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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vaughan Williams: The Collector's Edition [30 CD set] Various performers incls Jonathan Small (oboe), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Piers Lane (piano), Larry Adler (harmonica), Music Group of London [ EMI Classics / 30 CD Box Set - released 28/Apr/2008 ] "A convincing and deeply moving showcase… exceptional value… it's scope breathtaking. This is the essential set, and if you're at all drawn to VW you might as well buy the whole damn show now - because sooner or later you're going to anyway." BBC... |
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MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ravel: Cantates de Rome - Alyssa, Alcyone, Myrrha Veronique Gens, Yann Beuron, Paul Groves, Mirielle Delunsch / Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2000 ] These three Prix de Rome competition cantatas, written in the summers of 1901-03, were intended to persuade the musical authorities that Ravel was the one young composer who deserved a three-year stay in the Eternal City, paid for by the government. |
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HANDEL / GLUCK / MOZART / ROSSINI / DONIZETTI / BELLINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vesselina Kasarova - A Portrait Vesselina Kasarova (mezzo) / Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 6/Oct/1996 ] Kasarova won the "Female Singer of the Year" in 2003 Echo Klassik. In 2005 she won the Merkur Preis and was named Bavarian Kammersängerin. She was also named Österreichische Kammersängerin in April 2010. (Wiki) |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: La Traviata (Complete Opera recorded in 1960) Victoria de los Angeles, Carlo del Monte, Mario Sereni, Santa Chissari / Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera, Tullio Serafin [ EMI Classics for Pleasure / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2006 ] "The CD transfer is first-rate, and this remains a real bargain." (Gramophone) |
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RUGGIERO LEONCAVALLO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pagliacci (Complete opera) (Recorded 1953) SPECIAL PRICE! Victoria de los Angeles, Jussi Bjorling, Leonard Warren, Robert Merrill / The Columbus Boy Choir. The Robert Shaw Chorale. Renato Cellini [ EMI Historical / CD - released 20/Nov/2003 ] 'the most enjoyable performance of Pagliacci we have ever heard' (The Record Guide) |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Victoria De Los Angeles - On Wings Of Song Victoria De Los Angeles (Soprano) / Sinfonia of London, Spanish National Orchestra, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos [ EMI Studio / CD - released 2/Feb/1988 ] Recordings from 1962, 1964 & 1965 mostly at the Abbey Road Studios, London |
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ROSSINI / VERDI / GOUNOD / PUCCINI / LEONCAVALLO / BIZET / CATALANI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Victoria De Los Angeles - Diva Victoria De Los Angeles (Soprano), with Jussi Bjorling & Carlo del Monte (tenor) / Various orchestras & conductors [ EMI Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/1995 ] Victoria studied voice under Dolores Frau, and guitar with Graciano Tarragó, at the Barcelona Conservatory, graduating in 1941 after three years, at the age of 18. (Wiki) |
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Vienna Boys' Choir
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sacred Songs & Folk Songs From Around the World [ ABC Classics / 2 CD - released 23/Aug/2012 ] Experience the beauty of 24 of the world's youngest voices in one of our oldest musical traditions... |
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ANTONIN DVORAK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak: Sextet in A / String Quintet in C Vienna Octet [ Decca / CD - released 20/Oct/1991 ] "..the recording, clean and warm-toned, is the equal of the playing" Gramophone Magazine (Quintet, Op. 77) |
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ANTON BRUCKNER / FRANZ SCHMIDT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruckner: String Quintet in F major / Schmidt: Piano Quintet in G major Vienna Philharmonia Quintet with Eduard Mrazek (piano) [ Decca / London / CD - released 27/Jan/1991 ] "...Hidden gems of the late-Romantic chamber repertoire, marvellously performed and recorded. A thoroughly enjoyable release." (MusicWeb March 2006) |
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JOHAN STRAUSS 11
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss: The Blue Danube & other works Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Karl Bohm [ Deutsche Grammophon Musikfest / CD - released 27/Oct/2011 ] Who could have a better orchestra for this music than the VPO? Solid performances of famous Strauss works |
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ADOLPHE ADAM
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Adam: Giselle Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 15/May/1987 ] "While superbly conducted, superlatively played, and sumptuously recorded, this Giselle is no will-o'-the-wisps, but rather is full-bodied and hot-blooded with charms that are hardly ephemeral and thoroughly palpable. From the lush winds to the plush... |
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THE STRAUSS FAMILY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: New Year's Concert 1990 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta [ Sony Classical / CD - released 15/Jan/1990 ] Thanks to this illustrious succession of great conductors that the Vienna New Year's Concert remains unique, ushering in the New Year in a way that has often been imitated but never equalled. |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rachmaninov: Songs Viktoriya Dodoka (soprano) / Iola Shelley (piano) [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 20/Apr/2006 ] NZ-based Russian soprano Viktoriya Dodoka has established a remarkable reputation in New Zealand and Australia with dynamic performances for Canterbury Opera and at the Sydney Opera House. Here she is superbly accompanied by Iola Shelley in a... |
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CARL NIELSEN / PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Nielsen / Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos Vilde Frang (violin) / Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Eivind Gullberg Jensen [ Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Concerto |
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HECTOR VILLA-LOBOS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Villa-Lobos: String Quartets Nos. 4, 6 & 14 Danubius Quartet [ Marco Polo / CD - released 2/Feb/1992 ] "I love to write quartets. One could say that it is a mania." Villa-Lobos made this confession...in Paris in the spring of 1958. He had completed his seventeenth and final quartet the year before. |
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VINCENT D'INDY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: D'Indy: Musique de Chambre [Incls Sextet, Op. 92] Marietta Kratz, Stefan Pintev (violins) Bernhard Gmelin, Sebastian Gaede (cellos), Susanne Kellermann, Thomas Oepen (violas), Caroline Weichert (piano [ Koch Schwann / CD - released 2/Feb/1994 ] Recorded on 7./11./12. 10. 1993 at NDR-Studio, Hamburg. |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 Nigel Kennedy (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt [ EMI Music / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] Classic 1991 recording of the Brahms from Kennedy |
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PIAZZOLLA / BEEASER / LEISNER / MACHADO / CORREA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Music of the Americas - Tangos, Songs and Dances for flute and guitar Virginia Taylor (flute) Timothy Kain (guitar) [ ABC Classical / CD - released 2/Feb/1999 ] Virginia Taylor has given recitals in all capital cities of Australia and performed as a soloist with almost all of the Symphony Australia Orchestras, as well as having been guest Principal Flute for many of these orchestras |
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VERDI / DONIZETTI / PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vittorio Grigolo - The Italian Tenor Vittorio Grigolo (tenor) with Danila Rigosa & Maria Cioppi / Coro e Orchestre del Teatro di Parma, Pier Giorgio Morandi [ Sony Classical / CD - released 4/Oct/2010 ] "Now and then there are hints of another great Italian-style tenor, the stylish Alfredo Kraus. It's there in the hushed tone Grigolo adopts for the 'Favorita del re!...Spirto gentil' from La Favorita and Manrico's elegant swagger in 'Di quella pira' |