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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / J.S. BACH / FRANZ SCHUBERT
Opus 109: Beethoven, J.S. Bach, Schubert (LP) Vikingur Olafsson (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 LP - released 1/May/2026 ] Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson is one of the most listened-to classical artists of our time. Following his recording of the Goldberg Variations, which earned Ólafsson a Grammy Award, the title of Instrumentalist of the Year from Musical... |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rachmaninov: Songs Viktoriya Dodoka (soprano) / Iola Shelley (piano) [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 20/Apr/2006 ] NZ-based Russian soprano Viktoriya Dodoka has established a remarkable reputation in New Zealand and Australia with dynamic performances for Canterbury Opera and at the Sydney Opera House. Here she is superbly accompanied by Iola Shelley in a... |
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BEETHOVEN / MENDELSSOHN / BRUSTAD / GRIEG
Europakonzert 2016 from Røros, Norway - Beethoven: Symph. No 3 / Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto BLU-RAY Vilde Frang (violin) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle [ EuroArts Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Apr/2017 ] "[Frang] is predictably fine in the Mendelssohn, technically accomplished and emotionally engaged. And what a joy it must be to play this concerto with the Berliners, whose sensitivity to Mendelssohn's instrumental imaginings is second to none." |
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CARL NIELSEN / PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Nielsen / Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos Vilde Frang (violin) / Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Eivind Gullberg Jensen [ Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Concerto |
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BELA BARTOK / EDVARD GRIEG / RICHARD STRAUSS
Bartok/Grieg/R. Strauss: Violin sonatas Vilde Frang (violin) Michail Lifits (piano) [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2011 ] "..overall it's a top-class performance and, indeed, the whole programme is clearly a winner." (Gramophone award finalist 2011 - chamber) |
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HECTOR VILLA-LOBOS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Villa-Lobos: String Quartets Nos. 4, 6 & 14 Danubius Quartet [ Marco Polo / CD - released 2/Feb/1992 ] "I love to write quartets. One could say that it is a mania." Villa-Lobos made this confession...in Paris in the spring of 1958. He had completed his seventeenth and final quartet the year before. |
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VINCENT D'INDY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: D'Indy: Musique de Chambre [Incls Sextet, Op. 92] Marietta Kratz, Stefan Pintev (violins) Bernhard Gmelin, Sebastian Gaede (cellos), Susanne Kellermann, Thomas Oepen (violas), Caroline Weichert (piano [ Koch Schwann / CD - released 2/Feb/1994 ] Recorded on 7./11./12. 10. 1993 at NDR-Studio, Hamburg. |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 Nigel Kennedy (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt [ EMI Music / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] Classic 1991 recording of the Brahms from Kennedy |
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PIAZZOLLA / BEEASER / LEISNER / MACHADO / CORREA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Music of the Americas - Tangos, Songs and Dances for flute and guitar Virginia Taylor (flute) Timothy Kain (guitar) [ ABC Classical / CD - released 2/Feb/1999 ] Virginia Taylor has given recitals in all capital cities of Australia and performed as a soloist with almost all of the Symphony Australia Orchestras, as well as having been guest Principal Flute for many of these orchestras |
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VERDI / DONIZETTI / PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vittorio Grigolo - The Italian Tenor Vittorio Grigolo (tenor) with Danila Rigosa & Maria Cioppi / Coro e Orchestre del Teatro di Parma, Pier Giorgio Morandi [ Sony Classical / CD - released 4/Oct/2010 ] "Now and then there are hints of another great Italian-style tenor, the stylish Alfredo Kraus. It's there in the hushed tone Grigolo adopts for the 'Favorita del re!...Spirto gentil' from La Favorita and Manrico's elegant swagger in 'Di quella pira' |
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RACHMANINOV / TCHAIKOVSKY / CHOPIN / BEETHOVEN / PROKOFIEV / RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Art Of Ashkenazy Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) / Concertge Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra [ Decca / 2 CD - released 4/Mar/2013 ] Ashkenazy attended the Moscow Conservatory where he studied with Lev Oborin and Boris Zemliansky. He won second prize in the V International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in 1955 and the first prize in the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition.. |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Concertos for 2 & 3 Pianos / Rondos Vladimir Ashkenazy, Daniel Barenboim, Fou Ts'ong (pianos) / English Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Prchestra [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 17/Sep/1992 ] "I warmly recommend it for first-time Mozart listeners and well-learned Mozart scholars alike." |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schumann: Arabeske / Papillons / Sinfonische Etuden Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 1/May/1987 ] Ashkenazy's readings of the Sinfonische Etüden are full of the energy and dynamism of a young pianist at the very height of his powers (Ashkenazy was just 28 when these recordings were made). |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos 8 "Pathétique", 14 "Moonlight" & 23 "Appassionata" Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) [ Decca Virtuoso / CD - released 27/Oct/2011 ] "All too rarely does one come across a record of popular, titled Beethoven sonatas which is as musically aware and as musically responsible as this" (Gramophone) |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven Adagios: Over two and a half hours of the world's most relaxing music Vladimir Ashkenazy / Wilhelm Backhaus / Beaux Arts Trio / Chicago Symphony Orchestra / The Cleveland Orchestra / Arthur Grumiaux / etc [ Decca Records / 2 CD - released 20/May/2005 ] Excellent value for money - 2 and a half hours of music on 2 CDs for less than the price of one. |
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CHOPIN / MEDTNER / SCARLATTI / SCRIABIN / CLEMENTI / BACH / LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Horowitz - Discovered Treasures Vladimir Horowitz (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD Box Set - released 1/Sep/2011 ] Previously unreleased studio recordings 1962-1972 |
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CHOPIN / SCARLATTI / RACHMANINOV / MUSSORGSKY / HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vladimir Horowitz - The Virtuoso Vladimir Horowitz (piano) / RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra / Fritz Reiner, conductor [ THE50'S - 18 / CD Box Set - released 1/Sep/2011 ] Russian-born Vladimir Horowitz (1904-1989) was one of the most acclaimed pianists of the modern age, a formidable virtuoso whose inimitable artistry and technique were rooted in the grand Romantic tradition. |
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PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D, Op.35 / Capriccio Italien / Francesa da Rimini Vladimir Spivakov (violin) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic, Seiji Ozawa [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/1991 ] Tchaikovsky is one the pillars of classical music who cannot be ignored. Some of his works have become all time favourites. |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rachmaninoff: Miserly Knight Vladislav Verestnikov, Mikhail Krutikov, Piotr Gluboky, Vladimir Kudriashov, Soloists of the Bolshoi Theatre, Audrey Chistiakov [ Harmonia Mundi Saison Russe / CD - released 7/Sep/1994 ] Recorded in Moscow, May 1993 |
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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. |