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JOHN IRELAND
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ireland: Piano Concerto in E flat / A London Overture / Mai-Dun - Symphonic Rhapsody / etc Colin Horsley (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Basil Cameron with Daniel Adni, Desmond Wright and the composer on piano [ EMI Classics / CD - released 3/Mar/1993 ] This release restores a classic of the catalogue, the Piano Concerto with Colin Horsley from 1957. |
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HERBERT HOWELLS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Howells: Complete Morning and Evening Canticles (Vol 3) The Collegiate Singers, Andrew Millinger [ Priory / CD - released 9/Sep/2002 ] Recorded 16-17 February 2002. |
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HERBERT HOWELLS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Howells: Complete Morning and Evening Canticles of Herbert Howells (Vol 1) Collegiate Singers, Andrew Millinger [ Priory / CD - released 2/Feb/2021 ] Recorded in Marlborough College Chapel 19th and 20th February 2000 |
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JOAN TOWER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Fanfares for the Uncommon Woman Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop [ Koch International Classics / CD - released 5/Jun/1999 ] The title of this extraordinary collection of orchestral gems suggests both parody of and homage to Aaron Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man. |
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MAHLER / BRUCKNER / WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruno Walter: The Original Jacket Collection Columbia Symphony Orchestra, New York philharmonic Orchestra, Bruno Walter, with Mildred Miller (sop) Ernst Haefliger (ten) Maureen Forrester (contral [ Sony Classical / 13 CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] To those reared on his recordings, Bruno Walter was a living link to a bygone age. Born in 1876, when Wagner was still alive and Bruckner had yet to write his last and greatest symphonies, Walter was arguably the most old-world of the many long-lived... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Symphony No.4 & Symphony No.6 'Pastorale' Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter [ Sony Bruno Walter The Edition / CD - released 19/May/1995 ] "The Sixth is a lovely, expansive, relaxed affair..with Walter's unerring command of rhythm coming to the fore." MusicWeb |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Water Music / Royal Fireworks Music Concertgebouw Kammerorchester, Simon Preston [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 20/Jul/1991 ] Recorded: Waalsekerk, Amsterdam, November 1988 |
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ALBINONI / PACHELBEL / HANDEL ZIPOLI / BACH / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Baroque Orchestral Music (Incls Albinoni: Adagio & Pachelbel: Canon) Consort of London, Robert Clark, with Julia Girdwood (oboe) & Joseph Frohlich (violin) [ Collins Classics / CD - released 20/Oct/1989 ] A generous selection of popular baroque works. |
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CARL NIELSEN / JEAN SIBELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Nielsen: Symphony No 1 / Sibelius: Symphony No 7 Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra, Okko Kamu [ Scandinavian Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2002 ] "Okko Kamu leads a refreshingly vibrant account of Nielsen's Symphony No. 1. The first movement surges with youthful vigor, aided by Kamu's light touch-crisp orchestral articulation and clear ensemble textures...a winner." ClassicsToday 10/10 |
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HECTOR VILLA-LOBOS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 3 / Momoprecace / Fantasia for soprano saxophone / Guitar Concerto / etc Cristina Ortiz / John Harle / Angel Romero / New Philharmonia Orchestra / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / London Philharmonic Orchestra [ EMI Double Forte / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/1998 ] "A qualified recommendation then...if you want value for money you can't really go wrong with this set... the delectable Mômoprecóce on the first disc and much of the music on the second is well worth adding to your collection." MusicWeb |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos 4 & 5 / Rondos / Adagio David Oistrakh (violin/conductor) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra [ EMI Classics / CD - released 10/Oct/1993 ] Original recordings from 1970 &1971 |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No. 4 Dawn Upshaw (soprano) / The Cleveland Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnanyi [ Decca / CD - released 20/Sep/1994 ] "Dawn Upshaw crowns Dohnányi's vision with beguiling lightness of touch" ClassicalMusic.com |
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GILBERT and SULLIVAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Yeomen of the Guard (complete operetta recorded in 1958) Denis Dowling, Richard Lewis, Elsie Morison, Alexander Young, Marjorie Thomas / Glyndebourne Festival, Sir MalcolmSargent [ EMI / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Feb/1987 ] "This is a very operatic Yeomen which certainly suits the work and gives the soloists an opportunity to shine. Sir Geraint Evans makes a better Jack Point than a Ko-Ko and 'When a wooer goes a-wooing' is very moving." Mel (Marbecks) |
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KURT ATTERBERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Atterberg: Piano Concerto / Rhapsody / Ballade & Passacaglia Love Derwinger (piano) / Hanover Radio Philharmonia Orchetra [ CPO / CD - released 31/Dec/2001 ] "A feast for unashamed romantics. Grand Romantic, heart-on-sleeve stuff, over the top music, delivered in bravura performances by Derwinger and Rasilainen. Another winner in this splendid CPO Atterberg edition." MusicWeb Recording: Grosser... |
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NICOLAI PAGANINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Paganini: Music for Strings and Guitar The Diaz Trio and Julioan Gray (guitar) [ Dorian / CD - released 1/Nov/1996 ] It is practically impossible to speak of the violin without mentioning Paganini. He represented a veritable milestone in the history of the instrument, in that what came before him is without doubt different from what came after him. Paganini was... |
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PIETRO LOCATELLI
Locatelli: L'Arte del Violino [The Art of the Violin] Op 3 (Vol. 1) Diego Conti (violin) / I Virtuosi dell'Accademia [ Rodolphe / CD - released 10/Nov/1988 ] Pietro Antonio Locatelli was an Italian composer and violinist, born 3 September 1695 in Bergamo, Italy, died 30 March 1764 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique / Harold en Italie / Overtures Donald McInnes (viola) / Orchestre National de France, Leonard Bernstein / London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn [ EMI Double Forte / 2 CD - released 16/Jun/1999 ] "This is excellent...The French orchestra plays beautifully for Bernstein...the most interesting performance of the symphony now on record" (Gramophone on Symphonie fantastique) |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: Messe solennelle Donna Brown (soprano) Jean-Luc Viala (tenor) Gilles Cachemaille (bass-baritone) / Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, John Elio [ Philips / CD - released 31/Dec/1994 ] Philips Classics has had the honour of presenting the first ever recording made of this adorable Berlioz mass after its rediscovery in 1991 and showing what a lot of absolutely beautiful surprises it has to offer. |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV / EDWARD MacDOWELL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor / MacDowell: Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor Earl Wild (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Jascha Horenstein / RCA Victor Symphony, Massimo Freccia [ Chesky Records / CD - released 25/Aug/1992 ] "Recommended. In many ways the coupling of one masterful work with another of wayward charm makes for an ideally complementary partnership." MusicWeb |
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EDVARD GRIEG / CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS / FRANZ LISZT / EDWARD MacDOWELL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor / Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor / Liszt: Hungarian Fantasy Earl Wild (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Russell Stanger / RCA Victor Symphony, Massimo Freccia [ Chesky Records / CD - released 25/Aug/1992 ] Transfered using a customized state of the art Ampex tube tape recorder and an extraordinary analogie to digital converter with 20 bit linearily and a 128 times oversampling/digital filter, in an effort to achieve the finest quality sound. |