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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies (complete) Soile Isokoski (sop), Rosemarie Lang (cont) Robert Gambill (ten) René Pape (bass) / Staatskapelle Berlin / Daniel Barenboim [ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 22/Aug/2017 ] "I waited a very long time to record the Beethoven symphonies," said Daniel Barenboim when this cycle was first released in 2000. |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Complete Piano Music Péchés de vieillesse (Sins of Old Age) Alessandro Marangoni (piano), with Giuseppina Bridelli (mezzo-soprano), Ars Cantica Choir & others [ Naxos / 13 CD Box Set - released 26/Nov/2021 ] Rossini drew a line under his hugely successful operatic career at the age of 37 and wrote little until his final years in Paris, where he became renowned for his musical salons. For these he wrote numerous short piano pieces. |
ALEXANDER SCARLATTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Scarlatti: Alexandre Tharaud plays Scarlatti Alexandre Tharaud (piano) [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 20/Mar/2011 ] "Tharaud brings all of the resources of the modern grand piano to Scarlatti's music and is unapologetically pianistic in his approach." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb March 2011) |
BACH / CHOPIN / DEBUSSY / PROKOFIEV / STRAVINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Alexis Weissenberg Alexis Weissenberg (piano) [ EMI / BMG / Philips / Sony / Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2000 ] In 1947, Weissenberg made his New York City debut with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and George Szell in Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 and with Philadelphia Orchestra and Eugene Ormandy, with which Weissenberg won the Leventritt... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas No. 29 "Hammerklavier" & 26 "Les adieux" Alfred Brendel (piano) [ Philips / CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] Original recording 1994 and 1995 |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Alfred Brendel II Alfred Brendel (piano) [ Philips / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2000 ] Brendel frequently performed the music of Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert and Mozart. He has played relatively few 20th century works but has performed Arnold Schoenberg's Piano Concerto. |
FRANZ LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Liszt: Sonata in B minor; Piano Concerto No.2 in A major / Legendes / La lugubre Gondola Alfred Brendel (piano) [ Philips / CD - released 20/Feb/1982 ] Recorded: London, 6/1981. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas & Concertos (12 CD set recorded 1970 - 77) Alfred Brendel (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink [ Decca / 12 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2019 ] He's a legend of the piano world, revered and applauded the world over. For long an exclusive Philips Classics artist, Alfred Brendel is the recipient of the 2010 Gramophone Lifetime Achievement Award. |
FRANZ LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Liszt: Piano Concertos / Danse macabre Alfred Brendel (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink [ Philips Trio / CD - released 14/Nov/1990 ] Originally recorded May, 1972 |
BRAHMS / BUSONI / CHOPIN / LISZT / RACHMANINOV / MENDELSSOHN / WEBER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Alfred Brendel III Alfred Brendel (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra [ Philips / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2000 ] "Brendel actually revels in the gorgeous fabrics of sound from the Années de pèlerinage numbers and somehow balances the muscle-flexing virtuosity of Totentanz with a respect for its novel ideas-there's both surface and substance here." |
ROBERT SCHUMANN / CARL MARIA von WEBER
Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor / Weber: Konzertstück in F minor (LP) Alfred Brendel (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Philips / LP - released 6/May/2016 ] Presented with original artwork and pressed at optimal GmbH, this release has been carefully mastered from original analogue sources at Abbey Road Studios. Every effort has been made to faithfully reproduce the original intentions of the musicians an |
Alfred Deller
Christmas Carols & Motets [ Musical Concepts / 4 CD - released 17/Nov/2008 ] Musical Concepts is pleased to announce the third release in one of the most ambitious early music reissue projects of all time - Alfred Deller: The Complete Vanguard Recordings. The series brings together every recording made by Alfred Deller - as... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah (LP) Alice Coote, Stephen Cleobury, Academy of Ancient Music [ Warner Classics / 3 LP - released 18/Sep/2020 ] In 2009 in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the death of George Frideric Handel, and the 800th anniversary of the University of Cambridge, the Choir of King's College, Cambridge performed Handel's best known work, Messiah, on Palm Sunday,... |
HENRY KRIEGER
Krieger: Side Show Alice Ripley & Emily Skinner / Original 1997 Broadway Cast [ Sony Classical / CD - released 2/Feb/1997 ] Side Show is a musical by Bill Russell (book and lyrics) and Henry Krieger (music) based on the lives of Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins who became famous stage performers in the 1930s. |
FRANZ LISZT / PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky/Liszt: First Piano Concertos Alice Sara Ott (piano) / Munchner Philharmoniker, Thomas Hengelbrock [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 10/Mar/2011 ] "What makes these performances stand out is Ott's thoughtful approach to both concertos, eschewing empty display and bringing weight, detail and a range of colours to the solo parts. These bring their own rewards." (Gramophone) |
MANUEL de FALLA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Falla: Obras para piano Alicia de Larrocha (piano) [ EMI Classics / CD - released 21/Jul/1992 ] De Larrocha made numerous recordings of the solo piano repertoire and in particular the works of composers of her native Spain. She is best known for her recordings of the music of Manuel de Falla, Enrique Granados, Federico Mompou, and Isaac... |
W. A. MOZART
Alicia de Larrocha Plays Mozart Alicia de Larrocha (piano), André Previn (piano) / English Chamber Orchestra, The Orchestra of St. Luke's, Sir Colin Davis [ Sony / RCA Classical Masters / 6 CD Box Set - released 13/Mar/2020 ] "...this is a profound reading with many subtleties of touch and altogether a more weighty approach, especially evident in the slow movement. K491 is predictably dramatic. Marriner's orchestra is excellent." classical-music |
ANTONIN DVORAK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak: Cello Concerto / Rondo in G minor for cello & orchestra / etc Alisa Weilerstein (cello), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Jiří Bělohlávek [ Decca / CD - released 21/Apr/2014 ] "Hers is an interpretation of passion. It is by no means heart-on-sleeve but, rather, it is distinguished by well-harnessed vigour and attack, susceptibility to the music's lyrical heart." (Gramophone Award Nomination 2015 - Concerto) |
AARON COPLAND / LEONARD BERNSTEIN / GEORGE GERSHWIN / CHARLES IVES / etc
Alison Balsom - Quiet City (LP) Alison Balsom (trumpet) / Britten Sinfonia, Scott Stroman [ Warner Classics / LP - released 26/Aug/2022 ] "As an entity it creates a varied album in every kind of mood. It will delight anyone, not only the trumpet expert, who admires Balsom's eclecticism and musical brilliance...Balsom's virtuosity is spellbinding throughout." Guardian |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: 27 String Quartets Amadeus Quartet [ Decca / 10 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." Guardian |
