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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Variations / Rondo / Adagios / etc Andreas Schiff (piano) [ Decca Records / CD - released 16/Jan/1988 ] "The Mozart were immaculate performances, played with consummate musicality, using a palette of wonderfully translucent colours." The Guardian on a live performance |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 17 & 18 Andreas Schiff (piano) Camerata Academica des Mozarteums, Salzburg, Sandor Vagh [ Decca Records / CD - released 16/Jan/2001 ] "The Mozart were immaculate performances, played with consummate musicality, using a palette of wonderfully translucent colours." The Guardian on a live performance |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Piano Concertos Nos 9 & 13 Andreas Schiff (piano) Camerata Academica des Mozarteums, Salzburg, Sandor Vagh [ Decca Records / CD - released 16/Jan/1990 ] "The Mozart were immaculate performances, played with consummate musicality, using a palette of wonderfully translucent colours." The Guardian on a live performance |
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HANDEL / LOTTI / PORPORA / SCARLATTI / ALBINONI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Andreas Scholl: Arias for Senesino Andreas Scholl (counter-tenor) / Accademia Bizantina. Ottavio Dantone [ Decca Records / CD - released 20/Sep/2005 ] "An enterprising programme of music composed for the 18th century's star castrato" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine Awards 20005 |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas for alto / Cantatas for Solo Bass / German Cantatas [before Bach] Andreas Scholl (countertenor) Peter Kooy (bass) / Collegium Vocale Orchestra Philippe Herreweghe (conductor) [ Harmonia Mundi Herreweghe Bach Edition / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Oct/2010 ] "There is probably no living countertenor whom I would rather hear singing these cantatas than Andreas Scholl. Scholl is on top form in BWV170, paying close attention to the relationship between text and music." (Gramophone) |
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GLUCK / PERGOLESI / HANDEL / HASSE / VIVALDI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Art of Andreas Scholl Andreas Scholl (countertenor) orchestras conducted by Paul Dyer, Paul McCreesh, Sir Roger Norrington and Christophe Rousset [ Decca Records / CD - released 19/May/2003 ] Andreas Scholl has been heralded as the greatest countertenor performing today. |
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JOHANN LADISLAUS DUSSEK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dussek: Sonatas Vol II Andreas Staier (fortepiano) [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 18/Apr/1995 ] Like his contemporary Clementi, Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760-1812) was one of a new breed of itinerant composer-virtuosos, feted in salons and palaces from London to St Petersburg. He was also something of a chancer, reputedly implicated in a plot to... |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV / MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Andrei Gavrilov: Prokofiev & Ravel Andrei Gavrilov (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Jun/1993 ] Recorded in 1992 in Wiesbaden |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Chopin: Etudes Op 10 & 25 / Ballades Nos 1 & 3 Andrei Gavrilov (piano) [ EMI Nipper Collection / CD - released 1/Feb/2005 ] Chopin's genius is outstandingly interpreted in these recordings by Andrei Gavrilov. Andrei Gavrilov was born in Moscow in 1955, won first prize in the 1974 International Tchaikovsky Competition and in that year also made a triumphant international... |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schumann: Carnival / Papillons / Faschingsschwank aus Wien Andrei Gavrilov (piano) [ EMI / CD - released 10/Mar/1989 ] "Superb recording and robust performances. Gavrilov is rightly considered one of the Great Pianists of the Century. Keen perception of Schumann phrasing, instant changes in dynamics, superb finger control, beautifully tuned piano make for a lively... |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos Nos 1 / Violin Concerto Andrei Gavrilov (piano) Augustin Dumay (violin) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy / London Symphony Orchestra, Emil Tchakarov [ EMI Red Line / CD - released 21/Oct/1997 ] Andrei Gavrilov was born into a family of artists in Moscow. His father was Vladimir Gavrilov (May 30, 1923 - December 4, 1970), one of the eminent Russian painters during the middle of the 20th century, through whom Gavrilov also has German... |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos Nos 1 /Theme And Variations (with works by Balakirev and Liszt) Andrei Gavrilov (piano) / Philhamonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti [ EMI Studio / CD - released 21/Oct/1980 ] Andrei Gavrilov was born into a family of artists in Moscow. His father was Vladimir Gavrilov (May 30, 1923 - December 4, 1970), one of the eminent Russian painters during the middle of the 20th century, through whom Gavrilov also has German... |
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ROSTISLAV BOIKO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Boiko: Symphony No 3 in D minor / Carpathian Rhapsody for Violin & Orchestra in D Major Andrei Korsakov (violin) / Gosteleradio Choir, State Symphony Orchestra, Evgeni Svetlanov [ Russian Disc / CD - released 12/Apr/1994 ] Recorded in 1980 & 1982 |
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BONNET / VIERNE / LANGLAIS / FRANCK / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Fete - French Organ Music Andrew Cantrill, organ of St. Paul's Cathedral, Wellington [ Morrison Trust New Zealand / CD - released 15/Jul/2002 ] A cross-section of music from a fascinating and intense period of creativity in French organ music, the programme's title work is Jean Langlais' brash and celebratory Fête. |
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LUDWIG SENFL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Senfl: Missa Paschali Andrew Lawrence-King (harp) / Choir of Sidney Sussex College Cambridge / QuintEssential / David Skinner [ Obsidian Records / CD - released 20/Apr/2009 ] Following on the success of their Tomkins CD 'These Distracted Times' the Choir of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, teams up with the cornett and sackbut ensemble QuintEssential in a programme of music by Ludwig Senfl. |
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Ann Crumb, Michael Ball, Kevin Colson, Kathleen Rowe McAllen, Original Cast
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Aspects of Love (Original London Cast) [ Really Useful Records / 2 CD - released 26/Feb/1989 ] Originating in London in 1989, Andrew Lloyd Webber's Aspects of Love was poorly received when it crossed the ocean to New York. Of course, compared to the success Webber had achieved with The Phantom of the Opera, nearly any response would have... |
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VERDI / BELLINI / MASSENET / PUCCINI / DONIZETTI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Angela Gheorghiu - Arias Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) / Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino, John Mauceri [ Decca / CD - released 8/Aug/1996 ] "Gheorghiu displays her Verdian skills, her formidable technique and expressive power pushed to their limits but ultimately convincing." BBC Music Magazine, May 2013 ***** |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Angela Gheorghiu: Verdi Heroines Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) / Orchestra Sinfonica Di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Muti [ Decca / CD - released 8/Aug/2000 ] "Not only is Angela Gheorghiu in resplendent voice, the tone richer than for some time, but the beauty of her high notes is floated with Elysian, transcendental beauty." MusicWeb |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi per due (Verdi For Two) Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) / Roberto Alagna (tenor) / Berliner Philharmoniker / Claudio Abbado [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] "Tenor and soprano bring meltingly beautiful tone and impeccable legato" BBC Music |
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MASCAGNI / MASSENET / DONIZETTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Duets & Arias Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) Roberto Alagna (tenor) / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Richard Armstrong [ EMI Music / CD - released 1/Dec/2000 ] An ideal gift - a delightful collection of opera duets |