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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) |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Chopin-The Complete Nocturnes, The Complete Impromptus Claudio Arrau (piano) [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 1/May/1997 ] Chopin's magical Nocturnes are some of the most exquisite little gems ever written for the piano. The title "nocturne" was coined by the Irish composer John Field, but it was Chopin who developed the form and took it to new heights. |
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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 |
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Bolero / La Valse / Daphnis et Chloe (Suite No 2) / Alborda del gracioso / Mother Goose / etc Cleveland Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnanyi / The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra [ Telarc Ultima / 2 CD - released 20/Feb/1997 ] Ravel's most dazzling and atmospheric works are performed with the precision, refinement and transparency that typified the performances of the Cleveland Orchestra in a golden era of its history - when Christoph von Dohnanyi was its music director. |
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 |
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" |
DANNY ELFMAN
Danny Elfman: Percussion Concerto / Wunderkammer Colin Currie (percussion) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta [ Sony Classical / CD - released 17/May/2024 ] " After 115-plus movies Elfman can't help but make pictures of sound and the fabulous engineering here certainly makes them pop." Gramophone |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Preludes & Transcriptions (recorded in England 1954) Colin Horsley (piano) [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 12/Nov/2012 ] Perhaps the finest NZ pianist of his generation, these London recordings from the mid 1950s sparkle with musicianship. |
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 |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 (LP) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam, Leonard Bernstein [ Deutsche Grammophon / LP - released 25/Feb/2022 ] Leonard Bernstein's Mahler 1 with the Concertgebouw Orchestra. Mastered from original sources and pressed on 180g heavy-weight vinyl. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies 1 & 3 Concertgebouworkest, Willem Mengelberg [ Audiophile Classics / CD - released 1/Jan/2015 ] Classic historical recording from October 1940, and, March 1942 |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / JOHANNES BRAHMS / MICHAEL GLINKA / EMIL HARTMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven/Glinka/Brahms/Hartmann: Trio in B major / Trio Pathetique, etc Copenhagen Clarinet Trio [ Scandinavian Classics / 2 CD - released 2/Feb/2002 ] "Each of the players in the trio plays with ample technical ability and execute their respective parts without incident. As a group, they seem to have a shared vision of the music they are playing and perform with unified articulation and intonation" |
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... |
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) |
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) |
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) |
EDWARD ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: Starlight Express Suite Op.78 / King Arthur Suite Cynthia Glover (soprano) John Lawrenson (baritone) / Bournemouth Sinfonietta; George Hurst [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 20/Sep/2002 ] Recorded in: Guildhall, Southampton |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Chopin - Polonaises Cyprien Katsaris (piano) [ Sony Classical / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/May/1994 ] In the mid 1990s Katsaris made some recordings for Sony including Chopin's complete Préludes Op. 28, piano sonatas, polonaises and some of his rarely-heard short works.(ref Jonathan Summers) |
GELINEK / LISZT / CZERNY /BEETHOVEN /THALBERG / BIZET / FISCHER / KEMPFF / KATSARIS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozartiana - Piano Transcriptions Cyprien Katsaris (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 10/May/1992 ] Cyprien Katsaris is a French pianist and composer of Cypriot descend who was born in Marseilles on 5 May 1951. He first performed in public on 8 May 1966 at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris as a "knight" of a young performer competition. |
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." |
