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FREDERIC CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Chopin: 14 Waltzes / Barcarolle / Nocturne / Mazurka Dinu Lipatti (piano) [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/1997 ] "...supremely elegant, tender and direct, beautifully balanced between dancing rhythms and other-worldly spirituality." BBC Music Magazine ***** |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique / Harold en Italie / Overtures Donald McInnes (viola) / Orchestre National de France, Leonard Bernstein / London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn [ EMI Double Forte / 2 CD - released 16/Jun/1999 ] "This is excellent...The French orchestra plays beautifully for Bernstein...the most interesting performance of the symphony now on record" (Gramophone on Symphonie fantastique) |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: Messe solennelle Donna Brown (soprano) Jean-Luc Viala (tenor) Gilles Cachemaille (bass-baritone) / Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, John Elio [ Philips / CD - released 31/Dec/1994 ] Philips Classics has had the honour of presenting the first ever recording made of this adorable Berlioz mass after its rediscovery in 1991 and showing what a lot of absolutely beautiful surprises it has to offer. |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gilbert & Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance (Complete Operetta) D'Oyly Carte Opera Company with Valerie Masterson; Owen Brannigan; John Reed / Royal Philharmonic Orch. / Isadore Godfrey [ Decca Records / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/2003 ] "The recording is superbly spacious and clear throughout, with a fine sense of atmosphere. The CD transfer is remarkable in its added presence." (Penguin Guide) |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV / EDWARD MacDOWELL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor / MacDowell: Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor Earl Wild (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Jascha Horenstein / RCA Victor Symphony, Massimo Freccia [ Chesky Records / CD - released 25/Aug/1992 ] "Recommended. In many ways the coupling of one masterful work with another of wayward charm makes for an ideally complementary partnership." MusicWeb |
EDVARD GRIEG / CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS / FRANZ LISZT / EDWARD MacDOWELL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor / Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor / Liszt: Hungarian Fantasy Earl Wild (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Russell Stanger / RCA Victor Symphony, Massimo Freccia [ Chesky Records / CD - released 25/Aug/1992 ] Transfered using a customized state of the art Ampex tube tape recorder and an extraordinary analogie to digital converter with 20 bit linearily and a 128 times oversampling/digital filter, in an effort to achieve the finest quality sound. |
NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tsar's Bride (complete opera) Ekaterina Kudriavchenko, Arkady Mishenkin, Vladislav Verestnikov / Sveshnikov Russian Academic Choir & Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, Andrey Chistiakov [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] 100% Russian feast - An all-Russian cast in this very Russian opera of Rimsky-Korsakov, one of the finest Russian opera composers (and still neglected in this field). |
RODRIGO / TARREGA / SEGOVIA / TORROBA / PONCE / AGUIRRE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Unforgettable Classics - Relaxing Guitar Eliot Fisk, Ernesto Bitetti, Julian Byazntin, Angel Romero (guitar) [ EMI / CD - released 1/May/1999 ] The guitar weaves its subtle and irresistible magic in each of the 19 tracks on this collection of relaxing guitar classics. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Die Wanderer Fantasy in C, Op. 15 / Piano Sonata in G, Op. 78 Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano) [ Teldec / CD - released 15/Oct/1989 ] In 1964, Leonskaja began studies in the Moscow Conservatory. During her conservatory years she won prizes in the Enescu, Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud and Queen Elizabeth international piano competitions in Bucharest, Paris and Brussels. |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No 2 'Resurrection' Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Hilde Rossl-Majdan / Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Otto Klemperer [ EMI Studio / CD - released 21/Aug/1989 ] 1001 Classical recording you must hear before you die (1851-1900) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Songs You Love (Incls 'None but the lonely heart' & 'Danny Boy') Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) Gerald Moore (piano) [ EMI Great Artists of the Century / CD - released 1/Nov/2006 ] "These Songs You Love are all beautiful ones which, as here in Elisabeth Schwarzkopf's lovely performances, deserve to be adorned with the finest art of the singer." Gramophone |
BACH / VIVALDI / HANDEL / MOZART / SCHUBERT / BRAHMS / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Artistry of Elly Ameling Elly Ameling (soprano) with various accompaniments [ Philips / 5 CD - released 21/Feb/2003 ] February 2003 marked the 70th birthday of Dutch soprano Elly Ameling, a much-loved artist on the Philips label. This collection is a 5-CD capbox with notes in English, French, German and Dutch. |
CARL MARIA von WEBER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Weber: Clarinet Concertos Nos 1 & 2 / Concertino for Clarinet Andrew Marriner (clarinet) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, English Chamber Orchestra, Neville Marriner [ Philips / CD - released 26/Aug/1992 ] Carl Maria von Weber is a name that is often cited with regard to the bridge between Classicism and Romanticism, and yet how many works of his is it possible to name? |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Orchestral Suites BWV1066, BWV1069 / Concerto BWV1057 The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv Galleria / CD - released 1/Jul/1988 ] " These performances represent the peak of Pinnock's achievement as an advocate of authentic performance, with sounds that are clear and refreshing … from first to last there is no routine…Soloists are outstanding." The Penguin Guide. |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Orchestral Suites BWV1067, BWV1068 / Triple Concerto BWV1044 The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv Galleria / CD - released 1/Jul/1988 ] " These performances represent the peak of Pinnock's achievement as an advocate of authentic performance, with sounds that are clear and refreshing … from first to last there is no routine…Soloists are outstanding." The Penguin Guide. |
GEORGE DYSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dyson: Three Concertos Eric Parkin (piano) / City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 3/May/1993 ] Dyson was born in Halifax, Yorkshire. Studied with Charles Stanford at the Royal College of Music (he later became director of that institution) and traveled to Germany and Italy on A Mendelssohn Scholarship. |
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ISAAC ALBENIZ / MANUEL de FALLA / ENRIQUE GRANADOS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Spanish Piano Music [6 CD set] Esteban Sanchez, Benita Meshulam, Cristina Ortiz (pianos) [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 10/Mar/2012 ] A collection of quintessential Spanish piano works, presenting the three Giants of Spain in their best and most popular works: the colossal piano cycle Iberia by Albeniz, the complete piano music of De Falla and the popular Goyescas by Granados. |
FRANZ LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Liszt: Piano Music of Franz Liszt Eugene Albulescu (piano) [ Manu / CD - released 30/May/1992 ] "Throughout this varied recital, which is recorded in admirable digital sound, Albulescu manages to retell the secret stories embedded within each piano piece with a particular affinity and eveness." ClassicalNet |
LUIGI BOCCHERINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Boccherini: Trio, Quartet, Quintet, Sextet for Strings Europa Galante/Biondi [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 12/Mar/2001 ] "All four works are attractive and the playing is superb, making the disc worth investigating." Sunday Times |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Donizetti: Olivo e Pasquale (complete opera recorded in 1980 with complete libretto) Eva Czapò, Benedetta Pecchioli, Gastone Sarti, Gino Orlandini, Mario Chiappi / Coro Della Radio Televisione Della Svizzera Italiana, Bruno Rigacci [ Nuova Era / 2 CD Box Set - released 21/Jun/1997 ] Recording Date: October 26, 1980 Recording Location: Lugano, Svizzera, Auditorio RSI |
