W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Violin Sonatas Arthur Grumiaux, Walter Klien, Gerard Poulet, Blandine Verlet, etc [ Philips Complete Mozart Edition Vol 15 / 7 CD Box Set - released 11/Jan/1991 ] Original Recording From 1975, 1985, 1991 |
LUDWIG van BEEtHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Artur Schnabel Artur Schnabel (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent [ Philips / EMI / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2000 ] "All true Schnabelians will want to snap up this set, if only for the alternative recordings of the late sonatas" Gramophone |
DEBUSSY / GALUPPI / RAVEL / SCARLATTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli I Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano) [ Philips / EMI / Decca /Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 9/Oct/2006 ] Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (5 January 1920 - 12 June 1995) was an Italian classical pianist. He is considered one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century. According to The New York Times, he was perhaps the most reclusive, enigmatic and... |
BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / CHOPIN / MOMPOU / SCUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli II Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano) [ Philips / EMI / Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 9/Oct/2006 ] Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (5 January 1920 - 12 June 1995) was an Italian classical pianist. He is considered one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century. |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: More Mozart For Your Mind ASMF Neville Marriner, Mitsuko Uchida (piano) Anthony Pay (clarinet) Arthur Grumiaux (violin) [ Philips Lifestyle / CD - released 5/May/1997 ] Boost Your Brain Power With Wolfgang Amadeus |
ANTONIN DVORAK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak: Piano Trios Beaux Arts Trio [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 3/Jan/1996 ] Original recordings from 1969 |
BEETHOVEN / MOZART / SCHUMANN / HAYDN / SCHUBERT / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Christoph Escenbach Christoph Eschenbach (piano) with Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Philips Great Pianists Of The 20th Century Vol. 24 / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2000 ] "Christoph Eschenbach is perhaps fortunate to have secured a niche in this particular pantheon. His career as a solo pianist featured a brilliant exposition but little in the way of a development or recapitulation." Gramophone |
JOSEPH HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: Schöpfungmesse / Harmoniemesse Christoph Prégardien, Ruth Ziesak, Susanna Spicer, Bernarda Fink / Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner [ Philips / 2 CD - released 7/Oct/2002 ] Gramophone Magazine July 2002 - Editor's Choice |
FRANZ LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Liszt: The Great Transcriptions Claudio Arrau, Mischa Dichter, Wibi Soerjadi, Zoltan Kocsis (piano) [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] Original recordings from 1960 to 1980 |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: Messe solennelle Donna Brown (soprano) Jean-Luc Viala (tenor) Gilles Cachemaille (bass-baritone) / Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, John Elio [ Philips / CD - released 31/Dec/1994 ] Philips Classics has had the honour of presenting the first ever recording made of this adorable Berlioz mass after its rediscovery in 1991 and showing what a lot of absolutely beautiful surprises it has to offer. |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: Messe solennelle Donna Brown (soprano) Jean-Luc Viala (tenor) / Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, John Eliot Gardiner [ Philips 50 / CD - released 31/Dec/2000 ] Philips has the honour of presenting the first ever recording made of this adorable Berlioz mass after its rediscovery in 1991 and showing what a lot of absolutely beautiful surprises it has to offer. |
DOMENICO CIMAROSA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cimarosa: Requiem Elly Ameling, Birgit Finnila, Richard van Vrooman, Kurt Widmer / Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne / [ Philips / CD - released 1/Aug/1969 ] Domenico Cimarosa's abilities as an operatic composer are evident in his large-scale Requiem in which the soloists and chorus range from the mournful supplication of the opening movements, through vivid evocations of the 'day of wrath'. |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn: Elias [Elijah], Op. 70 (sung in German) Elly Ameling, Renate Krahmer, Annelies Burmeister, Peter Schreier, Theo Adam, etc / Rundfunkchor und Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Wolfgang Sawallisch [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 3/Mar/1993 ] "Among the German versions, Sawallisch's (with Theo Adam, Elly Ameling, and Peter Schreier; Philips) is probably the most convincing." MusicWeb |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Rosamunde (incidental music) Elly Ameling (soprano) / Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Kurt Masur [ Philips / CD - released 11/Oct/1984 ] Recorded December 1983 |
BACH / VIVALDI / HANDEL / MOZART / SCHUBERT / BRAHMS / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Artistry of Elly Ameling Elly Ameling (soprano) with various accompaniments [ Philips / 5 CD - released 21/Feb/2003 ] February 2003 marked the 70th birthday of Dutch soprano Elly Ameling, a much-loved artist on the Philips label. This collection is a 5-CD capbox with notes in English, French, German and Dutch. |
BACH / BUSONI / BEETHOVEN / DEBUSSY / RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Emil Gilels I Emil Gilels (piano) / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra [ Philips / EMI / BMG / Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 15/May/2018 ] "I thought I would be mourning the omission of Gilels's Liszt Sonata from this series, or indeed his Shostakovich Second Sonata, or his Grieg Lyric Pieces, his Beethoven sonatas, his Brahms ... but the sheer quality of this second instalment (see... |
CARL MARIA von WEBER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Weber: Clarinet Concertos Nos 1 & 2 / Concertino for Clarinet Andrew Marriner (clarinet) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, English Chamber Orchestra, Neville Marriner [ Philips / CD - released 26/Aug/1992 ] Carl Maria von Weber is a name that is often cited with regard to the bridge between Classicism and Romanticism, and yet how many works of his is it possible to name? |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Music for the Fireworks Music / Orchestral Works English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner [ Philips / CD - released 21/May/2001 ] "With first-class recording, this is an obvious first choice in its field" - Penguin Guide to CDs |
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Scriabin: Complete symphonies / Poeme de l'extase Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Eliahu Inbal, with Doris Soffel (mezzo) & Fausto Tenzi (tenor) [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/1996 ] Original recordings from 1978 and 1979 |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY / MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Friedrich Gulda I Friedrich Gulda (piano) [ Philips / Decca / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/2018 ] Born in Vienna as the son of a teacher, Gulda began learning to play the piano from Felix Pazofsky at the Wiener Volkskonservatorium, aged 7. In 1942, he entered the Vienna Music Academy, where he studied piano and musical theory under Bruno... |