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MASSENET / TOSELLI / ALBENIZ / DENZA / TCHAIKOVSKY / MORERA / COSTA / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Jose Carreras - malinconia d'amore - songs of longing and love Jose Carreras (tenor), with Lorenzo Bavaj (piano) / Ensemble Wien [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 15/Jun/1999 ] In the 2000s Carreras's recording and live concert repertoire had moved largely to art song, Neapolitan songs, the light classical genre, and 'easy-listening'. He has also increasingly performed and recorded with artists from outside the classical... |
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PIETRO MASCAGNI / RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO / FRANCESCA CILEA / UMBERTO GIORDANO / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Jose Cura: Verismo Jose Cura (tenor/conductor) / The Philarmonia Orchestra, with Anne Marie Owens (mezzo) [ Erato / CD - released 17/Feb/1999 ] "José Cura, the new star in the Tenor sky," wrote the Berliner Morgenpost recently. |
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VERDI / DONIZETTI / CILEA / PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Joseph Calleja - Tenor arias Joseph Calleja (tenor) with the orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Milano Giuseppe Verdi. Riccardo Chailly (conductor) [ Decca Records / CD - released 1/Mar/2004 ] ***** Five Stars (Pick of the Month) BBC Music Magazine (July 2004)- Editor's Choice: Gramophone Magazine (May 2004) |
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Jud Arthur with The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Legends [ JA / CD - released 5/Nov/2010 ] New Zealand opera singer performs world's most memorable show tunes |
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BEETHOVEN / DOHNANYI / RAVEL / PROKOFIEV / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Julius Katchen II Julius Katchen (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, István Kertész, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult [ Philips / Decca / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/2018 ] Julius Katchen's career ended prematurely when cancer claimed him at age 42. |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS / ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Piano Concertos 1 & 2 / Schumann: Piano Concerto; Fantasie in C Op 17 Julius Katchen (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux & Janos Ferencsis. Israel Philharmonic. Istvan Kertesz [ Decca The Art of Julius Katchen / 2 CD - released 12/Mar/2004 ] "An exciting account of the solo piano part [of Brahms' Piano Concerto No.2], here combining tremendous drive with the kind of ruminating delicacy Brahms so often calls for." Penguin Guide To Compact Discs |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 5 & 6 Kammerakademie Potsdam, Antonello Manacorda [ Sony Classical / CD - released 24/Nov/2023 ] "Played on modern instruments but with a strong awareness of historical performance, the Fifth and Sixth show off the orchestra's taut ensemble playing, rhythmic discipline and sense of drama." BBC Music |
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ELMSLY / BODY / LIN / HOLLOWAY / DE CASTRO-ROBINSON / RIMMER
Ritual Auras Karlheinz Company [ Atoll Records / CD - released 1/Apr/2012 ] This CD typifies the Karlheinz ensemble's constant search for personality and character in its presentations, over thirty years. "Ritual Auras" includes signature works that were premiered by the Karlheinz Company. |
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KURT WEILL
The Kurt Weill Album Katharine Mehrling (singr/actress), Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Joana Mallwitz [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 16/Aug/2024 ] "Die sieben Todsünden ('The Seven Deadly Sins') is brought off with comparable deftness and élan...This Weill collection, polished but never slick, merits the very strongest recommendation." Gramophone September 2024 Recording of the Month |
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MOZART / SCHUBERT / PROKOFIEV / de FALLA / FAURE
Keith Lewis - In recital Keith Lewis (tenor) / Michael Houstoun (piano) [ Trust / CD - released 1/Aug/2000 ] New Zealand-born Keith Lewis is one of the world's busiest tenors. He appears regularly throughout the UK, Europe and North America with various orchestras and conductors |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Schwammerl Kemp English (replica of an 1826 Viennese fortepiano) [ Ode Records / CD - released 2/Nov/2009 ] "Recorded in Christchurch's St John of God Chapel, it's an absorbing performance. Playing a replica of an 1826 Viennese fortepiano made by instrument maker Paul Downie and owned by the University of Canterbury, Kemp doesn't miss a beat." The Press,... |
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Kemp English (at the organ of the Dunedin Town Hall)
Stormin' Norma 3 [ Ode Records / CD - released 6/Nov/2008 ] "Volume Three of "Stormin' Norma" and a worthy successor to the previous two it assuredly is, with the redoubtable Kemp English in command of this incredible instrument, and a varied and imaginative selection of favourites old and new." (Organ News) |
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JOPLIN / LEFEBURE-WELY / BACH / BOELLMANN / ROSSINI / FAULKES / J. STRAUSS / etc
Stormin' Norma 2 Kemp English (at the organ of the Dunedin Town Hall) [ Ode Records / CD - released 1/Dec/2005 ] "Once again the mighty 'Norma', under the masterful hands and feet of Kemp English peals forth its glorious sounds to delight your ear and put a smile on your face - and also test the limits of your stereo system!!" (Barry Brinson) |
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GARY DAVERNE
The Journey Kevin Friedrich (accordion), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra [ Viscount / CD - released 2/Oct/2020 ] Accordionist Kevin Friedrich plays the music of New Zealand composer Gary Daverne, with the NZSO, the Moravian Philharmonic and guests. Features the Anzac trilogy. |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Opera Arias (Zaide, La Clemenza di Tito, Idomeneo, Zauberflote, Idomeneo, etc) Kiri te Kanawa, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis [ Philips / CD - released 25/Jan/2001 ] "Kiri te Kanawa's is one of the loveliest collections of Mozart arias on record, with the voice at its most ravishing." (Penguin Stereo Guide) |
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Kronos Quartet
Kronos Quartet Performs Philip Glass (LP) [ Nonesuch / Warner / 2 LP - released 3/Nov/2023 ] Nonesuch releases Kronos Quartet's acclaimed album Kronos Quartet Performs Philip Glass on vinyl for the first time. |
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CESAR FRANCK / CLAUDE DEBUSSY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Franck / Debussy: Sonatas for violin and piano (with Ravel-Introduction & Allegro for flute, viola and harp / Ravel: Introductio Kyung Wha Chung (violin) Radu Lupu (piano) Osain Ellis (harp) / Melos Ensemble [ Decca / CD - released 12/Jan/2008 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "Osian ellis and the melos Ensemble provide all those qualities in spades, and Decca's recording captures their interpretation in warm, clear sound." (AFC 1001 Classical) |
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RICHARD STRAUSS / OTTORINO RESPIGHI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss, (R.): Violin Sonata in E flat / Respighi: Violin Sonata in B minor Kyung-Wha Chung (violin) & Krystian Zimerman (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "A confident reminder of why Chung is so highly placed in the pantheon of violinists." (MusicWeb May 2015) |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: Symphonies 88 - 92 La Petite Bande, Sigiswald kuijken [ Virgin Veritas / 2 CD - released 22/Mar/2008 ] "Sigiswald Kuijken's recording of 88-92 offers an accomplished, sympathetic entrée to Haydn's affable genius. These are the best accounts at budget-price" BBC Music |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV / PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rachmaninov: Trio Elegiaque No. 1 in G Minor / Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A Minor Op. 50 Lang Lang (piano) Vadim Repin (violin) Mischa Maisky (cello) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 19/Oct/2009 ] Lang Lang revisits two stellar exponents of Russia's Romantic musical soul, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov, to reveal another side of his prodigious talent - his finesse as a collegial interpreter of chamber music. |