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FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Complete Songs - Schubert and his Friends (I) Ann Murray (mezzo soprano), Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion / CD ] 'In Ann Murray we have a worhy successor in the Ferrier/Baker line, a lovely voice used with great sensitivity' (Which CD) |
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BEETHOVEN / CHERUBINI / BACH / MOZART / SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN / ROSSINI / GOUNOD / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Spiritus - Passage to Paradise: 33 highlights from great Sacred Music Ann Murray, Kurt Moll, Barbara Hendricks, Lucia Popp, Edda Moser, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Philharmonia Choir, Ambrosian Chorus, etc [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 13/Oct/2008 ] Featuring conductors Herbert von Karajan, Riccardo Muti, Daniel Barenboim, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Carlo Maria Giulini, Sir Neville Marriner, Philip Ledger, etc |
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ANONYMOUS / TRADITIONAL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Last Rose of Summer Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 12/Jul/2005 ] 'Not in the profoundest Schubert, the most exquisite Fauré, has either of them performed with more delicacy and refinement, more tenderness, humour, and ... passion, than they do here' - Gramophone |
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HENRY PURCELL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Purcell: Dido and Aeneas Ann Murray, Rachal Yakar, Anton Scharinger / Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Teldec Basic Edition / CD - released 12/Nov/2001 ] Originally recorded by Teldec in 1983 |
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CAVALLI
Cavalli: La Didone (complete opera recorded in 2011) BLU-RAY Anna Bonitatibus, Kresimir Spicer, Xavier Sabata, Maria Streijffert / Les Arts Florissants, William Christie (cond.) & Clément Hervieu-Léger (dir.) [ Opus Arte Bluray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Feb/2013 ] "Christie's direction can almost be taken to guarantee a fine performance and that's the case here...If you wish to have only one Cavalli recording in your collection, this would vie strongly for that honour" MusicWeb International, October 2012 |
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ANTHONY RITCHIE
New Zealand Poets in Song Anna Leese (soprano) Matthew Leese (piano) [ Ode Records / CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] New Zealand Poets In Song is the latest release featuring the music of Anthony Ritchie. The songs on this recording span 26 years, and signify many happy collaborations between Anthony Ritchie and various New Zealand poets. |
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BRAHMS / HOWELLS / SOMERVELL / WARLOCK / R. STRAUSS / de FALLA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE; Anna Leese - Debut Recital Anna Leese (soprano) Graham Johnson (piano) [ EMI Classics / CD - released 4/Aug/2008 ] "The loveliness of her presence and of her art is indeed beyond compare. She shines like a flawless jewel, polished and ready to be placed in whatever crown the fates have prepared for her" The Tribune, March 11, 2007 |
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EMMERICH KALMAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kalman: Die Csárdásfürstin [The Gypsy Princess] (complete Operetta Recorded 1971, sung in German) Anna Moffo, René Kollo, Dagmar Koller, Sándor Németh / Symphonie-Orchester Kurt Graunke Bert Grund [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 10/Mar/2006 ] Kalman's successes from the Viennese "Silver Operetta Era" include The Circus/Gipsy Princess (1926), which contains elements of modern dance music in addition to the usual Kálmán mixture of Hungarian folk music and Viennese waltzes. |
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JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Manon (Complete opera recorded in 2007) Staatsoper unter den Linden, Berlin / Anna Netrebko / Rolando Villazon / Alfredo Daza / Christof Fischesser / Daniel Barenboim (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 7/Aug/2008 ] Following the artistic success of their last DVD project, La Traviata from the 2005 Salzburg Festival, opera superstars Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazón bring their combined talents to Jules Massenet's Manon. |
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VERDI / BELLINI / DONIZETTI / PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Anna Netrebko - Sempre Libera Anna Netrebko (soprano) / Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado, conductor [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 15/Aug/2004 ] "Few sopranos sing bel canto with the natural beauty she supplies." BBC Music Magazine, September 2006 |
