J. S. BACH
Bach: St.Matthew Passion Jozef Mukk, Istvan Gati, Judit Nemeth, Ibolya Verebits / Hungarian Festival Choir, Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra, Gerza Oberfrank [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set ] "A refreshingly lithe and young sounding Evangelist, Jósef Mukk, leads a team of Hungarian soloists with fresh clear voices" Penguin Guide |
W. A. MOZART / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart/Beethoven: Quintets For Piano And Wind Instruments Murray Perahia (piano) / Members Of The English Chamber Orchestra [ SONY CLASSICAL / CD ] One of the piano's most lyrical contemporary proponents, Murray Perahia was born in New York City. After first sitting down at the piano at the age of four, he entered Mannes College at 17, later graduating with degrees in conducting and composition. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL / DOMENICO SCARLATTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel / Scarlatti - Keyboard Sonatas Murray Perahia (piano) [ Sony Music / CD - released 15/Apr/1997 ] Perahia explores the keyboard music of Handel and Scarlatti |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: The Last Three Piano Sonatas D958, 959, 960 Murray Perahia (piano) [ Sony Music / 2 CD - released 18/Jun/2003 ] "I find when I listen to this recording, you have to believe that Schubert was really one of the outstanding composers of the 19th century. [Murray] Perahia's playing is just really that persuasive." -- Pierre Ruhe, Atlanta Journal Constitution |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / ROBERT SCHUMANN / FRANZ LISZT / SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Murray Perahia - The Aldeburgh Recital Murray Perahia (piano) [ SONY CLASSICAL / CD - released 1/Feb/1990 ] One of the piano's most lyrical contemporary proponents, Murray Perahia was born in New York City. After first sitting down at the piano at the age of four, he entered Mannes College at 17, later graduating with degrees in conducting and composition. |
MENDELSSOHN / LISZT / BACH-BUSONI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Songs Without Words - piano music Murray Perahia (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] Rosette (Highest rating) Penguin Stereo Guide |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: 3 Piano Concertos K.107 (with Schrother: Concerto for piano and orchestra) Murray Perahia (piano and conductor) / English Chamber Orchestra [ Sony Classical Masterworks / CD - released 1/May/1991 ] "...wonderfully refreshing and delicate, with diamond bright articulation, urgently youthful in its resilience... Faithful, well-balanced recording." - The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 1 - 4 (K37, 39, 40, 41) Murray Perahia (piano and conductor) / English Chamber Orchestra [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 1/May/1991 ] "...wonderfully refreshing and delicate, with diamond bright articulation, urgently youthful in its resilience... Faithful, well-balanced recording." - The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos (Complete) / Rondos K382 & K 386 [12 CD set] Murray Perahia (piano & conductor) / English Chamber Orchestra [ Sony Classical Masters / 12 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2012 ] "An indispensible set in every respect." Penguin Guide Rosette Recording / GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE 100 GREATEST RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME |
BARTOK / BEETHOVEN / SCHUMANN / CHOPIN / MOZART / MENDELSSOHN
Murray Perahia: The Complete Analogue Recordings 1972 - 1979 Murray Perahia (piano) with Peter Pears (tenor), Academy of St Martin in the Fields, English Chamber Orchestra [ Sony Classical / 15 CD Box Set - released 6/Oct/2017 ] Perahia's complete analogue recordings have now been brought together for the first time in this exclusive collection of 15 remastered CDs. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Christmas a Cappella Musica Sacra conducted by Indra Hughes [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 27/Oct/2001 ] "Christmas carol CDs don't come better than this" -Christchurch Press |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 6 MusicAeterna, Teodor Currentzis [ Sony Classical / CD - released 7/Nov/2018 ] "...Take the start of the first movement. Has this march ever sounded more menacing or relentless? I think not. The performance is worth hearing for this alone." ClassicsToday |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Requiem (LP) Simone Kermes, Stephanie Houtzeel, Markus Brutscher / MusicAeterna / New Siberian Singers, Teodor Currentzis [ Alpha Classics / 2 LP - released 23/Aug/2019 ] Mozart's Requiem is a supreme masterpiece of the history of music and a work inextricably bound up with the Mozartian legend. Now Alpha's recording of it under the direction of Teodor Currentzis is given a new lease of life in a vinyl reissue. A... |
MASCAGNI / BOITO / DELIBES / PUCCINI / VERDI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Muzio: Operatic Arias Cludia Muzio (soprano) [ Nimbus / CD ] Recorded: 1934 (Tracks 1-2); 1935 (Tracks 3-19) & 1911 (Track 20) |
GABRIEL FAURE / EMMANUEL CHABRIER / ERIK SATIE / MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Naida Cole - Faure, Chabrier, Satie, Ravel Naida Cole (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 5/Dec/1999 ] Naida Margaret Cole is a Canadian-American concert pianist who left a successful career as a recording artist and touring musician in 2007 to pursue medicine, studying at the Warren Alpert Medical School. |
GOOSSENS / DRING / RODNEY BENNETT / McGUIRE / SAMUEL / MUSGRAVE / ARNOLD
British Music for Flute, Oboe & Piano Nancy Ruffer (flute) John Anderson (oboe) Helen Crayford (piano) [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 20/Apr/2007 ] "The performances are well-turned and responsive to the programme's varying demands." BBC Music |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert:Trout Quintet / Shepherd on the Rock Nash Ensemble, Felicity Lott (soprano) with Michael Collins (clarinet) [ IMP Classics / CD - released 22/Feb/1987 ] Classic recording now reissued |
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Chansons madecasses / Sonata for Violin and Cello / Piano Trio / etc Sarah Walker (soprano) / The Nash Ensemble [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 14/Nov/1994 ] Recorded 1-9 November 1990 |
Natalia Osipova with various artists & various ballet companies
Natalia - Force of Nature: Portrait of dance superstar Natalia Osipova BLU-RAY [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 20/Feb/2020 ] An in-depth portrait of dance superstar Natalia Osipova directed by BAFTA winning filmmaker Gerry Fox. Force of Nature Natalia follows a season in the life of dance superstar Natalia Osipova. . |
SERGEY RACHMANINOV / FREDERIC CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Natalie Clein - Romantic Cello: sonatas Natalie Clein (cello) Charles Owen (piano) [ EMI Classics / CD - released 20/May/2008 ] Recorded 17-20 April 2006 at Wathen Hall, St Paul's School, Barnes, London |