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MORITZ MOSZKOWSKI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Moszkowski: Piano Music Volume 3 Seta Tanyel (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 15/Feb/2003 ] 'Once again [Tanyel's] performances are of the most engaging insouciance and dexterity' (Gramophone) |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN / MAX BRUCH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn/Bruch: Violin Concertos Gil Shaham (violin) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 2/Feb/1989 ] Recordings: London, Watford Town Hall, 8/1988 & 12/1988 (Bruch) |
Shakti
This Moment [ Abstract Logix / CD - released 23/Jun/2023 ] As a cornerstone of what is now called World Music, the vision and virtuosity of Shakti has inspired generations of musicians from around the world to explore sonic hybrids once thought impossible. Born of the musical and spiritual brotherhood shared... |
SIR MICHAEL TIPPETT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tippett: Symphony No. 1 / Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Howard Shelley (piano) / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1985 ] Michael Tippett's Symphony No. 1, received positive reviews from Classics Today and the Penguin Guide, which awarded it a 3-star rating for general excellence. Critics praise the committed performance and Chandos' first-class production and recording... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Macbeth (complete opera recorded in 1976) Sherrill Milnes, Fiorenza Cossotto, José Carreras, Ruggero Raimondi / New Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti [ EMI / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/May/1986 ] "There is no weakness among the set's principals. Cossotto remains just about the most idiomatic of Ladies on disc and encompasses the role with full tone and biting diction. At mid-price the Muti represents very good value and the performance is in |
AARON AVSHALOMOFF
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Avshalomoff: Orchestral Works Vol 3 - Piano Concerto / Symphony No.3 Larissa Shilovkaya (piano) / Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Jacob Avshalomov, David Avshalomov [ Marco Polo / CD ] Aaron Avshalomov was a Russian-born Jewish composer. His work included several ballets, two operas, a violin concerto, four symphonies and a flute concerto. |
FRANZ LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shura Cherkassky plays Liszt (with works by Liadov & Saint-Saens) Shura Cherkassky (piano) [ Testament / CD ] Shura Cherkassky (7 October 1909 - 27 December 1995) was a Ukrainian-American concert pianist known for his performances of the romantic repertoire. His playing was characterized by a virtuoso technique and singing piano tone. |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Shura Cherkassy I Shura Cherkassy (piano) [ Philips / EMI / Decca / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/1998 ] Shura Cherkassky was a Ukrainian-American concert pianist known for his performances of the romantic repertoire. His playing was characterised by a virtuoso technique and singing piano tone. For much of his later life, Cherkassky resided in London. |
TCHAIKOVKY / LITOLFF / SCHUMANN / J. STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Shura Cherkassky II Shura Cherkassky (piano) / Berlin Philharmonic, Leopold Ludwig, Clemens Krauss, London Philharmonic, Adrian Boult [ Philips / EMI / Decca / Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/2018 ] Over seven decades of his concert career, starting in the 1920s, Cherkassky made a large number of recordings for RCA Victor, Vox, Swedish Cupol label, HMV, DG (the famous Tchaikovsky concerto recordings), Tudor, Nimbus and Decca. |
W. A. MOZART / FRANZ SCHUBERT / ANSELM HUTTENBRENNE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart/Schubert/Huttenbrenner: Lieder Sibylla Rubens(soprano) / Irwin Cage (piano) [ Hanssler / CD - released 14/Jan/2004 ] "Sibylla Rubens is best known as a fine exponent of the Baroque repertoire...Her light, pliable soprano is ideally suited to these delightful songs." Editor's Choice Gramophone February 2004 |
ANTIONO VIVALDI / MAURO GIULIANI / FERDINANDO CARULLI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Guitar Concertos Siegfried Behrend (guitar) / I Musici [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 16/Oct/1994 ] Behrend was born in Berlin. He studied piano, harpsichord, conducting and composition at the Klindworth-Scharwenka Conservatory in Berlin and taught himself classical guitar. He gave the first German performance of Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez. |
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JOHANN STRAUSS
Strauss, (J): Der Zigeunerbaron [The Gipsy Baron] (complete operetta filmed in 1975) Siegfried Jerusalem, Ellen Shade, Ivan Rebroff, Martha Modl / Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart / Kurt Eichhorn [ Universal Classics / Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 7/Apr/2008 ] "Beautifully filmed on location in Hungary with a fine cast of singers, this production is a delight." (MusicWeb August 2008) |
RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: Parsifal (the complete opera recorded in 1981) Bayreuth Festival / Siegfried Jerusalem / Eva Randova / Bernd Weikl / Horst Stein (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 DVD - released 26/Feb/2009 ] "A production and performance that showed the festival at its finest" (The New York Times) |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Songs of Robert Schumann, Vol. 02 (Incls 'Lieder und Gesange aus Wilhelm Meister, Op 98a') Simon Keenlyside (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Schumann Edition / CD - released 4/Aug/2003 ] 'The collaboration of Keenlyside and Johnson is so potent that after an hour one is still ready for more' (Gramophone) |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Siegfried Simon O'Neill (tenor), Gerhard Siegel, Iain Paterson, Martin Winkler, Hallé, Sir Mark Elder [ Hallé / 4 CD - released 7/Jun/2019 ] "The outstanding performances here come from the Hallé and their music director. With quality playing from all departments, Wagner's complex orchestral timbres are carefully presented." BBC Music |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Siegfried Simon O'Neill (Siegfried), Michael Volle (Der Wanderer), Peter Hoare (Mime), Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Simon Rattle [ BR Klassik / 3 CD - released 6/Oct/2023 ] Following the 2015 release of Das Rheingold and of Die Walküre in 2019, BR-KLASSIK is now releasing Siegfried as part of the enthusiastically received Ring cycle under Sir Simon Rattle. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Water Music Simon Standage (violin) Elizabeth Wilcock (violin) / The English Concert,Trevor Pinnock [ Archiv / CD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] "It is highly unlikely that George I ever witnessed performances matching up to this one." Gramophone, January 1984, reviewing the Water Music |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Simon Standage (violin) / English Consort, Trevor Pinnock [ Archiv / Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 20/Jul/2001 ] Simon Standage leads a top original instrument version |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Symphonies Simona Šaturová, Mihoko Fujimura, Christian Elsner & Christian Gerhaher / Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Herbert Blomstedt [ Accentus / 5 CD Box Set - released 3/Jul/2017 ] "Blomstedt's Beethoven seems 'right': tempi are never too fast or too slow, but never staid, and phrasing is alive with rhythmic energy and cumulative momentum. His Leipzig players give their all- the strings in particular have a glorious burnished... |
BERG / R. STRAUSS / DUPARC / POULENC
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sine Bundgaard - Songs with Orchestra Sine Bundgaard (soprano) / Danish Radio Sinfonietta, Matthias Pintscher [ EMI Classics / CD - released 15/Apr/2005 ] Sine Bundgaard is one of her generations leading scandinavias sopranos. She has an ongoing international carreer in leading european operahouses and is especially in demand as an excellent Mozart-singer. |
