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NICHOLAS MAW
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Maw: La Vita Nuova, Ghost Dances, Roman Canticle Carmen Pelton (soprano) William Sharp (baritone) / 20th Century Consort, Christpher Kendall [ ASV / CD - released 24/May/1999 ] Born in 1935 in Grantham, Nicholas Maw studied at the Royal Academy of Music from 1955 to 1958 with Lennox Berkeley and Paul Steinitz, and in Paris with Nadia Boulanger and Max Deutsch. |
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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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TALLIS / BYRD / PALESTRINA /TAVENER / POULENC / SCARLATTI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Easter at Canterbury - Lent Holy Week and Easter The Choir of Canterbury Cathedral, David Flood, with Timothy Noon (organ) [ York CD The canterbury Collection / CD - released 20/Aug/2000 ] Originally recorded 2000 |
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PARRY / DAVIES / ALLEGRI / BRUCKNER / DURUFLE / POULENC / BARBER / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Voices of Silence - The beauty, Peace & Mystery of Voices Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Richard Marlow / Choir of St. Hedwigs-Cathedral, Berlin / Musica Sacra, Richard Westenburg [ RCA classics / CD - released 2/Dec/1994 ] Recorded 1987 to 1989 |
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GEORGE DYSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE Dyson: Symphony In G City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 11/Apr/1994 ] As a composer Dyson wrote in a traditional idiom, reflecting the influence of his teachers at the RCM, Hubert Parry and Charles Villiers Stanford. His works were well known during his lifetime but underwent a period of neglect before being revived in... |
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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... |
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KARG-ELERT / REED / GIGOUT / WILLS / DUPRE / WIDOR / WEINBERGER / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pomp & Pipes - Powerful music for organ, winds, brass & percussion Dallas Wind Symphony, Frederick Fennel, with Paul Riedo (organ) [ Reference / CD - released 2/Feb/1993 ] Recorded at the Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, July 1993 |
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KURT ATTERBERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Atterberg: Piano Concerto / Rhapsody / Ballade & Passacaglia Love Derwinger (piano) / Hanover Radio Philharmonia Orchetra [ CPO / CD - released 31/Dec/2001 ] "A feast for unashamed romantics. Grand Romantic, heart-on-sleeve stuff, over the top music, delivered in bravura performances by Derwinger and Rasilainen. Another winner in this splendid CPO Atterberg edition." MusicWeb Recording: Grosser... |
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AARON COPLAND / GIAN CARLIO MENOTTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Copland/Menotti: Piano Concertos Earl Wild (piano), The Symphony of the Air, Aaron Copland, Jorge Mester (conds) [ Vanguard Classics / CD - released 5/Sep/1991 ] "The Menotti fizzes and sings with a light touch, and Jorge Mester matches Wild with an accompaniment that sparkles." ClassicalNet |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No 2 'Resurrection' Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Hilde Rossl-Majdan / Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Otto Klemperer [ EMI Classics Great Recordings of the Century / CD - released 21/Aug/2000 ] 1001 Classical recording you must hear before you die (1851-1900) "A magnificent performance with excellent soloists, choir and orchestra. The recording performs miracles in reproducing the multitudinous details of this enormous score" (Gramophone) |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss, (R.): 4 letzte Lieder (4 Last Songs) / Arabella (highlights) (Rec 1953/54) Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Ackermann (Conductor) Lovro von Matacic (Conductor) with Anny Felbermayer (soprano) [ EMI Classics / CD - released 11/May/2006 ] (Schwarzkopf) had all the requisite vocal qualities for a first-rate singer of the music of Richard Strauss: radiance, tenderness, vocal colour, always alive to the nuances of the text, and very observant of what the composer demanded. |
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HENRYK GORECKI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gorecki: Concerto for harpsichord and string orchestra / Kleines Requiem fur eine Polka / Good Night Elizabeth Chojnacka (harpsichord) Dawn Upshaw (soprano) / London Sinfonietta, David Zinman [ Nonesuch / CD - released 1/Jul/1995 ] Górecki is an important figure in Polish music, and his Third Symphony is one of the great 'success stories' in all twentieth century symphonic music. This deeply moving quality permeates his other works, but he was also a more ambiguous, interesting... |
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VIVALDI / ALBINONI / BACH / MARCELLO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Baroque Oboe Concertos Emanuel Abbuld (oboe/oboe d'amore) / Strings of Zurich, Howard Griffiths [ Aurophon / CD - released 17/Nov/1991 ] Original recording 1998 |
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GAETANO DONIZETTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Donizetti: Olivo e Pasquale (complete opera recorded in 1980 with complete libretto) Eva Czapò, Benedetta Pecchioli, Gastone Sarti, Gino Orlandini, Mario Chiappi / Coro Della Radio Televisione Della Svizzera Italiana, Bruno Rigacci [ Nuova Era / 2 CD Box Set - released 21/Jun/1997 ] Recording Date: October 26, 1980 Recording Location: Lugano, Svizzera, Auditorio RSI |
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MOZART / ROSSINi / THOMAS / SCHUMANN / CHAUSSON / BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: A Portrait of Frederica von Stade Frederica Von Stade (soprano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Antonio De Almeida [ MK39315 / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] Described by the New York Times as "one of America's finest artists and singers," Frederica von Stade continues to be extolled as one of the music world's most beloved figures. |
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SIR EDWARD ELGAR / SIR WILLIAM WALTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar/Walton: String Quartets Gabrieli String Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Jul/1986 ] "The Gabrieli performance, recorded in 1986 when Kenneth Sillito was leader (was) made in the warm, rich acoustic of The Maltings, Snape" Gramophone |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos 9 & 14 Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano) Mark Reshetin (bass) / USSR Symphony Orchestra, David Oistrakh / Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Rudolf Barshai [ Russian Compact Disc / CD - released 1/Jan/1993 ] Recorded live in the Large Hall of the Moscow Conservatoire October (No.14) & December 1969 |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini Gary Graffman (piano) / The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein [ Sony Great Performances / CD - released 1/Aug/1964 ] "No finer modern performance of these standard pieces can be found on disc." High Fidelity |
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ROBERTO GERHARD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gerhard: Symphony No.3 'Collages' / Concerto for Piano and Strings Geoffrey Tozer (piano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Matthias Bamert [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1997 ] "Chandos have given the work a splendid recording which does full justice to the wide ranging colours of this score and Mathias Bamert and the BBC Symphony Orchestra are as impressive in this early example of Gerhard's symphonic writing as they are... |
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PIAZZOLLA / ELGAR / SARASATE / MOZART / RAVEL / BERNSTEIN / RANEAU / SAINT-SAENS / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: BBC Proms 99 - Artists and music from BBC Proms 1999 Gidon Kremer, Maxim Venerov (violin) Thomas Hampson (baritone) Dawn Upshaw, Deborah Voigt (soprano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, etc [ Teldec / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/1999 ] This double CD features artists appearing in the BBC Proms 1999. Note that these are recordings taken from previously released material and are note recorded from the actual proms. |