |
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ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Julian Lloyd Webber plays Andrew Lloyd Webber Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Barry Wordsworth, with Andrew lloyd Webber (piano) [ Philips / CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] "Fans of the Lloyd Webbers shouldn't be disappointed." --Warwick Thompson |