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BELA BARTOK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bartok: Violin Concerto No. 2 / Rhapsodies Nos. 1 & 2 Kyoko Takezawa (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas [ Sony / RCA Classical Masters / CD - released 1/Jun/1993 ] Born in Ōbu, Aichi, she started her training in Japan as a part of the Suzuki Method program and was part of a tour of the United States. She is a graduate of the Juilliard School (1989) where her teacher was Dorothy DeLay. |
ANTONIN DVORAK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak: Piano trios Nos 1 & 3 Kyung-Wha Chung (violin) / Chung Trio [ Decca / CD - released 10/Oct/1989 ] Kyung-wha Chung's musical career began at the age of three. The Chung Trio is a piano trio consisting of Korean siblings. The trio consists of Myung-whun Chung, who plays the piano, Kyung-wha Chung (violin), and Myung-wha Chung (cello). |
MAX BRUCH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruch: Violin Concerto / Scottish Fantasy Kyung-Wha Chung (violin) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Rudolf Kempe [ Decca Virtuoso / CD - released 27/Oct/2011 ] "Kyung-Wha Chung has a bold attack which springs from absolute security of intonation...the sound of the lyrical passages especially is consistently bright and rich, tonally integrated from top to bottom and of a really big expressive range" Gramopho |
JOHANN PACHELBEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pachelbel: Easter Cantatas La Capella Ducale, Musica Fiata, Roland Wilson [ CPO / CD - released 2/Jul/2004 ] "Pachelbel's little-explored sacred music here provides a glorious experience" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine July 2004 |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn: Psaume [Psalms]s La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale, Philippe Herreweghe, with Peter Kooy (baritone), Eiddwen Harrhy (soprano), Hervé Lamy (tenor) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/May/1988 ] "Elegant and fluent singing" - Gramophone |
GIUSEPPE TARTINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tartini: Trio Sonatas / Violin Sonatas Op 2 and Op 6 La Magnifica Communita with Enrico Casazza (violin) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2008 ] Giuseppe Tartini's best-known work must be his sonata for violin 'Devil's trill'. Now meet the virtually unknown Tartini on these three CD's. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: I vespri Siciliani (complete opera recorded in 1990) La Scala Opera / Giorgio Zancanaro, Enzo Capuano, Chris Merritt, Cheryl Studer / Riccardo Muti (cond) [ Opus Arte / Rai Trade / La Scala Collection DVD / DVD - released 25/Dec/2015 ] Verdi's 1855 Paris opera which followed Rigoletto, Il trovatore and La Traviata is treated to a performance of blazing energy and intimate refinement with a superb cast which includes Cheryl Studer and Chris Merritt. |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: Peter Grimes (complete opera with libretto) Philip Langridge, Janice Watson, Alan Opies, Anne Collins / Opera London, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / 2 CD Box Set - released 2/Feb/1997 ] "The casting of Philip Langridge in the title-role is central to the set's success. As on stage, he is unrivalled at conveying the character's moutning hysteria, and the result is chilling. Janice Watson makes a most touching Ellen Orford." Penguin |
ARAM KHACHATURIAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Khachaturian: Piano & Violin Concertos / Symphony No 2 / Maskerade Alicia de Larrocha (piano) Ruggiero Ricci (Violin) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos & Anatole Fistoulari [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] "As befits Ricci's imperturbable individuality this is an individual reading and unusually relaxed. Maybe that quality was at least partially dictated by Fistoulari.." MusicWeb (Violin Concerto) |
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schoenberg: Verklarte Nacht / String Trio Lasalle Quartet [ Deutsche Grammophon 20th Century Classics / CD ] Recording: Hamburg, Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, November 1982 (op. 4) / December 1982 (op. 45) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: All In The April Evening Laudibus / Michael Brewer [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jan/1996 ] 'This is a delightfully nostalgic trip through English part-singing from the first half of the 20th century. The programme is deftly chosen and Laudibus give heart-warming accounts' (BBC Music Magazine) |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vaughan Williams: A Cappella Choral Works Laudibus, Mike Brewer [ Delphian / CD - released 28/Jul/2008 ] "This is choral singing of the very first rank" International Record Review "I struggle to think of groups that could do this better" BBC Music |
ARTUR LEMBA / EDUARD TUBIN / LEPO SUMERA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Estonian Piano Concertos Lauri Vainmaa ([iano) / Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Arvo Volmer [ Finlandia / CD - released 20/Oct/1997 ] Recorded at the Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn, Estonia, May-June 1997 |
GEORG FREDERIC HANDEL / GIOVANNI BONONCINI / ATTILIO ARIOSTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: A Royal Trio: Arias & Scenes Lawrence Zazzo (counter-tenor) / La Nuova Musica, David Bates [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 29/Oct/2014 ] "This is an accomplished recital from both singer and orchestra, the latter playing freshly under Bates's direction in a programme which contains some rarely heard music." International Record Review, November 2014 |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Chamber Music: Trio Sonatas L'Ecole d'Orphee, with John Holloway (violin) & Philip Pickett (recorder) [ Regis Records / CD - released 20/May/2008 ] John Holloway is one of the pioneers of the modern "Early Music" movement in Britain. He played his first public concert in aid of Hungarian refugees in 1956. |
ROBERT SCHUMANN / JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms/Schumann: Piano Quintets Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) / Artemis Quartet [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 13/Oct/2007 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD WINNER 2008 - Chamber - "Those who desire the Schumann and Brahms on one disc cannot do better than this supremely accomplished and excellently engineered release." (ClassicsToday 9/9) |
BARTOK / PAGANINI / YSAYE / ERNST / KREISLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Leila Josefowicz - Solo music Leila Josefowicz (violin) [ Philips / CD - released 22/Feb/2001 ] Distinctive solo works for the violin |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Evgeni Mravinsky [ Russian Compact Disc / CD - released 1/Jan/1993 ] Recorded live in the Large Hall of the Leningrad Conservatoire November 3, 1957 |
COPLAND / LISZT / MOZART / RAVEL / RACHMANINOV / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Leon Fleisher Leon Fleisher (piano) with the Cleveland Orchestra & Baltimore Symphony [ Sony / Philips / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2000 ] In the 1950s, Fleisher signed an exclusive recording contract with Columbia Masterworks. He is particularly well known for his interpretations of the piano concerti of Brahms and Beethoven, which he recorded with George Szell and the Cleveland... |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Leontyne Price - Puccini Heroines Leontyne Price (soprano) / New Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Edward Downes & Nello Santi, with Placido Domingo, Elizabeth Bainbri [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] "Leontyne Price's 'Vissi d'arte' s artistry incarnate… " BBC Music Magazine |
