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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Monteverdi: Vespro della beata Vergine (1610) / Magnificat / Antiphona - Benedicamus / Sonata Sopra "Sancta Maria, Ora Pro Nobis Gillian Fisher, David Cordier, Peter Kooy, Philippe Cantor, John Elwes / Kammerchor Stuttgart, Musica Fiata, Choralschola Niederalteich, Frieder Berni [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/1989 ] "(The) Kammerchor Stuttgart has become a prize-winning vocal ensemble, touring the world and producing dozens of recording. The Musica Fiata Koln is dedicated to preserving 16th and 17th century music in techniques and instruments of the time." |
GEORGE GERSHWIN / MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gershwin/Ravel - Music for Piano Duo Goldstone & Clemmow (duo piano) [ Divine Art / CD - released 16/Jun/2008 ] "(This) disc further enhances [the duo's] a considerable reputation. Very worthy performances, the programme is an attractive one for its variety…and the sound quality is deal." - Nicholas Salwey (International Record Review) |
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) |
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. |
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. |
ANTONIN DVOARK / BEDRICH SMETANA / LEOS JANACEK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Romantic Pieces by Dvorak, Janacek & Smetana James Ehnes (violin), Eduard Laurel (piano) [ Analekta / 2 CD - released 28/Mar/2004 ] "In the four Romantic Pieces he shows impressive range of tone and expression (and no fear whatsoever!), while his Janácek captures every abrupt angle and sharp edge with ardent, easy flair." ClassicsToday |
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... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D810 'Death and the Maiden' / String Quartet No. 12 in C minor (fragment), D703 Juilliard String Quartet [ CBS Odyssey / CD - released 1/Nov/1983 ] Recorded 1979, 1978. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bartok: String Quartets Nos. 3, 4 & 6 Julliard String Quartet [ Sony Classical / CD - released 1/Jun/1996 ] The Juilliard String Quartet was founded in 1946 at the Juilliard School in New York by William Schuman and Robert Mann. Since its inception, it has been the quartet-in-residence at the Juilliard School. It has received numerous awards, including... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kate Royal: Midsummer Night Kate Royal (soprano) / Crouch End Festival Chorus, Orchestra of English National Opera [ EMI Classics / CD - released 4/May/2009 ] "…Kate Royal's lustrous soprano has invited comparisons with that of Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, and so it does in this imaginative programme, conducted by fellow wunderkind Edward Gardner." BBC Music |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / EDWARD ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vaughan Williams: Lark Ascending / Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis / ELGAR: Introduction & Allegro / Serenade for Strings London Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Warren-Green (cond/violin) [ Virgin LCO2 / CD - released 28/Oct/1989 ] "Coupled with the great sound of the London Chamber orchestra this album is a rare jewel." (review) |
ANONYMOUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pilgrim songs & dances New London Consort / Philip Pickett [ L'Oiseau Lyre / CD - released 1/Oct/1992 ] Pilgrim songs and dances associated with the Shrine to the Virgin at Montserrat. |
CHRISTIAN SINDING
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sinding: Symphony No 1 & 2 Norwegian Radio orchestra, Ari Rasilainen [ Finlandia Apex / CD - released 14/Nov/2002 ] Sinding studied music first in Christiania (now Oslo) before going to Germany, where he studied at the conservatory in Leipzig under Salomon Jadassohn and fell under the musical influences of Wagner and Liszt. |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No 3 (3 CD set includes extra discussion disc) Philharmonia Orchestra, Ben Zander, conductor [ Telarc Records / 3 CD Box Set - released 19/Feb/2004 ] "The recording, as befits the most fantastically scored of all symphonies, is wonderfully clear…." (London Sunday Times) |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Requiem in D minor K 626 Rachel Yakar, Ortrun Wenkel, Robert Holl, Kurt Equiluz / Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Teldec / CD - released 22/Oct/2001 ] This famous recording uses an edition published by Eulenberg in 1972; seeking to come closer to the spirit of the composer himself, it replaces the familiar instrumentation of Franz Xaver Süssmayr, who completed the Requiem after Mozart's death. |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas BWV128 BWV154 & BWV62 Ruth Holton, Nico van der Meel, Sytse Buwalda, Bas Ramselaar / Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] "Pieter Jan Leusink, conductor of Holland Boys managed somehow, against all odds, to create a true best-seller out of what is arguably some of the finest music in the western world, but music which is generally considered to be "difficult"." MusicWeb |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas BWV36, BWV129 & BWV184 Ruth Holton, Sytse Buwalda, Bas Ramselaar, Kurt Schoch / Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] The Bach's Cantatas have secured their place in the canon of human creations of eternal value. In no other oeuvre one finds the expression of all universal human emotions, from utter grief to extatic joy, from turbulant drama to serene... |
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IGOR STRAVINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale [in English] Vanessa Redgrave, Sting, Ian McKellen / London Sinfonietta, Kent Nagano [ Pangaea / CD - released 16/Nov/1988 ] "Kent Nagano directs an impressive line up of talent from the London Sinfonietta that includes Nona Liddell on the crucial violin part and an electrifying John Wallace on the appropriately fiendish trumpet. The other illustrious members of the team... |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Greatest Mozart Show on Earth Vladimir Ashkenazy, Cecilia Bartoli, Joshua Bell, Willi Boskovsky, Renee Fleming, Sumi Jo, Herbert von Karajan, Emma Kirkby, Radu Lupu, Bryn Terfel [ Decca Records / 2 CD - released 8/Aug/2000 ] Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Piano Concerto No 21, The Marriage of Figaro, Ave verum Corpus, and more |
