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. |
CAMILE SAINT-SAENS / CLAUDE DEBUSSY / MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: French Violin Sonatas Kyoto Takezawa (violin) Rohan de Silva (piano) [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 20/May/1993 ] Recorded May 12-14, 1992 |
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). |
ANTONIN DVORAK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak: Violin Concerto / Romance (with Bartok-Rhapsodies 1 & 2) Kyung-Wha Chung (violin) / Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccado Muti [ EMI Classics Red Line / CD - released 20/Jun/1997 ] In a career that has already spanned more than twenty-five years, Kyung-Wha Chung has been one of the most sought-after musicians on the international stage. |
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 |
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. |
FRANCESCO GEMINIANI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Geminiani: Concerti Grossi La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 2/Feb/1990 ] Originally recorded in September 1984 |
JOSEPH HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: Symphonies 88 - 92 La Petite Bande, Sigiswald kuijken [ Virgin Veritas / 2 CD - released 22/Mar/2008 ] Original recordings from 1990 & 1992 |
JOSEF HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: Symphonies Nos 90 & 91 La Petite Bande, Sigiswald kuijken [ Virgin Veritas / CD - released 22/Mar/1995 ] "The performances of both symphonies are energetic, and thoughtful; the sound is outstanding." Review |
FALCONIERI / FRESCOBALDI / MERULA / UCCELLINI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Amours, Zephyrs & Sirenes La Turbulente [ Naive / CD - released 15/Mar/2010 ] La Turbulente: Susi Möhlmeier, Frédérique Thouvenot (recorders), Claire Giardelli (cello), Mirella Giardelli (keyboard & organ), Pascal Monteilhet (theorb & lute) |
BEETHOVEN / ALBENIZ / PROKOFIEV / CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lang Lang - Live in Vienna BLU-RAY Lang Lang (piano) [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 14/Jun/2016 ] "the technical command is peerless and the emotional warmth envelops us. He is surely the Horowitz of our generation" The Observer, 12th September 2010 |
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 |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame [Queen Of Spades] - highlights Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Maureen Forrester, Sergei Leiferkus / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 2/Feb/1992 ] Tanglewood Festival Chorus & Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa |
VINCENCO BELLINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: I Capuleti E I Monteccchi (complete opera recorded in 1999 with libretto) Jennifer Larmore, Hei-Kyung Hong, Paul Groves, Robert Lloyd / Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Donald Runnicles [ Teldec Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 12/Oct/1999 ] "Donald Runnicles offers a fresh and sympathetic reading of Bellini's 'Romeo and Juliet' opera with an outstanding cast…Though the competition is strong, the Teldec set scores both in its casting and in its fullness of sound." (Penguin Guide *** Key |
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) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Laurent Korcia: Double Jeux Laurent Korcia (violin) with Michael Wendeberg (piano) and Christophe Lartilleux (guitar) [ Naive / CD - released 14/Oct/2007 ] "A fine violinist demonstrates the knack of imaginative programme planning. Laurent Korcia is not only an uncommonly accomplished violinist but also an uncommonly original programmer." Gramophone |
FRANK MARTIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Martin: Golgotha (complete oratorio) / Mass for Unaccompanied Double Choir Lausanne University Choir, Midi Chamber Choir, Faller Choir & Symphony Orchestra, Robert Faller [ Warner Erato / 2 CD - released 26/Feb/2007 ] "Frank Martin himself supervised this fervent and purposeful recording of his Debussy-shadowing post war oratorio Golgotha. Following without a break, the Mass delivers an introspective if less convincingly performed postscript." (BBC Music) |
FRANZ LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 / Les Preludes / etc Lazar Berman (piano) / Wiener Symphoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini, Wiener Philharmoniker, Giuseppe Sinopoli [ Deutsche Grammophon Entree / CD - released 20/May/1997 ] "Berman's infallible octaves at the opening of the First Concerto is every bit as thundering as Richter, and the cadenza is a perfect blend of forcefulness and flashiness." TopEar |
LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Liszt Collection [16 CD set] Lazar Berman, Svlatoslav Richter, Bernard Haitink, Maurizio Pollini, Jorge Bolet, Claudio Arrau, Daniel Barenboim, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon / 16 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2012 ] Artists include Lazar Berman, Sviatoslav Richter, Maurizio Benini, Michele Campanella, Anna Kravtchenko, Thomas Trotter, Jorge Bolet, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Claudio Arrau, Nikita Magaloff, Daneil Barenboim; Leonard Bernstein, Kirill Kondrashin, Bernard... |
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. |