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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Saint-Saens: Piano Concertos Nos 1-5 / Wedding Cake Valse / Africa Fantaisie Jean-Philippe Collard (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Andre Previn [ EMI Gemini / 2 CD - released 12/Nov/2004 ] Jean-Philippe Collard clearly thoroughly enjoys these concertos and his enthusiasm for them is matched by that of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by André Previn. |
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ERNEST CHAUSSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Chausson: La Légende De Sainte Cécile / La Tempête Jean-Philippe Lafont, François Le Roux (bar.) Marie-Ange Todorovitch (mezzo) Raphäelle Farmann (sop) / Chœur de Radio France, Ensemble Orchestral de P [ EMI Classics / CD - released 10/Feb/1995 ] "Chausson's settings are imaginative and the solo singing by Laurence Dale as Ariel and François Le Roux as Stephano is superb." BBC Music |
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LOEILLET / QUANTZ / FREDERICK THE GREAT / DEVIENNE / NAUDOT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Flute Concertos (Loeillet, Sammartini, Tartini, Quantz, Vivaldi) Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute) / Orchestre Antiqua Musica, Jacques Roussel [ Philips Silver Line Classics / CD - released 26/May/2003 ] A great deal of the material Rampal performed and recorded he also published, supervising sheet music collections in both Europe and the US..he remarked that he had felt it part of his "duty" to expand as much as possible the repertoire for flautists |
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GIOVANNI PACINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pacini Rediscovered Jennifer Larmore (mezzo), Majella Cullagh (soprano), Annick Massis (soprano), Bruce Ford (tenor), Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, David Parry, etc [ Opera Rara / CD - released 30/May/2006 ] Pacini himself claimed to have composed over 100 operas and, although modern estimates would be more conservative (since several of the works he listed were revisions, and some of them more strictly oratorios and cantatas than operas), even the most... |
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GABRIEL FAURE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Faure: The Complete Songs-volume 4 Jennifer Smith, Felicity Lott, Geraldine McGreevy, Jean-Paul Fouchecort, Stephen Varoce / Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Dec/2005 ] "This final volume is the jewel in the series' crown" - Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice Dec 2005 |
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C. P. E. BACH
Bach, (CPE): Flute Concertos Jennifer Stinton (flute), Orchestra St John's Smith Square, John Lubbock [ Collins Classics / CD - released 21/Feb/1993 ] "crisp, responsive orchestral playing, well-chosen tempos and clean, incisive ensemble. I thoroughly enjoyed this playing of some wonderfully inventive music…. helpful background notes" (Gramophone) |
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RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: Siegfried (complete opera recorded in Valencia, 2007) Jennifer Wilson, Lance Ryan, Peter Seiffert, Gerhard Siegel, Juha Uusitalo / Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Zubin Mehta [ C Major DVD / 2 DVD - released 16/Feb/2011 ] "Quite a spectacle, brilliantly sung." The Sunday Times "It looks like a landmark Ring cycle, it is outstanding." BBC Music Magazine |
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RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: Gotterdammerung [Complete opera recorded in Valencia, 2008) Jennifer Wilson, Lance Ryan, Ralf Lukaso / Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Zubin Mehta [ C Major DVD / 2 DVD - released 16/Feb/2011 ] "Quite a spectacle, brilliantly sung." The Sunday Times "It looks like a landmark Ring cycle, it is outstanding." BBC Music Magazine |
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MARAIS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Maris: Pieces de viole Jerome Hantai (bass viol) / Alix Verzier (bass viol) / Pierre Hantai (harpsichord) [ Virgin Veritas / 2 CD - released 22/Sep/2010 ] "This double helping of Marais (majoring on books 2 and 3) keeps things in the family. Pierre Hantaï accompanies brother Jérôme in a persuasive display of musical fraternité, interpretative égalité and fantasy-filled expressive liberté." (BBC Music) |
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GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia [The Barber of Seville] (Complete Opera recorded in 1992) Jerry Hadley, Bruno Praticò, Susanne Mentzer, Thomas Hampson, Samuel Ramey / Orchestra della Toscana, Gianluigi Gelmetti [ EMI Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Dec/1993 ] "..an absolutely complete text (the recent critical edition by Alberto Zedda is used) shorn of the accretions of nearly 200 years, and singers of the calibre of Thomas Hampson and Samuel Ramey." Classical-Music |
