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We like a bit of whimsy here at Marbecks Online, so much so that we've compiled a shortlist of DVD titles due out next week that exhibit said quaintness in spades...

We're not referring to that endearing old idiom... oh no no no. What we're all about today is the return (once again) of that gifted family, the Lloyd Webbers.

Here's a couple of superlative new releases we'd like to tell you about today. Two utterly compelling recordings of unparalleled Marbeckian magnitude... we're not exaggerating either, even if we did get a little gushy right off the bat. ;-)

We've seen stuff, don't ya know, so there are few things that really, truly, deeply amaze us. A man who can rock leopard print, stripey spandex, tartan suits and a Hair Metal haircut, (sometimes at the same time), is one of them.

Just when one door closes, your neighbour's frisbee (it is summer after all) comes crashing through a closed glass pane and ta-dah, a fresh window is opened...

We've a real doozie for you today -- a young man who we believe is going to be one to watch over the next little while...

Sad news this week. After 18 years of good times, it seems the Big Day Out has almost done its dash.

An interesting question to pose to you today, don't you think?

Here's a succinct list, which we've at last finished compiling, of our classical staff's favourites and best sellers from the previous 12 months.

Chamber ensemble and masters of contemporary classical, Kronos Quartet have returned with three works written for them by the leading Russian composer, Vladimir Martynov.