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FERDE GROFE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite / Mississippi Suite (with Victor Herbert: Cello Concerto) Eastman-Rochester Orchestra, Howard Hanson, with Georges Miquelle (cello) [ Mercury Living Presence / CD - released 11/Oct/1995 ] Recorded 1957 - 1958 The original Three Track original recording |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI / MAURO GIULINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi / Giuliani: Guitar Concertos Eduardo Fernandez (guitar) / English Chamber orchestra, George Malcolm [ Decca / CD Box Set - released 20/Sep/2015 ] Original recording made at the Henry Wood Hall, London, December 1986 |
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ARNOLD SCHOENBERG / FRANZ LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schoenberg/Liszt: Piano Concertos Emanuel Ax (piano) The Philharmonia, Esa-Pekka Salonen [ Sony Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/1993 ] Emanuel Ax has been classed among the master pianists ever since his victory at the inaugural Arthur Rubinstein Competition in 1974. His long association with RCA/Sony began the very next year, with a spellbinding disc of Chopin and Liszt... |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Four Seasons, and other concertos Enrico Onofri (solo violin) / Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini [ Teldec / CD - released 26/Aug/1994 ] We get some fine playing from the members of Il Giardino Armonico but especially from first violinist Enrico Onofri....These certainly come off as spirited realizations." Classical Candor |
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GYORGY LIGETI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ligeti: Cello Concerto / Piano Concerto / Chamber Concerto Ensemble Modern [ Sony Classical / CD - released 10/Jun/1994 ] Recorded at the Bartók Hall, Szombathely, Hungary, August 2 & 3 (1-2) and August 4 & 5 (3-7), 1990 |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Triple Concerto Op 56 / Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello Op 11 Eroica Trio / Prague Chamber Orchestra [ EMI Music / CD - released 4/Nov/2003 ] The Beethoven Triple Concerto has long been a long time staple of the Eroica Trio's repertoire and as an ensemble they have played the work more than any other group in history. |
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BORIS LYATOSHINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lyatoshinsky: Symphony No 2 in B minor / Slavic Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Eugen Rzhanov (piano) / Ukrainian Radio and TV Symphony, Vladimir Gnedash / Ukrainian State Symphony Orchestra, Fedor Glushchenko [ Russian Disc / CD - released 12/Apr/1994 ] Recorded in 1982 & 1974 |
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FRANCIS POULENC
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Poulenc: Concerto for Piano,, 2 Pianos & Aubade Francois-Rene Duchable, Jean-Philippe Collard (piano) / Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, James Conlon [ Erato / 2 CD - released 30/Jan/1986 ] Francis Poulenc (January 7, 1899 - January 30, 1963) had his first major successes as an 18-year-old composer without a single composition lesson. Despite some study, he remained largely self-taught. In fact, his music is so individual, it's remained... |
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MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ravel: Piano Concerti (with Debussy: Fantaisie pour piano & orchestre François-René Duchâble (piano) / Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, MIchel Plasson [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/May/1996 ] "Duchâble's recordings are considered a "splendid collaboration" with the conductor." Gramophone |
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ROBERTO GERHARD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gerhard: Symphony No.3 'Collages' / Concerto for Piano and Strings Geoffrey Tozer (piano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Matthias Bamert [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1997 ] "Chandos have given the work a splendid recording which does full justice to the wide ranging colours of this score and Mathias Bamert and the BBC Symphony Orchestra are as impressive in this early example of Gerhard's symphonic writing as they are... |
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FRANZ LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / Hungarian Fantasy Gerhard Oppitz (piano) / Bamberger Symphoniker, Roberto Abbado [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/1992 ] "Mr. Oppitz plays with the same virtuosity that I imagine Liszt did while never losing sight of Liszt's macabre sensibility." Review |
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HENRYK WIENIAWSKI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wieniawski: Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2 / Legende op. 17 (with Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen) Gil Shaham (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra, Lawrence Foster [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 14/Apr/2006 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - "He is a marvellous violinist with a beautiful tone." (TP 1001 Classical) |
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IGOR STRAVINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stravinsky: Apollon Musagete / Concerto in D / etc Guildhall String Ensemble [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 1/Jun/1990 ] Recorded June, 1988, at Forde Abbey, Dorset |
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ROBIN MILFORD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Milford: Fishing by Moonlight Guildhall Strings, with Julian Sperry (flute) Julian Milford (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 11/Aug/2004 ] 'This is music for an English summer evening, rewarding in its unpretentious, melodious, nicely crafted way; especially when played with sympathy and elegance by Robert Salter and the excellent Guildhall Strings' Gramophone |
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FERRUCCIO BUSONI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Busoni: Fantasia Contrappuntistica and transcriptions of works by Liszt and Mozart Hamish Milne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] 'Milne, who through his studies with Guido Agosti is a 'grand-pupil' of Busoni himself, tackles this repertoire with a full appreciation of the Classicism that lies behing its Romantic surface, and is especially effective at clarifying the fugal... |
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SIR CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stanford: Symphony No.2 in D minor 'Elegiac' / Clarinet Concerto Ulster Orchestra Vernon Handley [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1991 ] "For all its debt to Mendelssohn, Schumann and others, it has plenty of charm and is scored with all Stanford's customary adroitness." Gramophone |
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J. S. BACH / C. P. E. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Oboe Concertos Heinz Holliger (oboe & oboe d'amore) / Camerata Bern [ Philips / CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] Heinz Robert Holliger (born 21 May 1939) is a Swiss virtuoso oboist, composer and conductor. Celebrated for his versatility and technique, Holliger is among the most prominent oboists of his generation. |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Horn Concertos Hermann Baumann (horn) / St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Pinchas Zukerman [ Philips Laser Line Classics / CD - released 14/Jul/1990 ] "(Baumann) produces a broad stream of richly lyrical tone on his wide-bore German instrument... The new performances are warmly expressive and always musical" Gramophone |
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LEOPOLD MOZART / JEAN-JOSEPH MOURET / JOHANN FRIEDRICH FASCH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart (L.),Fasch,Mouret: Concerti da caccia Hermann Baumann, Radovan Vlatkovic (horns) / Les Trompes de France, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields [ Philips / CD - released 11/Jan/1986 ] After starting his musical career as a singer and jazz drummer Hermann Baumann switched to horn at the age of 17. He studied with Fritz Huth at the Hochschule für Musik Würzburg and then played principal horn in various orchestras for 12 years,... |
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ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Glazunov: Violin Concerto And Other Works Hideko Udagawa (violin) / The London Philharmonic Orchestra The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Kenneth Klein [ IMP Classics / CD - released 28/Sep/1991 ] Originally recorded in Henry Wood Hall, London, October, 1989 |