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Lester Young (tenor saxophone)
Lester Young & The Piano Giants [ Verve Compact Jazz / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] Featuring teddy Wilson, John Lewis, Oscar Peterson, Nat King Cole, Hank Jones & Buddy Rich. |
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ANDREW IMBRIE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Imbrie: Requiem / Piano Concerto No. 3 Lisa Saffer (soprano) Alan Feinber (piano) / The New York Virtuoso Singers, Riverside Symphony, George Rothman [ Bridge / CD - released 2/Feb/1999 ] 2000 Grammy Nominee: Best Contemporary Composition Fanfare: Critic's Choice, Best of Year |
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FRANZ LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Liszt: Piano works Lise de la Salle (piano) [ Naive / CD - released 1/May/2011 ] "de la Salle gives us a Liszt recital of astonishing strength, poetry and, for one so young, musical maturity." Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine, September 2011 |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schumann: Complete works for solo instrument & orchestra Peter Frankl (piano), Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg, Laszlo Varga (cello), Westphalian Symphony Orchestra, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, etc [ Vox Box / 2 CD Box Set - released 7/Oct/1991 ] Robert Schumann's ambitions as a pianist were thwarted by a weakness in the fingers of one hand, but the 1830s nevertheless brought a number of compositions for the instrument. (booklet notes by Richard Freed) |
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RICHARD ARNELL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Arnell: Chamber Works (Incls 'String Quintet op.60') Locrian Ensemble [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] "The recording is excellent. Here then is another CD to restore to us yet one more generation of British composers which have been recently eclipsed by the avant garde." *** The Penguin Guide |
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JONANN BAPTIST CRAMER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cramer: Piano Concertos Nos. 2, 7 & 8 London Mozart Players / Howard Shelley (piano/director) [ Chandos / CD - released 4/Oct/2002 ] 'Howard Shelley plays with dazzling brilliance throughout...' The Guardian |
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Louis Armstrong, with Johnny Dodds (clarinet) Johnny St. Cyr (Banjo) Kid Ory (trombone) Lil Armstrong (piano)
The Hot Fives - Volume 1 [ CBS Jazz Masterworks / CD - released 6/Sep/1999 ] In 1925 Louis Armstrong's name meant little to the general public, even though his playing was revered by Countless jazz musicians. Only the initiated were aware that he had already eclipsed the work of pioneer cornetists like Freddy Keppard. |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Complete Schubert Edition: Schubert in 1816 Lucia Popp (soprano) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 17 / CD - released 10/May/2005 ] 'Piano-playing, notes and recording all enhance the virtues of this rewarding disc, which will surely be a thing of joy for many years to come' - Gramophone |
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EMMANUEL CHABRIER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Chabrier: Complete Melodies Ludovic de San (baritone), Diane Andersen (piano), with Luc Loubry (bassoon1) [ Discover / CD - released 10/Feb/2013 ] Recorded in 1993 - EMS Studios Brussels |
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XAVIER SCHARWENKA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Scharwenka: The Complete Chamber Music Lydia Morkovitch (violin) Levon Chilingirian (violin) Seta Tanyel (piano) etc [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 26/Nov/2002 ] "I have seldom heard a pianist on such good terms with her instrument" (Gramophone) |
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JOHN HARBISON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Harbison: String Quartets 1 & 2 / 'November 19, 1828' for piano and string trio Lydian String Quartet, with Yehudi Wyner (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 19/Jul/1992 ] Recorded At - Methuen Memorial Music Hall |
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BRITTEN / RAVEL / RESPIGHI / SCHULHOFF / SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Magdalena Kozena: Recital Magdalena Kozena (soprano) Malcolm Martineau (piano) Henschel Quartet [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 10/Mar/2004 ] GRAMOPHONE RECORDING OF THE YEAR FINALIST 2004: Vocal |
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NICOLAS MEDTNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Malcolm Binns plays Nicholas Medtner Malcolm Binns (piano) [ Pearl / CD - released 1/Jan/1998 ] Recorded 1976 and 1991 |
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WILLIAM STERNDALE BENNETT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bennett: Piano Concertos No 4 / Symphony in G minor / etc Malcolm Binns (piano) / Milton Keynes Chamber Orchestra, Hilary Davan Wetton [ Unicorn-Kanchana / CD - released 2/Feb/1990 ] Unicorn presents a re-release of three of the composer's most important works, expertly played by Davan Wetton's Milton Keynes forces and piano soloist, Malcolm Binns. |
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BEETHOVEN / ALKAN / CHOPIN / BALAKIREV / BUSONI / MEDTNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Marc-Andre Hamelin - Live At The Wigmore Hall Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Oct/2004 ] "The most dazzling piano disc of the year" The Guardian |
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ARNOLD BAX
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bax: Symphonic Variations & Morning Song Margaret Fingerhut (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Bryden Thomson (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Aug/1987 ] Recorded At - All Saints Church, Tooting, London |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Chopin: Nocturnes (Complete) (2CD) Maria Joao Pires (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon Duo / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1801-1850) - "one has no hesitation in declaring Maria João Pires among the most eloquent master-musicians of our time." - Gramophone Classical Good CD Guide. |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Piano sonata D784 / 6 Moments Musicaux D780 / etc Maria Pires (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 14/Sep/2007 ] Born in 1944 in Lisbon, Maria João Pires gave her first public performance at the age of 4 and began her studies of music and piano with Campos Coelho and Francine Benoît, continuing later in Germany, with Rosl Schmid and Karl Engel. |
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FREDERICK CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Chopin: Nocturnes Maria Tipo (piano) [ EMI / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/1994 ] Chopin is universally acclaimed as one of the most original and innovative composers of music for the piano, especially in the romantic and lyrical field. Much of his music is deeply patriotic and infused with a love of his native Poland. |
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GIOVANNI PAISIELLO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Paisiello: Piano Concertos Nos 1, 5, 7 & 8 Mariaclara Monetti (piano) / English Chamber orchestra, Stephanie Gonley [ ASV / CD - released 20/Aug/1993 ] Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816) was a very successful and popular opera composer in his time. Mozart had great respect for him and took Paisiello's Opera buffa as a model for his own operas (notably Le Nozze di Figaro). |