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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: String Quartets Op. 59 No 2 & Op. 74 "Harp" Gewandhaus Quarett [ NCA New Classical Adventure / CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] Recorded in June 2002 at the Rathaussaal, Leipzig-Markleeberg |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: String Quartets Op. 130 & Op. 133 'Grosse Fugue' Gewandhaus Quarett [ NCA New Classical Adventure / CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] Recorded: - Andreaskirche, Berlin, November 1997 |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: String Quartets Op. 95 & Op. 127 Gewandhaus Quarett [ NCA New Classical Adventure / CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] Recorded: May 1996, Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche Leipzig |
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ANTON BRUCKNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 8 (with Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - prelude) Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Andris Nelsons [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 26/Feb/2021 ] "These performances are persuasive and superbly executed, with sound quality second to none. Balance and dynamic range can't be faulted, and documentation is respectable." MusicWeb recommended |
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BEDRICH SMETANA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Smetana: Ma vlast (complete) / The Bartered Bride (excerpts) Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Václav Neumann [ Teldec / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/1985 ] Original recordings from 1968 & 1972 |
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ILDEBRANDO PIZZETTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pizzetti: Complete Piano Works Giancarlo Simonacci (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] "The two discs are very well played by Giancarlo Simonacci, who proves a worthy exponent, and presents three premiere recordings." MusicWeb |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Violin Concertos Gidon Kremer (violin) / The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, with Heinz Holliger (oboe d'amore) [ Decca Virtuoso / CD - released 27/Oct/2011 ] "This is among the most vigorous of Bach playing, of superlative quality within its chosen style. The quality extends both to the soloist and the strings of the orchestra." (Gramophone) |
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SAMUEL BARBER / ANDRE PREVIN / AARON COPLAND / GEORGE GERSHWIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Barber/Previn/Copland/Gershwin: American Scenes Gil Shaham (violin) / Andre Previn (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 4/Nov/1998 ] "Previn, the pianist, is on excellent form these days and Gil Shaham is a totally responsive partner.." (Gramophone) |
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HENRYK WIENIAWSKI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wieniawski: Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2 / Legende op. 17 (with Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen) Gil Shaham (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra, Lawrence Foster [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 14/Apr/2006 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - "He is a marvellous violinist with a beautiful tone." (TP 1001 Classical) |
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NICOLO PAGANINI / CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Paganini/Saint-Saens: Violin Concertos Gil Shaham (violin) / New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 5/May/1991 ] Gil Shaham gave his highly acclaimed debut at the age of ten as soloist with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra under Alexander Schneider. Soon thereafter he performed with the Israel Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta. |
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Monteverdi: Vespro della beata Vergine (1610) / Magnificat / Antiphona - Benedicamus / Sonata Sopra "Sancta Maria, Ora Pro Nobis Gillian Fisher, David Cordier, Peter Kooy, Philippe Cantor, John Elwes / Kammerchor Stuttgart, Musica Fiata, Choralschola Niederalteich, Frieder Berni [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/1989 ] "(The) Kammerchor Stuttgart has become a prize-winning vocal ensemble, touring the world and producing dozens of recording. The Musica Fiata Koln is dedicated to preserving 16th and 17th century music in techniques and instruments of the time." |
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CLERAMBAULT / BRUHNS / WIDOR / VIERNE / DUPRE / BACH / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: King of Instruments: The Art of Gillian Weir Gillian Weir (organ) [ Argo / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2005 ] 'There is an aristocratic poise and restraint which illuminate Weir's readings of Clerambault's two Suites' BBC Music Magazine |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Complete Violin Concertos Giuliano Carmignola (violin from 1733) / il Quartettone, Carlo de Martini [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 5/Nov/2008 ] Recorded at Pieve Di Palazzo Pignano, Cremona, Italy |
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: Manon Lescaut (complete opera with libretto recorded in 1957) Giuseppe Di Stefano, Maria Callas, Franco Calabrese / La Scala Orchestra and Chorus / Tullio Serafin [ EMI / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/1985 ] "In general this is Callas at her most girlish: light-voiced, lyrical and with the power to make the dramatic climaxes thrilling." MusicWeb |
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DAVID DIAMOND
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Diamond: Rounds For String Orchestra / Concert Piece For Flute & Harp / etc Glorian Duo / Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz [ DELOS / CD - released 11/Oct/1996 ] Tracks 1 to 4 recorded June 4, 1995 at Seattle Opera House. Track 5 recorded June 2, 1993 at Seattle Opera House |
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GEORGE GERSHWIN / MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gershwin/Ravel - Music for Piano Duo Goldstone & Clemmow (duo piano) [ Divine Art / CD - released 16/Jun/2008 ] "(This) disc further enhances [the duo's] a considerable reputation. Very worthy performances, the programme is an attractive one for its variety…and the sound quality is deal." - Nicholas Salwey (International Record Review) |
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CARL ORFF
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Orff: Weihnachtsgeschichte [The Christmas Story] / Alpine Christmas Songs Tolzer Boys Choir, Die Hammerauer Musikanten, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden / Collegium Pro Musica Innsbruck [ EMI Classics / CD - released 20/May/2000 ] Original recordings from 1985 & 1989 |
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ANTON BRUCKNER / PAUL HINDEMITH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruckner: Symphony No.1 / Hindemith: Pittsburgh Symphony (recorded 1965 & 1983) Grand Symphony Orchestra of Radio & Television, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky & Eugeny Svetlanov [ Russian Revelation / CD - released 1/Jul/1996 ] The Revelation catalogue represents one of the most important cultural discoveries of the century - over 4000,000 tapes, most of them never heard before. Seventy years worth of repressed Russian recordings featuring some of the world's best musicians |
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LARCHET / STANFORD / BAX / NELSON /HARDEBECK / O/BRIEN / VICTORY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: A Sheaf Of Songs From Ireland Bernadette Greevy (mezzo) Hugh Tinney (piano) [ Marco Polo / CD - released 2/Feb/1997 ] A Sheaf Of Songs represents the great literary and musical flowering of the turn of the last century, A continuation of Irish national traditions of song. |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Magnificat BWV 243 / Cantata BWV 21 Greta de Reyghere / Rene Jacobs / Christoph Pregardien / Peter Lika / La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken [ Virgin Classics Veritas / CD - released 14/Oct/1989 ] "The lovely solo and choral singing in both works, coupled to a superbly atmospheric recording, made this a Bach CD to treasure." (Gramophone April 2001) |