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NICHOLAS MAW
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Maw: Hymnus / Little Concert / Shahnama Oxford Bach Choir, BBC Concert Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, NicholasCleobury, with Nicolas Daniel (oboe) [ ASV / CD - released 24/May/1999 ] Born in 1935 in Grantham, Nicholas Maw studied at the Royal Academy of Music from 1955 to 1958 with Lennox Berkeley and Paul Steinitz, and in Paris with Nadia Boulanger and Max Deutsch. Nicholas passed away in 2009. |
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GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI da PALESTRINA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Palestrina: Music For Maunday Thursday Musica Contexta, Simon Ravens [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 1/Feb/1998 ] "these singers are well on the way to achieving perfection here... overall this is a well-thought-out and moving performance" Gramophone [on another Palestrina recording with the same choir] |
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ALBERT KETELBEY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Grand Passions of Albert W. Ketelbey (Including 'In a Persian Market '; 'Bells across the Meadows' & 'Sanctuary of the Heart The Palm Court Theatre Orchestra, directed by Anthony Godwin [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Feb/2004 ] 'The performances are all one could ask, the recording is excellent, the notes and the packaging are very good.' - American Record guide |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Egmont Op. 84 [Complete incidental music] / Leonora Overture No 3 Miriam Gauci (soprano) Dirk Schortemeier (speaker) / Belgium Radio & Television Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Rahbari [ Discover / CD - released 10/Feb/2013 ] "His performance of the complete Egmont music is what one would expect from a Swarowsky pupil: complete command over his forces, a sweeping style and good attention to detail." |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Complete Waltzes Paolo Bordoni (piano) [ EMI Gemini / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2010 ] Paolo Bordoni (born July 22, 1942 in Bergamo ) is an Italian pianist who became internationally known for his complete edition of Franz Schubert 's waltzes (Wiki) |
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JOHN IRELAND
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ireland: Piano Concerto In E flat / Legend for Piano and Orchestra / Mai-Dun, Symphonic Rhapsody Eric Parkin (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1986 ] "I recommend this outstanding recording with enthusiasm, and it would make an unbeatable introduction to Ireland's music for anyone wishing to take the plunge; it's well worth it!" MusicWeb |
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GEORGE GERSHWIN / MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gershwin/Ravel: Piano Concertos Pascal Roge (piano) / Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra / Bertrand de Billy conductor [ Oehms Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 25/May/2005 ] "I had many apartments, but I was at home at the piano," George Gershwin once revealed. |
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BENDA / QUANTZ / BACH FAMILY / FREDERICK THE GREAT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Flute Concertos from Sans-souci Patrick Gallois (flute) / Kammerorchester C.P.E.Bach, Peter Schreier [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Aug/1994 ] Recorded: 1993-05 Recording Venue: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin |
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JERRY BOCK / SHELDON HARNICK
Bock: The Rothschilds Paul Hecht, Leila Martin / Original Broadway Cast [ Sony Broadway / CD - released 1/Jun/2002 ] The Rothschilds is a musical with a book by Sherman Yellen, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick and music by Jerry Bock. |
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MAX REGER / SERGEI PROKOFIEV / CARL REINECKE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Reger/Prokofiev/Reinecke: Sonatas Paul Meisen (flute) Gabriel Rosenberg (piano) [ MDG / CD - released 24/Jan/1987 ] Recordings from 1985 and 1981 |
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ROBERT FUCHS / CARL MARIA von WEBER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Fuchs/von Weber: Clarinet Quintets Paul Meyer (clarinet) / Carmina Quartet [ Denon / CD - released 10/Apr/1995 ] Recorded in Switzerland, April 1995 |
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W. A. MOZART / FERRUCCIO BUSONI / AARON COPLAND
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart/Busoni/Copland: Clarinet Concertos Paul Meyer (clarinet) / English Chamber Orchestra, David Zinman [ Denon / CD - released 10/Apr/1993 ] Recorded Rosyln Hill Capel, London 1992 |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS / ERNEST CHAUSSON / CLAUDE DEBUSSY / DARIUS MILHAUD / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: French Clarinet Art Paul Meyer (clarinet) Eric Le Sage (piano) [ Denon / CD - released 10/Apr/1992 ] "It is records like this that almost lead a reviewer to a dereliction of his critical responsibilities and tempt him merely to sit back and enjoy it." (Gramophone) |
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BACH / R. STRAUSS / BEETHOVEN / FAURE / TCHEREPNIN / MENDELSSOHN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Paul Tortelier: The Great EMI Recordings [20 CD set] Paul Tortelier (cello) with Aldo Ciccolini, Eric Heidsieck, Yehudi Menuhin, Royal Philharmonic, New Philharmonia, London Symphony [ EMI Budget Boxes / 20 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2010 ] Gramophone Magazine Reissue of the Month May 2010 - "Tortelier's many admirers will find here much that has slipped through the net; merits the highest admiration" (MusicWeb May 2010) |
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FAURE / SAINT-SAENS / MASSENET / GRANADOS / CHOPIN / PAGANINI / DVORAK / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Paul Tortelier: Encores Paul Tortelier (cello) with Shuku Iwasaki (piano) [ EMI Studio / CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] Tortelier was an honorary member of the Royal Academy of Music in London, held honorary degrees from three English universities, and was a Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland. A street in the Batignolles-Monceau, the 17th arrondissement of... |
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HEITOR VILLA -LOBOS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Villa-Lobos: 5 Preludes / Etude No.1 / Suite Populaire bresilienne (with works by Bustamante & Barrios) Pepe Romero (guitar) [ Philips / CD - released 6/Dec/1988 ] "Few musicians can be this flexible with the unwinding of a piece and yet never sound self-indulgent. He seems to know exactly where an emphasis lies, how long to pause, where to push, when to float poetically" Los Angeles Times |
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HENRI DUTILLEUX
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dutilleux: Cello Concerto & Selected Orchestral Works Boris Pergamenschikow (cello), BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier [ Chandos / CD ] The virtues of those earlier issues remain evident here, with meticulously prepared, well-played performances, and recordings carefully adapted to the coloristic subtlety and textural delicacy of the music. |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Great Organ Works (Includes Toccata & Fugue in D minor & Fantasia & Fugue in C minor) Peter Hurford (organ) [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 15/Feb/2001 ] "This is how organ should sound. Hurford presents the organ as a grand, massive, visceral, roaring, lusty instrument. The reeds are biting and edgy and the mixtures are perfect for the intense polyphony." RateYourMusic |
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ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Scriabin: Complete symphonies - Prometheus - Poame de l'extase - Piano Concerto Peter Jablonski, piano - Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin - Vladimir Ashkenazy [ Decca Trio / 3 CD Box Set - released 14/Jul/2003 ] "outstanding sound-quality" (Penguin Stereo Guide on Symphony No 1) |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ / La Mort de Cleopatre / etc Peter Pears, Elsie Morison, John Cameron, Joseph Rouleau, Anne Pashley / The Goldbrough Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis [ Decca / 2 CD - released 25/May/1989 ] Originally recorded October 8-10 1960 (L'enfance) & 1968 |