Search Results: collectable marbecks
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MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Vladimir Horowitz Vladimir Horowitz (piano) [ Philips / EMI / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/1999 ] Horowitz was born in Kiev, which was a part of the Russian Empire at the time, to a Jewish family in 1903. He was the youngest of four children. His father was an engineer and his mother was a pianist. He first started piano lessons from his mother... |
CHOPIN / LISZT / PROKOFIEV / RACHMANINOV / SCRIABIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Vladimir Horowitz II Vladimir Horowitz (piano) [ Philips / EMI / RCA / Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2000 ] On December 18, 1925, Horowitz made his first appearance outside his home country, in Berlin. He later played in Paris, London, and New York City. In 1926, the Soviet Union selected Horowitz to join the delegation of pianists that were to represent... |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokofiev: Piano Concertos 1, 4 & 5 Vladimir Krainev (piano) / Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt, Dmitri Kitaenko [ Teldec Basic Edition / CD - released 18/Aug/2005 ] "The finest performances, I feel, are of the First, Fourth and Fifth Concertos, all of which have a splendid cut and thrust. Krainev revels in their extravagance." Gramophone |
ALFRED SCHNITTKE / RODION SHCHEDRIN / SOFIYA GUBALDULINA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Modern Portraits II Vladimir Spivakov (director) / Moscow Virtuosi [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 1/Dec/1993 ] "The performance is first-rate" Gramophone |
KARL HARTMANN / IGOR STRAVINSKY / KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI / ALFRED SCHNITTKE / SERGEI PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Modern Portraits Vladimir Spivakov (violin & director) / Moscow Virtuosi [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 1/Dec/1990 ] "Cleanly and brightly recorded...recommended.'" Gramophone |
EDMUND RUBBRA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rubbra: Choral Music Voces Sacrae, Judy Martin [ ASV / CD ] A beautiful disc of (mostly) World Premiere recordings, this first-ever CD to be devoted solely to the choral music of Edmund Rubbra. The earliest are the Five Motets of 1934, settings of 16th century metaphysical poems. |
ALBAN BERG / GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berg: Lyric Suite / Verdi: String Quartet Vogler Quartett [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 24/Oct/2004 ] Originally released Feb 2007 |
PALESTRINA / BRUCKNER / MENDELSSOHN / VICTORIA / FAURE / DURUFLE / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mysteries Beyond - songs and chants in the praise of Mary Kathleen Bride (soprano), Mark Krucez (organ), Vinson Cole (tenor), Patrick Stephens (piano) / Voices Of Ascension, Dennis Keene [ Delos / CD - released 2/Feb/1994 ] Voices of Ascension Chorus and Orchestra, founded and directed by conductor Dennis Keene, is one of the world's premier professional choral ensembles. |
BARTOK / BERG / STRAVINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto / Pan & Syrinx / Amor & Digteren / Petite Suite Walter Boeykens (clarinet) Ensemble Walter Boeykens [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 1/Aug/1994 ] Walter Boeykens was a Belgian conductor and a world-renowned clarinetist. Boeykens' impressive discography, including several critically acclaimed performances, are testimony to his status as one of the most notable clarinetists of the 20th century.... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Choral Fantasy / Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage / etc Walter Klein (piano) / Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Jerzy Semkow [ Vox Turnabout / CD - released 27/Jun/1987 ] Original recordings from 1979 |
JOHANN STRAUSS JR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss, (J.): Orchestral Works Vol 2 CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice, Alfred Walter [ Marco Polo / CD - released 2/Feb/1989 ] The Marco Polo Strauss Edition is a milestone in recording history, presenting, for the first time ever, the entire orchestral output of the 'Waltz King'. |
RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Waltraud Meier sings Wagner Waltraud Meier (mezzo soprano) with Bayerischen Rundfunks, Lorin Maazel [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 1/Mar/1997 ] Song masterpieces performed with magnificent drama by major Wagnerians of our time |
LARSSON / ROMAN / ATTERBERG / ROSENBERG / ALFVEN / BLOMDAHL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: A Swedish Pastorale The Stockholm Sinfonietta, Jan-Olav Wedin, with Elemér Lavotha (Cello) Alf Nilsson (Oboe d'Amore) [ BIS / CD - released 2/Feb/1980 ] Recorded 1980-05-15/17 |
JOSEPH HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: String Quartets Op.33 4 - 6 / Fragment Op.103 Weller Quartet [ Decca / CD - released 12/Apr/1992 ] "The Haydn quartets (are) most beautifully played... buoyant and colourful." ClassicalNet |
JOHANN STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss, (J.): Die Fledermaus (complete operetta) Werner Hollweg, Edita Gruberova, Christian Boesch, Barbara Bonney / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Teldec / 2 CD Box Set - released 4/May/2009 ] "..the cast is strong too, with Marjana Lipovtek's Orlovsky particularly impressive...he men, including Josef Protschka as Alfred, are very good and so are the lively Netherlands Opera Chorus and the Concertgebouw Orchestra." (Gramophone) |
JOHANN STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss, (J.): Die Fledermaus (highlights) Werner Hollweg, Edita Gruberova, Christian Boesch, Barbara Bonney / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Teldec / CD - released 4/May/1993 ] "..the cast is strong too, with Marjana Lipovtek's Orlovsky particularly impressive. Perhaps Edita Gruberovã brings more drama than charm to the role of Rosalinde but the men, including Josef Protschka as Alfred, are very good and so are the lively... |
JOHN TAVENER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tavener: Innocence (Incls 'The Lamb' & 'Song for Athene') Westminster Abbey Choir, Martin Neary, with Alice Neary (cello), Graham Titus (bass), Leigh Nixon (tenor), Patricia Rozario (soprano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 10/Oct/1985 ] "If I had to recommend a single disc to convince anyone of the mastery of John Tavener, this would be it." Gramophone |
GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI da PALESTRINA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Palestrina: Music for Advent and Christmas Westminster Cathedral Choir, Martin Baker [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Oct/2003 ] What better way to encapsulate the spirit of Christmas than with works of such devotional beauty, all sung with Westminster Cathedral Choir's customary finesse and atmospheric reverence |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn: Octet / Beethoven; Septet Wiener Oktett [ Decca / CD - released 2/Feb/1988 ] Features Willi Boskovsky playing the violin on the Beethoven Septet |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique Op 14 / Le carnaval romain Overture, Op. 9 / Symphony No. 3 / Carnival of the Animals Wiener Philharmoniker, Berliner Philharmoniker, Rudolf Kempe / John Ogdon & Brenda Lucas (pianos), City of Birmingham, Louis Fremaux [ EMI Seraphim / 2 CD - released 19/Sep/1995 ] Original recordings from 1959 to 1971 |
