Search Results: Quartet collectable
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BRITTEN / RAVEL / RESPIGHI / SCHULHOFF / SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Magdalena Kozena: Recital Magdalena Kozena (soprano) Malcolm Martineau (piano) Henschel Quartet [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 10/Mar/2004 ] GRAMOPHONE RECORDING OF THE YEAR FINALIST 2004: Vocal |
FRANK BRIDGE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bridge: String Quartets Nos 1 & 3 Maggini Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 31/Oct/2003 ] "The flowering of English expressionism receives deservedly superb performances." Gramophone Magazine (Editor's Choice. October 2003) |
MAX REGER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Reger: String Quartets Nos 1 & 2 / Trio Mannheimer Streichquartett [ MDG / CD - released 27/Mar/1997 ] "Performances and sound largely defy adverse criticism. There is nothing of the routine or conveyor-belt in these performances." MuscWeb |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart - String Quartets Melos Quartett [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD Box Set - released 18/Jun/2005 ] Recorded February 1979 to 1982 at Liederhalle, Stuttgart; and at Zentralsaal, Bamberg. |
Modern Jazz Quartet
For Ellington [ East / West Records / CD - released 2/Feb/1988 ] The Modern Jazz Quartet's For Ellington album is generally well-received as a charming, cool tribute that captures Duke Ellington's spirit through the MJQ's signature blend of jazz, blues, and classical styles (A.I.) |
IGNAZ JOSEPH PLEYEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pleyel: Quartet in B / Symphony in A / Sinfonia - Concertante Moscow Concertino, Evgueni Bushkov [ Discover / CD - released 10/Feb/2013 ] "Pleyel had a strong and solid technique, a good command of form and considerable enterprise in his ideas" Gramophone |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: String Quartet in E minor Op.59 / String Quartet in C Op.59t The New Budapest String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Apr/1993 ] 'This is a top recommendation for all these works' (Classic CD) 'Highly recommendable' (Gramophone) |
DVORAK / SCHUBERT / BOCCHERINI / CASALS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: An Evening With Ofra Harnoy Ofra Harnoy (cello) / Orford String Quartet, with Michael Dussek (piano) [ Pro Arte / CD - released 21/Jul/1988 ] Harnoy made rapid progress under teacher Vladimir Orloff and gave her debut in Toronto at age ten. At 14, she was invited to perform at Britain's Aldeburgh Festival; there, she met cellist Jacqueline Du Pré, her idol. (AllMusic) |
BELA BARTOK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra / The Miraculous Mandarin Suite / String Quartet No 3 - Moderato allegro) (Rec 1989-1991) ORF Symphony Orchestra, Milan Horvat / Zagreb String Quartet [ United Audio International / CD - released 16/Aug/1998 ] Bartók is a "national" composer insofar that he collected authentic folk music by going into the deepest provinces of the country with his phonograph, recording folk songs and dances, and preserving them for eternity. This music he incorporated into... |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY / MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: String Quartets Orlando Quartet [ Philips / CD - released 10/Nov/1989 ] "The Ravel quartet is wonderfully passionate in the Orlando's hands and they press it to greater expressive extremes than do the Melos Quartet of Stuttgart on DG" Gramophone |
ROBERT FUCHS / CARL MARIA von WEBER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Fuchs/von Weber: Clarinet Quintets Paul Meyer (clarinet) / Carmina Quartet [ Denon / CD - released 10/Apr/1995 ] Recorded in Switzerland, April 1995 |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Flute Quartets Nos 1 - 4 Philippa Davies (flute) / The Nash Ensemble [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 15/Mar/1989 ] "The four Mozart flute quartets make up a nicely tidy CD, and the Nash Ensemble's neat and pointed playing make it an enjoyable one too. Philippa Davies is a pleasure to listen to, clean and unusually even in tone, a tone which is round and full but... |
MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ravel - Bolero, Pavane, Mother Goose, Valses, Sonatine, Concerto, etc Philippe Entremont, Tokyo String Quartet, Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell, London Symphony, Michael Tilson T [ Sony Classical / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2009 ] This special edition collects highly regarded recordings on the Sony label. of the major works of Maurice Ravel 205 Minutes |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Three String Quartets & Piano Quintet Piers Lane (piano) / New Budapest Quartet [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 15/Apr/2003 ] 'Highly recommendable' (Gramophone) |
ERNEST BLOCH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bloch: Quartets Nos. IV and V The Portland String Quartet [ Arabesque Recordings / CD - released 10/Dec/1991 ] "...a pioneering and authoritative survey of this intense, intellectually rigorous chamber music." A.I. |
ERNEST BLOCH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bloch: Quintets for Piano and Strings The Portland String Quartet, with Paul Posnak (piano) [ Arabesque Recordings / CD - released 10/Dec/1991 ] If Arabesque's Bloch items have faded into the crowd it is because they have been in the catalogue for so long. Their strengths remain undimmed and there has been no cause for critics to wine as Arabesque have kept them in their live list. (MusicWeb) |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: String Quartets K 465 - 499 - 80 Pro Arte Quartett Salzburg [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 1/Dec/1991 ] Recorded in October 1989 |
MAX BRUCH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruch: Complete String Quartets Quartetto Academica [ Dynamic / CD - released 28/Nov/1993 ] "(The Academica Quartet) are/were a fine quartet and they made a good case for what remains understandably neglected music." MusicWeb |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Early String Quartets Quartetto Italiano [ Philips / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/1989 ] "Classic performances, with refined tonal sensibility and complete unanimity of phrasing. Intimate music making, especially in the slow movements, though Beethoven's outbursts are never short-changed." BBC Music |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: String Quartet No. 12 in E flat, Op.127 / String Quartet No.16 in F, Op. 135 Quartetto Italiano [ Philips Musica da Camera / CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] "...these performances still strike a finely judged balance between beauty and truth, and are ultimately more satisfying and searching than most of their rivals." Gramophone |
