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SIR PETER MAXWELL DAVIES
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Maxwell Davies: Caroline Mathilde (concert suite) / Threnody on a Plainsong for Michael Vyner / etc BBC Philharmonic, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies [ Collins Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/1991 ] Originally recorded in 1991 |
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SIR PETER MAXWELL DAVIES
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Maxwell Davies: Symphony No. 1 BBC Philharmonic, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies [ Collins Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/1995 ] "very good modern recordings and fine playing...Great fun; a reminder of the composer's relaxed, more genial side" MusicWeb |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rachmaninov: Francesca da Rimini BBC Singers, BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos Gianandrea Noseda Rachmaninov series / CD - released 29/Oct/2007 ] "This is an excellent way of coming to know a flawed but interesting piece of Rachmaninov, and it is much helped by excellent presentation from Chandos" Gramophone |
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GEORGE ENESCU
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Enescu:: Symphony No..3 / Romanian Rhapsody Op 11, No 1 BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] "Under the baton of Rozhdestvensky, the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra have a distinctively soviet contour, with astringent strings and vivid orchestral attacks." MusicWeb |
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CARL NIELSEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Nielsen: Symphonies Nos.2 'The Four Temperaments' & 5 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vanska [ BIS / CD - released 2/Jun/2003 ] "great music, exciting music-making" The Times |
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JAMES MacMILLAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: MacMillan: The Confession of Isobel Gowdie / Tryst BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jerzy Maksymiuk [ Koch Schwann / CD - released 1/Aug/1992 ] A 1992 recording |
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ALBERIC MAGNARD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Magnard: Symphony No. 1 & No. 2 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Jean-Yves Ossonce [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Feb/2009 ] 'Superb performances by Ossonce and his Scottish players' (American Record Guide) |
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ALBERIC MAGNARD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Magnard: Symphony No. 3 & No. 4 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Jean-Yves Ossonce [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Feb/2009 ] 'Superb performances by Ossonce and his Scottish players' (American Record Guide) |
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SIR PETER MAXWELL DAVIES
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Maxwell Davies: Westerlings / Corpus Christi, with cat and mouse / etc BBC Singers, Simon Joly [ Collins Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/1995 ] Originally recorded in March 1995 |
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CARL NIELSEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5 BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 2/Aug/1991 ] Originally recorded Abbey Road Studio No 1, London, February 1990 |
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MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ravel: Trios Poemes, Cinq melodies, Chansons, etc (with Roussel: Symphony No. 3) BBC Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Pierre Boulez (conductor) with Jessye Norman & Jill Gomez [ Sony / CD - released 10/Apr/1994 ] Original recordings from 1975 to 1979 |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: 9 Piano Trios Beaux Arts Trio [ Pentatone SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 20/Jun/2009 ] "PentaTone's DSD remastering of the four-channel original for SACD shows what fine recordings these always were; the sound is quite simply beautiful." (Five Stars AudAud.com) |
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ANTONIN DVORAK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak: Piano Trios Beaux Arts Trio [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 3/Jan/1996 ] Original recordings from 1969 |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Piotr Beczala - Verdi Arias Piotr Beczala (tenor) / Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukas Borowicz, with Ewa Podles (contralto) & Mariusz Kwiecien (baritone) [ Orfeo / CD - released 20/Aug/2013 ] "The result is singing on a grand scale, impeccable in diction, tone and musicianship." (BBC Music Opera Choice July 2013) |
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CONFORTO / PORPORA / HASSE / NEBRA / MARCOLINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bejun Mehta - El Maestro: Farinelli Bejun Mehta (countertenor) / Concerto Köln, Pablo Heras-Casado [ Archiv / CD - released 1/Feb/2016 ] "the disc's highlight is countertenor Bejun Mehta's poignant and beautifully controlled reading of Porpora's aria 'Alto Giove' from Polifemo" (BBC Music) |
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BOHUSLAV MARTINU
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Martinu: Piano Trios Nos 2 & 3 / Czech Rhapsody / Nocturnes The Bekova Sisters [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1998 ] The Bekova Sisters were born in Kazakhstan and studied at the Moscow Conservatory. After their much-publicised reunion in the West and sensational debut in 1989 on the South Bank, London, the Sisters have rapidly established themselves on the... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets Vol 1 Belcea Quartet [ Zig Zag / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Dec/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Chamber |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: String Quartet No 1 / String Quintet No 2 Belcea Quartet, with Thomas Kakuska, viola [ EMI Encore / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "The highly praised Belcea turn to Brahms and their standards are as high as ever" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine (April 2004) |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY / HENRI DUTILLEUX / MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Debussy/Dutilleux/Ravel: String Quartets Belcea Quartet [ EMI Debut / CD - released 8/Feb/2002 ] Gramophone Awards 2001: Record of the Year Finalist |
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BEETHOVEN / HOLST / BARBER / ARRIEU
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven/Holst/Barber/Arrieu: Summer Music Belgian Wind Quintet [ Discover / CD - released 10/Feb/1990 ] Recorded at the Concert Hall of the Belgium Radio & Television in December 1988 and January 1989 |