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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... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / JOHANNES BRAHMS / FRANZ SCHUBERT / FREDERIC CHOPIN
Rubinstein in Concert Artur Rubinstein (piano) / Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 1/Aug/2008 ] "Rubinstein's superb form is matched by the incredible musical sensitivity of Haitink and the orchestra" New York Times |
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 |
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 |
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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 **** |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Verbum caro factum est - a Christmas Greeting Bach Collegium Japan Chorus / Masaaki Suzuki (direction), Masato Suzuki (organ) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Oct/2018 ] "The performances are typically classy, and punctuated by a selection of Daquin's 'Noels' for solo organ, played with peppery registrations by Suzuki" BBC Music |
J. S. BACH
Bach For Meditation Various artists from the vast Naxos catalogue [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2009 ] Performed by the artists from the vast Naxos catalogue |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Complete Piano Concertos, Vol. 2 Hae Won Chang (piano) / Camerata Cassovia, Robert Stankovsky [ Naxos / CD ] "It is difficult to imagine a more satisfying pair of discs of this repertoire." Daily Telegraph |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore (complete opera recorded in 2012) BLU-RAY Baden-Baden Festspielhaus / Miah Persson, Rolando Villazon, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, Roman Trekel / Pablo Heras-Casado (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Oct/2014 ] "Villazon's Nemorino...comes across as individual, hyperactive, zany, but also a bit petulant and unlovable...Persson exudes easy-going charm...[d'Arcangelo] sings with fine, Italianate comic energy." (Gramophone) |
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CHOPIN
Die Kamiliendame [Lady of the Camellias] (complete ballet recorded in 1986) Ballett der Hamburger Staatsoper / Marcia HaydACe / Ivan Liska / Heribert Beissel (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon / Unitel / DVD - released 1/Jul/2007 ] G :- All Regions - Regular 1.33:1 / 4:3 - PCM Stereo / DTS 5.1 Surround - Colour - NTSC John Neumeier's Lady of the Camellias - a large-scale, narrative ballet set to original concert music by Frédéric Chopin - is based on the novel of the same... |
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 |
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Glazunov: Symphony No. 3 / Konzertwalzer No. 2 Bamberger Symphoniker, Neeme Järvi [ ORFEO / CD - released 28/Mar/1988 ] It is now time to rehabilitate Glazunov's symphonies. Whoever studies them intensively will discover some of the finest music of their time and particularly under the wonderful baton of the great Glazunov champion Neeme Järvi. |
FRANZ KROMMER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Krommer: Symphonies Op 40 & Op 102 London Mozart Players, Matthais Bamert [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Apr/1994 ] Franz Krommer (27 November 1759 - 8 January 1831) was a Czech composer of classical music and violinist. He was one of the most popular composers in 19th-century Vienna alongside Beethoven whom he knew. |
RICHARD STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss, (R.): Four Last Songs / 15 Lieder Barbara Bonney (soprano) / Malcolm Martineau (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 2/Feb/1999 ] Recording location: Studio 1, The Warehouse, London, 7-10 & 21 June 1998 |
DOWLAND / PURCELL / MOZART / SCHUMANN / SIBELIUS / R. STRAUSS / LLOYD WEBBER / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The radiant voice of Barbara Bonney Barbara Bonney (soprano) / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Les Talens Lyriques, The English Concert & others [ Decca / CD - released 11/Jun/2001 ] "Barbara Bonney has a lovely voice and she knows how to use its relatively light but extremely agile qualities to fine effect. She's accurate in intonation and tasteful in expressive mannerisms...how pretty everything is-it's really a pleasant sound... |
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FRANZ LEHAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lehar: The Merry Widow [Die Lustige Witwe] Barbara Bonney, Bo Skovhus, Bryn Terfel, Cheryl Studer / Monteverdi Choir / Vienna Philharmonic, John Eliot Gardiner [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "A great reasonably modern Merry Widow with great acoustics...Great Conducting by Gardiner, the singers in the main parts are enjoyable." Review |
MOZART / SCHUBERT / WOLF / FAURE / BACH / HAYDN / J. STRAUSS
The Best Of Barbara Bonney Barbara Bonney (soprano), with Geoffrey Parsons (piano) / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra [ Teldec / CD - released 10/Aug/1995 ] "Barbara Bonney (is) a charmingly provocative Susanna" (Penguin Guide on 'The Marriago of Figaro') |
