The following classical CD titles are thoroughly recommended by the team at Marbecks.
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BACH / BEETHOVEN / BERNSTEIN / FAURE / MENDELSSOHN / POULENC / VIVALDI / etc Sacred Music: From The Middle Ages To The 20th Century Hilliard Ensemble / William Christie / Rene Jacobs / Ensemble Clement Janequin / Philippe Herreweghe / Stile Antico / etc |
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[ Harmonia Mundi / 30 CD BOXSET ] Release Date: Thursday, 1 October, 2009
NOTE: WE NOW HAVE LIMITED COPIES OF THIS BACK IN STOCK! |
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FAURE Requiem (with Debussy - Images) Victoria de los Angeles, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire, Andre Cluytens |
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[ EMI Masters / CD ] Release Date: Monday, 15 March, 2010 Pre-order your copy NOW! "A highly recommendable version with dedicated contributions from both soloists and the full, warmly atmospheric recording sounds very beautiful." (*** Three Stars Penguin Guide on the Requiem)... |
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J. S. BACH Voices of Bach Albrecht Mayer (oboe) / The English Concert / Trinity Baroque |
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[ Decca Music Group / CD ] Release Date: Monday, 1 March, 2010
"Bach has many voices, and this disc is a bold attempt by one of the world's leading oboists to sing many of them himself...He makes a gloriously rich sound, and the alto solo 'Widerstehe doch der Sünde', with its astonishing dissonances, works well." The Observer, 28th February 2010 |
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TCHAIKOVSKY Swan Lake, Op. 20 (complete ballet) Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev (conductor) |
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[ Ondine / 2 CD ] Release Date: Monday, 1 March, 2010 "Mikhail Pletnev really is a fine ballet conductor, far more successful at characterizing short genre pieces than at sustaining the symphonic drama of large movements in sonata form. Witness how well his cool demeanor, emphasis on precision, and preference for fleet tempos serves the music of Swan Lake, in stark contrast to his dull versions of the same composer's... |
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CHOPIN Kissin plays Chopin: (5 CD set) Incls Ballades, Mazurkas, Polonaises, Berceuse Evgeny Kissin (piano) |
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[ RCA Records / 5 CD BOXSET ] Release Date: Friday, 12 February, 2010
Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (for CD of Ballades |
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CHOPIN Complete Waltzes Alice Sara Ott (piano) |
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[ Deutsche Grammophon / CD ] Release Date: Saturday, 20 February, 2010
"Her phrasing can be entrancing (the Farewell waltz); so can her melancholy, and her delicate rubato." The Times, 22nd January 2010 *** |
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