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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: The Sonatas for Cello and Piano Yo-Yo Ma (cello) Emanuel Ax (piano) [ Sony Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 25/Jun/1987 ] Grammy Awards 29th Awards (1986) Best Chamber Music Recording [for sonata no 4 & variation] |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schumann: Cello Concerto / Adagio & Allegro for cello & piano in A flat major, Op. 70 / etc Yo-Yo Ma (cello) / Emmanuel Ax (piano) / Bayerischen Rundfunks Sinfonie-orchester / Sir Colin Davis [ Sony Classical / CD - released 1/Mar/1988 ] "Yo-Yo Ma's playing is always distinguished by great expressive refinement and tonal sophistication. His account of the concerto is keenly affectionate...those wanting the present coupling need not hesitate." (Gramophone) |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT / ROBERT SCHUMANN / MAX BRUCH / GEORGES ENESCO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert / Schumann / Bruch ./ Enesco Yuri Bashmet (viola) & Mikhail Muntian (piano) [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 10/Aug/1991 ] "Yuri Bashmet (viola) and Mikhail Muntian (piano) are highly praised for their RCA recordings....MusicWeb International praises their collaborative performance style, describing them as a "true duo" with "strong readings". |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Symphony 9 'Choral' Yvonne Kenny (soprano) Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano) Patrick Power (tenor) / Petteri Salomaa (bass) / London Classical Players, Roger Norrington [ Virgin Virgo / CD - released 19/Oct/2004 ] "For the Ninth, Norrington has a larger orchestra of some 65 players, with the 50-strong Schutz Choir in the finale. But the sonic mix is very much as it was on the earlier record, with glimmering, vibrato-free strings, plaintive woodwinds,... |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: Romeo et Juliette (with works by Cesar Franck) Yvonne Minton, Francisco Araiza, Jules Bastin, Christa Ludwig / Christa Ludwig / Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD Box Set - released 26/Apr/2010 ] Now a rare recording of Berlioz's Romeo and Juliet, along with works of Cesar Franck. Originally recorded in 1976 (Franck) and 1980. |
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GUSTAV: MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No 9 / Des Knaben Wunderhorn [Four Songs] / Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Classics / CD - released 28/Sep/2003 ] "Solti's recordings for Decca were valued in their day for their electric energy, clarity, and precision; many were widely praised as vital contributions to the slender catalog and necessary antidotes to the faulty, idiosyncratic interpretations by... |
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CARL NIELSEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Nielsen: String Quartets Volume 1 [incls Little Suite for Strings] Zapolski Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 29/Feb/2008 ] "They are marvellous pieces and their neglect outside Scandinavia strikes me as quite unaccountable." Gramophone |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Chopin: Complete Waltzes Zoltan Kocsis (piano) [ Philips Insignia / CD - released 1/Jan/1994 ] Zoltan Kocsis won the Hungarian Radio Beethoven Competition in 1970, and made his first concert tour of the United States in the following year. He received the Liszt Prize in 1973, and the Kossuth Prize in 1978 |
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SIR GRANVILLE BANTOCK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bantock: The Cyprian Goddess Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/May/2005 ] 'Outstanding. A sumptuous wallow for all unashamed Romantics' - BBC Music Magazine |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Symphony No.5, Op.47 The Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Ahronovitch [ BIS / CD - released 2/Feb/1987 ] Originally recording made at the Stockholm Concert Hall, Sweden, November 1986 |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: String Quartets Vol 3 [No 17 K.458 & No 18 K.464] Alberni Quartet [ IMP Classics / CD - released 20/Nov/1992 ] "The recorded sound and balance are impeccable." |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Piano Concertos No.3 in C minor, Op.37 / Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat, Op.73 'Emperor' Alexis Weissenberg (piano) / Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan [ EMI Karajan Collection / CD - released 20/Jun/2006 ] Herbert von Karajan is recognised as one of the greatest conductors of the last century and during his career he produced a vast discography of what are still considered some of the greatest recordings ever made. |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Concerti Grossi Op. 6 - Nos 1, 2, 4, 6 Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman [ Erato / CD - released 24/Apr/1987 ] A transformative force in historically informed performance, Ton Koopman is renowned as a conductor, harpsichordist and organist. In 1979, aged 35, he founded the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra in the city where he had studied with the great Dutch... |
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HAYDN / MOZART / SCHUBERT / BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Andre Watts at Carnegie Hall Andre Watts (piano) [ EMI / CD - released 15/Dec/1988 ] Recorded in performance April 6th, 1988, during the artist's 25th anniversary season. |
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MAURICE RAVEL / CLAUDE DEBUSSY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ravel/Debussy: Piano Trios Andre Previn (piano) Julie Rosenfeld (violin) Gary Hoffman (cello) [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 20/May/1995 ] "A rich yet un-glitzy recording helps this intensely felt yet refined performance, and altogether the artists offer a memorable musical experience." Gramophone |
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MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ravel: Piano Concerto in D major (for the left hand) / Gaspard de la Nuit / etc Andrei Gavrilov (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle [ EMI / CD - released 20/Apr/1985 ] When this album was originally released in 1978, Gramophone said: "... However high your expectations may be, I would be surprised to learn that they were disappointed ... This newcomer is second to none in both works," and praised the young Rattle... |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Goldberg Variations Charles Rosen (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 17/Feb/1992 ] Besides establishing himself as one of the most influential musical writers of the 20th century, Charles Rosen remained a world-class pianist of exceptional musical insight and formidable if unostentatious virtuosity. Many of his most highly praised... |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: Concerti per Violine Op 4 "La Stravaganza" I Solisti Veneti, Claudio Scimone [ Erato / 2 CD Box Set - released 2/Feb/1989 ] Originally recorded in 1977 |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokofiev: Cinderella, Op. 87 [complete ballet] Cleveland Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy [ Decca / 2 CD Box Set - released 19/Apr/1983 ] "Ashkenazy gets excellent results from the Cleveland orchestra. The recording's fine definition is enchanced, yet not at the expense of atmosphere, and the bright, vivid image is given striking projection." (Penguin Stereo Guide) |
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MAHLER / BRUCKNER / WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruno Walter: The Original Jacket Collection Columbia Symphony Orchestra, New York philharmonic Orchestra, Bruno Walter, with Mildred Miller (sop) Ernst Haefliger (ten) Maureen Forrester (contral [ Sony Classical / 13 CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] To those reared on his recordings, Bruno Walter was a living link to a bygone age. Born in 1876, when Wagner was still alive and Bruckner had yet to write his last and greatest symphonies, Walter was arguably the most old-world of the many long-lived... |