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ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Julian Lloyd Webber plays Andrew Lloyd Webber Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Barry Wordsworth, with Andrew lloyd Webber (piano) [ Philips / CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] "Fans of the Lloyd Webbers shouldn't be disappointed." --Warwick Thompson |
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NICHOLAS MAW
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Maw: La Vita Nuova, Ghost Dances, Roman Canticle Carmen Pelton (soprano) William Sharp (baritone) / 20th Century Consort, Christpher Kendall [ ASV / CD - released 24/May/1999 ] Born in 1935 in Grantham, Nicholas Maw studied at the Royal Academy of Music from 1955 to 1958 with Lennox Berkeley and Paul Steinitz, and in Paris with Nadia Boulanger and Max Deutsch. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Violin Concerto In D / Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto In E Minor Jascha Heifetz (violin) / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch [ RCA Living Stereo / CD - released 4/Feb/1998 ] Jascha Heifetz has been called the first and greatest of all virtuosos. Critics agree when RCA Victor once dubbed him "The Violinist of the Century". |
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FAURE / SAINT-SAENS / SATIE / SCARLATTI / HANDEL / DEBUSSY / ROTA / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Music for Harp Mariko Anraku (harp), with William de Rosa (cello) [ EMI Nipper Collection / CD - released 1/Feb/2004 ] Mariko Anraku has recorded exclusively for EMI Classics, including three solo recordings and Beau Soir, a collaboration with flutist Emmanuel Pahud. Music for Harp is a compilation from her solo CDs. |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schumann: Arabeske / Papillons / Sinfonische Etuden Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 1/May/1987 ] Ashkenazy's readings of the Sinfonische Etüden are full of the energy and dynamism of a young pianist at the very height of his powers (Ashkenazy was just 28 when these recordings were made). |