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R. STRAUSS / VERDI / PUCCINI / BIZET / GERSHWIN / BERLIOZ / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Essential Leontyne Price Leontyne Price (soprano) / New Philharmonia Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Rome Opera Orchestra, with Placido Domingo & Marilyn Horne [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] Born in Laurel, Mississippi, Price attended Central State University and then Juilliard, where she had her operatic debut as Mistress Ford in Verdi's Falstaff. Having heard the performance, Virgil Thomson engaged her in Four Saints in Three Acts. |
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PURCELL / CROFT / BLOW / HUMFREY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Divine Hymns Les Arts Florissants, William Christie [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 27/Oct/2007 ] William Christie's New Recording on Virgin Classics is a Programme of English Sacred Works Drawn Largely from the Two Volumes of Playford's Harmonia Sacra, Or Divine Hymns and Dialogues (1688/1693). The Published Pieces Are Mostly by Purcell and his... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lesley Garrett - Travelling LIght Lesley Garrett (soprano) with Bryn Terfel, Evelyn Glennie, Michael Ball & Michel Legrand [ EMI / BBC / CD - released 17/Mar/2001 ] Travelling Light is a 2001 by British soprano singer Lesley Garrett. It reached 75 on the UK general album chart. In the US it was released in February 2002. |
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FRANZ LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Liszt: Complete Piano Music: Rapsodie Espagnole and other pieces on Spanish themes Leslie Howard, piano [ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition Vol 45 / CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] 'Howard is chef, artist, minstrel and matador in this Spanish spectacle. You will be delighted by the sense of spaciousness and clarity in the recorded sound, and your paella is guaranteed to be more flavoursome with this exotic accompaniment'... |
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FRANZ LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Liszt: Piano Music: An introduction Leslie Howard (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 15/Aug/2001 ] GUINNESS WORLD RECORD for the world's largest recording series by a solo artist. Leslie Howard took 14 years to complete the series, starting in 1985 and releasing the final volume in September 1999.. |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: Symphonies Nos 42, 45 "Farewell", 46, 47, 51 & 65 L'Estro Armonico, Derek Solomons [ Sony / 3 CD Box Set - released 2/Nov/1985 ] "nearly all of these performances stand up well to comparison with a number of period-instrument recordings that succeeded them." Gramophone Magazine |
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SIR ARTHUR BLISS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bliss: A Colour Symphony / The Enchantress / Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Linda Finnie (mezzo-soprano) Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / Ulster Orchestra / Vernon Handley (conductor) [ Chandos Enchant / CD - released 8/Sep/1997 ] 'Chandos's generous compilation is an ideal introduction to his music… the Ulster Orchestra is outstanding and, as ever, Chandos' engineering produces a luxurious sound, highlighting the brilliance and richness of Bliss's orchestration.' - BBC Music |
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FRANK MARTIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Martin: Maria-Triptychon / Sechs Monologue aus Jedermann / Suite from Der Sturm Linda Russell (soprano), David Wilson-Johnson (baritone), Duncan Riddell (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Matthias Bamert [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] Recorded: 26-27 September 1994 |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: 4 Divertimenti Linde Consort, Hans-Martin Linde [ Virgin Veritas / CD - released 20/May/1994 ] Original recordings from 1987 |
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BEDRICH SMETANA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Smetana: String Quartets {with works by Dvorak) Lindsay String Quartet [ ASV / CD - released 30/Jul/2012 ] The Lindsays' interpretation of Smetana's quartets, particularly the first, is known for its intensity and dramatic flair. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: String Quartets Op.130 & Op.133 "Grosse Fuge" The Lindsays [ ASV / CD - released 21/Apr/2003 ] "....a shattering performance...." Five Stars The Independent |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: String Quintet / String Quartet No. 12 "Quartettsatz' The Lindsays, with Douglas Cummings (cello) [ Classic FM / CD - released 1/Jan/2010 ] "The Lindsay version gives the impression that one is eavesdropping on music making in the intimacy of a private concert...very well recorded." Penguin Guide |
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ANDREW IMBRIE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Imbrie: Requiem / Piano Concerto No. 3 Lisa Saffer (soprano) Alan Feinber (piano) / The New York Virtuoso Singers, Riverside Symphony, George Rothman [ Bridge / CD - released 2/Feb/1999 ] 2000 Grammy Nominee: Best Contemporary Composition Fanfare: Critic's Choice, Best of Year |
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FRANZ LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Liszt: Piano works Lise de la Salle (piano) [ Naive / CD - released 1/May/2011 ] "de la Salle gives us a Liszt recital of astonishing strength, poetry and, for one so young, musical maturity." Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine, September 2011 |
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RICHARD ARNELL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Arnell: Chamber Works (Incls 'String Quintet op.60') Locrian Ensemble [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] "The recording is excellent. Here then is another CD to restore to us yet one more generation of British composers which have been recently eclipsed by the avant garde." *** The Penguin Guide |
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JANACEK / HINDEMITH / PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Janacek:Suite for Strings / On An Overgrown Path / Idyll For String Orchestra London Jupiter Orchestra, Gregory Rose [ Chandos / CD - released 26/Feb/1993 ] "The sound quality is impeccable... enjoyable. Recommended." MusicWeb |
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JONANN BAPTIST CRAMER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cramer: Piano Concertos Nos. 2, 7 & 8 London Mozart Players / Howard Shelley (piano/director) [ Chandos / CD - released 4/Oct/2002 ] 'Howard Shelley plays with dazzling brilliance throughout...' The Guardian |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich - Symphonies Nos 2 & 3 (The First of May) / The Age of Gold Suite London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, Bernanrd Haitink [ Decca Records / CD - released 19/Nov/2000 ] "The Decca recording is outstandingly clear and brilliant." *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide. |
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FRANZ LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Liszt: Complete Tone Poems Vol 2 (Includes 'Mephisto Waltz No. 1') London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/1993 ] Original recordings from 1970 - 1972 |
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MODEST MUSSORGSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Gortchakov) (with Prokofiev: 'Classical' Symphony) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Masur [ Teldec Basic Edition / CD - released 16/Aug/2001 ] "Masur conducts an often electrifying performance, while a spritely rendition of Prokofiev's Classical Symphony completes (the) disc." BBC Music |