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Marbecks Classical Picks

Beethoven: The Complete Piano Sonatas cover
LUGWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Complete Piano Sonatas
Igor Levit (piano)
Igor Levit - the recent recipient of the prestigious Gilmore Artist Award and the Royal Philharmonic...
$90.00
Passion Jaroussky (3 CD set) cover
HANDEL / BACH / CAVALLI / PERGOLESI / PORPORA / PURCELL / etc
Passion Jaroussky (3 CD set)
Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor) / Ensemble Artaserse, Paul O'Dette (lute), L'Arpeggiata Christina Pluhar, etc
In 2019, Philippe Jaroussky celebrated 20 years on stage, and PASSION JAROUSSKY is a tribute to his...
$38.00

BBC Award Finalists 2020

Weinberg: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 21 cover
MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG
Weinberg: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 21
Gidon Kremer (violin) / Kremerata Baltica, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla $33.00
Lutosławski: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4; Jeux vénitiens cover
WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI
Lutosławski: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4; Jeux vénitiens
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu $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
Konzertstück for Four Horns and Orchestra cover
SCHUMANN / SAINT-SAENS / GLIERE
Konzertstück for Four Horns and Orchestra
Markus Maskuniitty (horn), Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (conductor) $32.00
Purcell: King Arthur cover
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: King Arthur
Gabrieli Consort and Players, Paul McCreesh $45.00
Gounod: Faust (complete original opera production from 1859) cover
CHARLES GOUNOD
Gounod: Faust (complete original opera production from 1859)
Véronique Gens, Andrew Foster-Williams; Benjamin Bernheim; Jean-Sébastien Bou /Flemish Radio Choir, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset $75.00
Handel: Italian cantatas cover
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Italian cantatas
Sabine Devieilhe (soprano) Léa Desandre (mezzo) / Le Concert d'Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm (harpsichord, organ and conductor) $43.00
Shostakovich: Preludes & Piano Sonatas cover
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Preludes & Piano Sonatas
Andrey Gugnin (piano) $30.00
» A selection of this years BBC Award finalists

New titles from Hyperion

Brahms: The Final Piano Pieces cover
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Final Piano Pieces
Stephen Hough (piano) $30.00
Liszt: The Complete Songs Volume 6 cover
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: The Complete Songs Volume 6
Julia Kleiter (soprano), Julius Drake (piano) $30.00
Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos 3 'Pastoral' & 4 cover
RALF VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos 3 'Pastoral' & 4
David Butt Philip (tenor) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins $30.00
Bartók & Korngold: Piano Quintets cover
BELA BARTOK / ERICH KORNGOLD
Bartók & Korngold: Piano Quintets
Piers Lane (piano), Goldner String Quartet $30.00
» Great artists. Great recordings.

Discover the great composers!

50 Best Wagner (3 CD set) cover
RICHARD WAGNER
50 Best Wagner (3 CD set)
Hildegard Behrens, Jessye Norman, Helga Dernesch, Cheryl Studer, Birgit Nilsson, Marjana Lipovsek, Christa Ludwig, etc $25.00
50 Best Mozart Classics [3 CDs special price] cover
W. A. MOZART
50 Best Mozart Classics [3 CDs special price]
Thomas Allen, Cheryl Studer, Daniel Barenboim, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Sabine Meyer, Neville Marriner, etc $25.00
50 Best Handel cover
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
50 Best Handel
Various Artists incls Arleen Auger, Max Emaanuel Cencic, Alan Curtis, Natalie Dessay, Joyce DiDonato, Emmanuelle Haim, Richard Hickox, etc $25.00
50 Best Bach (3 CDs special price) cover
J. S. BACH
50 Best Bach (3 CDs special price)
Nancy Argenta, Bob van Asperen, Fabio Biondi, Ian Bostridge, Philippe Herreweghe, Monica Huggett, etc $25.00

MusicWeb: Recommended January

Alkan: Concerto and Symphony for Solo Piano cover
CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN
Alkan: Concerto and Symphony for Solo Piano
Paul Wee (piano) $35.00
Bach: The Six Partitas cover
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Bach: The Six Partitas
Angela Hewitt $50.00
Mozart: Piano Concertos, Vol.4 (Piano Concertos 20 & 21) cover
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos, Vol.4 (Piano Concertos 20 & 21)
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), Manchester Camerata $30.00
The Godfather: Master Of the German & Italian Baroque cover
TELEMANN / PISENDEL / BACH / VIVALDI / BRESCIANELLO
The Godfather: Master Of the German & Italian Baroque
La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler $32.00

Gramophone Picks December 2019

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique / Les Francs-juges Overture, Op. 3 cover
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique / Les Francs-juges Overture, Op. 3
Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth $35.00
Beethoven: Piano Concertos 2 & 5
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos 2 & 5 "Emperor"
Martin Helmchen, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Andrew Manze $35.00
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending / Fantasia On A Theme, etc cover
RALF VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending / Fantasia On A Theme, etc
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Orchestra, Andrew Manze, with James Ehnes (violin) $35.00
Beethoven Violin Sonatas Op. 12 cover
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven Violin Sonatas Op. 12
James Ehnes (violin), Andrew Armstrong (piano) $35.00

Marbecks Collectables

MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pierne - Les Enfants a Bethleem, Piano Quintet, Violin Sonata cover
GABRIEL PIERNE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pierne - Les Enfants a Bethleem, Piano Quintet, Violin Sonata
Jocelyne Chamonin, Hanna Schaer (sopranos), Olivier Charlier (violin) / French Philharmonic, Michel Lasserre de Rozel $15.00
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cello Song cover
DELIUS / VILLA-LOBOS / BACH / SCHUMANN / GRIEG / BRAHMS / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cello Song
Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) John Lenehan (piano) $30.00
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Maria João Pires cover
MOZART / SCHUBERT / CHOPIN / BACH / SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Maria João Pires
Maria João Pires (piano) with the Vienna Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado $35.00
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokofiev / Shostakovich: Violin Concertos No 1 cover
SERGEI PROKOFIEV / DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokofiev / Shostakovich: Violin Concertos No 1
Maxim Vengerov (violin) / London Symphony, Mstislav Rostropovich $25.00
» Marbecks has a great range of collectable recordings. Here is a selection featuring the piano

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