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MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ravel: Piano Concerti (with Debussy: Fantaisie pour piano & orchestre François-René Duchâble (piano) / Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, MIchel Plasson [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/May/1996 ] "Duchâble's recordings are considered a "splendid collaboration" with the conductor." Gramophone |
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IGOR STRAVINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex - Opera/Oratorio in two acts after Sophocles Franz Grundheber, Gabriele Schnaut, Gunter von Kannen, Peter Svensson / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/1993 ] Originally recorded June 1993 |
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CARL ORFF
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Orff: Carmina Burana Barbara Hendricks (sop) Jeffrey Black (baritone) Michael Chance (countertenor) / London Philharmonic Chorus & Orchestra, Franz Welser-Most [ EMIClassics / CD - released 10/Sep/1990 ] No other 20th century work delights music-lovers as much as Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana". The opening number, "Oh Fortuna", is a huge classical hit in its own right. |
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MOZART / ROSSINi / THOMAS / SCHUMANN / CHAUSSON / BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: A Portrait of Frederica von Stade Frederica Von Stade (soprano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Antonio De Almeida [ MK39315 / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] Described by the New York Times as "one of America's finest artists and singers," Frederica von Stade continues to be extolled as one of the music world's most beloved figures. |
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PIETRO MASCAGNI / RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana (complete operas with libretto) Mirella Freni, Julia Varady, Ingvar Wixwwll, Luciano Pavarotti / National Philharmonic, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Giuseppe Patane [ Decca / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Jan/2010 ] Leoncavallo was a little-known composer when Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana premiered around 1890. After seeing Mascagni's success, Leoncavallo decided to write an opera in response: one act composed in the verismo style. |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach, (J.S.): Alio Modo (keyboard works transcribed for viols) Fretwork [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 25/Dec/2005 ] "Fretwork play with a gorgeous simplicity of expression and deep musicality." - The Independent, UK |
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MOZART / FLOTOW / WAGNER / CORNELIUS / J. STRAUSS II / KALMAN / LEHAR / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Fritz Wunderlich: The Very Best Of Fritz Wunderlich (tenor) with various orchestras & conductors [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Oct/2003 ] "I urge every lover of the tenor to buy this set...one of the most beautiful, natural, refined and unforced tenor voices we have ever heard." (MusicWeb) |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Symphony No 9 'Choral' Gabriela Benackova, Marjana Lipovsek, Gosta Winbergh, Hermann Prey / Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon Entree / CD - released 15/Jan/2005 ] "This is, I think, one of the great Ninths on record. It will be particularly welcomed, I would say, by anyone who feels that Beethoven is excessively preachy in this symphony. Maybe they will find Abbado's vision one they can share." MusicWeb 2006 |
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CRISTOBAL de MORALES / ALONSO LOBO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Morales: Requiem for Philip II Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / CD - released 1/Aug/1998 ] Recorded At - Brinkburn Priory, Northumberland |
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LEOS JANACEK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Janacek: String Quartets Nos 1 & 2 [with Smetana - String QuartetNo. 1] Gabrieli String Quartet [ Decca / CD - released 1/Nov/1991 ] "They have authority and imagination and they are as faithful to the score as I can judge … I admire the way they succeed in sustaining magic without inflating the rhetoric and over-emphasizing the bizarre." Gramophone |
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GAETANO DONIZETTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Donizetti: Pia De' Tolomei (Highlights) Jolanda Meneguzzer, Franco Pagliazzi, Giuseppe Baratti, Rodolfo Malacarne / Coro E Orchestra Della Radiotelevisione Della Svizzera Italiana, Bruno Rig [ Nuova Era / CD - released 20/Mar/2009 ] Origianl recording made in Fenruary 1968 |
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FERDINAND RIES
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ries: Cello Sonatas Gaetona Nasillo (cello) Allessandro Commellato (fortepiano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 22/Feb/2016 ] Best known now as a young friend and ever-patient amanuensis to the increasingly cantankerous Beethoven, Ferdinand Ries was himself the most talented member in a distinguished family of musicians. |
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MODEST MUSSORGSKY / NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / RYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Galina Vishnevskaya - Songs and Dances of Death / Songs & Opera arias by Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov (Recorded 1 Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano) / London Philharmonic orchestra. Mistislav Rostropovich [ EMI Great Recordings of the Century / CD - released 20/Dec/2003 ] "In this, the first ever recording of the Songs and Dances of Death in Shostakovich's orchestration, Vishnevskaya's art is quite exceptionally imaginative and magnetic." (Gramophone) |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Octet Gaudier Ensemble [ ASV / CD - released 27/Feb/1990 ] First Choice - BBC 'Building a Library' |
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ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Korngold: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-3 Geoffrey Tozer (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Sep/1995 ] Originally recorded in 1994 |
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SIR JOHN BLACKWOOD McEWEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: McEwen: Three Preludes, Sonata in E minor, Four Sketches, etc Geoffrey Tozer (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 19/Jun/2001 ] 'But the chief quality of McEwen's piano music is a sense of international flavour... It would all be for naught but for the always scintillating playing of Tozer...' - Fanfare |
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GILBERT & SULLIVAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gilbert & Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance (with Overtures) George Baker, John Cameron, Owen Brannigan / Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Sir Malcolm Sargent [ EMI Classics for Pleasure / 2 CD Box Set - released 19/May/2008 ] "From the beginning of the Overture you sense a high spirited exceptional recording. George Baker is in his element as the Major-General and Monica Sinclair is a lovable Ruth." (Mel) |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schumann: Complete Schumann Edition: Vol 6 Geraldine McGreevy (soprano) Stella Doufexis (alto) Adrian Thompson (tenor) [ Hyperion Schumann Edition Vol 6 / CD - released 26/Feb/2002 ] "Another winner in this profoundly satisfying series from Graham Johnson ." - Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (April 2002) |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: 6 suites for viola solo. Gerard Causse (bratch), Laurent Terzieff (Reader). [ Virgin / 2 CD - released 11/Feb/2013 ] "expressive (and) touching in the slower, more involved movements" MusicWeb. |
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RAVEL / BASSANI / SCARLATTI / POULENC / LEGUERNEY / PURCELL / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gérard Souzay - BAM and Early Decca Recordings [1947 - 1951] Gerard Souzay [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 10/May/1999 ] Gérard Souzay's public appearances began in 1945 with recitals and concerts, including a performance of Fauré's Requiem in a centenary tribute to the composer at the Royal Albert Hall in London. He rapidly established an international career as a... |