FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: String Quartets D.87, D.112, D173 Sorrel Quartet [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 27/Sep/2005 ] Originally recorded in 1997 at the Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk |
MANUEL de FALLA / MAURICE RAVEL / GABRIEL FAURE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gérard Souzay - Falla / Ravel / Faure Gérard Souzay (baritone), Jacqueline Bonneau & Dalton Baldwin (piano) [ Testament / CD - released 1/Sep/2003 ] "Canciones populaires espanolas could not be sung with greater feeling...it has lost none of its ability to enchant and remains one of the most eloquent of Souzay's song records." Penguin Guide |
CHAPI / TORROBA / BRETON / de FALLA / GIMENEZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Estampas Espanolas: Spanish Art Guitar Quartet Spanish Art Guitar Quartet [ NCA / CD - released 1/Feb/2000 ] "..the music is of a high quality and does include the Feldmann brothers on guitars (which is the basis of the Guitar Quartet) and worth the purchase" D.B.W Includes Intermezzo, instrumental arrangement (from Goyescas) |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos 1, 2, & 4 St. Petersburg String Quartet [ Sony Music / CD - released 1/Jul/1995 ] Recorded at Melodia Studio, St. Petersburg, Russia April & December 1994. |
ANTON BRUCKNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruckner: Symphony No 8 (with Strauss: Metamorphosen) Staatskapelle Dresden, Giuseppe Sinopoli [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 17/May/1996 ] "It is Sinopoli's amazingly exact calibration of dynamics and dynamic levels and the extraordinarily precise realization of this by the Dresden players." (Gramophone) |
RICHARD STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss, (R.): Ein Heldenleben Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert Blomstedt [ Denon / CD - released 10/Apr/1995 ] Recorded 10-14 September, 1984, Lukaskirche, Dresden |
MARTINU / SMETANA / JANACEK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Martinu / Smetana / Janacek - Complete String Quartets (Rec 1988, 1990) Stamitz Quartet [ Brilliant Classics / 5 CD - released 14/Aug/2005 ] "A warm welcome to this disarmingly cheap set...Bargain of the Month" (MusicWeb June 2003) |
Margot Fonteyn & Michael Somes
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Royal Ballet [ Via Vision / DVD - released 9/Apr/2015 ] Margot Fonteyn leads the Royal Ballet in this 1960 showcase which was filmed at the Royal Opera House. This acclaimed 1960 film is considered the best captured ballet performance on celluloid. Digitally remastered. Includes a bonus interview with... |
TRADITIONAL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Balalaika: Russia's Most Beautiful Tunes The Stars of St. Petersburg [ Musical Heritage Society / CD - released 1/Feb/1995 ] Accordion [Bayan] - Victor Moltchanov Balalaika - Mikhail Danilov Balalaika [Bass] - Mikhail Tarasov Guitar - Oleg Maksimov Zither [Gousli], Spoons [Lojki], Trumpet [Rojok], Horns [Jaleika] - Konstantin Chakhanov |
ANTON RUBINSTEIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rubinstein: Symphony No. 2 "Ocean" / Ballet Music from 'Feramors' State Symphony Orchestra, Igor Golovchin [ Russian Disc / CD - released 12/Apr/1994 ] Recorded in October 1993 in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory. |
VINCENCO BELLINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bellini: Beatrice Di Tenda (complete opera with libretto) Edita Gruberova, Vesselina Kasarova, Igor Morosow / ORF Symphony Orchestra, Pinchas Steinberg [ Nightingale / 2 CD Box Set - released 28/Jun/2004 ] "Gruberova is a more involved singer than Sutherland, a brilliant technician and a musician of considerable finesse" BBC Music (comparing versions) |
EDVARD GREIG / ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Grieg/Schumann: Piano Concertos Stephen Bishop Kovacevich (piano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis [ Philips / CD - released 5/May/1984 ] A highly regarded pianist, Stephen Kovacevich is particularly known for his original approach to the standard classical repertoire. Prominent in his repertoire is the music of such composers as Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, and, Grieg. |
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Glazunov: Piano Music - Volume 1 Stephen Coombs (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Dec/2005 ] 'Coombs is clearly equipped to face the most prodigious demands. This is a most impressive and highly enjoyable release' - BBC Music Magazine |
DARIUS MILHAUD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Milhaud: Music for two pianists (Incls 'Scaramouche') Stephen Coombs (piano), Artur Pizarro (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] 'A hugely entertaining new disc from Hyperion and a superb introduction to the work of a currently rather underrated composer' (BBC Record Review) |
MacDOWELL / CHOPIN / DOHNANYI / CZERNY / SCHUMANN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Piano Album Stephen Hough (piano) [ Virgin Classics / 2 CD - released 28/Oct/2005 ] "I rarely make recommendations like this, but you absolutely must hear this recording." (Amazon.com) |
CZERNY / LEVITZKI / LIADOV / QUILTER / GODOWSKY / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Piano Album Vol 2 Stephen Hough (piano) [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 28/Oct/2005 ] "Beyond feats of dexterity, Stephen Hough offers a demonstration of other skills that are less obviously technical but require equal mastery, for example in tone-colour and texture." Gramophone |
MacDOWELL / CHOPIN / DOHNANYI / SAINT-SAENS / GABRILOWITSCH / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Piano Album Vol 1 Stephen Hough (piano) [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 28/Oct/2005 ] "I rarely make recommendations like this, but you absolutely must hear this recording." (Amazon.com) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, op.120 Stephen Kovacevich (piano) [ Philips Concert Classics / CD - released 15/Apr/1990 ] "Kovacevich's performance has a clarity, poise and vitality that has commended itself to more than one generation of collectors over the past 20 years ... you will find playing, that is sensitive and exciting, but quite unselfregarding;" Gramophone |
BELA BARTOK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bartok: The 3 Piano Concertos Stephen Kovacevich (piano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis [ Philips / CD - released 1/Oct/1990 ] 'In each of the concertos it is Kovacevich's reading of the finale which crowns the performance...the recording represents the work of Philips engineers at its refined best [Concertos 1 & 3]' Gramophone |
BELA BARTOK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bartok: The 3 Piano Concertos / Violin Concerto / Concerto for Orchestra Stephen Kovacevich (piano) Henryk Szeryng (violin) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis, Bernard Haitink [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/1993 ] 'In each of the concertos it is Kovacevich's reading of the finale which crowns the performance...the recording represents the work of Philips engineers at its refined best [Piano Concertos Gramophone] |