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BIZET / DONIZETTI / MASSENET / GOUNOD / VERDI / PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Anna Netrebko / Rolando Villazon - Duets Anna Netrebko (soprano), Rolando Villazon (tenor) / Staatskapelle Dresden / Nicola Luisotti [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 26/Jul/2007 ] "Duets gives us Deutsche Grammophon recording at its lush, plush best. A solitary rising clarinet near the beginning of Puccini's O soave fanciulla registers in immaculate silhouette while the shift from quartet to full, throbbing string section in... |
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: La Boheme (a film by Robert Dornhelm) Anna Netrebko (soprano) & Rolando Villazon (tenor) / The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bertrand de Billy [ Kultur DVD / DVD - released 5/Dec/2009 ] "The lovers' sheer intensity and Dornhelm's cinematic vision, expanded in the accompanying documentary, make this one of the finest opera films ever - unmissable." BBC Music Magazine (Five stars *****) |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Symphony No 9 (1977 recording) Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Agnes Baltsa, Peter Schreier, Jose van Dam / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 2/Feb/1977 ] Original recording from 1977 |
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SCHUMANN / LEKEU / FRANCK / PROKOFIEV / D'INDY / SATIE
Catherine Collard: The Complete Erato, EMI & Virgin Classics Recordings Anne Queffelec (piano) with Catherine Courtois (violin) & Anna Queffelec (piano) / Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Marek Janowski [ Erato / Warner Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 13/Sep/2024 ] "No pianist understands the atmosphere of this music or can sharpen its wit more tellingly than Anne Queffelec...she is joined spiritedly by Catherine Collard in the four-handed Trois morceaux en forme de poire." (Gramophone on the Satie) |
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JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU / MARC-ANTONIE CHARPENTIER / MICHEL LAMBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Anne Sofie von Otter - Ombre de Mon Amant: French Baroque Arias Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo) / Chœur et orchestre Les Arts florissants, William Christie [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / CD - released 25/Jan/2010 ] "Von Otter sounds utterly wretched in Medea's lament for her lost love; then she intensifies her tone as she summons up demons and monsters...[she] conveys Phaedra's various emotions with consummate ease." Gramophone Awards 2010 Finalist - Recital |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: Harold In Italy / Les Nuits d'ete Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo) Antoine Tamestit (viola) / Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski [ Naive Classique / CD - released 20/Oct/2011 ] "Minkowski gives an energetic, crisp, emphatic reading. The sinewy sound of the Louvre players' period instruments, though, lends it a rougher, almost folkier texture, against which the viola's individual voice stands out more sharply than usual."... |
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W. A. MOZART / CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK / JOSEPH HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Anne Sofie von Otter - Opera Arias Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) / English Concert, Trevor Pinnock [ Archiv / CD - released 6/Oct/1997 ] This disc, an entirely personal selection of arias from the Viennese Classical period, means all the more to her including, arias sung by dramatic and passionate women 'most of whom', she admits ''I have never performed on stage" Gramophone |
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EDWARD GRIEG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Grieg: Lieder [Songs] Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Bengt Forsberg (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 13/Feb/2007 ] "A 'must' for any collection of songs…Don't miss it" - Gramophone |
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OFFENBACH / STRAUSS II / MILLOCKER / ZELLER / KALMAN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Anneliese Rothenberger Anneliese Rothenberger (soprano) with various orchestras & conductors [ EMI Champagne-Operette / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2006 ] With her light and silvery soprano and her acting skills, Annelise Rothenberger captivated opera audiences the world over, and not only on stage: her television performances brought the world of opera and operetta into Germany's living rooms,... |
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ANDRE PREVIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Previn: Violin Concerto (with Bernstein-Serenade) Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / Boston Symphony Orchestra / Andre Previn [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 14/Nov/2003 ] 2005 Grammy Award Winner: Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra) |