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PUCCINI / PONCHIELLI / VERDI / CILEA / MEYERBEER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Carlo Bergonzi Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) with Fernando Corena, Libero Arbace & Sylvia Stahlman [ Decca Grandi Voci / CD - released 14/Aug/1994 ] One of the century's defining operatic tenors, Carlo Bergonzi, died after a short illness on 26th July at the age of 90. Celebrated for his interpretations of the great Verdi roles in particular. |
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GIUSEPPE MARTUCCI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Martucci: La canzone dei ricordi [Song of Memories] / Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Carlo Bruno (piano) Mirella Freni (soprano) / Orchestra Filarmonica Della Scala, Riccardo Muti [ Sony / CD - released 1/Feb/1996 ] "It's a forcefully dramatic reading: Muti coaxes some searing solo playing from his La Scala orchestra: the dark clarinets of 'Fior di ginestra', faintly echoed at the close, are superbly savage. The drawback (some will love it) is that more... |
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ELGAR / PARRY / WESLEY / COCKER / WHITLOCK / LEMARE / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Carlo Curley - Organ Imperial Carlo Curley (organ of teh Church of St Mary redcliffe, Bristol)) [ Decca Argo / CD - released 16/Dec/2006 ] Carlo Curley was the resident organist at the Alexandra Palace in the 1970s and was the first classical organist to perform a solo organ recital at the White House for President Jimmy Carter. He also played before several European heads of state and... |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss, (R.): Der Rosenkavalier (the complete opera recorded in 1994) Felicity Lott, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Barbara Bonney, Kurt Moll / Carlos Kleiber (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 16/Aug/2004 ] "Lightly Handled, well-played Strauss. Strongly recommended." -Gramophone June 2001 |
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NICHOLAS MAW
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Maw: La Vita Nuova, Ghost Dances, Roman Canticle Carmen Pelton (soprano) William Sharp (baritone) / 20th Century Consort, Christpher Kendall [ ASV / CD - released 24/May/1999 ] Born in 1935 in Grantham, Nicholas Maw studied at the Royal Academy of Music from 1955 to 1958 with Lennox Berkeley and Paul Steinitz, and in Paris with Nadia Boulanger and Max Deutsch. |
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: La Fanciulla del West (Complete opera with libretto) Carol Neblett, Placido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes / Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Zubin Mehta [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD Box Set - released 16/Mar/2004 ] "..this DG set of La fanciulla del West remains among the most successful of Zubin Mehta's opera recordings, taking the Gramophone Record of the Year award in 1978." Gramophone |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Op. 57 'Appassionata' & Piano Sonata Op. 111 Carol Rosenberger (Bosendorfer Imperial Concert Grand) [ Delos Digital Master Series / CD - released 2/Feb/1981 ] We used two omni B&K condenser microphones, capsule #4134, and B&K pre-amplifier 2319S. The specially constructed low noise, low distortion power supply and line driver amplifiers were designed and built by John Meyer of Meyer.Sound Laboratories. |
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KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Szymanowski: Masques / Etudes / Mazurkas Carol Rosenberger (piano) [ Delos / CD - released 9/Mar/2018 ] Recorded: Los Angeles CA, 1973 |
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HOWARD HANSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Hanson: Symphonies Nos 5 & 7 / Piano Concerto In G Major, Op. 36 Carol Rosenberger (piano) / Seattle Symphony Orchestra & Chorale, Gerard Schwarz [ DELOS / CD - released 11/Oct/1992 ] The Seattle Symphony and piano soloist Carol Rosenberger play music by Howard Hanson. |
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HOWARD HANSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Hanson: Symphonies Nos 3 & 6 / Fantasy variations on a theme of Youth Carol Rosenberger (piano) / Seattle Symphony Orchestra, New York Chamber Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz [ DELOS / CD - released 11/Oct/1990 ] Hanson created another reflective tribute to a previous generation in his 1951 Fantasy Variations on a Theme of Youth. The work, written for piano and string orchestra, commemorated the 100th anniversary of the founding of Northwestern University,... |
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JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rameau: Regne Amour (Love songs from the operas) Carolyn Sampson (soprano) / Ex Cathedra / Jeffrey Skidmore, conductor [ Hyperion / CD - released 7/Jun/2004 ] 'This wonderful music will always need special vocal advocacy and there can be few outside France as equipped as Carolyn Sampson' (Gramophone) |
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LIONEL MONCKTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Songs from the shows (Incls 'The Arcadians', 'The Toreador' & 'The Quaker Girl') Catherine Bott (soprano) Richard Suart (baritone) / New London Orchestra / Ronald Corp [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] 'Both Bott and Suart demonstrate a natural aptitude for the material. Ronald Corp conducts the New London Orchestra and Light Opera Chorus with obvious affection. Listening to this CD made me feel ridiculously happy' (Gramophone) |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schumann: Carnaval / Papillons / Toccata Cecile Licad (piano) [ Sony Classics / CD - released 29/Apr/1990 ] Recorded at Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1989. |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Debussy: Images, Suite Bergamasque, 2 Arabesques, L''Isle joyeuse, Pour le piano Cecile Ousset (piano) [ EMI Classics Red Line / CD - released 30/Sep/1989 ] "Cecile Ousset is an arrestingly ebullient artist...who leaves her own distinctive stamp on everything she plays" Gramophone |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV / FRANCIS POULENC
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokofiev/Poulenc: Piano Concertos Cecile Ousset (piano) / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Rudolf Barshai [ EMI Classics / CD - released 20/Jul/1987 ] Japanese pressing |
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CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gluck: Italian Arias Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) / Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin [ Decca / CD - released 10/Aug/2010 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER 2002 - Recital |
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AGOSTINO STEFFANI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Steffani: Mission (Blu-ray) Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) / I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis, with Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor) [ Decca Classics Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 6/Dec/2012 ] "Bartoli's programming instincts are immaculate in terms of musical and emotional variety; she is compelling in pearly arioso and slow numbers, less so in bravura ones." Sunday Times, 14th October 2012 |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: Il Barbiere Di Siviglia [The Barber of Seville] (Highlights) Cecilia Bartoli, Leo Nucci, William Matteuzzi, Enrico Fissore / Orchestra e coro del Teatro Communale di Bologna, Giuseppe Patané [ Decca / CD - released 20/Jul/1993 ] "A young Cecilia Bartoli leads a near-perfect ensemble from 1988, with Leo Nucci as a knowing Figaro and William Matteuzzi an always lovelorn Almaviva." (BBC Music) |
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ROSSINI / SCHUBERT / MOZART & OTHERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cecilia Bartoli - A Portrait Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo) / various orchestras & pianists [ Decca / - released 19/Apr/1995 ] Other performers featured include Lesley Schatzberger (basset clarinet), András Schiff (piano), and, Charles Spencer (piano) |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart Portraits: Operatic Arias Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) / Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Gyorgy Fischer [ Decca Originals / CD - released 11/Apr/1994 ] "... Bartoli's very Italian characteristics are immediately identifiable: brilliance of execution, vitality of words, sharpness ... Fischer accompanies his soloist with energy and tact." Gramophone |