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PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY / JACQUES OFFENBACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker / Offenbach: Le Papillon (Complete Ballets) National Philharmonic Orchestra / London SymphonyOrchestra / Richard Bonynge [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] "Richard Bonynge has the feel of this music (Nutcracker) in his bones, and gives a warmly expressive performance...he plays the 'Divertissement' with splendid panache, and he is very good indeed in the Valse des Fleurs" Gramophone |
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CARL MARIA von WEBER / HECTOR BERLIOZ / CHARLES LECOCQ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Weber: Invitaion to the Dance / Berlioz: Les Troyens Ballet Music / Lecocq: Mam'zelle Angot (Complete Ballet) National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Decca / CD - released 20/May/1985 ] A perennial best-seller in the catalogue, and much beloved of balletomanes, these vividly recorded ballet masterpieces were recorded at the Kingsway Hall, London, in 1983 |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Symphony No 7 Op 60 'Leningrad' National Symphony Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich [ Teldec Basic Edition / CD - released 28/May/2001 ] Recorded At - John F. Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts |
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CECIL ARMSTRONG GIBBS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gibbs: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 "Westmorland" National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Andrew Penny [ Marco Polo / CD - released 15/May/1993 ] The National Symphony Orchestra is one of the most vibrant international orchestras playing and recording today. |
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HAROLD TRUSCOTT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Truscott: Orchestral Works [Incls 'Symphony in E major'] National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Gary Brain [ Marco Polo / CD - released 15/May/1993 ] "Gary Brain's readings are carefully shaped and yet let the music breathe in a completely natural way-and what music: the symphony and the Elegy both touch greatness." Fanfare |
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PROKOFIEV / BACH / BEETHOVEN / MENDELSSOHN / CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Piano Works Navah Perlman (piano) [ EMI Classics Debut / CD - released 20/Aug/2009 ] In addition to her solo piano career, Navah frequently performs chamber music, including with violinist Philippe Quint and cellist Zuill Bailey as the Perlman/Quint/Bailey Trio. She is the Artistic Director of LPS Pro Musica in Lake Placid, New York. |
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IGOR STRAVINSKY / WOLFGANG FORTNER / ANTON WEBERN / FRANK MARTIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Modern Pictures NDR-Sinfonieorchester, Günter Wand [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 1/Feb/1991 ] Live recording 1984 & 1985 |
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RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: Orchestral Music NDR-Sinfonieorchester, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 14/Aug/2004 ] Schmidt-Isserstedt and the NDRSO undertook the first postwar tour of the UK by a German orchestra in politically sensitive conditions during 1951. |
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KENNETH LEIGHTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Leighton: Cello Concerto / Symphony No. 3 'Laudes musicae' Neil Mackie (tenor) Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / Scottish National Orchestra, Bryden Thomson [ Chandos / CD - released 3/May/1989 ] 'Raphael Wallfisch plays the Concerto as if his life depended on it, and the Symphony draws every bit as much dedication from its performers. The recording is very immediate, and has stunning clarity and detail.'- The Penguin Guide |
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HOAGY CARMICHAEL / FATS WALLER / JAY GORNEY / RALPH BLANE / DUKE ELLINGTON / BURTON LANE / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ben Bagley's Everyone Else Revisited - show tunes -- many of them never before recorded. Nell Carter, Arthur Siegel, Diane Carnevale, Dorothy Loudon, etc [ Painted Smiles Records / CD - released 5/May/1993 ] Just looking at the stellar list of composers and lyricists, Ben Bagley really did spread the wealth on Everyone Else Revisited. Filled with rarities and gems by not only some of the finest songwriters ever but many who are simply not known today. |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Nelson Freire: Brahms Nelson Freire (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 1/Sep/2017 ] "Freire's sound has always been a thing of wonder: even at full volume and full tilt there's no hint of percussiveness in his tone...Highlights are many" Gramophone Editor's Choice Awards Edition |
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MASCAGNI / LEONCAVALLO / VERDI / PONCHELLI / CILEA / PUCCINI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Placido Domingo: Nessun Dorma Placido Domingo (tenor) / Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Nello Santi [ Teldec / CD - released 19/Apr/1991 ] This selection of opera arias was originally released in 1991 |
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FRANCIS POULENC
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Poulenc: Sacred & Secular Music Netherlands Chamber Choir [ Globe / 2 CD - released 1/May/2012 ] " I would be extremely happy if these were the only recordings I had of these marvelous Poulenc works such is their quality" MusicWeb International |
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COLE PORTER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Anything Goes New Broadway Cast Recording, with Patti LuPone & Howard McGlinn [ RCA Victor / CD - released 1/Jan/1988 ] One of the leaders in the trend of big splashy revivals in the late 1980s and early '90s, Lincoln Center's 1987 production of Anything Goes was the perfect evocation of the 1930s, from the period pit band to James McMullan's striking poster art to... |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: String Quartet in E minor Op.59 / String Quartet in C Op.59t The New Budapest String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Apr/1993 ] 'This is a top recommendation for all these works' (Classic CD) 'Highly recommendable' (Gramophone) |
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MATEO FLECHA the elder
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Flecha: Las Ensaladas New London Consort, Philip Pickett [ Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre / CD - released 1/Feb/1997 ] Mateo Flecha (Catalan: Mateu Fletxa; 1481-1553) was a Catalan composer born in Kingdom of Aragon, in the region of Prades. He is sometimes known as "El Viejo" (the elder) to distinguish him from his nephew, Mateo Flecha "El Joven" (the younger). |
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ANONYMOUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pilgrim songs & dances New London Consort / Philip Pickett [ L'Oiseau Lyre / CD - released 1/Oct/1992 ] Pilgrim songs and dances associated with the Shrine to the Virgin at Montserrat. |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No 9 (with works by Wagner & R. Strauss) New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer [ EMI Classics The Klemperer Legacy / 2 CD - released 21/Aug/1999 ] "Klemperer lets Mahler's score tell its own story and one cannot listen without remembering that he knew Mahler and worked with him...Klemperer's austere Metamorphosen emerges as a magnificent structure - with flexible and viral string-playing" Gramo |
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LEO DELIBES
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Delibes: Sylvia (complete ballet), with Massenet: 'Le Cid' ballet National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Decca / 2 CD Box Set - released 16/Apr/1989 ] Original recording: Kingsway Hall, London, June 1972 (Sylvia) & January 1975 |
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LEONARD BERNSTEIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bernstein: On the Town - Three Dance Episodes / "Fancy Free" Ballet / "On the Waterfront" Suite The New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein (cond) [ Sony The Royal Edition / CD - released 20/May/1992 ] Original recordings from 1961 and 1964 |