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BIZET / RACHMANINOV / LISZT / PROKOFIEV / MOZART / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Piano Transcriptions Arcadi Volodos (piano) [ Sony Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/1997 ] 'Sony's sound is superlative and this delectable recital makes one long for more substantial as well as glittering fare from a pianist who, as his producer puts it, "never loosens the reins of his guiding intellect".' Gramophone |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Secular Cantatas BWV 161 - BWV 164 Arleen Auger, Edith Wiens, Helen Watts, Adalbert Kraus, Wolfgang Schone / Gächinger Kantorei, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Helmut Rilling [ Hanssler / CD - released 11/Aug/1999 ] Contains full notes and translations |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No 2 in C minor 'Resurrection' Arleen Auger, Janet Baker / City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus & Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle [ EMI Classics Great Recordings of the Century / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/1987 ] 100 Classical Music Recordings You Must Own (ClassicFM) |
CARL ORFF
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Orff: Carmina Burana Arleen Augar, John van Kesteren, Jonathan Summers / Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra. Riccardo Muti [ EMI Red Line / CD - released 7/Feb/2005 ] *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide. |
FRANZ LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Liszt: Dante Sonata / Sonata In B minor / Scherzo & March Arnaldo Cohen (piano) [ Piano Classics / CD - released 27/Jun/2011 ] Arnaldo Cohen, one of Brazil s finest pianists, began his international career by winning the 1972 Busoni Competition. This recording of the Liszt Sonata and other works, made in the 1990s, is one the consistently most satisfying recordings ever... |
FELIX ARNDT / MIKE BERNARD / ROY BARGY / FRANK BANTA / RUBE BLOOM
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Keyboard Wizards Of The Gershwin Era - Volume V Felix Arndt / Mike Bernard / Roy Bargy / Frank Banta / Rube Bloom [ Pearl / CD - released 15/Aug/1998 ] The iconography of jazz usually features smoky images of coolly wasted-looking individuals in natty hats blowing saxophones. But if saxes and trumpets have seemed like the quintessential jazz instruments, it's the piano that has been absolutely... |
Art Pepper (alto sax), with Jack Sheldon (trumpet), Russ Freeman, Gerald Wiggins (piano), Leroy Vinnegar, Ben Tucker (bass), Shelly Manne (drums), etc
The Return of Art Pepper - The complete Art Pepper Aladdin recordings - Volume One [ Blue Note / CD - released 2/Dec/2022 ] "Pepper sounds surprisingly good for having been away from recording nearly two years. At this point, he retained the cool and dry tone which would later give way to the torrential playing of his final comeback. The music is vintage West Coast cool,... |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Debussy: Violin Sonata / Cello Sonata / Syrinx / Sonata for flute, viola & harp Arthur Grumiaux (violin), Istvan Hajdu (piano) / Maurice Gendron (cello), Jean Francaix (piano) Roger Bourdin (flute) Annie Challan (harp), Colette Le [ Philips Musica da Camera / CD - released 10/Nov/1989 ] The two Debussy sonatas, for violin and for cello, date from late in the composer's life and are wistful pieces, though not without humour. |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Chopin: 19 Nocturnes (rec 1965) Arthur Rubinstein (piano) [ RCA Red Seal / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] "When we listen to Rubinstein at his finest, we come in contact with that rarest of rarities - a healthy, sanguine, affirmative genius. On disc, as it was in person, the playing is full-hearted and honest" Washington Post |
JAN VACLAV VORISEK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vorisek: Piano Works I & Ii Artur Pizarro (piano) [ Piano Classics / 2 CD - released 11/Apr/2011 ] Recording: 18th - 20th March 1994 (CD1), March 1995 and January/August 1996 (CD2), Henry Wood Hall, London. Previously released by Collins Classics. |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Artur Rubinstein I Artur Rubinstein (piano) [ Philips / RCA / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/2018 ] Few soloists have owned composers as definitively as Artur Rubinstein could claim Chopin. Rubinstein's delivery of the composer has struck many speechless for its clarity--assurance at once that this is extraordinary, complex music and that it's... |
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 |
LUDWIG van BEEtHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Artur Schnabel Artur Schnabel (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent [ Philips / EMI / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2000 ] "All true Schnabelians will want to snap up this set, if only for the alternative recordings of the late sonatas" Gramophone |
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. |
W. A. MOZART / JOHANNES BRAHMS . J.S. BACH-BUSONI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (works by Mozart, Brahms & Bach-Busoni) Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano) with Orchestra Sinfonica da Camera dell'Ente del 'Pomeriggi Musicali' di Milano, Ettore Gracis [ EMI Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2002 ] Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (1920-1995) was regarded as one of the most commanding and individual piano virtuosi of the 20th century, along with the likes of Horowitz, Rubinstein and Richter. |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY / ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky/Schumann: Piano Concertos Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Lorin Maazel & Uri Segal [ Decca / CD - released 9/Apr/1986 ] "...the Tchaikovsky gets sonic and interpretive first prize. Its famous opening alone encapsulates everything that's good here: a razor-sharp orchestra...a pianist whose controlled bravura never turns the music into a stunt." ClassicsToday |
![MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: Complete Works for Wind Quintet Vol 1 [Incls 'Harmony Music No 5' & 'Five Intermezzos'] cover](https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10584/10584549.jpg)
EDWARD ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: Complete Works for Wind Quintet Vol 1 [Incls 'Harmony Music No 5' & 'Five Intermezzos'] Athena Ensemble [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 1/Mar/2000 ] "Elgar was a slow developer, and these pieces written in his youth are hardly prophetic - but they're craftsmanlike, charming and fun. This pioneering recording stands up well." BBC Music Magazine, September 2006 **** |
BODY / BYARS / de CASTRO-ROBINSON / EASTGATE / FARQUHAR / WELLS / WHITEHEAD / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: New Zealand Choral Music Auckland University Festival Choir / Auckland University Singers / Uwe Grodd (flute) [ Trust / CD - released 3/Jul/1998 ] This album features choral works by influential New Zealand composers such as Jack Body and Gillian Whitehead, showcasing the diversity of New Zealand choral writing. |
JOSEF SUK / BOHUSLAV MARTINU
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Suk: Serenade for Strings / Martinu: Sinfonietta Giocosa Australian Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras [ Conifer Classics / CD - released 20/Feb/1989 ] Recorded in the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall, December 1988 |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 1 / Symphony No. 5 "Reformation" Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Claus Peter Flor [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 1/Jun/1993 ] A distinguished German conductor is Claus Peter Flor, whose "excellent feel for Mendelssohn's music" was lauded by Gramophone...."affection and intelligence … good traditional polished German playing" - BBC Music Magazine |
