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MORTON GOULD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gould: Fall River Legend / Interplay / etc Morton Gould and his Orchestra / National Symphony Orchestra, Howard Mitchell [ RCA Victor Living Stereo / CD - released 1/Apr/1993 ] Gould's Fall River Legend is a warmly melodic ballet on the Lizzie Borden story. |
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IGNAZ JOSEPH PLEYEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pleyel: Quartet in B / Symphony in A / Sinfonia - Concertante Moscow Concertino, Evgueni Bushkov [ Discover / CD - released 10/Feb/2013 ] "Pleyel had a strong and solid technique, a good command of form and considerable enterprise in his ideas" Gramophone |
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BORIS PARSADANIAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Parsadanian: Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 Moscow Radio Symphony, USSR Symphony Orchestra, Evgeni Svetlanov, with Klara Kadinskaya (soprano) [ Russian Compact Disc / CD - released 1/Jan/1994 ] Rare recordings from Russia Recorded 1966 (Sym. 1) and 1969 |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Piano Trio No 1 D.898 / Notturno in E flat D.897 / Allegro in B flat D.28 Mozartean Players [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 19/May/2001 ] "This is one of the most distinguished period-instrument recordings of Schubert's B flat Piano Trio, well worth snapping up." International Record Review April 2001 |
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F G SCOTT / RONALD CENTER / RONALD STEVENSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Piano Music From Scotland Murray McLachlan (piano) [ Regis / CD - released 12/May/2006 ] "..all played with considerable bravura by Murray McLachlan who is clearly sympathetic.... rosette is awarded not just for enterprise but equally from admiration and pleasure" © Penguin Guide: rosette |
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RONALD STEVENSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stevenson: Piano Concertos Nos 1 "Faust Triptych" & 2 "The Continents" Murray Mclachlan (piano) / Chetham's Symphony Orchestra, Julian Clayton [ Olympia / CD - released 2/Feb/1993 ] "In Murray McLachlan, Stevenson's music has found a committed advocate and he projects the highly virtuosic yet never over-dominant solo parts with something of the panache of the composer's own keyboard style." Hi-Fi News |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Impromptus Murray Perahia (piano) [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 13/Nov/1983 ] Recorded at Vanguard Studios, New York City on 22-23 November 1982 (tracks 1 to 4), and at 30th Street Studio, New York City on18 December 1980 (tracks 5 to 8). |
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MENDELSSOHN / LISZT / BACH-BUSONI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Songs Without Words - piano music Murray Perahia (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] Rosette (Highest rating) Penguin Stereo Guide |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: 3 Piano Concertos K.107 (with Schrother: Concerto for piano and orchestra) Murray Perahia (piano and conductor) / English Chamber Orchestra [ Sony Classical Masterworks / CD - released 1/May/1991 ] "...wonderfully refreshing and delicate, with diamond bright articulation, urgently youthful in its resilience... Faithful, well-balanced recording." - The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 1 - 4 (K37, 39, 40, 41) Murray Perahia (piano and conductor) / English Chamber Orchestra [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 1/May/1991 ] "...wonderfully refreshing and delicate, with diamond bright articulation, urgently youthful in its resilience... Faithful, well-balanced recording." - The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schumann; Piano Concerto. Op. 54 / Konzertstuck, Op. 92 & Op. 134 Murray perahia (piano / Berlin Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado [ Sony Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/1997 ] Often described as "a musician's musician", Murray Perahia "has a magic touch and his electric spontaneity is naturally caught in the studio," wrote the Penguin Guide. "In the works of Schumann … this quality of concentration is enormously valuable,... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 3 & 4 Murray Perahia (piano) / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink [ Sony Music / CD - released 12/Jul/2007 ] "Perahia, with Haitink a deeply sympathetic partner, gives masterly performances, as close to the heart of the music as any. The sound is full and well balanced...well worth it." (Penguin Stereo Guide) |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Concertos for 2 & 3 Pianos / Andante and Variations for Piano Four Hands Murray Perahia, Radu Lupu (pianos) / English Chamber Orchestra [ Sony Music / CD - released 1/Nov/2009 ] "Murray Perahia and Radu Lupu are in good form...the performances emanate from public concerts and have much more excitement and spontaneity of live music-making. The two pianists are beautifully matched...." - The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 4 - 6 / Orchestral Suite BWV 1069 Musica Antiqua Koln, Reinhard Goebel [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / CD - released 15/Jun/1986 ] These uncompromising performances of the Brandenburg Concertos and the Orchestral Suites set new standards in the 1980s and remain a monument to the keen spirit of enquiry that Reinhard Goebel has always applied to his performances and recordings. |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Chamber Music Musica Antiqua Koln, with Reinhard Goebel (violin) Wilbert hazelzet (traversflote) Jaap ter Linden (viola da gamba) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 15/Jun/1983 ] The perfect introduction to Bach's chamber music performed on period instruments. |
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HEINRICH SCHUTZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schutz: Symphoniae Sacrae III Musica Fiata / Kammerchor Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/1989 ] Recorded At - Evangelische Kirche, Gönningen, 1989 |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Christmas a Cappella Musica Sacra conducted by Indra Hughes [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 27/Oct/2001 ] "Christmas carol CDs don't come better than this" -Christchurch Press |
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GEORGES MOINEAU
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Moineau: Messe Solennelle De Saint Remi Chœur "Cantabile" de la Cathédrale de Reims, Arsene Muzerelle [ Pavane / CD ] Original recording September 1996 |
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Nagel Heyer Allstars
Uptown Lowdown - A Jazz Salute to the Big Apple [ Nagel Heyer / CD - released 29/Jan/2001 ] Recorded Live At Sylvia & Danny Kaye Playhouse, NYC On June 16, 1999. |
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GABRIEL FAURE / EMMANUEL CHABRIER / ERIK SATIE / MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Naida Cole - Faure, Chabrier, Satie, Ravel Naida Cole (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 5/Dec/1999 ] Naida Margaret Cole is a Canadian-American concert pianist who left a successful career as a recording artist and touring musician in 2007 to pursue medicine, studying at the Warren Alpert Medical School. |