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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokofiev: Violin Sonatas Nos 1 & 2 / 5 Melodien Martha Argerich (piano) Gidon Kremer (violin) [ Deutsche Grammophon Grand Prix / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] "these performances are mercurial and provocative. Kremer and Argerich find expectedly dark resonances in the lyrical Second Sonata whilst projecting a radiant beauty in the Five Melodies." BBC Music Magazine, August 2008 ***** |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Martha Argerich Live from the Lugano Festival (Brahms & Mendelssohn) Martha Argerich (piano) Lilya Zilberstein (piano) Renaud Capucon (violin) Gautier Capucon (cello) [ EMI Music / CD - released 12/May/2003 ] The legendary pianist doing what she loves most: performing chamber music in intimate surroundings with select musical friends and proteges. |
FREDERIC CHOPIN / FRANZ LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Chopin: Piano Concerto No 1 / Liszt: Piano Concerto No 1 Martha Argerich (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra / Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 5/May/2000 ] "This is early vintage Argerich but the sound has transferred well to CD. She is balanced rather noticeably forward...Much of the outer Chopin movements is taken remarkably fast, yet a crystalline clarity is maintained." Gramophone |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Chopin: Piano Concertos 1 & 2 Martha Argerich (piano) / Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, Charles Dutoit [ EMI Recommends / Warner Classics / CD - released 24/Sep/2007 ] "Rarely in their entire history have the Chopin concertos received performances of a more teasing allure, brilliance and idiosyncrasy." Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 |
FRANK MARTIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Martin: Ballades The London Philharmonic, Matthias Bamert (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jun/1995 ] Originally recorded in 1994 |
PERCY GRAINGER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Grainger: The Complete Piano Music, and transcriptions Martin Jones (piano) [ Nimbus / 5 CD Box Set - released 2/Feb/1997 ] "..He handles Grainger's complex counterpoints and voicing with superb clarity, achieving quasi-orchestral textures and colouring" BBC Music |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn: Preludes & Fugues Martin Jones (piano) [ Nimbus / CD - released 1/Mar/1987 ] "...so beautifully played by Martin Jones, will do much to earn Mendelssohn's music for the keyboard the attention it deserves." Contemporary Review |
DVORAK / STRAUSS / MUSSORGSKY / SCHOECK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Martina Janková - Voyage Martina Janková (soprano) & Gérard Wyss (piano) [ Supraphon / CD - released 16/May/2011 ] "In short, her vocal colouring is incredibly fresh and young-sounding...Those top notes are really something never to forget. A disc to treasure." (Gramophone, September 2011) |
JOSEPH HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Recollection - Haydn Songs Martina Jankova (soprano), Gerard Wyss (piano) [ Supraphon / CD - released 15/Mar/2010 ] "Martina Janková is an accomplished singer with beautiful voice, lyrical and warm in tone...Martina already has an impressive discography and I hope to hear more from her in the future." (MusicWeb) |
BOHUSLAV MARTINU
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Martinu: Memorial to Lidice / Field Mass / Symphony No. 4 Ivan Kusnjer (baritone) / Czech Philharmonic Choir, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Jirí Belohlavek [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1993 ] "The luscious, intricately scored pages of the bighearted Fourth Symphony sound opulent in this recording...the playing is glorious, intoxicating in its richness and sure-footed poise." Gramophone |
EDWARD KLEBAN
Kleban: A Class Act Marty Bell & Chase Mishkin / Original Cast Recording [ RCA Victor / CD - released 2/Feb/2001 ] A Class Act is a quasi-autobiographical musical loosely based on the life of composer-lyricist Edward Kleban, who died at the age of 48 in 1987.[1] Featuring a book by Linda Kline and Lonny Price along with music and lyrics by Kleban himself, the... |
HOWARD FERGUSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ferguson: Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra / Amore langueo (with Finzi: Eclogue) Martyn Hill (tenor) Howard Shelley (piano) / City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Mar/1987 ] Belfast-born Ferguson's reputation as a composer rests on the nineteen published works that he wrote between 1928 and 1959. Rhythmic energy endows his music with its exciting sense of momentum, underpinned by his command of Baroque and Classical... |
GEORGE ANTHEIL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Antheil: Fighting The Waves Martyn Hill (tenor) Jagdish Mistry (violin) Hermann Kretzschmar (piano) / Ensemble Modern, HK Gruber [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 24/May/1996 ] "It's always faintly depressed me how some concert-goers feel compelled to listen to music stony-faced, while some works abound with musical jokes. Antheil's musical pickpocketing is a riot." Gramophone |
GERLAD FINZI
Finzi: Earth and Air and Rain (Songs by Gerald Finzi to words of Thomas Hardy) Martyn Hill (tenor) Stephen Varcoe (baritone) Clifford Benson (piano) [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] "You can't go wrong with this recording of these immensely beautiful and brilliantly-crafted songs." (MusicWeb Oct 2010) |
GEORGE GERSHWIN
Gershwin: Girl Crazy Mary Martin & Jan Clayton / Members of the Original Broadway Cast [ Prism Leisure / CD - released 1/Jun/1998 ] Girl Crazy is a 1930 musical by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin and book by Guy Bolton and John McGowan. Ethel Merman made her stage debut in the first production and co-lead Ginger Rogers became an overnight star. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: If I Loved You - Love Duets from the Musicals Valerie Masterson, Thomas Allen / Philharmonia Orchestra, John Owen Edwards [ TER VIP Series / CD - released 2/Feb/1993 ] To have Valerie Masterson and Thomas Allen perform this recital of musical theater songs in the original stage orchestrations is indicative of a trend which is long overdue for the dissolution of the barriers between opera and musical theater. |
ERNEST CHAUSSON / JACQUES IBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Chausson: Symphony in B flat / Ibert: Escales & Divertissement Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Eduardo Mata [ Dorian / CD - released 6/Nov/2000 ] "Mata's performances of these highly contrasted pieces are all very fine and he gets a fine response from his orchestra...if this coupling appeals to you, you need not worry for each piece is given a highly idiomatic reading and a warm recorded sound |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No.4 Edith Mathis (soprano) / Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 10/Aug/2010 ] Recording: Berlin, Philharmonie, February 1979 |
SAINT-SAENS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Saint-Saens: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 / etc Mats Lidstrom (cello) Bengt Forsberg (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] "These artists radiate total conviction and a life-enhancing vitality and sensitivity" Penguin Guide |
J.S. BACH / J. C, BACH / von BIBER / J. SCHMELZER / J. BLOW / H. PURCELL / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Matthew White - Elegeia Matthew White (countertenors) / Les Voix Baroques [ Analekta / CD - released 20/Apr/2008 ] Recorded At - Église Saint-Augustin De Mirabel, Québec |
