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SAMUEL BARBER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Music of Samuel Barber (with Howard Hanson: Piano Concerto) Ljubljana Symphony Orchestra, Carter Nice / MIT Symphony Orchestra, David Epstein / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Schenck, Euge List (piano) [ Vox Box / 2 CD - released 7/Oct/2002 ] Samuel Barber is widely known for his famous Adagio for Strings, the slow movement of a string quartet he wrote in 1936. Born in West Chester, Pennsylvania in 1910, he was one of the first students at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, where he... |
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W.A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: The Great Piano Concertos, Vol.1 (Nos 19, 20, 21, 22, 23) Mitsuko Uchida (piano) English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 18/Jun/2001 ] Mitsuko Uchida's acclaimed cycle was recorded following extensive public performances and Mozart has remained central to her repertory throughout her career. |
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EDUARD LAZAREV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lazarev: Master and Margarita (8 scenes from the ballet) Moldavian Philarmonic Orchestra, Dmitri Goya [ Russian Disc / CD - released 12/Apr/1995 ] Recorded on May 30, 1984 in the Large Hall of the Kishinev Philharmonic, Kishinev, Moldavia. |
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ALBERTO GINASTERA / ALBERTO WILLIAMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE; Echoes of Argentina New Century Chamber Orchestra, Stuart Canin [ !K7 Records / CD - released 16/Mar/1998 ] The New Century Chamber Orchestra, one of only a handful of conductorless ensembles in the world, was founded in 1992. The 19-member string ensemble includes San Francisco Bay Area musicians and those who travel from across the U.S. and Europe. |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione (Incls 'The Four Seasons') Monica Huggett (violin) / Raglan Baroque Players, Nicholas Kraemer [ Virgin Veritas / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/May/1989 ] Original recording from 1988 & 1989 |
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tosca (Complete Opera recorded in 1976) Monserrat Caballe, Jose Carreras, Ingvar Wixell, Samuel Ramey / Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Colin Davis [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 4/Sep/1993 ] The great Caballé at the height of her career sings with her protégé Carreras, his voice still vibrant with the golden glow of youth. The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, is led by Sir Colin Davis. |
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PRECY GRAINGER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Grainger: The Music of Percy Grainger Monteverdi Choir, English Country Gardiner Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 18/Mar/1996 ] One of the great advocates of period-instrument performance Gardiner has received more Gramophone awards than any other living artist. |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Choral Works (Incls Liebeslieder-Walzer, op.52) Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner [ Philips Originals / CD - released 15/Apr/2006 ] "Gardiner captures the quintessentially Viennese flavour ... the choir produces some direct and richly expressive singing, with every individual phrase shaped with immense care and sensitivity." Gramophone |
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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. |
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GEORGES BIZET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bizet - Carmen & L'Arlesienne suites Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit [ Decca The Full Works / CD - released 25/Jun/2018 ] This is a re-issue of an outstanding "demonstration" disc featuring colourful French orchestral music....playing that is both elegant and vivid in superb, demonstration-worthy sound. |
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ENRIQUE GRANADOS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Montserrat Caballé Sings Granados Montserrat Caballe (soprano) Miguel Zanetti (piano) / Orquesta De Camara, Rafael Ferrer [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 26/May/1997 ] "Perfect singing of this music" raved MusicWeb International |
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de CABEZON / de HEREDIA / de ARAUXO / CABANILLES / BACH / SOLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Montserrat Torrent - Organ Recital Montserrat Torrent (organ) [ Ermitage / CD - released 2/Feb/1997 ] Montserrat Torrent was appointed as organ teacher at Conservatorio Municipal de Barcelona. She started her career performing in Europe, United States of America and South America, focusing on the organ as a popular music instrument. |
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JELLY ROLL MORTON / SCOTT JOPLIN / WILLIE 'LION' SMITH / JAMES SCOTT / EUBIE BLAKE / JOSEPH LAMB
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Fingerbreaker - classics of Ragtime and Early Jazz Piano Morten Gunnar Larsen (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 20/Jul/1999 ] "He's a fastidious, terrifically charismatic stage performer." New York Times |
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MORTON GOULD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gould: Fall River Legend / Interplay / etc Morton Gould and his Orchestra / National Symphony Orchestra, Howard Mitchell [ RCA Victor Living Stereo / CD - released 1/Apr/1993 ] Gould's Fall River Legend is a warmly melodic ballet on the Lizzie Borden story. |
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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 |
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BORIS PARSADANIAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Parsadanian: Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 Moscow Radio Symphony, USSR Symphony Orchestra, Evgeni Svetlanov, with Klara Kadinskaya (soprano) [ Russian Compact Disc / CD - released 1/Jan/1994 ] Rare recordings from Russia Recorded 1966 (Sym. 1) and 1969 |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Piano Trio No 1 D.898 / Notturno in E flat D.897 / Allegro in B flat D.28 Mozartean Players [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 19/May/2001 ] "This is one of the most distinguished period-instrument recordings of Schubert's B flat Piano Trio, well worth snapping up." International Record Review April 2001 |
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F G SCOTT / RONALD CENTER / RONALD STEVENSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Piano Music From Scotland Murray McLachlan (piano) [ Regis / CD - released 12/May/2006 ] "..all played with considerable bravura by Murray McLachlan who is clearly sympathetic.... rosette is awarded not just for enterprise but equally from admiration and pleasure" © Penguin Guide: rosette |
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RONALD STEVENSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stevenson: Piano Concertos Nos 1 "Faust Triptych" & 2 "The Continents" Murray Mclachlan (piano) / Chetham's Symphony Orchestra, Julian Clayton [ Olympia / CD - released 2/Feb/1993 ] "In Murray McLachlan, Stevenson's music has found a committed advocate and he projects the highly virtuosic yet never over-dominant solo parts with something of the panache of the composer's own keyboard style." Hi-Fi News |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Impromptus Murray Perahia (piano) [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 13/Nov/1983 ] Recorded at Vanguard Studios, New York City on 22-23 November 1982 (tracks 1 to 4), and at 30th Street Studio, New York City on18 December 1980 (tracks 5 to 8). |