TCHAIKOVSKY / GLAZUNOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky/Glazunov: Violin Concertos Maxim Vengerov (violin) / Berlin Philharmonic / Claudio Abbado [ Teldec / CD - released 19/Jan/1996 ] "Vengerov's reading of the Tchaikovsky emerges clearly as a leading contender among the many superb versions." Gramophone |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Violin Concertos 1 & 2 Maxim Vengerov (violin) / London Symphony, Mstislav Rostropovich [ Teldec Elatus / CD - released 26/Jul/2010 ] "Vengerov's magnetism in both concertos is in no doubt; his playing is full of life and spontaneous feeling, helped by Rostropovich's highly supportive accompaniments." Penguin Stereo Guide (No 1) |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokofiev: Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2 (with Glazunov: Violin Concerto in A minor) Maxim Vengerov (violin) / London Symphony, Mstislav Rostropovich / Berlin Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado [ Teldec Elatus / CD - released 20/May/2003 ] "Vengerov and Rostropovich take an unashamedly epic, wide-open-steppes view of Prokofiev's First Concerto. His tone is gloriously rich, every note hit dead centre....this is an extremely fine disc and comes thoroughly recommended." Gramophone |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Violin & Viola Sonatas Shlomo Mintz (violin) Viktoria Postnikova (piano) [ Warner Elatus / CD - released 27/Jan/2003 ] |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione (Incls 'The Four Seasons') Monica Huggett (violin) / Raglan Baroque Players, Nicholas Kraemer [ Virgin Veritas / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/May/1989 ] Original recording from 1988 & 1989 |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante K364 / Concertone K190 Moscow Virtuosi, Vladimir Spivakov (violin/conductor), with Shlomo Mintz (viola) [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 1/Dec/1993 ] Recorded in Munich April 1990 |
ALFRED SCHNITTKE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schnittke: Quasi Una Sonata / Piano Trio / Piano Sonata No 2 Mstislav Rostropovich (cello/conductor) Mark Lubotsky (violin) Irina Schnittke (piano) / English Chamber Orchestra [ Sony / CD - released 2/Feb/1992 ] "Quasi una sonata remains one of the composer's seminal pieces in either of its versions, marking the debut of his celebrated 'polystylism' and his breakaway from the avant-garde. Stravinsky, serialism and Bach rub shoulders in a fiery performance by... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN / MAX BRUCH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruch/Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos Nigel Kennedy (violin) / English Chamber Orchestra / Jeffrey Tate [ EMI / CD - released 20/Feb/1988 ] "Kennedy has shrewdly augmented the regular concerto coupling of Bruch and Mendelssohn with the rare Schubert work, and the result is a generous issue which on every front can be warmly recommended for exceptionally strong and positive performances" |
RAVEL / KODALY / BACH / HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Duos for Violin and Cello Nigel Kennedy (violin) Lynn Harrell (cello) [ EMI Music / CD - released 30/May/2000 ] "..the closing performance of the Bach E major two-part Invention is something to treasure for its own sake - if you want a quick definition of chamber-music-making, this tiny gem will do." BBC Music |
EDMUND RUBBRA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rubbra: Violin Sonatas Krysia Osotowicz (violin) Michael Dussek (piano) [ Dutton / CD - released 2/Feb/2000 ] "An invaluable and enormously rewarding release, in sum, enthusiastically recommended...Osostowicz and Dussek form an outstandingly sympathetic partnership." The Gramophone Editor's Choice January 2000 |
PALLADIAN ENSEMBLE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Venice Collection: An Excess of Pleasure / The Winged Lion Palladian Ensemble with Pamela Thorby (soprano recorder) & Rachel Podger (violin) [ Linn Records / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] "Sparkling playing with the sense of uninhibited joy which only technical mastery and unbridled imagination can generate." BBC Music Magazine |
ERIK SATIE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Satie: The Four-Handed Piano Pascal Rogé (piano), Jean-Philippe Collard (piano) Chantal Juillet (violin) [ Decca / CD - released 1/Jun/2017 ] Recorded in 2000 |
ALBAN BERG / IGOR STRAVINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berg/Stravinsky: Violin Concertos Itzhak Perlman (violin) / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] "excellent sound: the spacious but not over-resonant acoustic and admirable balance between soloist and orchestra remain exemplary and appealing" Gramophone |
PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Les Concertos Peter Donohoe, Sylvia Kersenbaum, Georges Cziffra (piano) Leonide Kogan (violin) Pierre Fournier (cello) / Bournemouth Symphony, Philharmonia Orchestr [ EMI Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Mar/1993 ] "These are distinguished interpretations, in which Donohoe's staggering technique is sensitively supported by the Bournemouth Symphony." (Gramophone on the Donohoe) |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Concerto No.10 for two Pianos K.365 / etc Peter Serkin (piano) with Rudolf Serkin (piano), Marlboro Festival Orchestra, Alexander Schneider, with Jamie Laredo (violin) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 5/Jun/1990 ] High Fidelity called it exceptional Serkin plays every note as if his life depended on it, and a more recent reviewer in ClassicsToday described it as sounding as fresh and individually compelling as it did four decades ago. |
EUGENE YSAYE
Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas for solo violin Op. 27 MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Philippe Graffin (violin), Pascal Devoyon (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Jan/1997 ] Eugène Ysaÿe was the charismatic and flamboyant successor to Wieniawski in the great French tradition of violin virtuosity. Yet he was to take the genre to new and giddy heights with his Six Sonatas for solo violin of 1924. Each sonata is dedicated... |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos 1, 2 & 3 Pinchas Zukerman (violin & conductor) / Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra [ Sony Essential Classics / CD - released 20/May/2002 ] Israeli-born Pinchas Zukerman has kept his face and music before the public for more than four decades with his wide range of activities: he is a world-class violinist, violist, conductor, and administrator. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Violin Sonatas Pinchas Zukerman (violin) Marc Neikrug (piano) [ RCA / CD - released 12/Aug/1996 ] "The mellifluous, autumnal radiance of Zukerman's tone (aided by his exceptional 1670 Andrea Guarneri instrument) adds poignancy and gravitas to these readings." ClassicalMusic |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos 2 & 4 / Serenade Melancolique / Melodie Pinchas Zukerman (violin) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas / Israel Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta [ Sony Records Masterworks / CD - released 23/Oct/1990 ] Original recordings from 1981 & 1985 |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Violin Romances & works by Schubert & Dvorak Pinchas Zukerman (violin) / St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Pinchas Zukerman [ Philips / CD - released 14/Jul/1986 ] Originally recorded in March 1986 |