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PUCCINI / VERDI / DELIBES / OFFENBACH / BERLIOZ / BELLINI / DONIZETTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Operatic Duets Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Mario del Monaco, Mirella Freni. Christa Ludwig, April Cantelo, Hugette Tourangeau, Jane Berbié [ Decca Opera Gala / CD - released 5/Apr/1994 ] 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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PUCCINI / VERDI / BELLINI / DONIZETTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Love Duets Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti / National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Decca Opera Gala / CD - released 5/Apr/1999 ] The ardour and passion of some of the best-known love duets from Italian Opera are brought out to the full by the stunning voices of two of the world's greatest singers. |
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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. |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Glories of Handel Opera Joan Sutherland, Renata Tebaldi, Emma Kirkby, Marilyn Horne, Teresa Berganza [ Decca Opera Gala / CD - released 7/Aug/2000 ] Greatest moments from Opera sung by the world's finest singers! |
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PUCCINI / VERDI / HANDEL / DONIZETTI / MASCAGNI / DVORAK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Your Hundred best Opera Tunes II Joan Sutherland, Renata Tebaldi, Marilyn Horne, Teresa Berganza, Franoo Corelli, Giuseppe di Stefano [ Decca / CD - released 7/Aug/1991 ] Greatest moments from Opera sung by the world's finest singers! |
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VERDI / BELLINI / DONIZETTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Joan Sutherland: Verdi / Bellini / Donizetti Joan Sutherland (soprano), Orchestre de la Societe des concerts du Conservatoire, Paris, Nello Santi [ Decca Opera Gala / CD - released 10/Oct/1982 ] Original recordings from 1959 and 1960 |
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DONIZETTI / ROSSINI / GOUNOD / BELLINI / VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Joan Sutherland - Live in Australia(recorded live in 1989) Joan Sutherland (Soprano) with John Alexander, Richard Cross, Elizabeth Harwood, Lucian Pavarotti & others [ Desiree Records / 2 CD - released 4/Jul/2003 ] These recordings come direct from the personal library of Joan Sutherland and various sources and were released with Joan's 'blessing'. |
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CHARLES IVES / SAMUEL BARBER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ives / Barber: Piano Sonatas Joanna MacGregor (piano) [ Collins Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/1991 ] Joanna Clare MacGregor CBE (born 16 July 1959) is a British concert pianist, conductor, composer, and festival curator. She is Head of Piano at the Royal Academy of Music and a professor of the University of London. |
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GEORGE M COHAN
Cohan: George M! Joel Grey & Bernadette Peters / Original 1968 Broadway Cast [ Columbia Records / CD - released 17/May/1993 ] Fresh from his enormous personal success as the lecherous Emcee in Kander and Ebb's Cabaret, Joel Grey found his first starring job and a marvelous showcase for his talents in George M!, a celebration of the life and times (and songs) of maverick... |
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MARTIN SILVESTRI
Silvestri: The Fields of Ambrosia Joel Higgins & Christine Andreas / Original London Cast [ First Night Records / CD - released 7/Jun/1996 ] The Fields of Ambrosia is a musical written by Joel Higgins and Martin Silvestri. It was performed in the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 1993 and it was directed by Gregory Hurst, choreographed by Lynne Taylor-Corbett, staged... |
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JOHANN MICHAEL HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn, (J.M.): Six String Quartets Sonare Quartett [ Claves / CD - released 1/Jan/1988 ] "These quartets are more akin to those of Mozart than of his brother Joseph, although they lack a little of the imagination and panache of his great contemporary. Whether spurious or not, this is a highly enjoyable disc." MusicWeb |
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W. A. MOZARt
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Six Violin Sonatas K. 301-6 Johannes Leertouwer (violin) Rumiko Harada (fortepiano) [ Globe / CD - released 1/Feb/1992 ] All arrangements on this recording |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY / MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: John Chen - Fountains: Piano impressions John Chen (piano) [ ABC Classics / CD - released 28/Jul/2008 ] "Chen is a fine musician who uses his technique fully at the service of the composer...well worth having purely for the marvellous playing if nothing else!" (Music Web Nov 2008) |
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DOMINIC MULDOWNEY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Muldowney: Piano Concerto / Saxophone Concerto John Harle (saxophone) Peter Donohoe (piano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Mark Elder, London Sinfonietta, Diego Masson [ EMI Classics / CD - released 20/Dec/1997 ] Not currently available |
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DAVID YAZBEK
Yazbek: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels John Lithgow & Norbert Leo Butz / Original 2005 Broadway Cast Recording [ Ghostlight Records / CD - released 17/May/2009 ] Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a 2004 comedy musical, with music and lyrics by David Yazbek and a book by Jeffrey Lane; it is based on the 1988 film of the same name. The musical premiered on Broadway in 2005 and ran for 626 performances. |
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MICHAEL KEMP TIPPETT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tippett: Concerto For Double String Orchestra and other Orchestral Works John Mark Ainsley (tenor) City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox (conductor) [ CHANDOS / CD - released 1/Nov/1995 ] Recorded at St Jude's Church, London NW11; 7-8 March 1995 |
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GERALD FINZI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Finzie: Dies Natalis / Intimations of Immortality John Mark Ainsley (tenor) / Corydon Singers / Corydon Orchestra / Matthew Best [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Feb/2015 ] Gerald Finzi likened the creative artist to a 'coral reef insect, building his reef out of the transitory world around him and making a solid structure to last long after his own fragile and uncertain life'. 'Fragile' and 'uncertain' are the key... |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Complete Schubert Edition: An 1822 Schubertiad John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Maarten Koningsberger (baritone) / Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 28 / CD - released 2/Feb/2002 ] 'There are unknown treasures here. Anyone who hasn't invested in this vast enterprise might well begin with this volume' (Classic CD) |
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RACHMANINOV / ARENSKY / DEBUSSY / BIZET / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Works for Two Pianos John Ogdon and Brenda Lucas (pianos) [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/1996 ] "The music is wonderful, the performances exuberant and eye opening" James Raney |
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WILLIAM ALWYN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Alwyn: Fantasy-Waltzes / Twelve Preludes John Ogdon (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1985 ] Recorded in Snape Maltings in October 1984 |