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ERNEST BLOCH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bloch: Complete Chamber Works Vol. 1 - The 2 Violin Sonatas Alexis Galperine (violin) / Frederic Aguessy (piano) [ Adda / CD - released 6/Mar/1987 ] "...the Galperine/Aguessy performances set a new standard in recordings of the two magnificent violin sonatas...Especially impressive is the superb Galperine/Augessy performance of the Sonata No. 1 , a passionate, visionary work that ranks with the... |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: The Great Piano Concertos Volume II [Nos 9, 15, 22, 25, 27] Alfred Brendel (piano) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 2/Feb/1994 ] "Alfred Brendel's Mozart concerto recordings for Philips remain among the most respected modern interpretations of these works." ClassicsToday |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: The Last Three Piano Sonatas D958, 959, 960 Alfred Brendel (piano) [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 28/Sep/2007 ] Building a Library First Choice - June 2006 |
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ROBERT SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Piano Sonatas Nos. 9, 18, 20, & 21 (Rec 2000) Alfred Brendel (piano) [ Philips / 2 CD ] Gramophone Magazine Disc of the Month - March 2001 |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: 6 String Quartets Op. 64 / "The Seven Last Words", Op. 51 Amadeus Quartet [ Deutsche Grammophon / 3 CD Box Set - released 6/Apr/2009 ] "This is poised and civilised music-making, much of which is familiar and all of it intensely thoughtful and revealing...the playing of slow movements especially seems to anticipate the profundity of Beethoven." The Guardian |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte [Songs without Words] Andras Schiff (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 25/May/1988 ] Mendelssohn composed 48 pieces for solo piano in six books under the title Songs without words. These pieces resemble song-melodies with accompaniment and many of them have famous "names" (though most of these "names" were not given by Mendelssohn).... |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: La Traviata (Arias and Duets) Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazon,Thomas Hampson ,/ Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Rizzi [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 13/Nov/2005 ] "With talent and looks to burn, she has the world at her feet... she is such a singing actress, you thought mainly of Violetta, not of Anna Netrebko." (New York Sun) |
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BERLIOZ / BELLINI / DONIZETTI / DVORAK / GOUNOD / MOZART / PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Anna Netrebko - Opera Arias Anna Netrebko (soprano) / Wiener Philharmoniker, Gianandrea Noseda [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Oct/2003 ] "A rising star shows off her fine voice: the personal touch is still to come." (Gramophone) |
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BENNY ANDERSSON / BJORN ULVAEUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: I let the music speak: A celebration of the music of ABBA Anne-Sofie von Otter (soprano) Benny Andersson (piano) / Fleshquartet and others [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 16/Aug/2006 ] Anne Sofie von Otter's present album was born from her passion for the music of Benny Andersson - a long-standing admiration that dates back more than two decades. |
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ANDRE PREVIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Previn: Violin Concerto (with Bernstein-Serenade) Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / Boston Symphony Orchestra / Andre Previn [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 14/Nov/2003 ] 2005 Grammy Award Winner: Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra) |
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ANTON RUBINSTEIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rubinstein: Kamennoi-Ostrov Op. 10: Nos. 13 - 24 Joseph Banowetz (piano) [ Marco Polo / CD - released 6/Jul/2011 ] "They are, as one would expect, salon pieces, written to amuse and doubtless gently flatter, cast in what would be idioms familiar to the court from Rubinstein's playing." Gramophone |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Secular Cantatas BWV 161 - BWV 164 Arleen Auger, Edith Wiens, Helen Watts, Adalbert Kraus, Wolfgang Schone / Gächinger Kantorei, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Helmut Rilling [ Hanssler / CD - released 11/Aug/1999 ] Contains full notes and translations |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Debussy: Violin Sonata / Cello Sonata / Syrinx / Sonata for flute, viola & harp Arthur Grumiaux (violin), Istvan Hajdu (piano) / Maurice Gendron (cello), Jean Francaix (piano) Roger Bourdin (flute) Annie Challan (harp), Colette Le [ Philips Musica da Camera / CD - released 10/Nov/1989 ] The two Debussy sonatas, for violin and for cello, date from late in the composer's life and are wistful pieces, though not without humour. |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: String Quartet No 1 / String Quintet No 2 Belcea Quartet, with Thomas Kakuska, viola [ EMI Encore / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "The highly praised Belcea turn to Brahms and their standards are as high as ever" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine (April 2004) |
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FRANZ LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Benjamin Grosvenor: Liszt Benjamin Grosvenor (piano) [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 19/Feb/2021 ] GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Piano |
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MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bolero / Daphnis et Chloe: suite (with works by Debussy) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon Galleria / CD - released 4/Aug/1991 ] Original recording from 1965 |
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FRANZ WAXMAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Waxman: The Spirit Of St.Louis / Ruth - re-recorded soundtracks Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lawrence Foster, with George Shirley (speaker) [ Capriccio / CD ] Two Symphonic poems for narrator and orchestra by James Forsyth |
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JEAN SIBELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sibelius: Symphonies Nos.1 & 6 Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic] , Herbert von Karajan [ EMI Classics / CD - released 12/Feb/1991 ] "This is Karajan at his finest..very strongly recommended" (*** Penguin Stereo Guide) |
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JULES MASSENET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Manon (Complete opera recorded in 1970) Beverly Sills, Nicolai Gedda, Garard Souzay, Gabriel Bacquier./ New Philharmonia Orchestra. Julius Rudel [ Deutsche Grammophon / 3 CD Box Set - released 8/Jun/2004 ] "Julius Rudel leads a more-than-complete score, with an additional aria for Manon in the Cours de la Reine scene that Massenet added for another soprano, and the orchestral playing is all you'd want it to be." 10/10 ClassicsToday |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: String Quartets no 2, 3, 7, 8 & 12 Borodin Quartet [ Virgin de Virgin / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2005 ] "this set provides an inexpensive way of acquiring a nice cross-section of Shostakovich's quartets without having to buy a whole cycle." (Classics Today) |