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These are the best-selling Classical titles this week at Marbecks and www.marbecks.co.nz.
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W.A. MOZART / ANTONIO VIVALDI
Elīna Garanča: Mozart & Vivaldi Elīna Garanča (mezzo-soprano) / Camerata Salzburg, Louis Langrée, Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 3/May/2017 ] Richly colourful in Mozart and Vivaldi: Her velvety, versatile timbre makes mezzo-soprano Elına Garanča... |
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GUSTAV HOLST / RICHARD STRAUSS
Holst: Planets / R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra CBSO Youth Chorus & National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 30/Jan/2017 ] For its very first album on Chandos, the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain devotes its characteristic... |
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PURCELL
Music for a While: Improvisations on Purcell Philippe Jaroussky, Raquel Andueza, Vincenzo Capezzuto, Dominique Visse, Trovesi, Muthspiel / L'Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar [ Warner Classics / CD - released 26/Oct/2014 ] After the intoxicating heat of Mediterraneo, released in 2013, Christina Pluhar and her ensemble L'Arpeggiata... |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos 1, 2 & 5 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko [ ONYX / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2016 ] "Alive and articulate" RECORDING OF THE YEAR 2017 BBC Music Magazine The eagerly awaited Tchaikovsky... |
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PHILIP GLASS
Glass: Piano Works Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) / Siggi String Quartet [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/May/2017 ] This is a tribute to the master of minimal music, legendary Philip Glass, who turns 80 on 31.01.2017.... |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah (Complete oratorio) Andreas Scholl, Barbara Schlick, Sandrine Piau, Mark Padmore, Nathan Berg / Les Arts Florissants / William Christie [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2013 ] ... |
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BROSCHI / GIACOMELLI / PORPORA / HASSE / LEO / HANDEL
Farinelli - A portrait Ann Hallenberg (mezzo-soprano) / Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset [ Aparté / CD - released 26/Apr/2017 ] With more than a million copies sold, the soundtrack of Gérard Corbiau's film 'Farinelli' contributed... |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) / Wiener Philharmoniker, Jonathan Nott [ Sony Classical / CD - released 22/Apr/2017 ] "As expected, Kaufmann is glorious in the tenor songs." Financial Times Mahler's masterpiece is subtitled... |
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J. S. BACH
Murray Perahia plays Bach: The complete recordings Murray Perahia (piano) / Academy of St Martins in the Fields [ Sony Music / 8 CD Box Set - released 10/Nov/2016 ] The first ever collection of Murray Perahia's Complete Bach Recordings for Sony Classical. The x8 original... |
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SCARLATTI / MOZART / SCRIABIN / SCHUMANN / LISZT / CHOPIN
Horowitz: Return to Chicago Vladimir Horowitz (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 15/Dec/2015 ] Vladimir Horowitz. Even more than twenty-five years after his death, his name still conjures up magical... |
