ALAN HOVHANESS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Hovhaness: Symphony No 50 "Mount St. Helens" / Symphony No 22 "City Of Light" Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz & Alan Hovhaness [ Delos / CD - released 2/Feb/1993 ] "Although he has been stereotyped as a self-consciously Armenian composer, his output assimilates the music of many cultures. What may be most American about all of it is the way it turns its materials into a kind of exoticism." Boston Globe |
HANS ROTT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rott: Symphony In E major Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Leif Segerstam [ BIS / CD ] Original recording: Linkoping Concert Hall, Sweden, March 1992 |
ANONYMOUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Visions from the Book Sequentia [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Jan/1996 ] Originally recorded in 1994. Complete textx and translations included. |
RICHARD STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss, (R.): Don Juan / Burleske / Serenade / Till Eulenspiegel Sergei Edelmann (piano) / The Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Paavo Berglund [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 1/Oct/1991 ] Very rare and hard to find! |
MORITZ MOSZKOWSKI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Moszkowski: Piano Music Volume 1 Seta Tanyel (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 23/Jun/2002 ] "A thoroughly enjoyable 69 minutes in the company of Tanyel and Moszkowski" International Record Review |
MORITZ MOSZKOWSKI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Moszkowski: Piano Music Volume 2 Seta Tanyel (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 2/Feb/2003 ] 'Tanyel plays as if the pieces were written with her in mind on recordings of near-textbook perfection' (Gramophone) |
MORITZ MOSZKOWSKI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Moszkowski: Piano Music Volume 3 Seta Tanyel (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 15/Feb/2003 ] 'Once again [Tanyel's] performances are of the most engaging insouciance and dexterity' (Gramophone) |
W. A. MOZART / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart/Beethoven/Ravel: String Quartets The Sharon Quartet [ Discover / CD - released 10/Feb/1989 ] Recorded at St John's Church in Cologne, June 1988 |
EDMUND RUBBRA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rubbra: Symphony No. 1, Op. 44, etc. Howard Shelley (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD ] It was not until 1937 that Rubbra's first symphony was completed. Symphonies 2, 3 and 4 followed in quick succession, the fourth being completed in March 1942. |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Ballet Suites 1, 2 & 3 Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos / CD - released 23/Jan/1989 ] Original recording: City Hall, Glasgow & The Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow. April 1988 |
FRANZ LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shura Cherkassky plays Liszt (with works by Liadov & Saint-Saens) Shura Cherkassky (piano) [ Testament / CD ] Shura Cherkassky (7 October 1909 - 27 December 1995) was a Ukrainian-American concert pianist known for his performances of the romantic repertoire. His playing was characterized by a virtuoso technique and singing piano tone. |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Chopin: Polonaises Shura Cherkassky (piano) [ Deusche Grammophon / CD - released 19/Apr/2007 ] Most of Frédéric Chopin's polonaises were written for solo piano. He wrote his first polonaise in 1817, when he was 7; his last was the Polonaise-Fantaisie of 1846, three years before his death. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Fair Maid of the Mill Shura Gehrman (bass) Nacy Walker (piano) [ Nimbus / CD ] Die Shone Mullerin in English No longer available. Currently asking 50pound on Amazon.UK Note: Cover may differ from that shown. |
ANTIONO VIVALDI / MAURO GIULIANI / FERDINANDO CARULLI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Guitar Concertos Siegfried Behrend (guitar) / I Musici [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 16/Oct/1994 ] Behrend was born in Berlin. He studied piano, harpsichord, conducting and composition at the Klindworth-Scharwenka Conservatory in Berlin and taught himself classical guitar. He gave the first German performance of Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez. |
FRANZ LEHAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lehar: Das Land des Lachelns [The Land of Smiles] Siegfried Jerusalem, Helen Donath, Martin Finke / Munchner Rundfunkorchester, Willi Boskovsky [ EMI / 2 CD Box Set - released 18/Oct/1982 ] "This set comes with obvious pedigree. Siegfried Jerusalem is a first-rate, intelligent singer with an easy tenor voice that imparts to "Dein ist mein ganzes Herz" a natural passion and fluency." Gramophone |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: The Magic Flute (highlights from the complete opera) Siegfried Jerusalem, Lucia Popp, Wolfgang Brendel, Roland Bracht, Edita Gruberova / Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bernard Haitink [ EMI Classics Encore / CD - released 1/Jul/2001 ] "Haitink directs a rich and spacious account of Zauberflote, superbly recorded in spectacularly wide-ranging digital sound... a presentation that has been carefully thought through." (Penguin Guide 3 Stars) |
RICHARD STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss, (R.): Favourite Lieder Simon Keenlyside (baritone) Malcolm Martineau (piano) [ EMI Classics for Pleasure / CD - released 20/May/1996 ] Original recording made in March 1995 |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel - Organ Concertos Nos.1-10 Simon Preston (organ) / Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin [ EMI Double Forte / 2 CD - released 16/May/2002 ] "...there is no doubting that this set is at present the best to be had" Gramophone |
BERG / R. STRAUSS / DUPARC / POULENC
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sine Bundgaard - Songs with Orchestra Sine Bundgaard (soprano) / Danish Radio Sinfonietta, Matthias Pintscher [ EMI Classics / CD - released 15/Apr/2005 ] Sine Bundgaard is one of her generations leading scandinavias sopranos. She has an ongoing international carreer in leading european operahouses and is especially in demand as an excellent Mozart-singer. |
SCHUBERT / JOSEF & JOHANN STRAUSS / DVORAK / MOZART / BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Conductors of the 20th Century - Erich Kleiber Sinfonieorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks / Czech Philharmonic Orchestra [ EMI The Great Conductors / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/2002 ] The greatest conductors the world has ever known |