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ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: Concerti per Violine Op 4 "La Stravaganza" I Solisti Veneti, Claudio Scimone [ Erato / 2 CD Box Set - released 2/Feb/1989 ] Originally recorded in 1977 |
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ALBINONI / PACHELBEL / HANDEL ZIPOLI / BACH / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Baroque Orchestral Music (Incls Albinoni: Adagio & Pachelbel: Canon) Consort of London, Robert Clark, with Julia Girdwood (oboe) & Joseph Frohlich (violin) [ Collins Classics / CD - released 20/Oct/1989 ] A generous selection of popular baroque works. |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos 4 & 5 / Rondos / Adagio David Oistrakh (violin/conductor) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra [ EMI Classics / CD - released 10/Oct/1993 ] Original recordings from 1970 &1971 |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Complete Symphonies & Concertos BLU-RAY Denis Matsuev, Daniil Trifonov (pianos) Mario Brunello, Gautier Capuçon (cellos) Alena Baeva, Vadim Repin (violin) / Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev [ Arthaus Blu-ray / 4 Blu-ray Box Set - released 1/Jul/2016 ] "Most successful are young violinist Alena Baeva, who gives a sensitive and appropriately fiery performance of Violin Concertoall the symphonies are given excellent, sometimes outstanding performances, with superb soloists…in Nos 13 and 14" BBC Music |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Gerard Poulet (violin) Dominique Merlet (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi Mandala / 4 CD Box Set - released 29/Dec/2001 ] "one immediately feels confident that he's in command, both technically and musically. He chooses consistently brisk or flowing tempos, but never sounds hurried, because his playing has such rhythmic poise" Gramophone (on Gerard Poulet's Bach) |
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JOHN ADAMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Adams: Violin Concerto / Shaker Loops Gidon Kremer (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano, Orchestra of St. Luke's, John Adams [ Nonesuch / CD - released 1/Oct/2019 ] "Kremer plays the concerto like he can't wait to get to the next phrase. "Committed" just begins to describe his playing. His tone - which in the past I've found nervous and a bit steely - warms up considerably for Adams." ClassicalNet |
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PIAZZOLLA / ELGAR / SARASATE / MOZART / RAVEL / BERNSTEIN / RANEAU / SAINT-SAENS / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: BBC Proms 99 - Artists and music from BBC Proms 1999 Gidon Kremer, Maxim Venerov (violin) Thomas Hampson (baritone) Dawn Upshaw, Deborah Voigt (soprano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, etc [ Teldec / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/1999 ] This double CD features artists appearing in the BBC Proms 1999. Note that these are recordings taken from previously released material and are note recorded from the actual proms. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos 6 - 8 Gidon Kremer (violin) / Martha Argerich (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 25/Jan/2002 ] |
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MANUEL MARIA PONCE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ponce: Violin Concerto (with works by Galindo & Revueltas) Henryk Szeryng (violin) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfonica de la Ciudad de Mexico, Enrique Batiz [ EMI / CD - released 1/Feb/1989 ] "A life-enhancing record. For within it two distinct fields are explored; both of them, in different ways, very rewarding. Try it." (Gramophone) |
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MIKLOS ROZSA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Hungarian Sketches - The Miklos Rozsa Collection Igor Gruppman (violin) Richard Bock (cello) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Sedares [ Koch International Classics / CD - released 5/Jun/1996 ] The New Zealand Symphony under James Sedares recorded the majority of Rosza's concert works on Koch. This CD contains a generous selection of those recordings. |
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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach, (J.S.): Violin Concertos / Sinfonias / Overture / Sonatas Isabelle Faust (violin) / Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 15/Mar/2019 ] "Faust's tone is both lean and exquisitely sweet, combined with consistent stylistic elegance which reaches the heights of eloquence in the slow movement of the E major Concerto." BBC Music Concerto Choice June 2019 |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokofiev: Violin Concertos / Sonata for two violins Itzah Perlman (violin) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, with Pinchas Zukerman (violin) [ EMI Music / CD - released 11/Nov/2003 ] Recorded 23-26 October 1980 and 26 October 1976 |
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EDUARD LALO / JEAN SIBELIUS / MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole / Sibelius: Concerto in D minor / Ravel: Tzigane Itzhak Perlman (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf [ RCA Papillon Collection / CD - released 20/Jun/1987 ] Perlman was introduced to the wider American public when he appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show twice in 1958. He made his debut at Carnegie Hall in 1963 and won the Leventritt Competition in 1964. |
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MIKLOS ROZSA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rozsa: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra / Concerto For String Orchestra James Sedares (violin) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Sedares [ Koch International Classics / CD - released 5/Jun/1997 ] "This is the fourth CD in the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's admirable traversal of all of Rozsa's orchestral music. I suppose it's too much to think that an American orchestra would have undertaken such a project." Courant.com |
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CESAR FRANCK / GABRIEL FAURE / MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Josef Suk Plays Josef Suk (violin) Josef Hala (piano) [ Discover / CD - released 10/Feb/1996 ] Recorded at the Domovina Studio in Prague, September 1994 |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Violin Concerto / 2 Romances Joseph Swensen (violin) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Andre Previn [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 25/May/1988 ] Joseph Swensen was born in 1960 in Hoboken, New Jersey, and grew up in Spring Valley, New York, Pearl River, New York and Harlem, New York City. His mother was Japanese-American and his father Norwegian-American. |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN / MAX BRUCH / W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn/Bruch/Mozart: Violin Concertos Joshua Bell (violin) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner, English Chamber Orchestra. Peter Maag [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2005 ] This 2-CD set couples Joshua Bell's first concerto recording for Decca of two of the most popular violin concertos in the repertory |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Violin Concerto / Hungarian Dances Nos 1 - 10 Joshua Bell (violin) / Cleveland Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnanyi / Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer [ Decca Classic FM The Full Works / CD - released 25/Jun/2018 ] "Joshua Bell, in one of his finest recordings to date, is daring in his expressiveness, often more expansive, using a far wider range of dynamics." Gramophone |
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ANTONIN DVORAK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak: Violin Concerto / Romance (with Bartok-Rhapsodies 1 & 2) Kyung-Wha Chung (violin) / Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccado Muti [ EMI Classics Red Line / CD - released 20/Jun/1997 ] In a career that has already spanned more than twenty-five years, Kyung-Wha Chung has been one of the most sought-after musicians on the international stage. |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Very Best of Vivaldi London Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Warren-Green / Monica Huggett (violin) / Taverner Choir & Players / Lorenzo Cavasanti (revcorder) / Europa Galan [ Virgin Classics / 2 CD - released 2/Aug/2005 ] Complete concertos and works of Vivaldi on period instruments |