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CESAR FRANCK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Franck: Les Beatitudes [with Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder] Jessye Norman, Brigitte Fassbaender, Birit Finnila, Rene Kollo, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Chor Der Französischen Rundfunks, Orchester Des Bayerische R [ Gala / 2 CD Box Set - released 22/Jun/2009 ] The performance, led by conductor Rafael Kubelík with Bavarian forces, is considered excellent for its sheer drama and musicality. The oratorio itself is noted as a serious, monumental, and beautiful late-romantic piece, though quite long. |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Lieder Jessye Norman (soprano) Daniel Barenboim (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 29/Apr/1983 ] "Jessye Norman, full and golden of tone, consistently reveals how her art has developed, in most ways matching even the imagination of Fischer-Dieskau. Not the least important elemant is the playing of Barenboim." Penguin Guide |
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IGOR STRAVINSKY / ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex / Schoenberg: Erwartung - Brettl-Lieder Jessye Norman (soprano) Peter Schreier (tenor) Bryn Terfel (baritone) Shinyukai Male Choir / Saito Kinen Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa / James Levine [ Philips Duo Jessye Norman Collection / 2 CD - released 18/Nov/2005 ] Jessye Norman heads the cast in this much-acclaimed recording of Stavinsky's opera Oedipus Rex. Her imperious and impassioned Jocasta is a wonderful interpretation. The cast also includes Peter Schreier as the eponymous hero and a young Bryn Terfel... |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Lieder Jessye Norman (soprano) with Philip Moll (piano) [ Philips Classics / CD - released 10/Nov/1984 ] "Ganymed..is..one of the most rewarding performances on the record, sung with conviction and, throughout, with long-breathed phrasing." (Gramophone) |
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JACQUES OFFENBACH / RICHARD WAGNER / HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Jessye Norman - Diva Jessye Norman, with Neil Shicoff (tenor) Ann Murray (mezzo), various orchestras [ EMI Classics / CD - released 18/Aug/2000 ] "The sense of a theatrical event is palpable all the way through...The recording, made in the Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, is very well balanced, clean spacious." (Gramophone) |
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GEORGE GERSHWIN / AARON COPLAND / SAMUEL BARBER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE - Gershwin / Copland / Barber Jill Gormez (soprano) Wayne Marshall (piano) / City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 7/Aug/2003 ] Recording: Henry Wood Hall, London; February/ March 1988, November 1988 ( Adagio) . |
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PUCCINI / OFFENBACH / MASSENET / CILEA / VERDI / CATALANI / DVORAK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Joan Hammond - A celebration Dame Joan Hammond (soprano) [ Testament / CD - released 2/Feb/1992 ] "She was the first singer who, heard 'in the flesh', gave me the kind of thrill I associated with the great singers on records: and that statement, I'm sure, is one which thousands of my contemporaries could make too" Gramophone |
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LEO DELIBES
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Delibes: Lakme (Complete opera recorded in 1968 with libretto) Joan Sutherland, Alain Vanzo, Gabriel Bacquier / Orchestra and chorus of Monte Carlo National Opera, Richard Bonynge [ Decca / 2 CD Box Set - released 12/May/1989 ] "(Joan's) "Bell Song" is treasurable, with an ease of execution which is almost frightening and a sinuousness which reeks of oriental mystery. Bacquier's Nilakantha is magnificent." MusicWeb |
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PUCCINI / VERDI / MASCAGNI / DELIBES / ROSSINI / HUMPERDINCK / MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Opera Duets Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Mario del Monaco, Mirella Freni. Lucia Popp, Marilyn Horne, Christa Ludwig, Franco Corelli [ Decca Opera Gala / CD - released 5/Apr/1998 ] Decca's recorded legacy is dominated by the huge number of complete opera recordings and vocal recitals. These extracts are taken from complete recordings. |
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VERDI / BELLINI / PUCCINI / PONCHIELLI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Live From The Lincoln Centre Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, Luciano Pavarotti / NYC Opera Orchestra / Richard Bonynge [ Decca / London / CD - released 30/Jun/1987 ] Three of operas greatest stars came together under the baton of Richard Bonynge for this sensational concert which took place in New York's Avery Fisher Hall in March 1981 and which first appeared as a 2-LP set later that year. |