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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: The Late String Quartets Quartetto Italiano [ Philips / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2007 ] 'The Italians give a most searching account of the first movement of Op.127 and their firmness of tone and accuracy of ensemble compel admiration ... a magnificent account ... the Italian Quartet's performances are considerable." Penguin Guide |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: String Quartets (complete on 8 CDs) Quartetto Italiano [ Philips Complete Mozart Edition / 8 CD Box Set - released 27/Mar/2016 ] "the Philips sound balance is admirably judged. As a set the performances have seen off all challengers for two decades or more; one is unlikely to assemble a more consistently satisfying overview of these works, or one so beautifully played." |
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VINCENT D'INDY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: D'Indy: Trio / Quartet / Sextet Quatuor Prat, with Jean Dupouy (viola II), Francois Michel (cello II) & Kun Woo Paik (piano) [ Auvidis Valois / CD - released 10/Dec/1998 ] Vincent d'Indy's Second Piano Trio certainly sounds like the work of a young man, but at the time it was composed, he was seventy nine years old. D'Indy's style underwent a considerable change in the years following his retirement and move from Paris... |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Sonatas for fortepiano and violin [Volume 3] Rachel Podger (violin) / Gary Cooper (fortepiano) [ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] "This a disc that celebrates a stimulating partnership...She and Cooper show that Mozart's piano and violin sonatas are nowhere near as well known as they should be." (Gramophone) |
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MOZART
Mozart: Complete Sonatas for Keyboard and Violin Rachel Podger (violin), Gary Cooper (fortepiano) [ Channel / 8 CD Box Set - released 22/Mar/2024 ] Channel Classics reissues the 8CD box-set of Mozart's complete Sonatas for Keyboard and Violin. Rachel Podger and Gary Cooper make this difficult music sound effortless, witty and elegant on the first-ever recording of the complete sonatas on... |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Four Last Songs / Capricco: Final Scene Rachel Willis-Sørensen (soprano), Sebastian Pilgrim (baritone) / Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Andris Nelsons [ Sony Classical / CD - released 10/Mar/2023 ] "Willis-Sorensen's confidence as she manoeuvres her voice over this autumnal masterpiece's singular leaps and high-flying glides often produces thrilling results…" The Times |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Requiem in D minor K 626 Rachel Yakar, Ortrun Wenkel, Robert Holl, Kurt Equiluz / Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Teldec / CD - released 22/Oct/2001 ] This famous recording uses an edition published by Eulenberg in 1972; seeking to come closer to the spirit of the composer himself, it replaces the familiar instrumentation of Franz Xaver Süssmayr, who completed the Requiem after Mozart's death. |
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GEORGE ANTHEIL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Antheil: Symphony No. 3 'American' / 'Tom Sawyer' Overture / etc Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt, Hugh Wolff [ CPO / CD - released 25/Jul/2005 ] "George Antheil is doing well on disc and he is lucky here to have a conductor of the calibre of Hugh Wolff taking up his cause and reviving a Frankfurt connection going back to the premiere of Transatlantic, the opera acclaimed there in 1930" Gramop |
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W. A. MOZART / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart / Beethoven: Quintets for Piano and Wind Radu Lupu (piano) with Han de Vries (oboe), George Pieterson (clarinet), Vicente Zarzo (horn), Brian Pollard (bassoon) [ Decca / CD - released 14/Jul/1986 ] Iconic pianist Radu Lupu first recorded for Decca in 1970 and his recorded repertory has centred round a small number of composers - chiefly Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Mozart and Schumann. |
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GERALD FINZI / KENNETH LEIGHTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Finzi: Cello Concerto / Leighton: Suite 'Veris Gratia' Raphael Wallfisch (cello), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Bryden Thomson [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Sep/2001 ] .'…the panache of Wallfisch's playing comes over the more forcefully, and the tenderness of the slow movement is reinforced to at a more spacious speed.' - Gramophone |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Richard Strauss: Cello Sonatas Raphaela Gromes (cello), Julian Riem (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 15/May/2020 ] "Beautifully detailed performances combine with a powerful sense of music cherished. Recommended." BBC Music Award Nomination 2021 - Chamber |
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WILLIAM ALWYN
Alwyn: String Quartets The Rasumovsky Quartet [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 15/Jun/2006 ] Recorded at St Andrew's Church, Alderton, Suffolk 28-30 August 2005 |
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ROBERT SIMPSON
Simpson: The complete solo piano music Raymond Clarke (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 22/Feb/1996 ] Issued to celebrate the seventy-fifth birthday of Robert Simpson on 2 March 1996. This, the seventeenth issue in the Hyperion cycle of the works of the prolific composer Robert Simpson, features all of his works for solo piano. The programme opens... |
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ANTHONY RITCHIE / JOHN RITCHIE
Father & Son: Music By John & Anthony Ritchie Rebecca Ryan / Tessa Petersen / Stephen Cranefield / Justine Cormack [ Ode Records / CD - released 27/Aug/2015 ] This album represents an investigation into the violin, and its multi-faceted character. The Variations for G.B.P. and Thoughts from an Inner Garden were written around the same time as Anthony was working on a Violin Concerto. |
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ROSSINI / BERLIOZ / MASSENET / WAGNER / VERDI / SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Regine Crespini - The Very Best Of Regine Crespini Regine Crespin (soprano) with various orchestras & conductors [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 4/Feb/2003 ] Régine Crespin was unquestionably one of the great sopranos of the twentieth century, although her career was marked by periods of struggle with her instrument. EMI's The Very Best of Régine Crespin is concentrated in the years 1958-1961, (AllMusic) |
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GRAUN / HASSE / HANDEL / LEGRENZI / VIVALDI / etc
Cleopatra - Baroque Arias Regula Mühlemann (soprano) / La Folia Barokorchester, Robin Peter Müller [ Sony Classical / CD - released 21/Sep/2017 ] "Mühlemann makes everything sound easy. But it's not just virtuosity, as the beauty of her voice also stops you in your tracks." BBC Music |
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RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: Parsifal (Complete Opera recorded in 1973) [4 CDs + Blu-ray audio] Rena Kollo, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Christa Ludwig, Zoltan Kelemen, Gottlob Frick / Wiener Philharmoniker [Vienna Philharmonic], Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Records / 5 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Apr/2018 ] This recording of Parsifal was the first studio recording of the work. A stellar cast is assembled with René Kollo as Parsifal, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau as Amfortas and Christa Ludwig as Kundry. |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: The Complete Symphonies / Das Lied von der Erde [12 CD set] René Kollo (tenor), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano) / New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein [ Sony Classics / 12 CD Box Set - released 13/Mar/2020 ] "All performances are remastered from the original tapes with a plausible claim that they have never sounded better. Such vigour and transparence! Such joyous heartbreak! And 48 minutes of Mahler reminiscences to boot." The Sunday Times |
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: La Boheme (Highlights from the opera) Renata Tebaldi, Carlo Bergonzi, Gianni d'Angelo / Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin [ Decca Opera Gala / CD - released 28/May/1988 ] "it still sounds astonishingly vivid,with a very convincing theatrical atmosphere. Vocally the performance achieves a consistently high standard, with Tebaldi as Mim the most affecting." Penguin Guide |
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ALFREDO CATALANI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Catalani: La Wally (complete opera recorded in 1960 with libretto) Renata Tebaldi, Giacinto Prandelli, Dimitri Lopatto, Jolanda Gardino / Orchestra Sinfonica Di Roma Della RAI, Arturo Basile [ Hommage / 2 CD Box Set - released 16/Jan/1979 ] Recorded Rome 1960 |