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GIOVANNI BATTISTA VIOTTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Viotti - Eight Symphonies, Op. 2 Mark Kaplan (violin), Padua Chamber Orchestra, David Golub [ Arabesque Recordings / CD - released 25/Nov/1997 ] Giovanni Battista Viotti [1755-1824] wrote twenty-nine concertos for violin, most of which, unfortunately, have not yet been recorded. |
FREDERIC CHOPIN / FRANZ LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Chopin: Piano Concerto No 1 / Liszt: Piano Concerto No 1 Martha Argerich (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra / Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 5/May/2000 ] "This is early vintage Argerich but the sound has transferred well to CD. She is balanced rather noticeably forward...Much of the outer Chopin movements is taken remarkably fast, yet a crystalline clarity is maintained." Gramophone |
BOHUSLAV MARTINU
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Martinu: Memorial to Lidice / Field Mass / Symphony No. 4 Ivan Kusnjer (baritone) / Czech Philharmonic Choir, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Jirí Belohlavek [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1993 ] "The luscious, intricately scored pages of the bighearted Fourth Symphony sound opulent in this recording...the playing is glorious, intoxicating in its richness and sure-footed poise." Gramophone |
HOWARD FERGUSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ferguson: Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra / Amore langueo (with Finzi: Eclogue) Martyn Hill (tenor) Howard Shelley (piano) / City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Mar/1987 ] Belfast-born Ferguson's reputation as a composer rests on the nineteen published works that he wrote between 1928 and 1959. Rhythmic energy endows his music with its exciting sense of momentum, underpinned by his command of Baroque and Classical... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: If I Loved You - Love Duets from the Musicals Valerie Masterson, Thomas Allen / Philharmonia Orchestra, John Owen Edwards [ TER VIP Series / CD - released 2/Feb/1993 ] To have Valerie Masterson and Thomas Allen perform this recital of musical theater songs in the original stage orchestrations is indicative of a trend which is long overdue for the dissolution of the barriers between opera and musical theater. |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn Matthias Goerne (Baritone), Barbara Bonney (Soprano), Sara Fulgoni (Mezzo-Soprano), Gosta Winbergh, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly [ Decca Records / CD - released 25/Mar/2003 ] "Riccardo Chailly's credentials as a Mahlerian cannot be faulted...Once more, where his own admirable orchestra is concerned, he gives a performance that is finely balanced, attentive to all-important detail and convincing as a whole." Gramophone |
FREDERICK DELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Delius: Brigg Fair, On hearing the first cuckoo in Spring, Summer night on the river, etc Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham [ EMI Classics Great Recordings of the Century / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2001 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "A record to treasure. The greatest recordings made in stereo by the greatest British conductor at the peak of his career." - Gramophone |
FREDERIC CHOPIN / CLAUDE DEBUSSY / FRANZ LISZT / ROBERT SCHUMANN / IGOR STRAVINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Stephen Kovacevich II Stephen Kovacevich (piano) with BBC Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Orchestra [ Philips Great Pianists Of The 20th Century Vol 61 / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/1998 ] Stephen Kovacevich made his concert debut as a pianist at the age of 11; then, at the age of 18 he moved to London to study under Dame Myra Hess on a scholarship and has been a London resident ever since, currently living in Hampstead. In 1961 he... |
RICHARD STRAUSS / DUKE ELLINGTON / IGOR STRAVINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Parallel Tones MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kristjan Järvi [ Naive The Kristjan Järvi Sound Project / CD - released 25/Mar/2016 ] "The Strauss, given its premiere in New York, is a showpiece romp, though conductor Kristian Järvi is restrained in his depiction of Strauss's colourful domestic life. Järvi's hard-working orchestra lets itself go a bit more in Ellington's Harlem." F |
STRAUSS FAMILY / JOSEPH HELLMESBERGER JR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: New Year's Concert 2007 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 15/Jan/2007 ] Metha performs his 4th New Year's Concert with the Vienna Philharmonic. Included are works by Johann Strauss II, Josef Strass, Joseph Hellmesberger, Johann Strauss I, and Eduard Strauss. |
ANTON RUBINSTEIN / SIGISMOND THALBERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rubinstein: Piano Concerto No.4 in D minor / Thalberg: Piano Concerto in F minor Michael Ponti (piano) / Philharmonia Hungarica, Othmar Maga / Westphalian Symphony Orchestra, Richard Kapp [ Vox Prima / CD - released 27/Jun/1987 ] Originally recorded in 1983 |
SERGE LIAPUNOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Liapunov: Phapsody on Ukrainian Themes for Piano & Orchestra (with concertos by Medtner & Balakirev) Michael Ponto (piano) / Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg, Pierre Caro / Westphalian Symphony, Siefried Landau [ Vox Turnabout / CD - released 27/Jun/1992 ] The American pianist, Michael Ponti, was born in Germany of American parents, and was taken to the USA as a child. He studied piano in Washington DC with Gilmour McDonald from 1954-1955, who was a pupil of Leopold Godowsky. |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No 3 Michelle DeYoung (mezzo) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Bernard Haitink [ CSO Resound / 2 CD - released 15/Jun/2007 ] "this is an emotionally compelling rendition that holds its own with any version on the market, and it will satisfy any Mahlerian with its many passages of profound beauty, childlike playfulness, and spiritual ecstasy." ~ Blair Sanderson, All Music Guide |
PROKOFIEV / RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No 3 / Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 3 Mikhail Pletnev, piano, Russian National Philharmonic Orchestra. Mstislav Rostropovich [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 24/Mar/2003 ] This is not only Pletnev's first concerto CD on the Yellow Label, but also his first recording ever of Prokofiev 3rd. |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Capriccio Italien (with Beethoven-Wellington's Victory) Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra / London Symphony Orchestra / Antal Dorati [ Mercury Living Presence / CD - released 14/Jun/1995 ] "This most famous of all Mercury records was one of the most successful classical LPs of all time, selling some two million copies in the analogue era." Penguin Guide |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Music From 'The Lady and the Hooligan' & Ballet suite No. 2 Minsk Symphony Orchestra, Walter Mnatsakanov [ Russian Compact Disc / CD - released 1/Jan/1995 ] "The music is of course outstanding as each mined work that serves as source material for this score is tremendous; but if you have those other scores this one is hardly mandatory unless you are a completest. " Audiophile Audition |
PERGOLESI / SCARLATTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pergolesi: Stabat Mater (with Scarlatti: 3 Concerti grossi) Mirella Freni-Teresa Berganza / Solisti dell'Orchestra Scarlatti di Napoli / Ettore Gracis [ Archiv Double / CD - released 15/Jan/2006 ] Original recording from 1967 |
ANTONIN DVOARK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak: Cello Concerto (with Bloch: Schelomo) Mischa Maisky (cello) / Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 30/Jan/1989 ] The Dvorák Concerto is a work that has accompanied Mischa all over the world in the course of his career. |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV / NIKOLAI MIASKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokofiev/Miaskovsky: Cello Concertos Mischa Maisky (cello) / Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Mar/1996 ] Original recording made at the Moscow State Conservatory, Great Hall, November 1995 |
SAMUEL BARBER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Music of Samuel Barber (with Howard Hanson: Piano Concerto) Ljubljana Symphony Orchestra, Carter Nice / MIT Symphony Orchestra, David Epstein / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Schenck, Euge List (piano) [ Vox Box / 2 CD - released 7/Oct/2002 ] Samuel Barber is widely known for his famous Adagio for Strings, the slow movement of a string quartet he wrote in 1936. Born in West Chester, Pennsylvania in 1910, he was one of the first students at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, where he... |
