J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas BWV114, BWV57 & BWV155 Ruth Holton, Knut Schoch, Sytse Buwalda, Bas Ramselaar / Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] The Bach's Cantatas have secured their place in the canon of human creations of eternal value. In no other oeuvre one finds the expression of all universal human emotions, from utter grief to extatic joy, from turbulant drama to serene... |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas BWV85, BWV86, BWV135 & BWV167 Ruth Holton, Kurt Schoch, Sytse Buwalda, Bas Ramselaar, etc / Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] The Bach's Cantatas have secured their place in the canon of human creations of eternal value. In no other oeuvre one finds the expression of all universal human emotions, from utter grief to extatic joy, from turbulant drama to serene... |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas BWV146, BWV28 & BWV48 Ruth Holton, Marjon Strijk, Sytse Buwalda, Bas Ramselaar, etc / Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] The Bach's Cantatas have secured their place in the canon of human creations of eternal value. In no other oeuvre one finds the expression of all universal human emotions, from utter grief to extatic joy, from turbulant drama to serene... |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas BWV92, BWV54 & BWV44 Ruth Holton, Sytse Buwalda, Bas Ramselaar, Knut Schoch / Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] "Pieter Jan Leusink, artistic director of the Cantatas project, managed somehow, against all odds, to create a true best-seller out of what is arguably some of the finest music in the western world." MusicWeb |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas BWV98, BWV188 & BWV23 Ruth Holton, Sytse Buwalda, Nico van der Meel, Kmut Schoch / Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] The Bach's Cantatas have secured their place in the canon of human creations of eternal value. In no other oeuvre one finds the expression of all universal human emotions, from utter grief to extatic joy, from turbulant drama to serene... |
WEBER / MENDELSSOHN / BAERMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Works for Clarinet and Orchestra Sabine Meyer (Clarinet) / Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn, Jörg Faerber [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/May/1985 ] In the 19th century the clarinet underwent a remarkable change of image: technical improvements made a new, cantabile style of playing possible. Now clarinet works emerged that called for brilliant technique and also for a fine feeling for mood and... |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances / Prince Rostislav Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin [ Vox Prima / CD - released 27/Jun/1986 ] Original recordings from 1978 and 1980 |
WILLIAM SCHUMAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schuman: Symphony No. 10 / New England Triptych / American Festival Overture Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 19/Sep/1992 ] William Schuman was born on 4 August 1910, in New York City. His first musical studies centered on the violin, though a passion for jazz and popular music led him to teach himself a variety of instruments. |
JOSEPH HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: String Quartets Op 33 Nos 4-6, Op 42 Salomon String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Nov/1992 ] 'They strike me as the musical equivalent of a breath of fresh spring air' (Records & Recording) |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: String Quartets K421 & k465 'Dissonance' Salomon String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Nov/1987 ] 'They strike me as the musical equivalent of a breath of fresh spring air' (Records & Recording) |
MAX BRUCH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruch: Complete Works for Violin and Orchestra Salvatore Accardo (violin) / Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra / Kurt Masur [ Philips Silver Line Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 26/Jun/2004 ] "Throughout the set Accardo's playing is so persuasive in its restrained passion that even the less inspired moments bring pleasure." (*** Three Stars Penguin Stereo Guide) |
MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ravel: Alborada Del Gracioso / Tzigane / Shéhérazade Salvatore Accardo (violin) Margaret Price (soprano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] "There is much to admire in these performances under Abbado, who secures consistently polished and refined playing from the LSO." Gramophone |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Die Zauberflote [The Magic Flute] (complete opera recorded the Salzburg Festival in 2006) Salzburg Festival / Rene Pape, Genia Kuhmeier, Paul Groves, Diana Damrau / Vienna Philharmonic / Riccardo Muti (cond) [ Decca Classics / Mozart 22 DVD / 2 DVD - released 9/Nov/2006 ] Unsurpassed Mozartian Riccardo Muti conducts the Vienna Philharmonic and a superb cast in an outstanding performance of Pierre Audi's fantastic, colourful production of Mozart's sublime 'singspiel'. |
CHOPIN / DEBUSSY / FAURE / MOZART / RAVEL / PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Samson Francois Samson Francois (piano) [ Philips Great Pianists Of The 20th Century Vol. 28 / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/1999 ] Just as he lived his brief life on the edge, French pianist Samson François (1924-1970) brought unbridled passion, big technique, and a restless, creative mind to whatever music he touched. |
ERWIN SCHULHOFF
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schulhoff: Piano Concerto / Symphony No. 5 Michael Riscjhe (piano) / Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Gunther Schuller [ Koch International Classics / CD - released 5/Jun/1995 ] This is one of the most powerful symphonies written in clear connection to the approach of World War II in Europe. Its immediate suppression by Nazi authorities made it a virtually unknown work until its rediscover years after its composition. |
CARL NIELSEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Nielsen: Symphonies Nos 1 & 6 San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt [ Decca / CD Box Set - released 10/Oct/1989 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) |
CARL NIELSEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Nielsen: Symphonies Nos 2 "Four Temperaments" & 3 "Espansive" San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt [ Decca / CD - released 12/Jul/1990 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) |
CARL NIELSEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Nielsen: Symphonies Nos 4 "Inextingusishable" & 5 San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt [ Decca / CD - released 12/Jul/1988 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "Herbert Blomstedt inspires the San Francisco Symphony to turn on a dime with all the virtuosity of quick change artists." |
FRANZ BERWALD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berwald: Symphony No. 1 / Symphony No. 4 San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt [ Decca / CD - released 20/Nov/1993 ] Franz Berwald was a one-off, who only achieved renown in his native Sweden near the end of his life but whose five symphonies (one early, then four numbered, mature works each with an evocative subtitle) absorb influences such as Mendelssohn and... |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: Opera arias and sacred music Sandrine Piau (soprano) / Ensemble Matheus / Modo Antiquo / Accademia Bizantina [ Naive Vivaldi Edition / CD - released 16/Sep/2010 ] This special project gathers together the most beautiful Vivaldi arias recorded by Sandrine Piau since 2005, and features highlights from La fida ninfa, Atenaide, In furore, Laudate Pueri and La Candace. |