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EDVARD GREIG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Grieg: Slåtter, Op. 72 [Norwegian Peasant Dances] Ingfrid Breie Nyhus (piano) & Åshild Breie Nyhus (hardanger fiddle) [ Simax / CD - released 22/May/2007 ] Recorded at Grieg's home Troldhaugen and on Grieg's own piano. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 8 'Pathetique', 17 'Tempest' & 23 'Appassionata' Ingrid Fliter (piano) [ EMI Classics / CD - released 20/Jul/2011 ] "It is wonderful indeed to encounter a pianist of such exalted yet natural and unforced artistry." Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine, August 2011 |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Don Giovanni (highlights from the opera recorded in 1991) Ingvar Wixell, Luigi Roni, Martina Arroyo, Stuart Burrows,Kiri te Kanawa / Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Colin Davis [ Philips remastered / CD - released 20/Nov/1996 ] Originally recorded in London,1973 |
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International Cast, includes Joanna Ampil, Charles Azulay, Hinton Battle, Peter Cousens, Kevin Gray, etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Miss Saigon (complete recording) [ First Night / 2 CD Box Set - released 26/May/1988 ] The only official complete recording produced under the personal supervision of the original creators of the show. It includes the entire score played by a 73 piece orchestra and performed by a stella international cast |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Quartets for Flute, Violin, Viola & Cello Irena Grafenauer (flute) Gidon Kremer (violin) Veronika Hagen (viola) Clemens Hagen (cello) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 5/Mar/1995 ] "Though Mozart claimed to dislike the flute, he wrote for it with skill and these quartets, written between 1777 and 1787, are not pot-boilers" Gramophone |
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MOZART / FLIES / BRAHMS / SCHUBERT / WOLF
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Irmgard Seefried Irmgard Seefried (soprano) with Gerald Moore, Hermann von Nordberg, Wilhelm Schmidt / London Mozart Players, Harry Blech [ Testament / CD - released 2/Feb/1993 ] Original recordings from 1946 to 1953 |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Irmgard Seefried Volume 7 Irmgard Seefried (soprano) Erik Werba (piano) with Raili Kostia (contralto), Waldemar Kmentt (tenor), Eberhard Waechter (baritone) [ SBS Deutsche Grammophon Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Mar/2015 ] "Seefried tackles the rarely heard Deutsche Volkslieder alone, and is joined by distinguished colleagues including Waldemar Kmentt for the Liebeslieder sets." Five Stars BBC Music |
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SAMUEL BARBER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Barber: Violin Concerto / Piano Concerto / Adagio for Strings Isaac Stern (violin) John Browning (piano) / Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy, Leonard Bernstein, George Szell (conds) [ Sony Essential Masterworks / CD - released 1/Nov/2009 ] "Isaac Stern's Barber Concerto with Bernstein was the recording which belatedly gave this warmly expressive masterpiece the international currency it plainly deserved. The superb performance can stand comparison with any version since" (Gramophone) |
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RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / TCHAIKOVSKY / BRAHMS / CHOPIN / SATIE / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Isaac Stern - "Humoresque" - Favourite Violin Encores Isaac Stern (violin) / Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Frank Brieff, Milton Katims [ Sony Music / CD - released 3/Dec/1996 ] Classic recordings of Isaac Stern with the New York Philharmonic |
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GABRIEL FAURE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Faure: Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 Yo-Yo Ma (cello) Emanuel Ax (piano) Isaac Stern (violin) Jaime Laredo (viola) [ Sony Music Expanded Edition / CD - released 1/Nov/1992 ] "The playing of Emanuel Ax and his distinguished colleagues does the music proud: it has stature and nobility, but also delicacy and reticence where appropriate" - Gramophone |
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HANDEL / MOZART / BACH / MENDELSSOHN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Unforgettable: Isobel Baillie Isobel Bailie (soprano) [ Dutton / CD - released 27/May/2002 ] "..the star of the performance is undoubtedly Isobel Baillie...her gloriously beautiful "I know that my Redeemer liveth" has never been surpassed on record." Gramophone on Messiah (Malcolm Sargent) |
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HANDEL / MOZART / BACH / MENDELSSOHN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Unforgettable: Isobel Baillie Isobel Bailie (soprano) [ Dutton / CD - released 27/May/2002 ] "..the star of the performance is undoubtedly Isobel Baillie...her gloriously beautiful "I know that my Redeemer liveth" has never been surpassed on record." Gramophone on Messiah (Malcolm Sargent) |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Violin Concerto in D (with extra DVD of Beethoven Violin Concerto - 1st movement) Itzhak Perlman (violin) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini [ EMI Classics CD + DVD / 2 CD/DVD - released 20/Nov/1999 ] The classic 1977 recording reissued with an DVD bonus of the first movement of Beethoven's Violin Concerto live with the Berlin Philharmonic, filmed in 1992. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven - Triple Concerto / Choral Fantasy Itzhak Perlman (violin) Daniel Barenboim (piano) Yo-Yo Ma (cello) / The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra [ EMI Classics / EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 1/Oct/2015 ] Itzhak Perlman is joined by fellow veteran Daniel Barenboim and Yo-Yo Ma in two great Beethoven works |
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SARASATE / SAINT-SAENS / LALO / CHAUSSON / RAVEL / BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Itzhak Perlman: Greatest Hits (Incls Saraste - Carmen Fantasy) Itzhak Perlman (violin) / New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta / Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 30/Oct/1993 ] Born in Israel in 1945, Itzhak Perlman completed his initial training at the Academy of Music in Tel Aviv. He came to New York and soon was propelled into the international arena with an appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1958. (Wiki) |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS / ERNEST CHAUSSON / MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The French Album Itzhak Perlman (violin) / Orchestre De Paris, Jean Martinon [ EMI / CD - released 10/Feb/1987 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 4 & 5 "Spring" Itzhak Perlman (violin) Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 9/Feb/1976 ] "The recording boasts unusually truthful violin sound capturing all the colour of Perlman's playing." (Gramophone Classical Music Guide) |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos 9 "Kreutzer" & 10 Itzhak Perlman (violin) Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 9/Feb/1994 ] "The recording boasts unusually truthful violin sound capturing all the colour of Perlman's playing." (Gramophone Classical Music Guide) |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Piano Trio Op.97 'Archduke' / Piano Trio in B flat WoO39: Allegretto Itzhak Perlman (violin) Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) Lyn Harrell (cello) [ EMI Classics / CD - released 30/Oct/1991 ] Born in Israel in 1945, Itzhak Perlman completed his initial training at the Academy of Music in Tel Aviv. He came to New York and soon was propelled into the international arena with an appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1958. |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Double Concerto Op 102 (with Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in E minor) Itzhak Perlman (violin) Yo-Yo Ma (cello) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ Teldec / CD - released 1/Feb/1997 ] "Perlman's 1993 Chicago version, strong and volatile, was recorded live… It makes an excellent coupling… with the powerful Perlman / Ma version of the Brahms Double Concerto" The Penguin Guide *** |