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JOHANNES BRAHMS / ALBAN BERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra in A Minor, Op. 102 / Berg: Chamber Concerto for piano & violin with 13 Wind In Isaac Stern (violin) Yo-Yo Ma (cello) Peter Serkin (piano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony orchestra. Claudio Abbado [ Sony Music / CD - released 20/Oct/1988 ] "A striking feature of the performance is the quite ouitstanding playing of Yo-Yo Ma. the way he shapes the music is masterly, and his tone has a wonderfully unforced, golden quality." (Gramophone) |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No 1 'Titan' with 'Blumine' movement Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta [ EMI Classics Red Line / CD - released 18/Feb/2001 ] "..the new Mehta...continues the EMI tradition of a natural balance without garish highlighting." (Gramophone) |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Violin Concerto in D (with extra DVD of Beethoven Violin Concerto - 1st movement) Itzhak Perlman (violin) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini [ EMI Classics CD + DVD / 2 CD/DVD - released 20/Nov/1999 ] The classic 1977 recording reissued with an DVD bonus of the first movement of Beethoven's Violin Concerto live with the Berlin Philharmonic, filmed in 1992. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven - Triple Concerto / Choral Fantasy Itzhak Perlman (violin) Daniel Barenboim (piano) Yo-Yo Ma (cello) / The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra [ EMI Classics / EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 1/Oct/2015 ] Itzhak Perlman is joined by fellow veteran Daniel Barenboim and Yo-Yo Ma in two great Beethoven works |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No 1 / Three Violin Duets (with Glazunov - Violin Concerto) Itzhak Perlman (violin) / Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta (with Pinchas Zukerman, violin) [ EMI The Perlman Edition / CD - released 20/Nov/2015 ] "There is no violinist in the world who in sheers bravura can quite match Perlman, particularly live, and the ovation which greets hisdazzling peformance of the finale is richly deserved." (*** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide) |
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SARASATE / SAINT-SAENS / LALO / CHAUSSON / RAVEL / BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Itzhak Perlman: Greatest Hits (Incls Saraste - Carmen Fantasy) Itzhak Perlman (violin) / New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta / Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 30/Oct/1993 ] Born in Israel in 1945, Itzhak Perlman completed his initial training at the Academy of Music in Tel Aviv. He came to New York and soon was propelled into the international arena with an appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1958. (Wiki) |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Double Concerto Op 102 (with Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in E minor) Itzhak Perlman (violin) Yo-Yo Ma (cello) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ Teldec / CD - released 1/Feb/1997 ] "Perlman's 1993 Chicago version, strong and volatile, was recorded live… It makes an excellent coupling… with the powerful Perlman / Ma version of the Brahms Double Concerto" The Penguin Guide *** |
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KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Szymanowski: Songs of a Fairytale Princess, Op. 31 / Hafiz' Love-Songs, Op. 26 Iwona Sobotka, Katarina Karneus, Timothy Robinson / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle [ EMI Classics / CD - released 23/Nov/2006 ] "Always supreme in Szymanowski, Simon Rattle returns to his old stomping ground for these orchestral songs. The Birmingham band welcome him with full-blooded commitment and an almost hypnotically rich orchestral palette." Editor's Choice Gramophone |
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JOSEPH HAYDN / LUIGI BOCCHERINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (with Boccherini: Cello Concerto in B flat) Jacqueline Du Pre (cello) / English Chamber Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim, Sir John Barbirolli [ EMI Classics Great Recordings of the Century / CD - released 23/Oct/1998 ] At the age of four du Pré is said to have heard the sound of the cello on the radio and asked her mother for "one of those". She began with lessons from her mother, before enrolling at the London Violoncello School at age five. |
