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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: String Quartets (complete on 8 CDs) Quartetto Italiano [ Philips Complete Mozart Edition / 8 CD Box Set - released 27/Mar/2016 ] "the Philips sound balance is admirably judged. As a set the performances have seen off all challengers for two decades or more; one is unlikely to assemble a more consistently satisfying overview of these works, or one so beautifully played." |
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VINCENT D'INDY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: D'Indy: Trio / Quartet / Sextet Quatuor Prat, with Jean Dupouy (viola II), Francois Michel (cello II) & Kun Woo Paik (piano) [ Auvidis Valois / CD - released 10/Dec/1998 ] Vincent d'Indy's Second Piano Trio certainly sounds like the work of a young man, but at the time it was composed, he was seventy nine years old. D'Indy's style underwent a considerable change in the years following his retirement and move from Paris... |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor / Quintet for piano and strings Rudolph Serkin (piano) / Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, with The Budapest Quartet [ Sony Great Performances / CD - released 20/Oct/1987 ] Rudolf Serkin, pianist (1903--91), was born in Bohemia, made his debut at 12, established a celebrated international performing career, was Professor (from 1939) and Director (1968--76) of the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, and was the leading lig |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: String Quartets Op 33 Nos 4-6, Op 42 Salomon String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Nov/1992 ] 'They strike me as the musical equivalent of a breath of fresh spring air' (Records & Recording) |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: String Quartets K421 & k465 'Dissonance' Salomon String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Nov/1987 ] 'They strike me as the musical equivalent of a breath of fresh spring air' (Records & Recording) |
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HERBERT HOWELLS / EDMUND RUBBRA / HAMILTON HARTY / RUTLAND BOUGHTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sarah Francis - Music for oboe Sarah Francis (oboe), Peter Dickinson (piano), The Rasumovsky Quartet [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/May/2008 ] A very attractive reissue' (Classic CD) |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN / JOHANNES BRAHMS / FRANZ SCHUBERT / FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: From Solo To Quartet Märta Schéle (soprano), Edith Thallaug (alto), Gösta Winbergh (tenor), Erland Hagegård (bass), Lucia Negro (piano) [ BIS / CD - released 2/Feb/1995 ] An engaging collection of 19th-century Lieder, duets, and piano works performed by Swedish vocalists and pianist Lucia Negro. Centered around Robert Schumann's Spanisches Liederspiel..a charming, highly idiomatic survey of German Romantic vocal music |
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HENRY PURCELL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Purcell: Sonatas in Three & Four Parts Slovak Radio Quartet [ Discover / CD - released 10/Feb/2013 ] Current selling for $66 on Amazon (US) |
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GABRIEL FAURE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Faure: Piano Quartets Op, 15 & Op. 45 Nos 1 - 3 Scheuerer Quartet [ Discover / CD - released 10/Feb/1994 ] Originally recorded in February 1994 |
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W. A. MOZART / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart/Beethoven/Ravel: String Quartets The Sharon Quartet [ Discover / CD - released 10/Feb/1989 ] Recorded at St John's Church in Cologne, June 1988 |
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HENRYK GORECKI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gore4cki: String Quartets Nos 1 & 2 / Sonata for two violins / Genesis I The Silesian String Quartet [ Olympia / CD - released 1/Apr/1995 ] Recorded - Paulite Church of the Holy Spirit, Warsaw, July 1993, January 1994 This CD has been recorded under the supervision of the composer. |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos 1, 2, & 4 St. Petersburg String Quartet [ Sony Music / CD - released 1/Jul/1995 ] Recorded at Melodia Studio, St. Petersburg, Russia April & December 1994. |
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JOHN TAVENER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tavener: The Protecting Veil (complete) / The Last Sleep of the Virgin) Steven Isserlis (cello) / London Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rhozdestvensky / Chilingirian Quartet [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] "The Isserlis/Rozhdestvensky pioneering version of Tavener's Protecting Veil hardly needs any recommendation from me." (Gramophone) |
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SERGEI TANEYEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Taneyev: String quartets Nos. 1, 2 & 3 The Talan Quartet [ Olympia / CD - released 1/Apr/2015 ] Recorded in Moscow, July 1994 |
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NIKOLAI MYASKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Myaskovsky: String Quartets Nos 9 & 11 Taneyev Quartet [ Russian Disc / CD - released 12/Apr/1996 ] From the St. Petersburg Musical Archive |
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VADIM SALMANOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Salmanov: String Quartets Nos 1, 3 & 4 Taneyev Quartet [ Russian Disc / CD - released 12/Apr/2010 ] From the St. Petersburg Musical Archive. Recorded in 1980 & 1966 |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tokyo String Quartet plays Beethoven [9 CD set] Tokyo String Quartet [ Sony Classical Masters / 9 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2012 ] "I doubt whether quartet playing comes much better than in this Tokyo set of the Op. 18. Quite frankly I don't think that you can go far wrong with this set: the playing is unfailingly alive, sensitive and poised." (Gramophone) |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: String Quartets Nos 9 & 13 Tokyo String Quartet [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 10/Apr/1988 ] "Right from the start you know that the Tokyo Quartet's will be a dramatic, fiery reading: there's that hair-raising initial attack, with subsequent loud/soft contrasts powerfully underlined." (Gramophone) |
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ARTHUR-VINCENT LOURIE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lourie: 3 String Qaurtets / Duo for violin and viola Utrecht String Quartet [ ASV / CD - released 21/Apr/1997 ] "These are relatively youthful quartets, all written before 1927. To me, they fit the Modern mould of these times although the two long slow movements of the first quartet surprised me." jhredguitar |
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BEETHOVEN / BACH / HAYDN / MOZART / SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: An Equal Music Various Artists [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 30/May/2000 ] Music from the best selling book! A wonder-work: irresistible |