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WAGNER / GLUCK / PURCELL / GRIEG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Very Best of Kirsten Flagstad Kirsten Flagstad (soprano) with Gerald Moore (piano) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwangler, Warwick Braithwaite [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2005 ] Kirsten Flagstad (1895-1962) enjoyed a successful career singing opera and operetta in Scandanavia, and was considering retirement when she was catapulted to international fame in 1935 after a sensational appearance at the Metropolitan Opera |
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KIRSTEN FLAGSTAD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Icon: Kirsten Flagstad - The Supreme Wagnerian Soprano [5CDs special price] Kirsten Flagstad (soprano) with various orchestras & conductors [ EMI Icon / 5 CD Box Set - released 20/Apr/2010 ] Kirsten Flagstad (1895-1962) enjoyed a successful career singing opera and operetta in Scandanavia, and was considering retirement when she was catapulted to international fame in 1935 after a sensational appearance at the Metropolitan Opera in New... |
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RACHMANINOV / SCHUMANN / LISZT / SCHUBERT / CHOPIN / DEBUSSY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Klara Wuertz Plays Romantic Piano Klara Wuertz (piano) / National Symphony Orchestra of the Ukraine, Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] Through her many recordings for Brilliant Classics Hungarian/Dutch pianist Klára Würtz established herself firmly as one of the more exciting pianists of the younger generation. Her playing radiates with energy, brilliance and warmth, not only laying... |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: Concertos for bassoon, strings and continuo Klaus Thunemann (bassoon) / I Musici [ Philips / CD - released 8/Sep/1991 ] "The recording is clear, the pacing and tempi perfect and the overall appeal higher than you might have thought if you didn't know the repertoire. It's worth getting to know!" (MusicWeb April 2007) |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: La Traviata (complete opera recorded in 1977 with libretto) Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Carlos Kleiber (conductor), Ileana Cotrubaș (soprano), Placido Domingo (tenor) etc... [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 21/Nov/1985 ] Recorded in 1977 NOTE: Slightly damaged outer cardboard cover |
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LEOPOLD KOZELUH / FRANZ JOSEPH FROHLICHh
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Abeille/Czerny: Concertos for Piano Duet and Orchestra Kölner Klavier-Duo Kalvelage/Krücker, Kölner Rundfunkorchester, Florian Merz [ Koch Schwann / CD - released 22/Sep/1998 ] Recorded: IV. 1997 |
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LEOPOLD KOZELUH / FRANZ JOSEPH FROHLICHh
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kozeluh/Frohlich: Concertos For One Piano Four Hands And Orchestra Kölner Klavier-Duo Kalvelage/Krücker, Kölner Rundfunkorchester, Florian Merz [ Koch Schwann / CD - released 22/Sep/1998 ] Recorded: IV. 1997 |
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BLOW / BYRD / CAMPION / DOWLAND / PURCELL / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Songs Of An English Cavalier: A hundred years of English music Kobie Van Rensburg (tenor) / Musikalische Leitung, Wolfgang Katschner [ NCA / CD - released 4/Apr/2001 ] A hundred years of English music |
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VINCENT D'INDY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: D'Indy: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 Kodaly Quartet [ Marco Polo / CD - released 2/Feb/1990 ] Recorded: 20 June, 3, 28 and 29 October 1989, at the Italian Institute in Budapest. |
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ANTON BRUCKNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 in D minor Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Gunter Wand [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / EMI / CD - released 4/Apr/1981 ] "For Gunter Wand was a master Brucknerian and his performances set a standard by which other must be judged." MusicWeb |
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KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Szymanowski: Vol 4 - Works for violin and piano / String quartet No 3 Konstanty Andrzej Kulka (violin), Jerzy Marchwińska (piano), Wanda Wiłkomirska (violin), Tadeusz Chmielewski (piano), The Wilanów Quartet [ Polskie Nagrania / CD - released 1/Apr/1990 ] Recorded : 1978 ; 1980 ; 1975 , in the Concert Hall at the National Philharmonic in Warsaw |
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ERICH KORNGOLD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Korngold: Abschiedslieder / Symphony 3 Linda Finnie (contralto) / BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Edward Downes [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1993 ] "Korngold's lush orchestration needs sound with a full bloom, and the Chandos engineers provide that in spades" The Times |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas Nos BWV179, BWV199 & BWV113 Magdalena Kozena, William Towers, Mark Padmore, Stephen Loges / English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner [ Archiv / Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 21/Oct/2000 ] A live performance of Bach's Cantatas for the 11th Sunday after Trinity. Features Magdalena Kozena's stunning performance of BWV199 "Mein Herze schwimmt in Blut" |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in D minor / Concerto for Violin & Piano Gidon Kremer (violin) Martha Argerich (piano) / Orpheus Chamber Orchestra [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 10/Aug/2013 ] Original recording from 1989 |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Piano Sonatas K.533 & K.570 / Fantasia in C minor / Variation on "nser Dummer Pöbel Meint" Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 25/Nov/2010 ] "These interpretations - excellent to outstanding - are interpretations of today." Gramophone Recommends, August 2010 |
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COLE PORTER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Porter: You Never Know Kristin Chenoweth, David Garrison, Harry Groener / World Premiere Cast Recording [ Fynsworth Alley / Varese Sarabande / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] You Never Know is set in Paris in the heady days of 1929 just before the stock market crash. It takes place one evening in Baron Rommer's elegant penthouse suite at the Hotel Ritz. Baron Rommer (Harry Groener) and his Butler, Gaston (David Garrison) |
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PHILIP GLASS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Glass: String Quartets Nos 2 - 5 Kronos Quartet [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 9/Sep/2000 ] Since its inception in 1973, the Kronos Quartet has emerged as a leading voice for new work. Combining a unique musical vision with a fearless dedication to experimentation |
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HENRYK GORECKI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gorecki - Already It Is Dusk: String Quartet No. 1 / Lerchenmusik: Recitatives and Ariosos Kronos Quartet, London Sinfonietta Soloists [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 1/Feb/2016 ] Górecki's music was always deeply rooted in Polish ideals, however, and it carries a sense of the emotional impact of the atrocities of the Second World War. |
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GABRIEL FAURE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Faure: The Violin Sonatas Krysia Osostowicz (violin) / Susan Tomes (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 3/Feb/2006 ] 'Two outstanding performances. A marvellous disc, both as a performance and as a recording' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) |
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TORU TAKEMITSU
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Takemitsu : Solo Piano Works Kumi Ogano (piano) [ Philips / CD - released 19/Sep/1992 ] "These are extremely measured, difficult sound sculptures in which lyrical impulses are denied and cathartic moments avoided. Ogano plays them with all the reticence the composer, present at the sessions, could possibly want." Los Angeles Times |