FRANZ LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Liszt: Complete Tone Poems Vol 1 (Includes Les Preludes') London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/1993 ] Original recordings from 1970 - 1972 |
FRANZ LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Liszt: Complete Tone Poems Vol 2 (Includes 'Mephisto Waltz No. 1') London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/1993 ] Original recordings from 1970 - 1972 |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: German Requiem [Ein deutsches Requiem] Charlotte Margiono (soprano) / Rodney Gilfrey (baritone) / Monteverdi Choir / Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique / John Eliot Gardiner [ Philips / Decca Originals / CD - released 10/Feb/2010 ] "Gardiner's 'revolutionary' account of the German Requiem brings a range of choral sound even more thrilling than in the concert hall." Rosette (Highest Award) Penguin Stereo Guide |
J. S. BACH / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Maria Yudina Maria Yudina (piano) [ Philips Great Pianists Of The 20th Century Vol 99 / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2000 ] Sviatoslav Richter said of her playing:..."She was immensely talented and a keen advocate of the music of her own time: she played Stravinsky, whom she adored, Hindemith, Krenek and Bartók." |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Romeo and Juliet Op.64 (Highlights) Mariinsky (Kirov) Orchestra, Valéry Gergiev [ Philips / CD - released 6/Nov/1992 ] "...this is a performance to enjoy for the lyric feeling of Prokofiev's score and for the marvellous orchestral playing" Gramophone |
BYRD / PHILIPS / FARNABY / BULL / SWEELINCK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book Martin Souter (Harpsichord. Clavichord. Virginals, organ) [ Historic Keyboard Collection / Gift of Music / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge houses one of the world's most important manuscripts of keyboard music. The music was composed by England's greatest composers of the early seventeenth century and ranges from erudite fantasias to exquisite... |
FREDERIC CHOPIN / CLAUDE DEBUSSY / FRANZ LISZT / ROBERT SCHUMANN / IGOR STRAVINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Maurizio Pollini I Maurizio Pollini (piano) [ Philips / Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/1998 ] Maurizio Pollini (born 5 January 1942) is an Italian pianist. He is known for performances of compositions by Beethoven, Chopin and Debussy, among others. He has also championed and performed works by contemporary composers such as Pierre Boulez,... |
FREDERIC CHOPIN / CLAUDE DEBUSSY / FRANZ LISZT / ROBERT SCHUMANN / IGOR STRAVINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Stephen Kovacevich II Stephen Kovacevich (piano) with BBC Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Orchestra [ Philips Great Pianists Of The 20th Century Vol 61 / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/1998 ] Stephen Kovacevich made his concert debut as a pianist at the age of 11; then, at the age of 18 he moved to London to study under Dame Myra Hess on a scholarship and has been a London resident ever since, currently living in Hampstead. In 1961 he... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Voices in the Night - Choral Works Monteverdi Choir, John Elliot Gardiner [ Philips / CD - released 14/Oct/1997 ] Monteverdi Choir & Orchestras is the registered charity of three leading international music ensembles: the Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists and Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique. |
BRAHMS / CHOPIN / LISZT / MOZART / SCHUMANN / GODOWSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Nelson Freire Nelson Freire (piano) / Munich Philharmonic Orchestra [ Philips / Sony / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2000 ] "Influenced by Rachmaninov and trained in his native Brazil and in Vienna, Freire established a reputation for tempestuous readings amply validated on several of the selections included here. His force applies well to the Finale from Chopin's Piano... |
CHOPIN / HAYDN / LISZT / SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Nikita Magaloff Nikita Magaloff (piano) [ Philips Great Pianists Of The 20th Century Vol. 67 / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2000 ] Nikita Magaloff was born in Saint Petersburg to a Georgian noble family named Maghalashvili. Magaloff and his family left Russia in 1918 for Finland. His musical interest first stimulated by family friend Serge Prokofiev. |
PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Mazeppa (complete opera) Nikolai Putilin / Sergei Aleksashkin / Larissa Diadkova / Irina Loskutova / Viktor Lutsiuk / Viacheslav Luhanin / Vladimir Zhivopistsev / Nikolai Gass [ Philips / EuroArts / DVD - released 8/Jun/2005 ] Tchaikovsky's Mazeppa . Now available on Philips DVD, in anamorphic widescreen and DTS 5.1 digital surround sound. |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 31 "Paris" & 35 ""Haffner" Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Brüggen [ Philips / CD - released 15/Mar/1987 ] "vigour or rugged intensity that has always characterised their performances." (Guardian) |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Symphony Nos. 40 in G minor (with Beethoven: Symphony No. 1) Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Brüggen [ Philips / CD - released 15/Mar/1987 ] "vigour or rugged intensity that has always characterised their performances." (Guardian) |
DERGE RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 Orchestre De Paris, Semyon Bychkov [ Philips / CD - released 17/Nov/1991 ] Recorded in Paris, 1991 |
TARREGA / ROMERO / TURINA / GRANADOS / MORENO / ect
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pepe Romero - Noches de Espana [Romantic Guitar Classics] Pepe Romero (guitar) [ Philips / CD - released 6/Dec/1994 ] "Few musicians can be this flexible with the unwinding of a piece and yet never sound self-indulgent. He seems to know exactly where an emphasis lies, how long to pause, where to push, when to float poetically." |
LUIGI BOCCHERINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Boccherini: Guitar Quintets Pepe Romero (Guitar) / Academy Of St Martin In The Fields Chamber Ensemble [ Philips / CD - released 28/Jun/1990 ] Recorded: Great Britain, 12/1978 (G.453); 12/1979 (G.447) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Violin Romances & works by Schubert & Dvorak Pinchas Zukerman (violin) / St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Pinchas Zukerman [ Philips / CD - released 14/Jul/1986 ] Originally recorded in March 1986 |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Late String Quartets Volume 2 Quartetto Italiano [ Philips Duo / 2 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 |
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 |