Conductor Extraordinaire!
Robin is a popular musician & composer, who also recently conducted on the Western Rail -- another feather in his cap. Robin's arrangements for double bass + nose flute have been heard outside many a $2 shop, and his ability at modual progressing is impressive.
Robin has been working at Marbecks Classical for well over a year now and his knowledge & good looks are an asset to our store.
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LIGETI Lux Aeterna / Drei Phantasien nach Friedrich Holderlin, etc (with Heppener-Im Gestein) Cappella Amsterdam musikFabrik / Daniel Reuss, with Susanne von Els, viola |
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[ Harmonia Mundi / CD ] Release Date: Thursday, 20 November, 2008 This marvellous CD intersperses two of Ligeti's works for a capella voices (the well-known "Lux Aeterna" and the later, less well-known "Three Fantasies after Friedrich Holderlin" in impeccably tuned and focussed performances) with three movements from the Sonata for Solo Viola. Completing the CD is the premiere recording of a cycle of six choral works to the... |
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BEETHOVEN Complete sonatas for violin and piano (plus free 'making of' DVD) Isabelle Faust (violin) Alexander Melnikov (piano) |
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[ Harmonia Mundi / 4 CD BOXSET ] Release Date: Tuesday, 1 September, 2009 "This is as fine a set of Beethoven violin sonatas as has ever been recorded. It has everything: excitement, character, explosive contrasts, subtle shadings, and the long cantabile line that Beethoven demands--and it's superbly recorded as well. Isabelle Faust and Alexander Melnikov form a true partnership, playing off of each other and imbuing the music with... |
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FELDMAN / SCHOENBERG / ZIMMERMANN / XENAKIS Phantasy of Spring: Music for Violin and Piano Carolin Widmann (violin) Simon Lepper (piano) |
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[ ECM New Series / CD ] Release Date: Tuesday, 20 October, 2009 The young German violinist, Carolin Widmann, resident in Britain, follows up her romantic Schumann debut on ECM - nominated for a Gramophone Award this month - with 'Phantasy of Spring', a very different recording of four uncompromising 20th century pieces - performances of which she has a deserved international reputation. While she made her critically-acclaimed... |
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J.S. BACH Partitas BWV825-BWV830 Andras Schiff (piano) |
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[ ECM Records / 2 CD ] Release Date: Wednesday, 1 April, 2009
Following last year's completion of his highly-praised Beethoven cycle András Schiff returns to Bach with a superb interpretation of the six "Partitas", recorded live in September 2007 at Neumarkt Reitstadl one of the best piano music venues in Europe. |
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MORALES / GUERRERO / VICTORIA Maestros del Siglo de Oro: Christobal de Morales, Francisco Guerrero, Tomas Luis de Victoria Hesperion XX / La Capella Reial de Catalunya / Jordi Savall |
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[ Alia Vox SACD / 3 Hybrid SACD ] Release Date: Wednesday, 10 June, 2009 This is volume 6 of the Alia Vox Heritage series of re-issues of recordings made by the Capella Reial de Catalunya and Hesperion XX under the direction of Jordi Savall. This 3 SACD set brings together classic recordings of the masters of the "golden age" of Spanish renaissance music: Cristobal de Morales, Francisco Guerrero and Tomas Luis de Victoria. Featuring... |
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HARRISON BIRTWISTLE The Minotaur (Complete Opera recorded in 2008) Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / John Tomlinson / Johan Reuter / Christine Rice / Philip Langridge / Antonio Pappano (cond) |
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[ BBC / Opus Arte / 2 DVD ] Release Date: Saturday, 1 November, 2008
Picture format: NTSC 16:9 Anamorphic |
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