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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: 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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JOHN TAVENER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tavener: The Protecting Veil (complete) / The Last Sleep of the Virgin) Steven Isserlis (cello) / London Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rhozdestvensky / Chilingirian Quartet [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] "The Isserlis/Rozhdestvensky pioneering version of Tavener's Protecting Veil hardly needs any recommendation from me." (Gramophone) |
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ELGAR / BLOCH / KABALEVSKY / R. STRAUSS / TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar/Bloch/Kabalevsky/Tchaikovsky/R. Strauss: Concertos and works for cello and orchestra Steven Isserlis (cello) various orchestras and conductors [ Virgin de Virgin / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2002 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) "..a Virgin double covering concertante cello works by five differnet composers, this is an almost irresistible bargain." Penguin Guide.. |
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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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EMILE WALDTEUFEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Waldteufel: Waltzes & Polkas Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Theodor Guschlbauer [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 7/Aug/2006 ] Recorded: 28th October 1993. Palais de Congrès, Strasbourg. |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: La Damnation De Faust, Op.34 Stuart Burrows (tenor) Edith Mathis (soprano) Donald McIntyre (bass) Thomas Paul (bass) / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa [ Deutsche Grammophon Galleria / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Aug/1988 ] "This is quite the most exciting Faust I have heard on record, putting even Solti at least a touch in the shade." MusicWeb |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Water Music (3 suites) / Royal Fireworks Music / Oboe Concerto No 2 in B flat Stuttgarter Kammerorchester [Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra], Karl Munchinger, with Lothar Koch (oboe) [ Decca Eclipse / CD - released 1/Nov/1986 ] The three Water Music Suites on one CD! Immaculate performances by the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra and Karl Munchinger. |
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BELLINI / DONIZETTI / ROSSINI / VERDI / RICCI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sumi Jo - Bel Cantio Sumi Jo (soprano) / English Chamber Orchestra, Giuliano Carella [ Erato / CD - released 15/Sep/1997 ] A top recital recording from the beautiful Sumi! |
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OFFENBACH / DAVID / GRETRY / BALFE / MESSAGER / DELIBES
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sumi Jo - Carnival! Sumi Jo (soprano) / English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Decca / CD - released 15/Sep/1994 ] Jo was born Jo Su-gyeong in Changwon, South Korea. Her mother was an amateur singer and pianist who had been unable to pursue her own professional music studies because of politics in Korea during the 1950s. Determined to provide her daughter with... |
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SIR GRANVILLE BANTOCK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bantock: Sappho / Sapphic Poem Susan Bickley (mezzo) Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/May/1999 ] "No praise can be too high for Susan Bickley … [and] Tony Faulkner's stunningly natural engineering complements what is another triumphant addition to Hyperion's ongoing Bantock series" (Gramophone) |
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MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ravel: L'Enfant Et Les Sortilèges Susan Davenny Wyner, Jocelyne Taillon, Jane Berbié, Arleen Augér, Linda Finnie, Philip Langridge / London Symphony, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Andre Prev [ EMI Classics / CD - released 5/Mar/2012 ] L'enfant et les sortilèges: Fantaisie lyrique en deux parties (The Child and the Spells: A Lyric Fantasy in Two Parts) is an opera in one act, with music by Maurice Ravel to a libretto by Colette. It is Ravel's second opera, his first being L'heure... |
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ANDRE MESSAGER / REYNALDO HAHN / ANDRE MESSAGER / MOISES SIMONS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Susan Graham - French Operetta Arias (C'est Ça La Vie, C'est Ça L'amour...) Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) / City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Yves Abel [ Erato / CD - released 18/Mar/2002 ] Graham made her international début at Covent Garden in 1994, playing Massenet's Chérubin. She has also premièred several roles in contemporary operas, including John Harbison's The Great Gatsby and Jake Heggie's Dead Man Walking |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Symphony No 2 / Piano Concerto No 3 (Rec 1950s) Sviatoslav Richter (piano) / Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra / Wiener Philharmoniker; Kurt Sanderling [ Deutsche Grammophon Musik ... Sprache der Welt / CD - released 12/Aug/2004 ] When Kurt Sanderling (*1912) left Germany for the Soviet Union in 1936, he was able to take only a few personal belongings with him, but these items included the scores of the works that were closest to his heart: |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Sviatoslav Richter II Sviatoslav Richter (piano) / Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Kurt Sanderling [ EMI / Philips / Deutsche Grammophon / BMG / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/1998 ] Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter (1915 -1997) was a Soviet classical pianist. He is frequently regarded as one of the greatest pianists of all time, and has been praised for the "depth of his interpretations, his virtuoso technique, and repertoire" |
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OLIVIER MESSIAEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Messiaen - Turangalila Symphony Sydney Symphony Orchestra, David Porcelijn [ ABC Classics / CD - released 20/Jun/2016 ] Turanga (time) and lila (love) come together in this epic symphony by a modern master |
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PETER SCULTHORPE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sculthorpe: Piano Concerto / Music for Japan / Song of Tailitnama / Little Nourlangle Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Edo de Waart, with David Drury (organ), Mark Atkins (didjeridu), Tamara Anna Cislowska (piano) [ ABC Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/1996 ] "Australia's greatest composer" - Limelight magazine Peter Sculthorpe created an Australian classical music that for the first time spoke directly of the land, the people and the spirit of the country. |
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VERNON DUKE / HAROLD ROME
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ben Bagley's Ballet on Broadway & Nantucket - show music -- many of them never before recorded. Symphony Orchestra conducted by Lehmen Engel, with songs performed by The Patios [ Painted Smiles Records / CD - released 5/May/1993 ] Ben Bagley was an American musical producer and record producer. In 1971, Ben embarked on a new and impressive career. He produced 47 highly distinctive albums of show tunes -- many of them never before recorded. |