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JOHN BLOW
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Blow: Venus & Adonis Nancy Argenta (sop), Lynne Dawson (sop), Stephen Varcoe (bass) / London Baroque, Charles Medlam [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 29/Sep/1992 ] First performed before the court at Oxford in 1681, Venus and Adonis was presented as a "masque for the entertainment of the King" (Charles II). Like Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, it is in fact a true opera. |
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HENRY PURCELL / GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Purcell: Dioclesian / Handel: Concerto Grosso Op 6 No 6, "Il duello amoroso" HWV 82 Nancy Argenta (soprano) Michael Chance (counter-tenor) / Freiburger Barockorchester, Gottfried von der Goltz [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Mar/1994 ] Recorded: January 1993, Maria Minor, Utrecht |
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JEAN PHILIPPE RAMEAU
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rameau: Zoroastre (highlights) Nancy Deering, Lou Ann Wyckoff, Bruce Brewer / Hamburg Chamber Orchestra, Richard Kapp [ Vox Turnabout / CD - released 27/Jun/1987 ] Zoroastre, one of Rameau's major operas, never appeared in the edition of his "Complete Works" which date from early in the twentieth century, and consequently it was long in the shadows and passed over in favor of some of the published operas. |
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LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Bernstein: On The Town Nancy Walker, Adolph Green, Betty Comden / 1960 Cast (featuring four members of the original 1944 cast) [ Sony / Columbia / CD - released 17/May/1998 ] On the Town is a musical with music by Leonard Bernstein and book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, based on Jerome Robbins' idea for his 1944 ballet Fancy Free, which he had set to Bernstein's music. |
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RICHARD RODGERS / LORENZ HART
Rodgers: On Your Toes Natalia Makarova / Original 1983 Broadway Cast Recording [ TER / CD - released 5/Oct/2010 ] The first Broadway revival, directed by Abbott and choreographed by Balanchine, opened on October 11, 1954 at the 46th Street Theatre, where it ran for 64 performances. The second revival started in 1982 with national previews. |
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SERGEY RACHMANINOV / FREDERIC CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Natalie Clein - Romantic Cello: sonatas Natalie Clein (cello) Charles Owen (piano) [ EMI Classics / CD - released 20/May/2008 ] Recorded 17-20 April 2006 at Wathen Hall, St Paul's School, Barnes, London |
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DELIBES / RAVEL / MILHAUD / OFFENBACH / GOUNOD / SAUGUET / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Natalie Dessay - Airs d'operas Francais [French Opera Arias] Natalie Dessay (soprano) / Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Patrick Fourniller [ EMI Classics / CD - released 12/Jan/1996 ] "Dessay revels in Olympia's amusing aria known as the 'Doll Song', delivered with assurance and freedom; Dessay's striking coloratura makes an impression" MusicWeb |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE - Heroines: Mozart Operatic Arias Natalie Dessay (soprano) / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Louis LangrACe [ Virgin Records / CD - released 5/Mar/2001 ] 2001 GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST - Recital |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart Concert Arias Natalie Dessay (soprano) / Orchestre de l'Opera de Lyon, Theodor Gulschbauer [ Erato Classics Premium / CD - released 20/Mar/2010 ] Recorded when she was barely 30 this is one of Natalie Dessay's greatest ever recordings, comprising 8 of Mozart's concert arias for high soprano (up to G above high C!). |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: 7 Overtures National Philhamronic Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly [ Decca Records / CD - released 1/Mar/1983 ] riccardo Chailly was born 20 February 1953 in Milan, Italy. He was chief conductor of the Concertgebouworkest from 1988 to 2004, and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig from 2005 to 2016 |
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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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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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HERBERT HOWELLS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Howells: Missa Sabrinensis Neill Archer (tenor) Janice Watson (soprano) Della Jones (contralto) Martyn Hill (tenor) / London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra., Gennady Rozhdestvensky [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 27/Sep/2005 ] 'Gratitude, then, for an essential contribution towards the re-evaluation of an original visionary…' Gramophone 'Editor's Choice' on Missa Sabrinensis |
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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. |