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JOSEPH HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: 9 Piano Trios Beaux Arts Trio [ Pentatone SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 20/Jun/2009 ] "PentaTone's DSD remastering of the four-channel original for SACD shows what fine recordings these always were; the sound is quite simply beautiful." (Five Stars AudAud.com) |
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ANTONIN DVORAK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak: Piano Trios Beaux Arts Trio [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 3/Jan/1996 ] Original recordings from 1969 |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Piotr Beczala - Verdi Arias Piotr Beczala (tenor) / Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukas Borowicz, with Ewa Podles (contralto) & Mariusz Kwiecien (baritone) [ Orfeo / CD - released 20/Aug/2013 ] "The result is singing on a grand scale, impeccable in diction, tone and musicianship." (BBC Music Opera Choice July 2013) |
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CONFORTO / PORPORA / HASSE / NEBRA / MARCOLINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bejun Mehta - El Maestro: Farinelli Bejun Mehta (countertenor) / Concerto Köln, Pablo Heras-Casado [ Archiv / CD - released 1/Feb/2016 ] "the disc's highlight is countertenor Bejun Mehta's poignant and beautifully controlled reading of Porpora's aria 'Alto Giove' from Polifemo" (BBC Music) |
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BOHUSLAV MARTINU
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Martinu: Piano Trios Nos 2 & 3 / Czech Rhapsody / Nocturnes The Bekova Sisters [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1998 ] The Bekova Sisters were born in Kazakhstan and studied at the Moscow Conservatory. After their much-publicised reunion in the West and sensational debut in 1989 on the South Bank, London, the Sisters have rapidly established themselves on the... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets Vol 1 Belcea Quartet [ Zig Zag / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Dec/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Chamber |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY / HENRI DUTILLEUX / MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Debussy/Dutilleux/Ravel: String Quartets Belcea Quartet [ EMI Debut / CD - released 8/Feb/2002 ] Gramophone Awards 2001: Record of the Year Finalist |
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BEETHOVEN / HOLST / BARBER / ARRIEU
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven/Holst/Barber/Arrieu: Summer Music Belgian Wind Quintet [ Discover / CD - released 10/Feb/1990 ] Recorded at the Concert Hall of the Belgium Radio & Television in December 1988 and January 1989 |
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GEORGES BIZET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bizet: L'Arlesienne [complete incidental music] / Jeux d'enfants Belgium Radio & Television Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir Alexander Rahbari [ Discover / CD - released 10/Feb/2013 ] Currently selling for $35 (US) on Amazon |
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RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: Selections from the Ring Ben Heppner (tenor) / Staatskapelle Dresden / Peter Schneider (with Burkhard Ulrich as Mime) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 4/Jul/2006 ] "On the strength of these excerpts, capably supported by Bayreuth veteran Schneider, Heppner's a natural, with the authentic heroic ring and seemingly effortless power, yet retaining beauty of tone and clear diction." Five Stars BBC Music Mag (June... |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No 5 (with bonus disc) Philharmonia Orchestra, Benjamin Zander [ Telarc Records / 2 CD - released 5/May/2001 ] "This is one of the finest recordings of Mahler's Fifth now before us. Superbly interpreted, played and recorded." - Tony Duggan |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A Minor "Tragic" (Includes bonus discussion disc) Philharmonia Orchestra, Benjamin Zander [ Telarc Records / 3 CD - released 1/Sep/2002 ] Benjamin Zander with the Philharmonia Orchestra have inspired music critics around the world to use descriptions such as "searing," "definitive," and "uniquely illuminating." |
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EDWARD GRIEG / KARL GOLDMARK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Grieg: Symphony in C minor / Goldmark: Rustic Wedding Symphony Bergen Symphony Orchestra, Karsten Andersen / Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Jesus Lopez-Cobos [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / CD - released 10/Feb/2006 ] 'The Decca recording is truthfully balanced, with good perspective and colour, and detail reproduces with fine definition' [Grieg] Penguin Guide |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: The Overtures Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD Box Set - released 17/Jul/2015 ] "Listening to Abbado's set... really does make you hear these works afresh, and no lover of Beethoven can fail to revel in and learn from it." (BBC Music Five Stars) |
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ANTON BRUCKNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruckner: Symphony No 8. (Haas edition) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ Teldec Warner Maestro / CD - released 6/Apr/2009 ] "At bargain price on a single CD this reissued performance offers compelling value both financially and artistically." (MusicWeb Sept 2009) |
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GYORGY LIGETI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Ligeti Project Vol. 2 [Incls 'Atmospheres'] Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Jonathan Nott [ Teldec / CD - released 19/Oct/2003 ] This release represents Volume 2 of the new Teldec Ligeti Project. It could well prove to be the most popular, containing as it does some of Ligeti's most famous pieces, as well as a couple of important premiere recordings. |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT / ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert/Schumann: Symphony No. 4 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Teldec / CD - released 12/Oct/1996 ] "Harnoncourt's interpretations are never dull, and over the last 25 years he has often been at his most provocative when he brings his ideas on performing style to traditional symphony orchestras such as the Concertgebouw and Berlin Phil." Review of... |
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JOHANN STRAUSS I & II
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wiener Musik [Music of Vienna] Vol. 3 Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Robert Stolz [ Eurodisc / CD - released 3/Dec/1988 ] Robert Stolz was operetta royalty, and his recordings with the Berliner Symphoniker and Wiener Symphoniker document the world of light orchestral music with unique authority. |
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JOHANN STRAUSS II / JOSEPH STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wiener Musik [Music of Vienna] Vol. 8 Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Robert Stolz [ Eurodisc / CD - released 3/Dec/1988 ] Robert Stolz was operetta royalty, and his recordings with the Berliner Symphoniker and Wiener Symphoniker document the world of light orchestral music with unique authority. |
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JOSEPH STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wiener Musik [Music of Vienna] Vol. 9 Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Robert Stolz [ Eurodisc / CD - released 3/Dec/1988 ] Robert Stolz was operetta royalty, and his recordings with the Berliner Symphoniker and Wiener Symphoniker document the world of light orchestral music with unique authority. |