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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Complete Symphonies (Nos 1-9) Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, David Zinman [ Arte Nova / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2002 ] Rosette Recording (Penguin Stereo Guide) |
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Tony Bennett
Tony Bennett - If I Ruled The World - Songs for the Jet Set [ Columbia / CD - released 2/Feb/1998 ] Recognised as one of the finest singers of The Great American Songbook, Anthony Dominick Benedetto became one of the most popular performers of the 1950s. Few artists from the big band era managed commercial viability in the rock n roll age but Tony... |
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JOACHIM RAFF
Raff: Complete Piano Works Tra Nguyen [ Grand Piano / 6 CD Box Set - released 19/Jan/2024 ] "excellent Nguyen playing with intelligence and devotion - especially the ambitious Grande Sonate." BBC Music (Vol 5) |
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ERMANNO WOLF-FERRARI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wolf-Ferrari: Trii [Trios for violin, Cello & piano] Trio di Venezia [ Nuova Era Icarus / CD - released 1/May/2019 ] The two piano trios that Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876-1948) composed early in his career display inventiveness and communicative vibrancy comparable to what you find in his operas and symphonic works. The Op. 5 Trio reveals the 20-year-old composer as... |
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GABRIEL FAURE / GABRIEL PIERNE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Faure/Pierne: Piano Trios Trio Wanderer [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] ".this music remains quietly compelling, especially as played here. The Trio Wanderer beautifully sustain the understated conversational lyricism of the slow movement." BBC Music |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Chopin: Preludes, Op.28 / Nocturnes Tzimon Barto (piano) [ EMI Classics Red Line / CD - released 1/May/2006 ] Tzimon Barto is an American classical pianist. He is also a bodybuilder, novelist, poet, philosopher and speaks seven languages. He is best known for his work with Christoph Eschenbach, who discovered Barto in 1988. |
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Ugo Farell
Ugo Farell - Preces Meae [ Sony Classical / CD - released 20/Mar/1999 ] Ugo Farell (12 March 1974 - ) is a French singer with an unusually high tessitura. The nature of his voice has become a topic of speculation, enhanced by the singer's refusal to discuss the topic. |
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ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schoenberg: Complete Works for Violin and Piano Ulf Wallin (violin) / Roland Pantinen (piano) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Mar/2005 ] "An outstanding disc in every way. Recording qualities are, as so often with BIS, of the highest. It is possible that some may find the recording too up-front, but it is an approach that seems to suit the music in question." (MusicWeb July 2005) |
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Unwind
Embers [ Rattle Jazz / CD - released 19/Feb/2025 ] Working this time as a trio, Unwind's fifth recording for Rattle offers a set of elegant, unabashedly lyrical new works that explore the open, contemplative landscapes they have coursed since their self-titled debut in 2017. The space-conscious... |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schumann - Fantasie & Études Symphoniques Naum Grubert (piano) [ Piano Classics / CD - released 3/Oct/2011 ] Two major piano works of Robert Schumann played by Russian pianist Naum Grubert. |
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ARTHUR-VINCENT LOURIE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lourie: 3 String Qaurtets / Duo for violin and viola Utrecht String Quartet [ ASV / CD - released 21/Apr/1997 ] "These are relatively youthful quartets, all written before 1927. To me, they fit the Modern mould of these times although the two long slow movements of the first quartet surprised me." jhredguitar |
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HOLST / KHACHATURIAN / GLINKA / PROKOFIEV / ORFF / RACHMANINOV / etc
Classical Heat: music to warm you up [incls 'The Planets', 'Ride of the Valkyries', Carmina Burana & Ritual Fire Dance] Royal Scottish National Orchestra / National Symphony Orchestra of the Ukraine / Maggini String Qtet / Maria Kliegel / Royal Ballet Sinfonia / etc [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2009 ] Over two and a half hours of music to warm you up! |
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CRISTOFARO CARESANA / GAETANO VENEZIANO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tenebrae: Music for Holy Week in Naples Valentina Varriale / I Turchini / Antonio Florio [ Glossa / CD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] "It is a tribute to Antonio Florio's direction that one never notices his interference with the natural flow of these fine performances." Gramophone |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY / BELA BARTOK
Tchaikovsky/Bartok: Violin Concertos Valery Sokolov (violin) / Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, David Zinman [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] "Sokolov has the measure of both of these concertos and sounds entirely comfortable coping with their different technical demands...Zinman and his orchestra provide exceptionally finely balanced, well-paced support." Gramophone |
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IGOR STRAVINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale [in English] Vanessa Redgrave, Sting, Ian McKellen / London Sinfonietta, Kent Nagano [ Pangaea / CD - released 16/Nov/1988 ] "Kent Nagano directs an impressive line up of talent from the London Sinfonietta that includes Nona Liddell on the crucial violin part and an electrifying John Wallace on the appropriately fiendish trumpet. The other illustrious members of the team... |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: 1822-1825 Schubertiad Lynne Dawson, Geraldine McGreevy, Philip Langridge and others / Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Complete Schubert Edition Vol 35 / CD ] 'McGreevy's Lachen und Weinen is simply the best performance I know. No lover of Schubert's genius should miss this CD' (International Record Review) |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: An 1827 Schubertiad Juliane Banse, Lynne Dawson, Michael Schade, Gerald Finley, Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 36 / CD - released 3/Jul/2000 ] 'Superb … Wonderfully fluent, confident singing from Finley, soft-grained intimacy from Banse … a delight' (Gramophone) |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler Adagios Brigitte Fassbaender, Yvonne Minton, Mira Zakai / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti & Deutschen Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Riccardo Chailly [ Decca Music / 2 CD - released 22/Apr/2010 ] Today Mahler's music enjoys an unprecedented level of popularity throughout the world - resurgence in interest that began in the 1960s, and which was fuelled by the use of the composer's music in films such as Visconti's Death in Venice and Ken... |
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Various Artists
Beethoven Lives Upstairs - A Tale of Genius and Childhood [ Classical Kids / CD - released 18/Dec/2004 ] An eccentric new boarder turns a young boy's life upside down. Ludwig van Beethoven has moved upstairs! |
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ALLEGRI / BACH / BRAHMS / CHARPENTIER / HANDEL / MOZART / TALLIS / etc
Benedictus - Classical Music for Reflection and Meditation Oxford Camerata, Hungarian Radio Choir, Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Scholars Baroque Ensemble, etc [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/1999 ] The Benedictus of the Latin Mass forms part of the Sanctus. The latter marks the start of the Canon of the Mass, while the Benedictus itself may be separated from the preceding sentences, to follow the Consecration. |