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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: James Galway plays Mozart James Galway (flute) / The Chamber Orchestra of Europe, with Marisa Robles (harp) [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 20/May/1993 ] The Man With the Golden Flute, Sir James Galway, is featured in these classic recordings, with harpist Marisa Robles. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Serenade Op 25 / Sonata in B flat / Serenade Op 8 James Galway (flute) with Joseph Swensen (violin) Paul Newbauer (viola) Phillip Moll (piano) (piano) [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 25/May/1990 ] The living legend of the flute, Sir James Galway, is widely considered the supreme interpreter of classical flute repertoire and a consummate entertainer whose appeal transcends musical boundaries. His virtuosity on the flute is equalled only by his... |
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JOSEPH JOACHIM QUANTZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: James Galway: Quantz James Galway (flute) with Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn, Jörg Faerber [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 25/May/1991 ] The living legend of the flute, Sir James Galway, is widely considered the supreme interpreter of classical flute repertoire and a consummate entertainer whose appeal transcends musical boundaries. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS / IRISH TRADIONAL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Golden Flute Of James Galway James Galway,(flute) with guests, including The Chieftans, and various orchestras & performers [ Readers Digest licensed from Rca / 3 CD Box Set - released 4/Nov/2002 ] In addition to his performances of the standard classical repertoire, he features contemporary music in his programmes...The album James Galway and The Chieftains in Ireland reached number 32 in the UK Albums Chart in 1987 (Wiki) |
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ANTON EBERL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ebert: Piano Concerto / Piano Sonata James McChesney (piano) / Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Kemper [ Koch Schwann / CD - released 16/Nov/1994 ] "These are technically quite competent works whose temperament straddles both classical and romantic styles, but there probably won't be a rush to an Eberl revival anytime soon. " ClassicsToday |
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SIR MALCOLM ARNOLD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Arnold: Wind Concertos Jane Hilton (clarinet) Gordon Hunt (oboe) Richard Adeney (flute) Alan Civil (horn) John Wallace (trumpet) / Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Norman Del Mar [ EMI Classics / CD - released 2/Oct/1989 ] Sir Malcolm Henry Arnold CBE was an English composer and conductor. His works feature music in many genres, including a cycle of nine symphonies, numerous concertos, concert works, chamber music, choral music and music for brass band and wind band.... |
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LLOYD WEBBER / GUILMANT / SUMSION / MATHIAS / BUCK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Australasian Organs Vol. VI Jane Watts (the organ of Wellington Cathedral) [ Priory / CD - released 2/Feb/2002 ] Recorded in Wellington Cathedral, New Zealand, on 18/19 April 2001. |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Kindertotenlieder / Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen / etc Janet Baker (mezzo) / Halle & New Philharmonia Orchestras / Sir John Barbirolli [ EMI Great Recordings of the Century / CD - released 27/Aug/1999 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "The spontaneous feeling of soloist and conductor of this music comes over as in a live performance and brings out the tenderness to a unique degree. An indispensable CD." Penguin |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Das Lied von der Ende / Kindertotenlieder / Des Knaben Wunderhorn Janet Baker, James King, Hermann Prey / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Bernard Haitink [ Philips Duo / 2 CD Box Set - released 30/Sep/2007 ] "The combination of this most deeply committed of Mahler singers with Haitink, the most thoughtfully dedicated of Mahler conductors, produces radiantly beautiful and moving results, helped by refined and atmospheric recording." 3 Stars Penguin. |
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MENDELSSOHN / SCHUMANN / LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn / Schumann / Liszt - Lieder Janet Baker (mezzo) Geoffrey Parsons, Daniel Barenboim (pianos) [ EMI Double Forte / 2 CD - released 16/Jun/2001 ] The best of Romantic Leider with Dame Janet at a special price |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS / FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms - Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53 / 4 Songs Op 17 / Mendelssohn - Infelice / Psalm 42 Janet Baker (mezzo) / London Symphony Chorus, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 7/Apr/1990 ] Original recording from 1990 |
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MAURICE RAVEL / ERNEST CHAUSSON / MAURICE DELAGE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Janet Baker - French Songs Janet Baker (mezzo soprano) with Melos Ensemble of London [ Decca / CD - released 20/May/1991 ] 'The performances of French mélodies included on this record are very beautiful indeed. With superb, atmospheric playing by the Melos Group, this ravishing collection must be placed among Dame Janet's most outstanding recordings." Penguin Guide |
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MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ravel: Sheherazade (with lieder by Chausson, Duparc, Schumann & Brahms) [recorded in 1967] Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano) / New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli, London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn, & Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (ba [ Warner Classics Original Jacket Reissues / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/1999 ] A classic recording of Ravel's Shéhérazade, evoking a wealth of moods and sensations. Janet Baker, an irresistible storyteller, is accompanied on her journey by Sir John Barbirolli, conducting the New Philharmonia with sensitivity and imagination |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: Beatrice et Benedict (Complete opera) Janet Baker, Robert Tear, Christiane Eda-Pierre, Thomas Allen, Helen Watts, London Symphony Orchestra. Sir Colin Davis [ Philips / 2 CD - released 5/May/2005 ] Dame Janet Baker and Robert Tear lead an outstanding cast in this classic recording of Berlioz' operatic setting of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, under the baton of the distinguished Berlioz conductor Sir Colin Davis. |
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AARON COPLAND / WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI / CARL NIELSEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Copland / Lutoslawski / Nielsen: Works for Clarinet & Orchestra Janet Hilton (clarinet) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Matthias Bamert [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jan/1989 ] "Janet Hilton's new record couples two of the best, and most attractively complementary, twentieth-century clarinet concertos with what at the moment seems to be every clarinettist's favourite fill-up." Gramophone |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Ein Deutches Requiem [German Requiem] Op. 45 Janet Williams, Thomas Hampson / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ Warner Classics Apex / CD - released 7/Feb/2011 ] "Barenboim's Chicago reading is grippingly compulsive." Penguin Stereo Guide |
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HUGH MARTIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Martin: Love From Judy [plus other selections by the stars] Jean Carson, Bill O'Connor & Adelaide Hall / Original London Cast [ Sepia Records / CD - released 1/Jan/2004 ] Love from Judy is a musical with music by Hugh Martin, lyrics by Martin and Jack Gray, and a book by Eric Maschwitz and Jean Webster. It is based on Webster's novel and play Daddy-Long-Legs. The original production opened in Coventry in 1951. |
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MODEST MUSSORGSKY / IGOR STRAVINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Stravinsky: Three Dances from Petrouchka (trans. for organ) Jean Guillou (The Great Organ of the Tonhalle, Zurich) [ Dorian Recordings / CD - released 10/Aug/1989 ] Recorded at the Tonhalle, Zürich in July, 1988. Jean Guillou at the great organ of the Tonhalle, Zürich (Kleuker-Steinmeyer, 1988). |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn: Complete works for piano and orchestra Jean Louis Steuerman (piano) / Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Constantine Orbelian [ Philips Solo / CD - released 30/Mar/1996 ] Original recordings from 1995 |
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Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Mario Lanza, Tony Martin, Richard Crooks, Howard Keel, Tony Bennett, and more
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Deep in My Heart - The Songs of Sigmund Romberg [ ASV Living Era / CD - released 1/Jul/2006 ] Romberg created a long string of musicals, the most memorable being his operettas of the 20s, The Student Prince, The Desert Song and The New Moon. |