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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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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Che Puro Ciel - The Rise of Classical Opera Bejun Mehta (counter-tenor) / Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 29/Dec/2013 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD NOMINATION 2014 |
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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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JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: String Quartet No 1 / String Quintet No 2 Belcea Quartet, with Thomas Kakuska, viola [ EMI Encore / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "The highly praised Belcea turn to Brahms and their standards are as high as ever" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine (April 2004) |
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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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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune / La Mer / Nocturnes / etc Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Rahbari, with Jan van Reeth (flute) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/1993 ] "Rahbari is a sensitive and perceptive Debussian." Gramophone |
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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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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS / CESAR FRANCK / MAURICE RAVEL
Saint-Saens / Franck / Ravel: French Impressions Joshua Bell (violin) Jeremy Denk (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 20/Mar/2017 ] a spirited, varied, sensitively imagined recital. [The artists] are on equal terms artistically, responding to one another with spontaneity and unanimity in the interpretation of nuances that give their playing a sense that they are inside the music" |
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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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Ben Howard
Collections From the Whiteout (3 Sided LP Set) [ Island Records / 2 LP - released 26/Mar/2021 ] Ben Howard returns with his fourth album, Collections From The Whiteout. Produced alongside Aaron Dessner (The National, Sharon Van Etten, Taylor Swift), this album is the first time Ben has opened the door to production outside of he and his... |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: St Matthew Passion BWV 244 (complete oratorio recorded in 2017) Benedikt Kristjánsson, Krešimir Stražanac, Gerlinde Sämann, Isabel Jantschek, Benno Schachtner, Paul Schweinester / Gaechinger Cantorey, Hans-Christop [ Accentus DVD / 2 DVD - released 25/Feb/2018 ] "The vocal soloists are all excellent, fairly extrovert whether in a mode of declamation or confession; Benno Schachtner's alto and Benedikt Kristjánsson's Evangelist are most vividly drawn and sung...Powerful musical values underpin the enterprise." |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C minor 'Resurrection' Benita Valente (soprano) & Maureen Forrester (contralto) / London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Ardwyn Singers, BBC Welsh Chorus, Gilbert Kaplan [ Conifer The Kaplan Mahler Edition / 2 CD - released 20/Oct/1998 ] Gilbert Kaplan is a man with a mania and the means to indulge it. A wealthy publisher, he became obsessed with Gustav Mahler's Second Symphony, learned to conduct it, hired an orchestra and choruses, and did a quite respectable job with it. |
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FRANZ LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Benjamin Grosvenor: Liszt Benjamin Grosvenor (piano) [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 19/Feb/2021 ] GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Piano |
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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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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) |