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ALBENIZ / BRAHMS / LISZT / BALAKIREV / BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Claudio Arrau I Claudio Arrau (piano) [ Philips / RCA / Sony / 2 CD - released 11/Nov/2019 ] Arrau was a frequent recital performer: from age 40 to 60 he averaged 120 concerts a season, with a very large repertoire. At one time or another, he performed the complete keyboard works of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin; but also programmed... |
VARIOUS COMPOSER TRANSCRIPTIONS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Earl Wild Earl Wild (piano) [ Philips / EMI / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2019 ] Royland Earl Wild was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1915. Wild was a musically precocious child and studied under Selmar Janson at the Carnegie Institute of Technology there, and later with Marguerite Long, Egon Petri, and Helene Barere (the... |
BACH / BUSONI / BEETHOVEN / DEBUSSY / RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Emil Gilels I Emil Gilels (piano) / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra [ Philips / EMI / BMG / Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 15/May/2018 ] "I thought I would be mourning the omission of Gilels's Liszt Sonata from this series, or indeed his Shostakovich Second Sonata, or his Grieg Lyric Pieces, his Beethoven sonatas, his Brahms ... but the sheer quality of this second instalment (see... |
DELIUS / VILLA-LOBOS / BACH / SCHUMANN / GRIEG / BRAHMS / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cello Song Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) John Lenehan (piano) [ Philips / CD - released 1/May/2018 ] A classic recording - Limited availability |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY / MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Friedrich Gulda I Friedrich Gulda (piano) [ Philips / Decca / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/2018 ] Born in Vienna as the son of a teacher, Gulda began learning to play the piano from Felix Pazofsky at the Wiener Volkskonservatorium, aged 7. In 1942, he entered the Vienna Music Academy, where he studied piano and musical theory under Bruno... |
CHOPIN / BALAKIREV / BRAHMS / MENDELSSOHN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Julius Katchen I Julius Katchen (piano) [ Philips / Decca / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/2018 ] Julius Katchen (August 15, 1926 - April 29, 1969) was an American concert pianist, possibly best known for his recordings of Johannes Brahms's solo piano works. |
BEETHOVEN / DOHNANYI / RAVEL / PROKOFIEV / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Julius Katchen II Julius Katchen (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, István Kertész, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult [ Philips / Decca / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/2018 ] Julius Katchen's career ended prematurely when cancer claimed him at age 42. |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Mikhail Pletnev Mikhail Pletnev (piano) / The Philharmonia, Vladimir Fedoseyev [ BMG Philips EMI / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/2018 ] "Admirers of this pianist will count this Double an outstanding bargain." *** Three Stars Penguin Stereo Guide |
CHARLES GOUNOD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gounod: Faust (complete opera with full libretto recorded in 1986) Kiri te Kanawa, Francisco Araiza, Evgeny Nesterenko, Andreas Schmidt / Symphonie-Orchester & Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Colin Davis [ Philips / 3 CD Box Set - released 28/Aug/2014 ] "Let me say at the outset that this is the most satisfying performance of Gounod's favourite opera yet to appear in the LP/CD era...In the lyrical music Araiza manages a real pianissimo not found in his rival's assumptions." Gramophone |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Serenades 'Incls 'Gran Partita' Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner / Holliger Wind Ensemble [ Philips The Best of the Complete Mozart Edition / CD - released 20/Aug/2011 ] "This reissue … tends to sweep the board. The playing is marvellous, and Marriner's choice of tempi is equally apt. The Argo recording, rich in texture and detail, sounds admirably fresh here. […] The sparkle of this music-making is irresistible." |
BYRD / PHILIPS / FARNABY / BULL / SWEELINCK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book Martin Souter (Harpsichord. Clavichord. Virginals, organ) [ Historic Keyboard Collection / Gift of Music / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge houses one of the world's most important manuscripts of keyboard music. The music was composed by England's greatest composers of the early seventeenth century and ranges from erudite fantasias to exquisite... |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: German Requiem [Ein deutsches Requiem] Charlotte Margiono (soprano) / Rodney Gilfrey (baritone) / Monteverdi Choir / Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique / John Eliot Gardiner [ Philips / Decca Originals / CD - released 10/Feb/2010 ] "Gardiner's 'revolutionary' account of the German Requiem brings a range of choral sound even more thrilling than in the concert hall." Rosette (Highest Award) Penguin Stereo Guide |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Arthur Grumiaux - Favourite Violin Encores Arthur Grumiaux (violin) Istvan Hajdu (piano) [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/2009 ] Three Stars Penguin Stereo Guide |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Complete String Trios Arthur Grumiaux (violin) Georges Janzer (viola) Eva Czuko (cello) [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/2009 ] Recorded in Eindhoven, The Netherlands in Dec. 1967 (Op. 9/1 and 9/3) and Jan.1968 (Op. 3 & 8), and inLa Chaux-de-Fonde, Switzerland in Sep. 1968 (Op. 9/2). |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven For Booklovers Quartetto Italiano / Guarneri Quartet / David Oistrakh (violin) Lev Oborin (piano) [ Philips Lifestyle / CD - released 30/May/2008 ] Beethoven in an intimate, charming, gentle mood....perfect for curling up with your favourite book. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pieces Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Barry Wordsworth [ Philips / CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] Julian Lloyd Webber made his professional debut as a cellist at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, in September 1972 when he gave the first London performance of the cello concerto by Sir Arthur Bliss. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: The Last Four Quartets (Incls 'Death and the Maiden') Quartetto Italiano [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/2007 ] "...these performances were widely considered the best available, and arguably maintain that standing today. They did, and still do, offer an ideal introduction to Schubert's music of this genre." MusicWeb |
CHOPIN / GRIEG / TCHAIKOVSKY / SCHUMANN / SAINT-SAENS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Artur Rubinstein II Artur Rubinstein (piano) / RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony, Symphony of the Air [ Philips / RCA / 2 CD - released 9/Oct/2006 ] Few soloists have owned composers as definitively as Artur Rubinstein could claim |
DEBUSSY / GALUPPI / RAVEL / SCARLATTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli I Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano) [ Philips / EMI / Decca /Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 9/Oct/2006 ] Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (5 January 1920 - 12 June 1995) was an Italian classical pianist. He is considered one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century. According to The New York Times, he was perhaps the most reclusive, enigmatic and... |
BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / CHOPIN / MOMPOU / SCUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli II Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano) [ Philips / EMI / Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 9/Oct/2006 ] Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (5 January 1920 - 12 June 1995) was an Italian classical pianist. He is considered one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century. |
