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ANDRZEJ PANUFNIK / ROZANNA PANUFNIK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Messages: Chamber Music for Strings Brodsky Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Dec/2014 ] 2014 marks the centenary of Polish-British composer Andrzej Panufnik. Here the Brodsky Quartet joins in this year of reminiscence and celebration with Messages, a recording of works both by Andrzej and his daughter Roxanna Panufnik. |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: La Cetra - 12 concerti, Op. 9 / Concerto in D minor for Two Oboes, RV 535 / etc Iona Brown, Neil Black, Celia Nicklin / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2014 ] Penguin Guide Rosette Winner |
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PAUL GILSON / AUGUST de BOECK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: De Boeck: Symphony In G / Gilson: De Zee BRTN Philharmonic Orchestra Brussels, Karl-Anton Rickenbacher [ Discover / CD - released 10/Feb/1993 ] "It's not easy to find Paul Gilson's music. However, the search is worth it. His music is terrific in its color, rhythms and tonal beauty." Review |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, Op.15 / Variations & Fugue on the Theme by Handel, Op.24 Bruno Leonardo Gelber (piano) / Manchen Philharmoniker, Franz-Paul Decker [ EMI Encore / CD - released 30/Sep/2005 ] Brahms' first piano concerto is the crowning accomplishment of his early years. Its only close rivals are the Serenade in D, Op. 11 and the B major trio, Op. 8. |
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TRADITIONAL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bryn Terfel - At His Very Best [2 CD set] Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) with Rhys Meirion & various choirs [ Metro / 2 CD - released 13/Sep/2010 ] Here are 2CDs from the celebrated Welsh opera and concert singer Bryn Terfel. At His Very Best takes in recordings from his recent duet album with tenor Rhys Meirion, two of Bryn's earlier albums and a recording of a newly commissioned work performed... |
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WAGNER / BERNSTEIN / MOZART / VERDI / TRADITIONAL / etc
Bryn Terfel - Live in Concert - Songs and Arias Bryn Terfel (baritone) / Radio Filharmonisch Orkest Holland, Edo de Waart [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 1/Jun/2002 ] "An undemanding popular concert with something for everybody - splendidly performed and brilliantly recorded. Recommended." MusicWeb |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Opera and Oratorio Arias (Judas Maccabaeus, Dettingen Te Deum, Serse +) Bryn Terfel (baritone) / Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 19/Jun/2000 ] "The singing here incorporates a good deal of embellishment, some of it of Sir Charles Mackerras's devising. He is an excellent conductor for Terfel, sharing with him an appreciation of the zest in Handel." Gramophone |
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GERALD FINZI
MARBECKS COLLACTABLE: Gerald Finzi Bryn Terfel, Philip Langridge, Donald Sweeney, Benjamin Luxon Choir of Winchester Cathedral, Bournemouth Symphony, London Symphony, Richard Hickox, et [ Decca British Music Collection / 2 CD - released 10/Jul/2001 ] "Philip Langridge … very good in Dies Natalis … is a most intelligent singer… Langridge and Richard Hickox have an excellent rapport that carries the music along most convincingly" Gramophone |
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Burl Ives
The Legendary Burl Ives [3 CD set] [ Reader's Digest / 3 CD Box Set - released 16/Apr/1997 ] Burl Ives began his career as an itinerant singer and guitarist, eventually launching his own radio show, The Wayfaring Stranger, which popularized traditional folk songs. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: The Late String Quartets Busch Quartet [ EMI Great Recordings of the Century / 3 CD Box Set - released 4/Mar/2008 ] "Performances that are superb and reveal insights on a level rarely encountered" (MusicWeb April 2008) |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Music From The Films 'Zoya' and 'The Young Guard' Byelorussian Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra, Walter Mnatsakanov [ Russian Compact Disc / CD - released 1/Jan/1996 ] Rare recordings of these Shostakovich Russian film scores. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
O Praise the Lord of Heaven: Music of rejoicing and reflection The Cambridge Singers & City of London Sinfonia, John Rutter [ Collegium / CD - released 20/Mar/2014 ] |
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JOHN RUTTER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rutter: Requiem / I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes The Cambridge Singers, The City of London Sinfonia, John Rutter [ Collegium / CD - released 1/Jan/2004 ] John Rutter was born in London in 1945 and received his first musical education as a chorister at Highgate School. He went on to study music at Clare College, Cambridge, where he wrote his first published compositions and conducted his first... |
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FRANZ SCHREKER
Schreker - Chamber Symphony [plus Schubert/Mahler: Der Tod und das Madchen] Camerata Academica Salzburg, Franz Welser-Möst [ EMI Classics / CD - released 20/May/1996 ] The multi-coloured orchestral world of Franz Schreker, with its flavour of French impressionism, is especially rich in the Chamber Symphony |
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BACH / GNATTALI / FERREIRA / PIXINGUINHA / VILLA-LOBOS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach In Brazil - Baroque meets Bossa Nova & Samba Camerata Brasil, Henrique Cazes [ Warner Classics / CD - released 2/Sep/2015 ] Bach with Brazilian flair: In his famous Bachianas Brasileiras, Brazil's greatest composer and ardent Bach admirer Heitor Villa-Lobos fused elements of the European Baroque with the sensual rhythms of Brazilian folk music. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Symphonies [5 CD plus Blu-ray Audio plus Book] Camilla Nylund, Gerhild Romberger, Klaus Florian Vogt, Georg Zeppenfeld / Wiener Philharmoniker [Vienna Philharmonia], Andris Nelsons [ Deutsche Grammophon / 6 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 18/Oct/2019 ] The Nelsons Beethoven cycle is presented in a specially commissioned deluxe box featuring the nine works on five CDs and a single Blu-ray Audio disc in TrueHD sound quality. |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No 4 (with bonus disc) Camilla Tilling (soprano) Philharmonia Orchestra. Benjamin Zander [ Telarc Records / 2 CD - released 10/Sep/2001 ] Benjamin Zander continues to garner extraordinary worldwide acclaim for his series of Mahler symphonies, with insightful bonus discussion discs, on Telarc. Now he makes his third exciting Mahler recording joined by ethereal soprano Camilla Tilling in... |
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FAURE / WALFORD DAVIES / WALTON / TIPPETT / PURCELL / GIBBONS / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Canterbury Tradition Choir Of Canterbury Cathedral, David Flood, with Michael Harris (organ) [ York Ambisonic / CD - released 2/Feb/2013 ] David Flood was the organist and master of the cathedral choristers at Canterbury Cathedral, a position he held for 32 years from 1988 to 2020. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists. |
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ROBERT FAYRFAX
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Fayrfax: Missa O Quam Glorifica The Cardinall's Musick, Andrew Carwood [ ASV Gaudeamus / CD - released 1/Feb/1996 ] 1995 Gramophone Award Winner |
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RUGGIERO LEONCAVALLO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Leoncavallo: Pagliacci (Complete opera with libretto) Carlo Bergonzi, Joan Carlyle, Giuseppe Taddei, Ugo Benelli / Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala. Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / CD - released 12/Oct/2004 ] "..long-breathed, expansible tempi and the minimum of exaggeration. Karajan's choice of soloists was clearly aimed to help that...rarely if ever on record has the La Scala Orchestra played with such beautiful feeling for tone-colour." - Penguin Guide |