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NICHOLAS MAW
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Maw: Hymnus / Little Concert / Shahnama Oxford Bach Choir, BBC Concert Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, NicholasCleobury, with Nicolas Daniel (oboe) [ 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. Nicholas passed away in 2009. |
JOHN IRELAND
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ireland: Piano Concerto In E flat / Legend for Piano and Orchestra / Mai-Dun, Symphonic Rhapsody Eric Parkin (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1986 ] "I recommend this outstanding recording with enthusiasm, and it would make an unbeatable introduction to Ireland's music for anyone wishing to take the plunge; it's well worth it!" MusicWeb |
FAURE / SAINT-SAENS / MASSENET / GRANADOS / CHOPIN / PAGANINI / DVORAK / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Paul Tortelier: Encores Paul Tortelier (cello) with Shuku Iwasaki (piano) [ EMI Studio / CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] Tortelier was an honorary member of the Royal Academy of Music in London, held honorary degrees from three English universities, and was a Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland. A street in the Batignolles-Monceau, the 17th arrondissement of... |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Great Organ Works (Includes Toccata & Fugue in D minor & Fantasia & Fugue in C minor) Peter Hurford (organ) [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 15/Feb/2001 ] "This is how organ should sound. Hurford presents the organ as a grand, massive, visceral, roaring, lusty instrument. The reeds are biting and edgy and the mixtures are perfect for the intense polyphony." RateYourMusic |
JEAN SIBELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 7 Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 9/Jan/1993 ] "A rich and strong, consistently enjoyable cycle. Ashkenazy by temperament brings out the expressive warmth, colour and drama of the composer rather than his Scandinavian chill, reflecting perhaps his Slavonic background." (*** Penguin Guide) |
JEAN SIBELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 6 Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 9/Jan/1993 ] "A rich and strong, consistently enjoyable cycle. Ashkenazy by temperament brings out the expressive warmth, colour and drama of the composer rather than his Scandinavian chill, reflecting perhaps his Slavonic background." (*** Penguin Guide) |
GEORGE GERSHWIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, Piano Concerto, An American in Paris Pittsburg Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn (soloist & conductor) [ Decca Virtuoso / CD - released 27/Oct/2011 ] The popular Gershwin triptych features André Previn as both pianist and conductor in this 1984 recording, which now appears at mid-price for the first time. |
CARL LOEWE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Loewe: Lieder + Ballads Hermann Prey (baritone) Michael Endres (piano) [ Capriccio / CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] "In works like Erlkönig, Count Eberstein, and Odins Meeresritt, the performances highlight Loewe's dramatic, narrative style, with the piano capturing scenes like galloping horses and clinking glasses." A.I. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Early String Quartets Quartetto Italiano [ Philips / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/1989 ] "Classic performances, with refined tonal sensibility and complete unanimity of phrasing. Intimate music making, especially in the slow movements, though Beethoven's outbursts are never short-changed." BBC Music |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: The Late String Quartets Quartetto Italiano [ Philips / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2007 ] 'The Italians give a most searching account of the first movement of Op.127 and their firmness of tone and accuracy of ensemble compel admiration ... a magnificent account ... the Italian Quartet's performances are considerable." Penguin Guide |
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... |
GERALD FINZI / KENNETH LEIGHTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Finzi: Cello Concerto / Leighton: Suite 'Veris Gratia' Raphael Wallfisch (cello), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Bryden Thomson [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Sep/2001 ] .'…the panache of Wallfisch's playing comes over the more forcefully, and the tenderness of the slow movement is reinforced to at a more spacious speed.' - Gramophone |
FRANCESCO CILEA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur (complete opera recorded in 1962) Renata Tebaldi, Mario del Monaco, Giulietta Simionato, Giulio Fioravanti / Orchestra & Coro dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma, Franco Capuana [ Decca / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/1991 ] Cilea's opera is based on a popular play which was itself based on the real life story of Adriana Lecouvreur - the great actress of early 18th Century Paris - and her relationship with the aristocratic soldier Maurizio, Count of Saxony. |
VERDI / PUCCINI / ROSSINI / CILEA / REFICE / BOITO / MASCAGNI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: La Tebaldi Renata Tebaldi (soprano), Orchestre National de l'Opera de Monte-Carlo, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, New Philharmonia Orchestr [ Decca / CD Box Set - released 10/Aug/2005 ] In May 1946, when Milan's venerable La Scala theatre reopened after World War II, conductor Arturo Toscanini selected Renata Tebaldi, then 24, to sing music by Rossini and Verdi... the voice of an angel - Toscanini's reported. |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE:: Mahler - Symphony No.3 in D minor (plus Bach Suite, arr Mahler) Petra Lang (mezzo) / Prague Philharmonic Choir, Netherlands Children's Choir, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly [ Decca / 2 CD - released 2/Feb/2004 ] "Chailly's account of the concluding Adagio as one of the two or three finest on disc. The timing (just under 23 minutes) strikes me as just right, and the orchestra simply outdoes itself in the eloquence and poetry of its response" 10/10 Class.Today |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas (Vol 21) Nos 21, 65. 81, 83, 190 Robin Blaze (counter-tenor) James Gilchrist (tenor) Peter Kooij (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS / CD - released 1/Mar/2003 ] If there is anyone who has yet to hear Masaaki Suzuki and his Bach Collegium Japan, they have the opportunity of a novel and stunning musical experience. |
W. A. MOZART / GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Symphony No. 41 K.551 / Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C minor 'Resurrection' Rosamund Illing (soprano) Elizabeth Campbell (mezzo) / Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Philharmonic Choir, Stuart Challender [ ABC Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 6/Jun/1990 ] "Challender had an instinctive grasp of this symphony's sometimes unwieldy architecture, and here presents the symphony in the grandest possible style, with majesty where required, but with humanity and delicacy, too...recording quality is first-rate |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert String Quintet in C. D.956 Melos Quartett with Mstislav Rostropovich (2nd cello) [ Deutsche Grammophon Galleria / CD - released 2/Feb/1989 ] Recording: Zurich, Tonhalle, 9/1977 |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rachmaninov; The Ampico Piano Recordings Sergei Rachmaninov (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 2/Feb/1990 ] The historic performances presented on this disc were reproduced on a specially-adapted Estonia 9' concert grand, and recorded at the Kingsway Hall, London. August 29, 1978. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Macbeth (Complete Opera with libretto) Shirley Verrett, Piero Cappuccilli, Placido Domingo / Milan La Scala Chorus; Milan La Scala Orchestra / Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / 2 CD Box Set - released 5/May/2000 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1801-1850) - "scrupulously prepared, executed and recorded." (Gramophone) |
