HAYDN / MOZART / SCHUBERT / BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Andre Watts at Carnegie Hall Andre Watts (piano) [ EMI / CD - released 15/Dec/1988 ] Recorded in performance April 6th, 1988, during the artist's 25th anniversary season. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Impromptus D899 / Moments Musicaux / etc Andras Schiff (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 26/Feb/2005 ] "Schubert's music, along with that of Bach and Mozart, is one of the cornerstones upon which Schiff built his reputation as a thoughtful and intelligent performer." AllMusic |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Well Tempered Clavier (Das Wohltemperierte) Book II Andras Schiff (piano) / Camerata Academica des Mozarteums Salzburg. Sandor Vegh [ Decca / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/1987 ] "Consistently he translates this music into pianistic terms, and his voyage of discovery through this supreme keyboard collection is the more riveting as the piano is an easier instrument to listen to over long periods. First-rate sound." Penguin |
FRANJZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Trout Quintet Andras Schiff (piano) / Members of the Hagen Quartet, with Alois Posch, double bass [ Decca / CD - released 25/May/1984 ] Recorded: Vienna 1983 |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos Nos.1 & 2 Andras Schiff (piano) / Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Charles Dutoit [ Decca / CD - released 25/May/1985 ] "András Schiff plays the concertos marvellously, with poetry, great delicacy and fluency, while his virtuosity is effortless. He is given excellent accompaniments by Dutoit and the Bavarian players, and the Decca recording is first class" Penguin CD |
GEORGE GERSHWIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: We Got Rhythm - A Gershwin Songbook Andre Previn (piano), David Finck (double bass) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 12/Mar/1998 ] George Gershwin was the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants to the United States. Born in Brooklyn on 26 September 1898, he had only a rudimentary musical education, but his talent was such that he rose from humble beginnings as a Tin Pan Alley... |
MAURICE RAVEL / CLAUDE DEBUSSY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ravel/Debussy: Piano Trios Andre Previn (piano) Julie Rosenfeld (violin) Gary Hoffman (cello) [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 20/May/1995 ] "A rich yet un-glitzy recording helps this intensely felt yet refined performance, and altogether the artists offer a memorable musical experience." Gramophone |
GERSHWIN / MOZART / POULENC / SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Andre Previn Andre Previn (piano) with David Finck (double bass) / Vienna Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Pittsburg Symphony [ Philips / Sony / Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2000 ] "It's remarkable how many pop and especially jazz musicians had classical training, but far rarer for a credible classical musician to have emerged from the ranks of pop. Andre Previn" |
GERSHWIN / DEBUSSY / LISZT / RACHMANINOFF
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Andre Watts Andre Watts (piano) / New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein, London Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf [ Philips Great Pianists Of The 20th Century Vol 96 / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/1999 ] A compilation of works performed by Andre Watts. There is some dazzling yet thoughtful Liszt, including Totentanz, and a spirited performance of the First Piano Concerto. |
STEPHEN SONDHEIM
Sondheim: Saturday Night Andrea Burns, David Campbell, Donald Corren / Original New York Cast [ Nonesuch / CD/Book - released 17/May/2010 ] Saturday Night is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein, based on their play, Front Porch in Flatbush. |
COLE PORTER
Porter: Out Of This World Andrea Martin & Marin Mazzie / Original 1995 New York Cast Recording [ DRG Theater / CD - released 9/Apr/1995 ] Out of This World is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, and the book by Dwight Taylor and Reginald Lawrence. The show, an adaptation of Plautus' comedy Amphitryon, first opened on Broadway in 1950. |
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 |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: 3 Piano Sonatas Andreas Schiff (piano) [ Decca Records / CD - released 16/Jan/1995 ] "We live in a golden age of Schubert pianists, but none surpass András Schiff in this ever-astonishing repertoire...it is a marvel...His range of colour and tone and dynamic, matching the music's, is huge, from the thunderous to the exquisitely... |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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. |
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... |
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 |
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... |