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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: The Late Piano Sonatas Claudio Arrau (piano) [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2001 ] "Everything about these performances exudes wisdom and empathy" (BBC Music Five Stars) |
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JACOB OBRECHT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Obrecht: Missa Malheur me bat / Motets by Obrecht & Martini The Clerk's Group, Edward Wickham [ Gaudeamus / CD - released 6/Oct/2003 ] Recorded At - St. Andrew's Church, West Wratting |
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RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: Orchestral Music from Der Ring des Nibelungen, Die Meistersinger, Tristan und Isolde Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell [ Sony Essential Classics / CD - released 3/Jun/1992 ] Wagner: Ring Excerpts by Szell - The Greatest Recordings EVER! - Television reviewer Dave Hurwitz |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS / W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Piano Concerto No 1 / Mozart: Piano Concerto No 23 Clifford Curzon (piano) / National Symphony Orchestra, Boyd Neel, Enrique Jorda [ Dutton Concert Classics / CD - released 20/Mar/1998 ] "I found myself listening spellbound to Curzon's playing. This is the Curzon who, at the age of 39, was only now emerging into the full light of an international career after a long and inspiring apprenticeship with such a teacher as Arthur Schnabel" |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 1/Sep/1993 ] "Haitink is never less than musical, and he's at or close to the top of his game a remarkable amount of the time" ClassicsToday |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 12 Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 1/Sep/1993 ] *** Three Stars Penguin Stereo Guide |
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ORAZIO VECCHI & OTHERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vecchi: Selva Di Varia Ricreazione / etc Consort of Musicke with Emma Kirkby., Evelyn Tubb, Andrew King, etc / Anthony Rooley (Director & lute) [ Ermitage / CD - released 10/Mar/1996 ] Rare works performed by the Consort of Musicke with soloists including Emma Kirkby, Evelyn Tubb & Andrew King. |
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GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: Six Quartets for flute, clarinet, horn and bassoon Consortium Classicum [ MDG / CD - released 15/Feb/1986 ] Recording: September 1985 |
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J.B. SINGELEE / PIERRE DUBOIS / CLAUDE PASCAL / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pascal/Singelee/Dubois: Saxophone Quartets Copenhagen Saxophone Quartet [ Scandinavian Classics / CD - released 30/Jan/2012 ] International Release Date: 2002 |
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ANONYMOUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Canto Noel - Polyphonic Christmas hymns from the Middle Ages Coro de Monjes de la Abadía de Santo, Domingo de Silos [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Jun/2016 ] This album brings together a remarkable collection of Christmas chants which were recorded by the choir of monks from the Santo Domingo de Silos Monastery. All of these chants belong to the sacred repertoire. Pilgrims to Santiago would hear and sing... |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn: Choral Music (Incls 'Ave Maria' & 'Hear My Prayer') Corydon Singers / English Chamber Orchestra / Matthew Best [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 25/Apr/2007 ] "A welcome addition to Helios catalogue - surely a must for bargain hunters and aficionados alike" (MusicWeb May 2007) |
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ANTON BRUCKNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruckner: Mass in E Minor Corydon Singers / English Chamber Orchestra Wind Ensemble / Matthew Best [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 22/Jan/2007 ] 'One of the most beautiful recordings of a choral masterpiece I have ever heard' (The Sunday Times) |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom Opus 31 Peter Scorer (deacon) / Corydon Singers / Matthew Best (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Dec/1995 ] 'Outstanding. A performance that is at once perceptive, sympathetic and finely sung' (Gramophone) |
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HECTOR VILLA-LOBOS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 3 / Momoprecace / Fantasia for soprano saxophone / Guitar Concerto / etc Cristina Ortiz / John Harle / Angel Romero / New Philharmonia Orchestra / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / London Philharmonic Orchestra [ EMI Double Forte / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/1998 ] "A qualified recommendation then...if you want value for money you can't really go wrong with this set... the delectable Mômoprecóce on the first disc and much of the music on the second is well worth adding to your collection." MusicWeb |
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CONSTANT LAMBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lambert: The Rio Grande; Concerto for piano & nine players (with Walton-Symphony No.2) Cristina Ortiz (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra / Andre Previn / Sir Richard Rodney Bennett / Neville Dilkes [ EMI British Composers / CD - released 15/Feb/2006 ] "An effective display with the effervescence of Lambert's The Rio Grande and Piano Concerto leading to the high spirits of Walton's Second, and some captivating shorties too." (BBC Music Feb 2006) |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schumann: Waldszenen Op. 82 / Davidsbungler-tanze Op. 6 Christopher Czaja Sager (piano) [ Hanssler Classic / CD - released 1/Nov/1997 ] Recorded: 11-12 October 1996 De Rinkelbom, Muziekcentrum, Heerenveen, the Netherlands |
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ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Humperdinck: Moorish Rhapsody / Sleeping Beauty / etc Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mark Fischer-Dieskau [ Marco Polo / CD - released 1/Jul/2009 ] Humperdinck wrote his Moorish Rhapsody in 1898 and it was first performed at the Leeds Festival in that year. "The Elegy at Sunset" (Elegie bei Sonnenuntergang), set at Tarifa, is gently evocative, something of a Moorish atmosphere created by the use... |
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GABRIEL PIERNE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pierne: Ramuntcho Suites / Piano Concerto in C minor Dag Achatz (piano) / Philharmonie De Lorraine, Jacques Houtmann [ BIS / CD - released 2/Feb/1987 ] Gabriel Pierné was born in Metz. His family moved to Paris, after Metz and part of Lorraine were annexed to Germany in 1871 following the Franco-Prussian War. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire, gaining first prizes for solfège, piano, organ,... |
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SAMUEL BARBER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Barber: The Lovers / Prayers of Kierkegaard Dale Duesing (baritone) Sarah Reese (soprano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra and chorus, Andrew Schenck [ Koch International Classics / CD - released 8/Jun/1991 ] "The Samuel Barber "The Lovers" by Koch is a well-regarded recording of Barber's cantata based on Pablo Neruda's poetry, alongside "Prayers of Kierkegaard". The recording is praised for its strong performances, particularly by Dale Duesing." |
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KARG-ELERT / REED / GIGOUT / WILLS / DUPRE / WIDOR / WEINBERGER / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pomp & Pipes - Powerful music for organ, winds, brass & percussion Dallas Wind Symphony, Frederick Fennel, with Paul Riedo (organ) [ Reference / CD - released 2/Feb/1993 ] Recorded at the Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, July 1993 |