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EDOUARD LALO / PABLE de SARASATE / GEORGE BIZET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole / Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen / Bizet: Carmen Suite & Jeux d'enfants Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / Orchestre National de France, Seiji Ozawa [ EMI Classics Red Line / CD - released 15/Oct/1997 ] Today one of the world's top musicians - back then a child prodigy whose emotional power and technical prowess fascinated audiences and critics alike. |
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BRAHMS / DEBUSSY / FRANCK / MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Anne-Sophie Mutter - Berlin Recital Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) Orkis Mutter (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 21/Sep/1996 ] Recording: Berlin, Philharmonie, Grosser Saal, 9/1995 |
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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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PETER SCULTHORPE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sculthorpe: The Fifth Continent / Port Arthur: In Memoriam / Djilile / Piano Concerto / Earth Cry / etc Anthony Fogg (piano) / Tasmanian & Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, David Porcelijn / Graham Ashton Brass Ensemble / Peter Sculthorpe (speaker) [ ABC Classics Australian Eloquence / CD - released 30/Jan/1999 ] A delightful selection of works by this renowned Australian composer. |
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JOHANN CHRISTIAN BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach, (J.C.): Piano Concertos Op.13, Nos 4 - 6 & 14 Anthony Halstead (pianoforte) / Hanover Band, Anthony Halstead [ CPO / CD - released 30/Jun/2001 ] Johann Christian Bach (1735 - 1782) was a German composer of the Classical era, the eighteenth child of Johann Sebastian Bach, and the youngest of his eleven sons. |
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JOHANN CHRISTIAN BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach, (J.C.): Piano Concertos Op.13, Nos 1 - 3 Anthony Halstead (pianoforte) / Hanover Band, Anthony Halstead [ CPO / CD - released 30/Jun/1999 ] "These splendid performances from Anthony Halstead directing the Hanover Band from the keyboard are appealingly fluent, full of flair and vitality...His solo playing is very persuasive and the result is delightfully intimate." Penguin Guide |
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ROSSI / FROBERGER / JOHN BULL / BOHM / BACH
Fantastic Musick for the Italian Harpsichord Anthony Jennings (harpsichord) [ Trust / Atoll / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] Great early music exponent in his last harpsichord recordings... |
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VAUGHAN WILLAIMS
The Best of (Incls The Wasps Overture & Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis) Anthony Rolfe-Johnson (tenor) David Greed (violin) / Bournemouth Symphony / English Northern Philharmonia / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / etc [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] One of the leading English composers of his generation, Vaughan Williams went some way towards creating a specifically English musical idiom, influenced by his interest in folk-song yet underpinned by a personal vision and language. |
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JOHN RUTTER / DAVID FANSHAWE / TRADITIONAL / ROBERT BURNS / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Anthony Way: The Choirboy Anthony Way (treble) [ Total Records / CD - released 15/Aug/1995 ] Anthony Way was born in London on 14 December 1982, and was a chorister by the age of eight. He is the 6th child out of 8 siblings. His mother was a housewife. His father worked as an officer at Wormwood Scrubs Prison. |
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HANDEL / MOZART / BRAHMS / BACH / FAURE / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Anthony Way: Wings of a Dove Anthony Way (treble), with Barbara Bonney, Tabitha Watling, Choir of Uppingham School [ Decca / CD - released 15/Aug/2019 ] Anthony Way was born in London on 14 December 1982, and was a chorister by the age of eight. He is the 6th child out of 8 siblings. Wings of a Dove was originally released in 1997. |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Sonata in F Minor / 16 Waltzes Antti Siirala (piano) [ Ondine / CD - released 10/Aug/2004 ] "... naturally pianistic and elegant... real imagination and eloquence... a dream of wonderfully sustained intensity and dynamic murmur... sonorous and boldly alive." - International Piano Quarterly |
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Anu Komsi (soprano), Marzi Nyman (organ)
Duke Ellington: Sacred Concert (LP) [ Alba / LP - released 14/May/2020 ] Duke Ellington wrote the Sacred Concert in the mid-1960's and performed the work with his orchestra and various soloists between 1966 and 1974 at Churches around the USA and Europe. Ellington never wrote a score of Sacred Concerts, and it wasn't... |
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FEDERICO MOMPOU
Volodos plays Mompou Arcadi Volodos (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 20/May/2013 ] BBC Music Magazine Awards 2014 Instrumental Finalist / GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD WINNER 2014 - Instrumental |
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BIZET / RACHMANINOV / LISZT / PROKOFIEV / MOZART / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Piano Transcriptions Arcadi Volodos (piano) [ Sony Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/1997 ] 'Sony's sound is superlative and this delectable recital makes one long for more substantial as well as glittering fare from a pianist who, as his producer puts it, "never loosens the reins of his guiding intellect".' Gramophone |
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J.S. BACH / C.P.E. BACH / J.C. BACH
The Bach Family: Magnificats Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 16/Feb/2018 ] "You would be hard-pressed to find a more illuminating disc than this latest offering from Arcangelo" BBC Music Choral & Song Choice March 2018 |
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GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Carmen (complete opera recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY Arena di Verona / Ekaterina Semenchuk, Irina Lungu, Carlo Ventre, Carlos Álvarez, Francesca Micarelli / Henrik Nánási (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 20/Jul/2017 ] "This is picture-postcard opera … It's traditional, it's colourful." Gramophone |
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CHARLES GOUNOD
Gounod: Romeo et Juliette [Romeo and Juliet] (complete opera recorded in 2011) BLU-RAY Arena di Verona / Nino Machaidze, Ketevan Kemoklidze, Cristina Melis / Fabio Mastrangello (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Apr/2013 ] "[Machaidze] seems to be the Juliette of choice today and this video makes clear why that's the case: lovely singing and a demeanour that manages to be sensual and innocent at once." (International Record Review) |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No 2 in C minor 'Resurrection' Arleen Auger, Janet Baker / City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus & Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle [ EMI Classics Great Recordings of the Century / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/1987 ] 100 Classical Music Recordings You Must Own (ClassicFM) |
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CARL ORFF
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Orff: Carmina Burana Arleen Augar, John van Kesteren, Jonathan Summers / Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra. Riccardo Muti [ EMI Red Line / CD - released 7/Feb/2005 ] *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide. |
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FRANZ LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Liszt: Dante Sonata / Sonata In B minor / Scherzo & March Arnaldo Cohen (piano) [ Piano Classics / CD - released 27/Jun/2011 ] Arnaldo Cohen, one of Brazil s finest pianists, began his international career by winning the 1972 Busoni Competition. This recording of the Liszt Sonata and other works, made in the 1990s, is one the consistently most satisfying recordings ever... |