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Marbecks Classical Picks

Haydn: Die Schopfung [The Creation] cover
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Die Schopfung [The Creation]
Christina Landshamer (sop), Maximilian Schmitt (ten) Rudolf Rosen (bar) / Collegium Vocale Gent, Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, Philippe Herreweghe
After his years in London and the discovery of Handel's Messiah, which had profoundly moved him, Joseph...
$47.00
Mari Samuelsen cover
MARTYNOV / RICHTER / GLASS / VASKS / ENO / JOHANNSSON
Mari Samuelsen
Mari Samuelsen (violin) / Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Jonathan Stockhammer
Mari Samuelsen grew up in Hamar, Norway, and began playing violin at age three at a local music school...
$35.00

Gramophone Award Nominations '19

Offenbach: Colorature cover
JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Colorature
Jodie Devos (soprano) / Münchner Rundfunkorchester / Laurent Campellone $35.00
Dvorak: Piano Trios Nos. 3 & 4 'Dumky' cover
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Piano Trios Nos. 3 & 4 'Dumky'
Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Tanja Tetzlaff (cello) & Lars Vogt (piano) $30.00
Mozart In London cover
W. A. MOZART / ARNE / J. C. BACH / ABEL & OTHERS
Mozart In London
The Mozartists, Ian Page (conductor) $43.00
Yuja Wang - The Berlin Recital cover
RACHMANINOV / SCRIABIN / LIGETI / PROKOFIEV
Yuja Wang - The Berlin Recital
Yuja Wang (piano) $33.00
Debussy: Préludes (Book 2) / La Mer (version Debussy for 4-hand piano) cover
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Préludes (Book 2) / La Mer (version Debussy for 4-hand piano)
Alexander Melnikov (piano Erard) with Olga Pashchenko $35.00
Vierne & Franck: Violin Sonatas cover
LOUIS VIERNE / CESAR FRANCK
Vierne & Franck: Violin Sonatas
Alina Ibragimova (violin), Cédric Tiberghien (piano) $30.00
Liszt: The Complete Songs Volume 5 cover
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: The Complete Songs Volume 5
Allan Clayton (tenor) Julius Drake (piano) $30.00
Bach: Sonatas & Partitas for solo violin, BWV1001-1006 cover
J. S. BACH
Bach: Sonatas & Partitas for solo violin, BWV1001-1006
Giuliano Carmignola (violin) $37.00
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The 50 Best Of Series

50 Best Adagios [3 CD special price] cover
50 BEST ADAGIOS
50 Best Adagios [3 CD special price]
Various Artists including Mikhail Pletnev (piano), Paul Tortelier (cello), Sabine Meyer (clarinet) & David Daniels (counter-tenor) $25.00
50 Best Opera Classics [3 CDs special price] cover
50 BEST OPERA
50 Best Opera Classics [3 CDs special price]
Beverly Sills, Renata Scotto, Montserrat Caballe, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Maria Callas, etc $25.00
50 Best Relaxing Piano (3 Disc) cover
50 BEST RELAXING PIANO
50 Best Relaxing Piano (3 Disc)
Various artists incls Piotr Anderszewski, Leif Ove Andsnes, Daniel Barenboim, Bertrand Chamayou, Aldo Ciccolini, Samson François, Hélène Grimaud, etc $25.00
50 Best Rostropovich (3 Disc) cover
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
50 Best Rostropovich (3 Disc)
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) [with Leonard Bernstein, David Oistrakh, Seiji Ozawa, George Szell & others] $25.00
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New Releases from Harmonia Mundi

Purcell: Funeral Sentences cover
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Funeral Sentences
Philippe Herreweghe, Collegium Vocale Gent $25.00
Tartini: The Devil's Sonata cover
TARTINI
Tartini: The Devil's Sonata
Andrew Manze (violin) $25.00
Les Arts Florissants 40th anniversary cover
CHARPENTIER / LULLY / MONTEVERDI / BACH / HANDEL / etc
Les Arts Florissants 40th anniversary
Various performers from the vast Harmonia Mundi catalogue $40.00
VIVALDI Le quattro stagioni / REBEL Les Eléments cover
VIVALDI / REBEL
VIVALDI Le quattro stagioni / REBEL Les Eléments
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin $25.00

