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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Complete concertos 2 (Incls Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor" & Triple Concerto) Stephen Kovacevich (piano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra / London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis, with Henryk Szeryng (violin) & Janos Starker (cello) [ Decca Duo / CD - released 27/Oct/1994 ] "..beautifully-judged textures-limpid, clean and with a wide range of sonority and very sensitive pedalling...both performances are worthy of the very highest comparisons, from the majority of which they will emerge unscathed." (Gramophone) |
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JOHAN SVENDSEN / CARL NIELSEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Svendsen/Nielsen: Chamber Music Kenneth Sillito (violin) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1994 ] Recorded at the Snape Maltings Concert Hall April 1993 |
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ERMANNO WOLF-FERRARI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wolf-Ferrari: Trii [Trios for violin, Cello & piano] Trio di Venezia [ Nuova Era Icarus / CD - released 1/May/2019 ] The two piano trios that Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876-1948) composed early in his career display inventiveness and communicative vibrancy comparable to what you find in his operas and symphonic works. The Op. 5 Trio reveals the 20-year-old composer as... |
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ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schoenberg: Complete Works for Violin and Piano Ulf Wallin (violin) / Roland Pantinen (piano) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Mar/2005 ] "An outstanding disc in every way. Recording qualities are, as so often with BIS, of the highest. It is possible that some may find the recording too up-front, but it is an approach that seems to suit the music in question." (MusicWeb July 2005) |
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ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV / SERGEI LYAPUNOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Glazunov/Lyapunov: Piano Concertos Alexei Nasedkin, Alexander Bakhchiev (piano) Tatiana Grindenko (violin) / USSR Radio & TV Large Symphony Orchestra, Algis Zhiuraitis [ Russian Compact Disc / CD - released 1/Jan/1996 ] Rare recordings from Russia |
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GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pergolesi: Violin Concertos Maria Minetto, Luciana Ticinelli-Fattori, Basia Retchitzka / Societa Cameristica Di Lugano, Edwin Loehrer [ Erato Basic Edition / CD - released 7/May/2001 ] Original recording from 1978 |
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ANTONIN DVOARK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak: Violin Concerto / Romantic Pieces / Romance Uto Ughi (violin) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 3/Jul/1991 ] Recorded March & April 1990, Abbey Road Studio No. 1 |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Milestones: Chandos 30th anniversary Box Set Various performers incls Susan Gritton, Richard Hickox, Lydia Mordkovitc, Craig Ogden, Stephen Hough, Lynne Dawson, Emma Kirkby, The Kings Singers [ Chandos / 30 CD Box Set - released 1/Mar/2009 ] VERY SPECIAL PRICE. DON'T DELAY! |
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CARL NIELSEN / PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Nielsen / Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos Vilde Frang (violin) / Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Eivind Gullberg Jensen [ Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Concerto |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 Nigel Kennedy (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt [ EMI Music / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] Classic 1991 recording of the Brahms from Kennedy |
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KARL HARTMANN / IGOR STRAVINSKY / KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI / ALFRED SCHNITTKE / SERGEI PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Modern Portraits Vladimir Spivakov (violin & director) / Moscow Virtuosi [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 1/Dec/1990 ] "Cleanly and brightly recorded...recommended.'" Gramophone |
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RICHARD STRAUSS / CHRISTOPHER HEADINGTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss/Headington: Violin Concertos Xue-Wei (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Jane Glover [ ASV / CD ] The Strauss Violin Concerto was first performed publicly on 5 December 1882, in the Bösendorfersaal of the Herrengasse in Vienna. The soloist was the dedicatee Benno Walter. Strauss himself played his own piano reduction of the orchestral parts.... |
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BACH / BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / DVORAK / DEBUSSY / RAVEL / BLOCH / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Yehudi Menuhin plays favourite encores Yehudi Menuhin (violin) [ Biddulph / CD - released 21/Jun/1996 ] These discs feature a collection of shorter, virtuosic pieces that Menuhin often performed at the end of concerts, with Biddulph Recordings releasing a series of these remastered recordings Piano - Ferguson Webster (tracks: 4, 9, 10, 17), Hendrik... |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN / PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn/Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos Isaac Stern (violin) Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy (cond) [ Sony Great Performances / CD - released 1/Feb/2007 ] Magnificent music for himself; a masterpiece for a friend |
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JACOB / GIBBS / ROOTHAM / MILFORD / GIBBS / DRING
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Peacock Pie - Six attractive and unjustly neglected English compositions Martin Roscoe (piano) / Guildhall Strings, with Robert Salter (violin) [ Hyperion / CD - released 16/Apr/2002 ] "This is a delightful disc for all lovers of British music with a lighter touch." Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (June 2002) |
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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 |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Alan Loveday (Violin) / Academy St Martins-in-the-Fields, Neville Marriner [ Argo / CD - released 10/Apr/1985 ] "A superb demonstration recording too with its range of tone-colour and atmosphere" Gramophone |
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MAURICE RAVEL / CLAUDE DEBUSSY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ravel/Debussy: Piano Trios Andre Previn (piano) Julie Rosenfeld (violin) Gary Hoffman (cello) [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 20/May/1995 ] "A rich yet un-glitzy recording helps this intensely felt yet refined performance, and altogether the artists offer a memorable musical experience." Gramophone |
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MAX BRUCH / FELIX MENDELSSOHN / HENRI VIEUXTEMPS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1 / Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto / Vieuxtemps: Violin Concerto Cho-Liang Lin (violin) Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin, Philharmonia Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas [ Sony Music / CD - released 15/Feb/1994 ] "Cho-Liang Lin is accompanied most sensitively by Slatkin and the Chicago orchestra, and this reading is totally compelling in its combination of passion and purity, strength and dark, hushed intensity. The recording is excellent." *** Penguin Guide |
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KURT WEILL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Weill: Concerto for Violin and Wind Orchestra (with works by Hindemith and Toch) Christian Tetzlaff (violin) / Deutsche kammerphilharmonie [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 21/Mar/1995 ] With an orchestral accompaniment confined to the relatively austere sounds of wind and brass instruments, Kurt Weill's Violin Concerto seems to manifest many of the characteristic musical gestures that one normally associates with Twenties 'New... |