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VERDI / PUCCINi / LEONCAVALLERO / GOUNOD / MASCAGNI / BIZET / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bravissimo Domingo - Arias and duets with Leontyne Price & Sherrill Milnes Placido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Leontyne Price / New Philharmonia Orchestra, Zubin Mehta & Nello Santi / London Symphony, Erich Leinsdorf / etc [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 1/Oct/1985 ] A electrifying collection of arias and duets taken from the many recordings Domingo made with RCA. |
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LEHAR / ZELLER / FALL / KALMAN / O. STRAUSS / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Placido Domingo - Vienna, City of my Dreams Placido Domingo (tenor) / English Chamber Orchestra, Julius Rudel [ EMI Music / CD - released 18/Nov/1986 ] Original recording from 1985 |
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PUCCINI / CILEA / MASSENET / CHARPENTIER / GOUNOD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Placido Domingo - Great Love Scenes Placido Domingo (tenor), with Renata Scotto, Kiri te Kanawa & Ileana Cotrubas [ CBS Masterworks / CD - released 1/Nov/1985 ] Domingo's first appearance in a leading tenor role was as Alfredo in Verdi's La Traviata in Monterrey, Mexico, in 1961, and he made his U.S. debut the same year as Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor with the Dallas Civic Opera. |
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VERDI / BIZET / DONIZETTI / PUCCINI / von FLOTOW / OFFENBACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Best of Domingo Placido Domingo (tenor) with various orchestras and conductors [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 15/Sep/2001 ] Domingo made his début at the Vienna State Opera in 1967, at the Metropolitan Opera in 1968, at La Scala in 1969, at Covent Garden in 1971 and at the Paris Opéra in 1973. |
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VERDI / DONIZETTI / BIZET / BELLINI / ROSSINI / THOMAS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Opera Gala Placido Domingo, Thomas Hampson, Ruth Ann Swenson / Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Eugene Kohn [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/1996 ] 'An opera gala with a difference. Instead of cherry-picking the usual highlights, it gives us arias and duets in the context of complete scenes, which affords the added novelty of the stars taking on supporting roles they would never usually sing' |
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PUCCINI / VERDI / MASCAGNI / MOZART / BOITO / HANDEL / GOUNOD / MEYERBEER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Placido Domingo: Opera Classics Placido Domingo, various orchestras and conductors [ EMI Classics / CD - released 20/Dec/1993 ] This CD brings together an unrivalled selection of the most popular tenor arias, performed by the popular Placido Domingo |
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HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras Nos 1 & 5 / Suite for Voice & Violin / etc The Pleeth Cello Octet [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] 'Stunning performances' (BBC Record Review) |
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KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Szymanowski: Concert Overture / Symphonies Nos 2 & 3 Wieslaw Ochman (tenor) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jacek Kasprzyk & Jerzy Semkow [ EMI Classics Matrix / CD - released 10/Jul/1994 ] "The Third Symphony Song of the Night...It is a passionate performance of an intense and beautiful work - the tenor, Wieslaw Ochman, is deeply convincing, and the orchestra and chorus are committed to a highly charged performance." MusicWeb |
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PERCY GRAINGER / EDVARD GRIEG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: 'At Twilight' - Choral Music by Percy Grainger and Edvard Grieg Polyphony with David Wilson-Johnson (baritone) Paul Agnew (tenor) / Stephen Layton [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 14/Jul/2006 ] "Grainger's mastery of choral textures shines out of this wide-ranging collection of folk-song arrangements, each highly individual and memorable. Superior performances by Stephen Layton and Polyphony." Five Stars BBC Music Mag (July 2006) |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: String Quartets K 465 - 499 - 80 Pro Arte Quartett Salzburg [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 1/Dec/1991 ] Recorded in October 1989 |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokofiev: Symphony 7 / Sinfonietta Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1986 ] ..."the performances simply knock your socks off. The recorded sound is great, the Scottish National Orchestra plays like a world class band.. (a) marvelous, charming, sweeping Järvi Seventh" MusicWeb |
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SERGE PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokoviev: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos / CD - released 23/Jan/1989 ] Recorded in Glasgow City Hall, September 1988 |
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NICOLAI PAGANINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Paganini: Violin Concertos Nos. 3 & 5 Massimo Quarta (violin/director) / Teatro Carlo Fenice [ Dynamic / CD - released 2/Feb/2005 ] Originally recorded in Italy 2000 & 2001 |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: String Quartet No. 12 in E flat, Op.127 / String Quartet No.16 in F, Op. 135 Quartetto Italiano [ Philips Musica da Camera / CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] "...these performances still strike a finely judged balance between beauty and truth, and are ultimately more satisfying and searching than most of their rivals." Gramophone |
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ARTHUR BLISS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bliss: Miracle in the Gorbals / Music from Things to Come / Discourse for Orchestra Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Lyndon-Gee [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Feb/2003 ] A cyclic morality play in one scene - Christ reborn, re-rexperiencing the events of his Passion - Miracle in the Gorbals, completed in 1944, was the second of Bliss's four ballets. |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Sonatas for fortepiano and violin [Volume 3] Rachel Podger (violin) / Gary Cooper (fortepiano) [ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] "This a disc that celebrates a stimulating partnership...She and Cooper show that Mozart's piano and violin sonatas are nowhere near as well known as they should be." (Gramophone) |
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GEORGE ANTHEIL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Antheil: Symphony No. 3 'American' / 'Tom Sawyer' Overture / etc Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt, Hugh Wolff [ CPO / CD - released 25/Jul/2005 ] "George Antheil is doing well on disc and he is lucky here to have a conductor of the calibre of Hugh Wolff taking up his cause and reviving a Frankfurt connection going back to the premiere of Transatlantic, the opera acclaimed there in 1930" Gramop |
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BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / GRIEG / SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Radu Lupu Radu Lupu (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn [ Philips / Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2000 ] "for piano collectors and fans of Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert and Schumann, this (set) is a must, and I envy those who have the opportunity to discover these recordings for the first time." Musicweb |
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W. A. MOZART / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart / Beethoven: Quintets for Piano and Wind Radu Lupu (piano) with Han de Vries (oboe), George Pieterson (clarinet), Vicente Zarzo (horn), Brian Pollard (bassoon) [ Decca / CD - released 14/Jul/1986 ] Iconic pianist Radu Lupu first recorded for Decca in 1970 and his recorded repertory has centred round a small number of composers - chiefly Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Mozart and Schumann. |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Flute Quartets Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute) / Trio Pasquier [ Aura / 2 CD ] Recorded in 1982 |