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JOHANNES BRAHMS / ALBAN BERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra in A Minor, Op. 102 / Berg: Chamber Concerto for piano & violin with 13 Wind In Isaac Stern (violin) Yo-Yo Ma (cello) Peter Serkin (piano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony orchestra. Claudio Abbado [ Sony Music / CD - released 20/Oct/1988 ] "A striking feature of the performance is the quite ouitstanding playing of Yo-Yo Ma. the way he shapes the music is masterly, and his tone has a wonderfully unforced, golden quality." (Gramophone) |
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HANDEL / MOZART / BACH / MENDELSSOHN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Unforgettable: Isobel Baillie Isobel Bailie (soprano) [ Dutton / CD - released 27/May/2002 ] "..the star of the performance is undoubtedly Isobel Baillie...her gloriously beautiful "I know that my Redeemer liveth" has never been surpassed on record." Gramophone on Messiah (Malcolm Sargent) |
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HANDEL / MOZART / BACH / MENDELSSOHN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Unforgettable: Isobel Baillie Isobel Bailie (soprano) [ Dutton / CD - released 27/May/2002 ] "..the star of the performance is undoubtedly Isobel Baillie...her gloriously beautiful "I know that my Redeemer liveth" has never been surpassed on record." Gramophone on Messiah (Malcolm Sargent) |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No 1 'Titan' with 'Blumine' movement Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta [ EMI Classics Red Line / CD - released 18/Feb/2001 ] "..the new Mehta...continues the EMI tradition of a natural balance without garish highlighting." (Gramophone) |
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MODEST MUSSORGSKY / SERGEI PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26 Israela Margalit (piano) / New Philharmonia Orchestra, Lorin Maazel [ Decca Belart / CD - released 27/Jul/1994 ] "Israela Margalit has appeared as a soloist of many of the world's leading orchestras including the Berlin, Munich, London, and Israel Philharmonics and the American Big Five." (Wiki) |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Violin Concerto in D (with extra DVD of Beethoven Violin Concerto - 1st movement) Itzhak Perlman (violin) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini [ EMI Classics CD + DVD / 2 CD/DVD - released 20/Nov/1999 ] The classic 1977 recording reissued with an DVD bonus of the first movement of Beethoven's Violin Concerto live with the Berlin Philharmonic, filmed in 1992. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven - Triple Concerto / Choral Fantasy Itzhak Perlman (violin) Daniel Barenboim (piano) Yo-Yo Ma (cello) / The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra [ EMI Classics / EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 1/Oct/2015 ] Itzhak Perlman is joined by fellow veteran Daniel Barenboim and Yo-Yo Ma in two great Beethoven works |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No 1 / Three Violin Duets (with Glazunov - Violin Concerto) Itzhak Perlman (violin) / Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta (with Pinchas Zukerman, violin) [ EMI The Perlman Edition / CD - released 20/Nov/2015 ] "There is no violinist in the world who in sheers bravura can quite match Perlman, particularly live, and the ovation which greets hisdazzling peformance of the finale is richly deserved." (*** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide) |
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SARASATE / SAINT-SAENS / LALO / CHAUSSON / RAVEL / BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Itzhak Perlman: Greatest Hits (Incls Saraste - Carmen Fantasy) Itzhak Perlman (violin) / New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta / Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 30/Oct/1993 ] Born in Israel in 1945, Itzhak Perlman completed his initial training at the Academy of Music in Tel Aviv. He came to New York and soon was propelled into the international arena with an appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1958. (Wiki) |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS / ERNEST CHAUSSON / MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The French Album Itzhak Perlman (violin) / Orchestre De Paris, Jean Martinon [ EMI / CD - released 10/Feb/1987 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 4 & 5 "Spring" Itzhak Perlman (violin) Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 9/Feb/1976 ] "The recording boasts unusually truthful violin sound capturing all the colour of Perlman's playing." (Gramophone Classical Music Guide) |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos 9 "Kreutzer" & 10 Itzhak Perlman (violin) Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 9/Feb/1994 ] "The recording boasts unusually truthful violin sound capturing all the colour of Perlman's playing." (Gramophone Classical Music Guide) |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Violin Sonatas [complete] Itzhak Perlman (violin) Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) [ Decca Ovation / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2010 ] "The recording boasts unusually truthful violin sound capturing all the colour of Perlman's playing." (Gramophoen Classical Music guide) |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Piano Trio Op.97 'Archduke' / Piano Trio in B flat WoO39: Allegretto Itzhak Perlman (violin) Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) Lyn Harrell (cello) [ EMI Classics / CD - released 30/Oct/1991 ] Born in Israel in 1945, Itzhak Perlman completed his initial training at the Academy of Music in Tel Aviv. He came to New York and soon was propelled into the international arena with an appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1958. |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Piano Concertos KV 466, 488, 491, 503 Ivan Moravec (piano) / Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ Piano Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2002 ] The great Czech pianist Ivan Moravec is one of the most highly regarded musicians of his generation. His sparkling and witty Mozart concerto recordings from the 1990s feature conductor Sir Neville Marriner leading The Academy of St. Martin-in-the-... |
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EDVARD GRIEG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Grieg: Piano Works (Incls Piano Sonata in E minor, Op. 7) Ivana Gavrić (piano) [ Champs Hill / CD - released 18/May/2014 ] "...the Sonata comes across with all its youthful exuberance, passion, winning lyricism and tender wistfulness." (Daily Telegraph) |
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MODEST MUSSORGSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (with Ravel - Valses nobles et Sentimentales) Ivo Pogorelich (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 20/Jul/2001 ] Prizes - 1998: Cannes Classical Awards |
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KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Szymanowski: Songs of a Fairytale Princess, Op. 31 / Hafiz' Love-Songs, Op. 26 Iwona Sobotka, Katarina Karneus, Timothy Robinson / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle [ EMI Classics / CD - released 23/Nov/2006 ] "Always supreme in Szymanowski, Simon Rattle returns to his old stomping ground for these orchestral songs. The Birmingham band welcome him with full-blooded commitment and an almost hypnotically rich orchestral palette." Editor's Choice Gramophone |
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BEETHOVEN / HAYDN / ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Impressions of Jacqueline du Pre Jacqueline du Pre (cello) with Pinchas Zukerman (violin), Daniel Barenboim (piano) [ EMI Music / 2 CD Box Set - released 15/Oct/2003 ] One of the very best Jacaqueline du Pre collections...ever! |
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JOSEPH HAYDN / LUIGI BOCCHERINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (with Boccherini: Cello Concerto in B flat) Jacqueline Du Pre (cello) / English Chamber Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim, Sir John Barbirolli [ EMI Classics Great Recordings of the Century / CD - released 23/Oct/1998 ] At the age of four du Pré is said to have heard the sound of the cello on the radio and asked her mother for "one of those". She began with lessons from her mother, before enrolling at the London Violoncello School at age five. |