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ERNEST BLOCH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bloch: Music for Viola & Piano / Two Piano Pieces Simon Rowland-Jones (viola), Niel Immelman (Piano) [ Etcetera / CD - released 2/Feb/1991 ] Recorded on 23-24 January 1991 at St. George's, Brandon Hill, Bristol |
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CLAY / WOOD / SULLIVAN / COATES / WALLACE / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: More Songs My Father Taught Me (music of Sir Thomas Allen (baritone) Malcolm Martineau (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Jun/2003 ] "Drawing-room songs that make their mark again, thanks to such a strong advocate" - Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine (August 2003) |
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GABRIEL FAURE / ROBERT SCHUMANN / JOGHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: La Chanson d'eve Sofie Christine Sussman (mezzo-soprano) Dalton Baldwin (piano) with Freddy Arteel (clarinet) [ Discover / CD - released 10/Feb/1994 ] Accompanist Dalton Baldwin made over 100 recordings of song recitals and won numerous prizes for his work with Elly Ameling and Gérard Souzay. He was best known for his playing of the French repertoire and recorded the complete songs of Debussy,... |
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BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / GRIEG / MOZART / SCHUMANN / LISZT / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Icon: Solomon - The Master Pianist Solomon (piano) with various orchestras & conductors [ EMI Icon / 7 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2008 ] "Noble, characterful and poetic musicianship..a strong, solid conspectus of Solomon's art. Strong on Beethoven of course, with a representative concerto arsenal; good representative Mozart; a serious-minded collection in fact, befitting Solo's... |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH / SERGEI RACHMANINOV / CLAUDE DEBUSSY / FRANCIS POULENC
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich/Rachmaninov: Works for 2 pianos Sonja & Shanti Sungkono (pianos) [ NCA / CD - released 21/Jun/2011 ] Twin sisters Sonja and Shanti Sungkono are a two piano team who grew up in Jakarta, Indonesia. |
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Sonny Clark (piano), with Tommy Turrentine, Charlie Rouse, Ike Quebec, Butch Warren & Billy Higgins
Leapin' And Lopin' [ Blue Note / CD - released 15/Sep/2008 ] Sonny Clark's fifth Blue Note recording as a leader is generally regarded as his best, especially considering he composed four of the seven tracks, and they all bear his stamp of originality. What is also evident is that he is shaping the sounds of... |
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Sonny Clark (piano), with Donald Byrd, Curtis Fuller, John Coltrane & others
Sonny's Crib [ Blue Note / CD - released 19/Sep/1987 ] "Sonny's Crib is a phenomenal recording, one that opened the door to hard bop becoming the norm in the late '50s, and one that drew deft, imaginative performances from all its players" AllMusic |
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JOEL F. DURAND
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Durand: Concerto for piano and orchestra / Trio a cordes / Die Innere Grenze Stefan Litwin (piano), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lubman / Trio Ensemble Intercontemporain, Sextuor Schœnberg [ Auvidis France / CD - released 10/Dec/1998 ] "In 1982 Durand received a Darmstadt Institute Scholarship for his String Trio, and in 1983 his piano piece ...d'asiles déchirés... was awarded a prize at the Third International K.H. Stockhausen Composition Competition in Brescia, Italy. (Wiki) |
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ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Glazunov: Piano Music - Volume 1 Stephen Coombs (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Dec/2005 ] 'Coombs is clearly equipped to face the most prodigious demands. This is a most impressive and highly enjoyable release' - BBC Music Magazine |
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LOWELL LIEBERMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Liebermann: Piano Concertos Stephen Hough (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Lowell Liebermann [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Mar/2016 ] "...his playing is both rich in poetic insight and alive to the tonal allure of the score … an outstanding release that can be warmly recommended' (Hi-Fi News) |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Piano Concerto Nos. 1 & 2 Stephen Hough (piano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis [ Virgin Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/1998 ] "Technical perfection and very good sound are certainly present in Virgin's new issue...Stephen Hough is a fine young artist." (Gramophone) |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, op.120 Stephen Kovacevich (piano) [ Philips Concert Classics / CD - released 15/Apr/1990 ] "Kovacevich's performance has a clarity, poise and vitality that has commended itself to more than one generation of collectors over the past 20 years ... you will find playing, that is sensitive and exciting, but quite unselfregarding;" Gramophone |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Complete concertos 2 (Incls Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor" & Triple Concerto) Stephen Kovacevich (piano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra / London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis, with Henryk Szeryng (violin) & Janos Starker (cello) [ Decca Duo / CD - released 27/Oct/1994 ] "..beautifully-judged textures-limpid, clean and with a wide range of sonority and very sensitive pedalling...both performances are worthy of the very highest comparisons, from the majority of which they will emerge unscathed." (Gramophone) |
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BELA BARTOK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bartok: The 3 Piano Concertos Stephen Kovacevich (piano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis [ Philips / CD - released 1/Oct/1990 ] 'In each of the concertos it is Kovacevich's reading of the finale which crowns the performance...the recording represents the work of Philips engineers at its refined best [Concertos 1 & 3]' Gramophone |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Piano Concerto No 1 / Two Lieder, Op.91 Stephen Kovacevich (piano) with Ann Murray (soprano) & Nobuko Imai (viola) / London Philharmonic. Wolfgang Sawallisch [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/1992 ] Rosette - Penguin Stereo Guide |
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SIR CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stanford: Songs Vol 1 Stephen Varcoe (baritone) Clifford Benson (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 12/Jun/2000 ] 'No praise can be too high for Stephen Varcoe ... his warm, natural baritone, finely judged legato and sensitivity to words are a joy throughout.' (International Record Review) |
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EDVARD GRIEG / FRANZ LISZT / ANTON RUBINSTEIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Steven Isserlis: Forgotten Romance Steven Isserlis (cello) with Stephen Hough (piano) [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 18/Oct/1995 ] The English cellist Steven Isserlis has been a leading light on the international musical scene for more than three decades. "Steven Isserlis amazes in music whose tantalising combination of exquisite poetry and scintillating bravura he was born to... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Complete Concertos Vol 1 Steven Kovacevich (piano) Arthur Grumiaux (violin) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/1994 ] "...the best of these performances are well worth Philips' modest asking price" ClassicsToday "Steven Kovacevich's performance for Philips (is) still the touchstone in these works." ClassicalCandor |
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BRAHMS / DEBUSSY /BERG /POULENC / MESSAGER / HAHN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Susan Graham at Carnegie Hall Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) / Malcolm Martineau (piano) [ Erato / CD - released 4/Jul/2005 ] Recorded live at the Carnegie Hall, 14th April 2003 Susan Graham - hailed as "an artist to treasure" by the New York Times - rose to the highest echelon of international performers within just a few years of her professional debut. |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten Abroad: A collection of songs by Benjamin Britten set in Italian, Russian, French & German Susan Gritton (soprano) Mark Padmore (tenor) Iain Burnside (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 30/May/2008 ] "What an inspired idea not only to bring together Britten's mature foreign-language songs, but also to have the programme shared by two of Britain's keenest and brightest singers. …delight and spiritual depths go hand in hand." BBC Music 5 STARS |