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FREDERICK DELIUS & VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Jacqueline du Pre - Recital plus Delius Cello Concerto Jacqueline du Pre (cello) with Gerald Moore (piano) Osian Ellis (harp) John Williams (guitar) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [ EMI Classics / CD - released 3/Jun/1995 ] Jacqueline du Pré was recognised during her brief prime as one of the supreme cellists of the 20th century, with an intense commitment and a well-honed technical mastery to back up her heaven-sent talents. |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: James Galway - Mozart James Galway (flute) / Lucerne Festival Strings, Rudolf Baumgartner, London Symphony Orchestra, Eduardo Mata, with Marisa Robles (harp) [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 20/May/1988 ] The Man With the Golden Flute, Sir James Galway, is featured in these classic recordings, with harpist Marisa Robles. Recorded 1974 and 1977 |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: James Galway plays Mozart James Galway (flute) / The Chamber Orchestra of Europe, with Marisa Robles (harp) [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 20/May/1993 ] The Man With the Golden Flute, Sir James Galway, is featured in these classic recordings, with harpist Marisa Robles. |
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ANTON EBERL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ebert: Piano Concerto / Piano Sonata James McChesney (piano) / Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Kemper [ Koch Schwann / CD - released 16/Nov/1994 ] "These are technically quite competent works whose temperament straddles both classical and romantic styles, but there probably won't be a rush to an Eberl revival anytime soon. " ClassicsToday |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Das Lied von der Ende / Kindertotenlieder / Des Knaben Wunderhorn Janet Baker, James King, Hermann Prey / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Bernard Haitink [ Philips Duo / 2 CD Box Set - released 30/Sep/2007 ] "The combination of this most deeply committed of Mahler singers with Haitink, the most thoughtfully dedicated of Mahler conductors, produces radiantly beautiful and moving results, helped by refined and atmospheric recording." 3 Stars Penguin. |
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MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ravel: Sheherazade (with lieder by Chausson, Duparc, Schumann & Brahms) [recorded in 1967] Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano) / New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli, London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn, & Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (ba [ Warner Classics Original Jacket Reissues / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/1999 ] A classic recording of Ravel's Shéhérazade, evoking a wealth of moods and sensations. Janet Baker, an irresistible storyteller, is accompanied on her journey by Sir John Barbirolli, conducting the New Philharmonia with sensitivity and imagination |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: Beatrice et Benedict (Complete opera) Janet Baker, Robert Tear, Christiane Eda-Pierre, Thomas Allen, Helen Watts, London Symphony Orchestra. Sir Colin Davis [ Philips / 2 CD - released 5/May/2005 ] Dame Janet Baker and Robert Tear lead an outstanding cast in this classic recording of Berlioz' operatic setting of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, under the baton of the distinguished Berlioz conductor Sir Colin Davis. |
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AARON COPLAND / WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI / CARL NIELSEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Copland / Lutoslawski / Nielsen: Works for Clarinet & Orchestra Janet Hilton (clarinet) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Matthias Bamert [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jan/1989 ] "Janet Hilton's new record couples two of the best, and most attractively complementary, twentieth-century clarinet concertos with what at the moment seems to be every clarinettist's favourite fill-up." Gramophone |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Ein Deutches Requiem [German Requiem] Op. 45 Janet Williams, Thomas Hampson / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ Warner Classics Apex / CD - released 7/Feb/2011 ] "Barenboim's Chicago reading is grippingly compulsive." Penguin Stereo Guide |
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ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire / Lied der Waldtaube / Erwartung Janis Martin (soprano) Yvonne Minton (reciter) Jessye Norman (mezzo) / Ensemble Intercontemporain, BBC Symphony Orchestra [ Sony Classical / CD - released 26/Jul/1993 ] A selection from the "Pierre Boulez Conducts Arnold Schoenberg" edition featuring the renowned conductor Pierre Boulez. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Violin Concerto In D / Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto In E Minor Jascha Heifetz (violin) / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch [ RCA Living Stereo / CD - released 4/Feb/1998 ] Jascha Heifetz has been called the first and greatest of all virtuosos. Critics agree when RCA Victor once dubbed him "The Violinist of the Century". |