New September Eloquence Titles

Alfred Deller - Campion, Purcel,l Buxtehude cover
DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE / THOMAS CAMPION / HENRY PURCELL / etc
Alfred Deller - Campion, Purcel,l Buxtehude
Alfred Deller (counter-tenor), with Maurice Bevan (bass-baritone), Desmond Dupre (lute), etc $18.00
The Royal Brass Music of King James I / English Baroque Trumpet Music cover
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Royal Brass Music of King James I / English Baroque Trumpet Music
Maurice André, Jean Pirot (trumpets), Thurston Dart (harpsichord) Philomusica of London $18.00
Handel: Water Music / etc (with Mozart: Epistle Sonatas) cover
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Handel: Water Music / etc (with Mozart: Epistle Sonatas)
Boyd Neal Orchestra, Philomusica of London, Thurston Dart (organ & conductor) $18.00
Margaret Price in Recital cover
TRADITIONAL / SCHUBERT / VERDI / RAVEL / etc
Margaret Price in Recital
Margaret Price (soprano), London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado, with James Lockhart & Geoffrey Parsons (piano) $25.00

Gramophone Picks October 2019

Beethoven / Sibelius: Violin Concertos cover
BEETHOVEN / SIBELIUS
Beethoven / Sibelius: Violin Concertos
Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Robin Ticciati $32.00
Korngold: Symphony in F Sharp / Straussiana / Theme & Variations cover
ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD
Korngold: Symphony in F Sharp / Straussiana / Theme & Variations
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson (conductor) $30.00
Veress: String Trio & Bartók: Piano Quintet cover
Béla Bartók / Sándor Veress
Veress: String Trio & Bartók: Piano Quintet
Vilde Frang (violin), Barnabás Kelemen (violin), Lawrence Power (viola), Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Alexander Lonquich (piano) $35.00
Masaaki Suzuki plays Bach Organ Works, Vol.3 cover
J. S. BACH
Masaaki Suzuki plays Bach Organ Works, Vol.3
Masaaki Suzuki (organ) $35.00

Marbecks Collectables

MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 22 & 27 cover
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 22 & 27
Alfred Brendel (piano) with Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras $30.00
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven / Liszt / Scriabin / Nono: Prometheus cover
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / FRANZ LISZT / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven / Liszt / Scriabin / Nono: Prometheus
Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Claudio Abbado, with Martha Argerich (piano) $16.00
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: Serenade / Our Hunting Fathers cover
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: Serenade / Our Hunting Fathers
Ian Bostridge (tenor) with Marie Luise Neunecker (horn) / Britten sinfonia, Daniel Harding $25.00
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Complete Chamber Works [9 CD set] cover
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Complete Chamber Works [9 CD set]
Celia Nicklin, Neil Black (oboes) Kenneth Sillito, Malcolm Latchem (violins) Graham Sheen (recorder) Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensem $90.00

The Great Pavarotti

Donizetti: Lucia Di Lammermoor (complete opera recorded in 1971) cover
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Lucia Di Lammermoor (complete opera recorded in 1971)
Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes, Nicolai Ghiaurov / Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Bonynge $50.00
Pavarotti: The Complete Operas on CD and Blu-ray Audio cover
PUCCINI / VERDI / DONIZETTI / BELLINI / R. STRAUSS / MASCAGNI / etc
Pavarotti: The Complete Operas on CD and Blu-ray Audio
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Richard Bonynge, Bruno Bartoletti, Lamberto Gardelli, István Kertész, Zubin Mehta, Herbert von Karajan $550.00
Puccini: Madama Butterfly (complete opera) cover
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Madama Butterfly (complete opera)
Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Christa Ludwig, Robert Kerns / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus, Herbert von Karajan $65.00
Verdi: Rigoletto (complete opera recorded in 1971) 2 CDs plus Blu-ray audio cover
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Rigoletto (complete opera recorded in 1971) 2 CDs plus Blu-ray audio
Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes, Huguette Tourangeau / London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge $60.00