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BERTHOLD GOLDSCHMIDT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE - Goldschmidt: Orchestral Works [Incls Cello Concerto] David Geringas (cello) / Magdeburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Mathias Husmann [ CPO / CD - released 7/Mar/1995 ] Recorded: 12-14 September 1994 Recording Venue: Theater am Jerichower Platz, Mgdeburg, Germany |
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JERRY BOCK / SHELDON HARNICK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bock: Tenderloin - A Musical Comedy David Ogden Stiers & Debbie Gravitte / 2000 Original Cast Recording [ DRG Theater / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] Tenderloin is a musical with a book by George Abbott and Jerome Weidman, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and music by Jerry Bock, their follow-up to the highly successful Pulitzer Prize-winning Fiorello! a year earlier. |
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PAUL HINDEMITH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Hindemith: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra / Symphonic Metamorphoses on themes of Carl Maria von Weber / Mathis Der Maler David Oistrakh (violin) London Symphony Orchestra / Paul Hindemith, Claudio Abbado, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Paul Kletzki [ Decca Eloquence / CD - released 13/Jan/2003 ] Classic recordings now available at a budget price |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Secular Choruses The Moscow Academy of Choral Singing, Victor Popov [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] In the field of choral music Tchaikovsky is known as the first Russian composer to have composed cycles of the Liturgy and the Vespers, but his considerable output of secular choral music is less well-known, and a delightful surprise. |
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CONSTANT LAMBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lambert: Piano Concerto / Merchant Seamen Suite / etc David Owen Norris (piano) / BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth [ ASV / CD - released 12/Aug/1999 ] "More gaps in the Lambert discography are enterprisingly plugged by these sensitive and shapely performances, which display most agreeable dash and commitment." Gramophone |
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ARNOLD BAX
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bax: Piano Quintet in G Minor & String Quartet No. 2 David Owen Norris (piano), Mistry String Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Sep/2013 ] Recorded: 29 March 1990 |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Clarinet Concerto / Clarinet Quintet (original versions) David Shifrin (clarinet) / Mostly Mozart Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz [ Delos / CD - released 3/Sep/1987 ] Mozart's original versions - played on an extended range clarinet |
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MESSIAEN / DEBUSSY / GOLIJOV / FAURE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Voices Of Light Dawn Upshaw (soprano) with Gilbert Kalish (piano) [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 23/Aug/2004 ] "A typically adventurous exploration of purity and sensuality in French song." Recording of the Month - Gramophone Magazine (Feb 2005) ***** Five Stars (Pick of the Month) BBC Music Magazine (Feb 05) |
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HANDEL / CARULLI / KRANTZ / GIULIANI / DEBUSSY / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Summer Music Deborah Carter (flute) Allen Krantz (guitar) [ Direct-To-Tape Recording Company / CD - released 2/Feb/1995 ] "Summer Music" is a flute and guitar recital spanning three centuries of music performed by flutist Deborah Carter and composer/guitarist Allen Krantz. |
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BALFE / WALLACE / SULLIVAN / FARADAY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Power of Love - British Opera Arias Deborah Riedel (soprano) / Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra / Richard Bonynge [ Melba Recordings SACD / CD - released 20/Aug/2000 ] A beautiful recording of neglected British Opera arias... "Obviously this album is a work of great love and every attempt has been to do it right." |
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ALEXANDER von ZEMLINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Zemlinsky: Lyric Symphony Op. 18 Deborah Voigt (soprano), Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) Wiener Philharmoniker, Giuseppe Sinopoli [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 22/May/2011 ] The 1924 premiere of the Lyric Symphony was conducted by Zemlinsky in Prague a year after its completion and is now generally accepted to be one of his most successful and satisfying works. |
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ANTONIO VIVALDi
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: Sacred Music Vol 2 Deborah York, Catherine Denley, James Bowman / Kings Consort, Robert King [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jan/1997 ] 'Utterly beguiling pieces of music, impossible to dislike and easy to be beguiled by' (Gramophone) |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: Gloria (RV589) / Magnificat (RV611) / Concerti Deborah York, Patrizia Biccire, Sara Mingardo / Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrin [ Naive Opus111 / CD - released 20/Nov/2001 ] "Mingardo's singing instantly grabs the heart of the listener... Rinaldo Alessandrini supervises with erudition and insight." Gramophone Magazine |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Mass in A flat D.678 / Nymnus an den Heiligen Geist D.948 / etc Deborah York, Sally Bruce Payne, Neill Archer / Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, John Eliot Gardin [ Philips / CD - released 18/Mar/1999 ] Recorded 1997 at the Megaron-Athens Concert Hall, Greece |
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RICHARD STRAUSS / GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: R. Strauss: String Quartet / Verdi: String Quartet in E minor The Delme Quartet [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 22/Jan/2004 ] 'An eminently recommendable issue' (Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) |
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ROBERT SIMPSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Simpson: String Quartet No 9 (32 variations and fugue on a theme of Haydn) Delme String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Feb/1986 ] 'When it comes to recordings of British string quartets there've been few more impressive achievements than Hyperion's Robert Simpson cycle' (BBC Record Review) |
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ROBERT SIMPSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Simpson: String Quartet No 2 & No 5 Delme String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD ] 'When it comes to recordings of British string quartets there've been few more impressive achievements than Hyperion's Robert Simpson cycle' (BBC Record Review) |
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ROSS EDWARDS / MALCOLM WILLIAMSON / PETER SCULTHORPE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Australian Piano Concertos Dennis Hennning, Malcolm Williamson, Simon Campion, Anthony Fogg (piano) / Various Orchestras [ ABC Classics Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/May/2000 ] "Is there such a thing as an Australian Piano Concerto?, asks Dennis Hennig, one of the pianists featured in this anthology. Here are three attempts to provide an answer. In his three-movement concerto, Ross Edwards (born 1943) casts a sweet lyricism... |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust, [The Damnation of Faust] Op. 24 Denés Gulyás, Maria Ewing, Robert Lloyd / Radio-Sinfonie Orchester Frankfurt, Kölner Rundfunkchor, Südfunk-Chor Stuttgart, Eliahu Inbal [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 2 CD - released 10/Dec/2012 ] 'Inbal has a fine ear for Berlioz's orchestration, matched by sensitive recording, so that time and again details spring into dramatic life…a distinctive and intelligent performance… No lover of the work should miss hearing it.' Gramophone, July 1991 |
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BIZET / PURCELL / MASSENET / PONCHIELLI / DONIZETTI / BARBER / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Denyce Graves - Vove di Donna Denyce Graves (mezzo-soprano) / Munchner Rundfunkorchester, Maurizio Barbacini [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 28/Feb/1999 ] "Graves' Carmen and Dalila are cookie-cutter seductive and willful and absolutely interchangeable. The little aria for Gioconda's mother is as well sung as Santuzza's "Voi lo sapete", and the same may be said for Samuel Barber's Vanessa" |