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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: The Young Lady and the Hooligan Op 124c (ballet) Russian Symphony Orchestra, Mark Gorenstein [ Harmonia Mundi Saison Russe / CD - released 10/Feb/1994 ] Shostakovich composed many ballet scores, which kept the income flowing in and also kept him in the good books of the increasingly brutal dictatorship of Josef Stalin as many of these ballets were little more than Soviet propaganda exercises. The... |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas BWV95, BWV101, BWV124, & BWV127 Ruth Holton, Knut Schoch, Sytse Buwalda, Bas Ramselaar, etc / Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] The Bach's Cantatas have secured their place in the canon of human creations of eternal value. In no other oeuvre one finds the expression of all universal human emotions, from utter grief to extatic joy, from turbulant drama to serene... |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas BWV110 & BWV198 Ruth Holton, Knut Schoch, Sytse Buwalda, Bas Ramselaar, Marjon Strijk / Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] The Bach's Cantatas have secured their place in the canon of human creations of eternal value. In no other oeuvre one finds the expression of all universal human emotions, from utter grief to extatic joy, from turbulant drama to serene... |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas BWV146, BWV28 & BWV48 Ruth Holton, Marjon Strijk, Sytse Buwalda, Bas Ramselaar, etc / Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] The Bach's Cantatas have secured their place in the canon of human creations of eternal value. In no other oeuvre one finds the expression of all universal human emotions, from utter grief to extatic joy, from turbulant drama to serene... |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas BWV128 BWV154 & BWV62 Ruth Holton, Nico van der Meel, Sytse Buwalda, Bas Ramselaar / Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] "Pieter Jan Leusink, conductor of Holland Boys managed somehow, against all odds, to create a true best-seller out of what is arguably some of the finest music in the western world, but music which is generally considered to be "difficult"." MusicWeb |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantata BWV152 / Cantata BWV121 / Cantata BWV166 Ruth Holton, Sytse Buwalda, Bas Ramselaar, Knut Schoch / Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] The Bach's Cantatas have secured their place in the canon of human creations of eternal value. In no other oeuvre one finds the expression of all universal human emotions, from utter grief to extatic joy, from turbulant drama to serene contemplation. |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas BWV92, BWV54 & BWV44 Ruth Holton, Sytse Buwalda, Bas Ramselaar, Knut Schoch / Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] "Pieter Jan Leusink, artistic director of the Cantatas project, managed somehow, against all odds, to create a true best-seller out of what is arguably some of the finest music in the western world." MusicWeb |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas BWV36, BWV129 & BWV184 Ruth Holton, Sytse Buwalda, Bas Ramselaar, Kurt Schoch / Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] The Bach's Cantatas have secured their place in the canon of human creations of eternal value. In no other oeuvre one finds the expression of all universal human emotions, from utter grief to extatic joy, from turbulant drama to serene... |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas BWV34, BWV31 & BWV19 Ruth Holton, Sytse Buwalda, Bas Ramselaar, Nico van der Meel / Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] The Bach's Cantatas have secured their place in the canon of human creations of eternal value. In no other oeuvre one finds the expression of all universal human emotions, from utter grief to extatic joy, from turbulant drama to serene... |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas BWV98, BWV188 & BWV23 Ruth Holton, Sytse Buwalda, Nico van der Meel, Kmut Schoch / Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] The Bach's Cantatas have secured their place in the canon of human creations of eternal value. In no other oeuvre one finds the expression of all universal human emotions, from utter grief to extatic joy, from turbulant drama to serene... |
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CARL STAMITZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stamitz: Clarinet Concertos Sabine Meyer (clarinet) / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Iona Brown, with Sergio Azzolini (bassoon) [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/1995 ] Sabine Meyer (born 30 March 1959) is a German classical clarinetist. She ended her career with a final chamber music performance on 15 December 2025 in Bern. (Wiki) |
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CARL MARIA von WEBER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Works for Clarinet and Orchestra Sabine Meyer (clarinet) / Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert Blomstedt [ EMI Classics Great Recordings of the Century / CD - released 1/May/2003 ] In the 19th century the clarinet underwent a remarkable change of image: technical improvements made a new, cantabile style of playing possible. Now clarinet works emerged that called for brilliant technique and also for a fine feeling for mood and... |
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WEBER / MENDELSSOHN / BAERMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Works for Clarinet and Orchestra Sabine Meyer (Clarinet) / Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn, Jörg Faerber [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/May/1985 ] In the 19th century the clarinet underwent a remarkable change of image: technical improvements made a new, cantabile style of playing possible. Now clarinet works emerged that called for brilliant technique and also for a fine feeling for mood and... |
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WILLIAM SCHUMAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schuman: Symphony No. 10 / New England Triptych / American Festival Overture Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 19/Sep/1992 ] William Schuman was born on 4 August 1910, in New York City. His first musical studies centered on the violin, though a passion for jazz and popular music led him to teach himself a variety of instruments. |
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AARON COPLAND
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man / Appalachian Spring / El Salon Mexico / Old American Songs Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin / Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Eduardo Mata /The Orchestra of St Luke's, Dennis Russell Davies [ EMI Classics for Pleasure / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] "This is a truly outstanding issue packed with great things." (MusicWeb Bargain of the Month October 2008) |
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AARON COPLAND
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Copland: Music for the Theatre / Three Latin Sketches / Appalachian Spring (original version) / Quiet City Saint Paul Chamvber Orchestra, Hugh Wolff [ Teldec / CD - released 6/Jun/1991 ] "The playing of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra is first class throughout. I recommend this album most warmly" MusicWeb |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: String Quartets Op 33 Nos 4-6, Op 42 Salomon String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Nov/1992 ] 'They strike me as the musical equivalent of a breath of fresh spring air' (Records & Recording) |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: String Quartets K421 & k465 'Dissonance' Salomon String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Nov/1987 ] 'They strike me as the musical equivalent of a breath of fresh spring air' (Records & Recording) |
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ARRIGO BOITO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Boito: Mefistofele (Complete opera recorded in 1995) Samuel Ramey, Vincenzo La Scola, Michele Crider / Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Alla Scala, Milano, Riccardo Muti [ RCA Victor Red Seal / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/1996 ] "Ramey was already a splendid Mefistofele...but here he is even more in command of the role, and has the advantage of Muti's masterly conducting. Crider is an affecting Margherita and La Scola a mellifluous Faust." Peformance & Sound: 5 (out of 5) |
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ERWIN SCHULHOFF
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schulhoff: Piano Concerto / Symphony No. 5 Michael Riscjhe (piano) / Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Gunther Schuller [ Koch International Classics / CD - released 5/Jun/1995 ] This is one of the most powerful symphonies written in clear connection to the approach of World War II in Europe. Its immediate suppression by Nazi authorities made it a virtually unknown work until its rediscover years after its composition. |