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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: The Piano Concertos Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra / Andre Previn [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 26/Feb/2005 ] "Ashkenazy is a commanding soloist in both the First and Second Concertos, and his virtuosity in the first is quite dazzling. Throughout, Previn and the LSO accompany sympathetically." Penguin Guide 3 Stars |
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GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: String Sonatas 1-6 (and works by Bellini, Donizetti and Cherubini) Academy of st Martin in the fields, Neville Marriner [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 15/Jan/2008 ] "We have a very soft spot for the sparkle, elegance and wit of these ASMF performances of the Rossini String Sonatas, amazingly accomplished products for a 12-year-old. Marriner offers them on full orchestral strings but with such finesse and precisi |
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KAROL SZYMANOWSK / WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE:Szymanowski: Symphonies 2 & 3 / Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra, Paroles tisées Antal Dorati, Chantal Juillet, Charles Dutoit, Paul Kletzki, Peter Pears, Witold Lutoslawski, Peter Jablonski, etc [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 21/Feb/2006 ] "Chantal Juillet plays marvelously, and Charles Dutoit and his Montréal forces are happily on top form here. A really rewarding disc, especially if you have been waiting (like me) for these fine readings to return to circulation." ClassicalNet |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: La Cetra - 12 concerti, Op. 9 / Concerto in D minor for Two Oboes, RV 535 / etc Iona Brown, Neil Black, Celia Nicklin / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2014 ] Penguin Guide Rosette Winner |
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MARIE-JOSEPH CANTELOUBE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne (with Villa-Lobos's Bachianas brasileiras Aria and Dansa) Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) / English Chamber Orchestra / Jeffrey Tate with Lynn Harrell (cello) [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 21/Feb/2006 ] "Te Kanawa's richly sensuous approach to these delightful songs is very seductive, especially when the accompaniments by Jeffrey Tate and the ECO are so warmly supportive and the sound so opulent."(Gramophone) |
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VARIOUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE; The Hoffnung Festival of Music - Royal Festival Hall 1988 Guests include Bill Oddie, Jane Glover, Jill Gormez, Robin Ashby, Felicity Lott, Joseph Horovitz,, Richard Watkins, etc [ Double Decca / CD - released 27/Aug/2014 ] On February 12th & 13th, 1988, two reprise concerts were performed and recorded at the Royal Festival Hall and released by Decca. Many distinguished guests appeared, including Donald Swann, Annetta Hoffnung (playing the role of "orchestral maid"),... |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527 (Complete opera) Hakan Hagegard, Gilles Cachemaille, Arleen Auger, Della Jones / Drottningholm Court Theatre, Arnold Ostman [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] "Even those who have never been to Drottningholm and experienced Arnold Ostman's Mozart in the flesh will know exactly what it is that makes his recorded performances live." (Gramophone) |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Ultimate Wedding Album (Bach, Handel, Wagner, Clarke, Franck, Mendelssohn) Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, Kiri te Kanawa, etc [ Double Decca / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] All you could want for your wedding music |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: Requiem (Grande Messe des morts) / Chants pour choeur / Grande Symphonie funebre et triomphale Kenneth Riegel (tenor) / Cleveland Orchestra & Chorus, Lorin Maazel / Choeur et l'orchestre symphonique de Montreal, Charles Dutoit [ Double Decca / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/1996 ] With comprehensive booklet and translation |
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ARAM KHACHATURIAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Khachaturian: Piano & Violin Concertos / Symphony No 2 / Maskerade Alicia de Larrocha (piano) Ruggiero Ricci (Violin) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos & Anatole Fistoulari [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] "As befits Ricci's imperturbable individuality this is an individual reading and unusually relaxed. Maybe that quality was at least partially dictated by Fistoulari.." MusicWeb (Violin Concerto) |
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CHARLES IVES
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ives: Symphonies 1-4 / Orchestral Sets 1 & 2 Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta / The Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus, Christoph von Dohnanyi [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 12/Jul/2000 ] Orchestral works by this most significant and influential American composer! |
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ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 / Chamber Symphony / Variations for Orchestra / Erwartung, Op. 17 / etc Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta / The Cleveland Orchestra, VIenna Philharmonic, Christoph von Dohnanyi / Anja Silja (soprano) [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 7/Apr/1996 ] "I find myself swept along by their ecstatic playing over those last ten minutes, where suddenly the orchestra seems galvanised into recapturing the spirit of Stokie for Mehta." MusicWeb on Verklarte Nacht |
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PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY / JACQUES OFFENBACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker / Offenbach: Le Papillon (Complete Ballets) National Philharmonic Orchestra / London SymphonyOrchestra / Richard Bonynge [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] "Richard Bonynge has the feel of this music (Nutcracker) in his bones, and gives a warmly expressive performance...he plays the 'Divertissement' with splendid panache, and he is very good indeed in the Valse des Fleurs" Gramophone |
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FOLEY / PERKINSON / GERSHWIN / STILL / PRICE / COLERIDGE-TAYLOR / DVORAK
Roots Randall Goosby (violin), Zhu Wang (piano), Xavier Dubois Foley (double bass) [ Decca / CD - released 30/Jul/2021 ] "This is selfless, stylish playing which - paradoxically - ends up by projecting the personalities of both artists with even more freshness and warmth." Gramophone Editor's Choice August 2021 |
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GIOACCHINO ROSSINI / GIOVANNI BOTTESINI
Rossini: Sonate a quattro / Bottesini: Gran Duo Concertante Salvatore Accardo (violin) / I Musici [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 16/Oct/2016 ] In the summer of 1804 while on a summer holiday in the village of Conventello near Ravenna, Rossini, then aged twelve, composed his six Sonate a quattro for two violins, cello and double-bass. Many years later, the composer wrote on the front of the... |
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BEETHOVEN / BACH / HAYDN / MOZART / SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: An Equal Music Various Artists [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 30/May/2000 ] Music from the best selling book! A wonder-work: irresistible |
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ALBENIZ / GRANADOS
Musica Espanola - Piano Music volume 2 Alicia De Larrocha (piano) [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2014 ] |
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ALBENIZ / GRANADOS
Albeniz: Iberia, Navarra / Granados: Goyescas Alicia de Larrocha (piano) [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 11/Sep/2001 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "Alicia de larrocha plays with full-blooded temperament and fire. The recording is excellent and the Decca reissue makes a formidable bargain" ROSETTE - Penguin Stereo Guide |
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W. A. MOZART
The Wind Serenades Amadeus Winds (on authentic instruments), Christopher Hogwood [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2014 ] |