Search Results: Marbecks Collectable
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JOHANN LADISLAUS DUSSEK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dussek: Sonatas Vol II Andreas Staier (fortepiano) [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 18/Apr/1995 ] Like his contemporary Clementi, Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760-1812) was one of a new breed of itinerant composer-virtuosos, feted in salons and palaces from London to St Petersburg. He was also something of a chancer, reputedly implicated in a plot to... |
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EDWARD GRIEG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Grieg: Lieder [Songs] Anne Sofie von Otter (soprano), Bengt Forsberg (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 13/Feb/2007 ] "A 'must' for any collection of songs…Don't miss it" - Gramophone |
JOSEF HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: 12 London Symphonies Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra, Adam Fischer [ Brilliant Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 24/Jun/2013 ] Joseph Haydn, often referred to as 'The Father of the Symphony', has an enormous 109 of these works to his name. Within his vast oeuvre of symphonies is a group of 12, written between 1781 and 1795, which are known as the 'London' symphonies,... |
ERICH KORNGOLD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Korngold: Symphony in F sharp / Sechs einfache Lieder / Mariettas Lied Barbara Hendricks (soprano) / Philadelphia Orchestra / Franz Welser-Most [ EMI Classics / CD - released 30/Sep/1996 ] "I can warmly recommend this newcomer for the contrasting light that Welser-Most sheds on the Symphony" (Gramophone) |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Arias Kathleen Battle (soprano) Itzhak Perlman (violin) / Orchestra of St. Lukes, John Nelson [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 2/Feb/1992 ] Arias for soprano and violin |
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GEORGES BIZET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bizet: L'Arlesienne [complete incidental music] / Jeux d'enfants Belgium Radio & Television Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir Alexander Rahbari [ Discover / CD - released 10/Feb/2013 ] Currently selling for $35 (US) on Amazon |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS / CLAUDE DEBUSSY / JACQUES IBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: A Hi-Fi Spectacular Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch [ RCA Victor Living Stereo / CD - released 6/Dec/1993 ] "..the real value of this disc lies in the Debussy. This has to be one of the most sensitive of all La mers, fluent and fluid with a real francophile feel to the dancing rhythms - this is a real Frenchman's response to the sea" MusicWeb |
GEORGE LLOYD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lloyd: A Symphonic Mass Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Brighton Festival Chorus, George Lloyd [ Albany / CD - released 2/Feb/1993 ] "And finally, another important choral work from this century, perhaps George Lloyd's best work yet: varied in color, elegiac and triumphant, introspective, and celebratory all at the same time" Fanfare |
SIR MICHAEL TIPPETT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tippett: String Quartets Nos. 1 - 4 (recorded in 1990) The Britten Quartet [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] In his String Quartets, the most challenging and complicated musical form,Tippett draws inspiration from the late quartetsof Beethoven, particularly in hisfugal writing, and the intricate and complex textures of the 4 voices. |
BRITTEN / STANFORD / QUILTER / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / WARLOCK / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Silent Noon - English Songs Bryn Terfel (bass-Baritone) Malcolm Martineau (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD ] "The singer's dynamic range is quite superb. He can float his voice delicately and effortlessly like a seagull on a thermal as in Gurney's Sleep and Parry's Love is a bable. Where necessary he can build up with an organic power akin to a volcano... |
PUCCINI / LEONCAVALLO / MASCAGNI / PONCHIELLI / VERDI / CILEA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Carlo Bergonzi - The Sublime Voice Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) with various artists and conductors [ Decca Records / 2 CD - released 14/Aug/2014 ] "Carlo Bergonzi receives the compilation treatment and reminds us what a superb singer he was." (Gramophone) |
ANTONIO SALIERI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Salieri Album Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Adam Fischer [ Decca Records / CD - released 1/Oct/2003 ] "A superb collection of arias from a composer known, if at all, as the villain of Peter Shaffer's Amadeus" - Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine November 2003 |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Complete Organ Concertos (Rec 2004) Christian Schmitt (organ) / Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra / Nicol Matt (conductor) with Charlotte Balzereit (harp) [ Brilliant Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 18/Aug/2005 ] The first complete recording of the Breitkopf Urtext Edition of the organ concertos of George Frideric Handel. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Music for Piano Duet (Volume One) Christoph Eschenbach, Justus Frantz (pianos) [ EMI Gemini / 2 CD - released 20/Oct/2006 ] "Christoph Eschenbach and Justus Frantz give no quarter in terms of performance or recorded sound - still highly recommended" (MusicWeb Nov 2006) |
EDWARD GRIEG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Grieg: Lyric Pieces Daniel Adni (piano) [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 1/May/2018 ] Nordic magic: Altogether Edvard Grieg wrote 66 Lyric Pieces, romantic miniatures for piano in the tradition of Robert Schumann. Partly virtuosic, partly playable even for amateurs, they have enjoyed an extraordinary popularity that occasionally drew... |
BACH / BRAHMS / WOLF / SCHUMANN / BRAHMS / GLUCK / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: Early recordings on Deutsche Grammophon Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) with various accompaniments [ Deutsche Grammophon Original Masters / 9 CD Box Set - released 20/Mar/2013 ] "This nine CD set is a valuable commemoration of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau's inestimable contribution to song. It is a real and genuine tribute, for it gives a true overview of a remarkable career." (MusicWeb) |
VARIOUS COMPOSER TRANSCRIPTIONS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Earl Wild Earl Wild (piano) [ Philips / EMI / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2019 ] Royland Earl Wild was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1915. Wild was a musically precocious child and studied under Selmar Janson at the Carnegie Institute of Technology there, and later with Marguerite Long, Egon Petri, and Helene Barere (the... |
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. |
BEETHOVEN / DOHNANYI / SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ernö Dohnányi: Piano Recital Ernö Dohnányi (piano) [ Testament / 2 CD - released 10/Mar/2015 ] From 1949 to 1959 Dohnányi taught at Florida State University while he and his third wife became American citizens in 1955. The following year he was invited to perform at the 10th Edinburgh International Festival where he played his Piano Quintet... |
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 |
