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GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: Gianni Schicchi (complete) (recorded 1958) / Scenes from Verdi's Don Carlo & Simon Boccanegra (recorded 1954 & 1957) Tito Gobbi (baritone) / Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma / Gabriele Santini (with Victoria de los Angeles) [ EMI Great Artists of the Century / CD - released 6/Apr/2004 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "Gobbi had one of those hauntingly individual voices that leave their imprint on phrases and arias: very much the male counterpart of Maria Callas." |
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LEONCAVALLO / MOZART / DONIZETTI / CILEA / ROSSINI / PUCCINI / VERDI / WOLF-FERRARI / GIORDANO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tito Gobbi - Italian Opera Arias Tito Gobbi (baritone) with various orchestras and accompanists [ EMI Studio / CD - released 1/Oct/1989 ] Featuring various orchestras including Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala, Orchestra Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma, Philharmonia Orchestra and The London Symphony Orchestra |
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GOUNOD / VERDI / SCHUMANN / MASSENET / MOZART / BIZET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Titta Ruffo in his vocal prime [1907 - 1922] Titta Ruffo (baritone) [ Pearl / 2 CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] Titta Ruffo (1877 - 1953), was an Italian operatic baritone who had a major international singing career. Known as the "Voce del leone" ("voice of the lion"), he was greatly admired, even by rival baritones, such as Giuseppe De Luca. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tokyo String Quartet plays Beethoven [9 CD set] Tokyo String Quartet [ Sony Classical Masters / 9 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2012 ] "I doubt whether quartet playing comes much better than in this Tokyo set of the Op. 18. Quite frankly I don't think that you can go far wrong with this set: the playing is unfailingly alive, sensitive and poised." (Gramophone) |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: String Quartets Nos 9 & 13 Tokyo String Quartet [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 10/Apr/1988 ] "Right from the start you know that the Tokyo Quartet's will be a dramatic, fiery reading: there's that hair-raising initial attack, with subsequent loud/soft contrasts powerfully underlined." (Gramophone) |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ton Koopman plays Bach [organ works / harpsichord pieces / arias] Ton Koopman (organ/harpsichord) with KlausMertens (baritone) [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 20/Sep/2000 ] Dutch organist and harpsichordist Ton Koopman is one of the most distinguished Bach interpreters of our time. On this DVD, he is featured interpreting Johann Sebastian Bach's greatest organ works, including the popular Toccata in D minor |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Complete Symphonies (Nos 1-9) Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, David Zinman [ Arte Nova / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2002 ] Rosette Recording (Penguin Stereo Guide) |
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BJORN J:son LINDH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lindh: Skymningsglod Chamber Music Torbjorn Carlsson, Björn J:son Lindh, Marie Nordenmalm, Malin Trast [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Apr/2010 ] CD only available in Scandinavian countries |
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ERMANNO WOLF-FERRARI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wolf-Ferrari: Trii [Trios for violin, Cello & piano] Trio di Venezia [ Nuova Era Icarus / CD - released 1/May/2019 ] The two piano trios that Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876-1948) composed early in his career display inventiveness and communicative vibrancy comparable to what you find in his operas and symphonic works. The Op. 5 Trio reveals the 20-year-old composer as... |
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GABRIEL FAURE / GABRIEL PIERNE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Faure/Pierne: Piano Trios Trio Wanderer [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] ".this music remains quietly compelling, especially as played here. The Trio Wanderer beautifully sustain the understated conversational lyricism of the slow movement." BBC Music |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Chopin: Nocturne: Cello Sonata & transcriptions Truls Mork (cello) Kathryn Stott (piano) [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 22/Dec/2007 ] "Chopin's compositional output did not include a great deal of chamber music, but what he did write included a number of pieces for cello. From this one could assume he had a special affinity for the instrument. In this recording, we have taken this... |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Chopin: Preludes, Op.28 / Nocturnes Tzimon Barto (piano) [ EMI Classics Red Line / CD - released 1/May/2006 ] Tzimon Barto is an American classical pianist. He is also a bodybuilder, novelist, poet, philosopher and speaks seven languages. He is best known for his work with Christoph Eschenbach, who discovered Barto in 1988. |
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BERNSTEIN / GERSHWIN / LIEBERSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Remembering JFK: 50th Anniversary Concert Tzimon Barto (piano) / Earl Wild (piano) / Richard Dreyfuss / Georgetown University Glee Club / National Symphony Orchestra / Christoph Eschenbach [ Ondine / 2 CD - released 25/Aug/2011 ] "as historical document, Remembering JFK is an absorbing time capsule." (Classic FM) |
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BORIS LYATOSHINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lyatoshinsky: Symphony No 3 in B minor / Romeo and Juliet Suite Ukrainian Radio and TV Symphony, Ukrainian State Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Gnedash [ Russian Disc / CD - released 12/Apr/1994 ] Recorded in 1976 |
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BORIS LYATOSHINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lyatoshinsky: Symphony No 4 in B minor / On the Banks of the Vistula / Lyric Poem Ukrainian Radio and TV Symphony, Vladimir Gnedash / Ukrainian State Symphony Orchestra, Igor Blazhkov [ Russian Disc / CD - released 12/Apr/1994 ] Recorded in 1989 & 1992 |
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ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schoenberg: Complete Works for Violin and Piano Ulf Wallin (violin) / Roland Pantinen (piano) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Mar/2005 ] "An outstanding disc in every way. Recording qualities are, as so often with BIS, of the highest. It is possible that some may find the recording too up-front, but it is an approach that seems to suit the music in question." (MusicWeb July 2005) |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schumann - Fantasie & Études Symphoniques Naum Grubert (piano) [ Piano Classics / CD - released 3/Oct/2011 ] Two major piano works of Robert Schumann played by Russian pianist Naum Grubert. |
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NIKOLAI MYASKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Myaskovsky: Serenada in F flat / Sinfonietta in B minor / Symphony No. 19 USSR Academic Symphony Orchestra, USSR Symphony Orchestra, USSR Ministry of Defence Orchestra [ Melodiya / CD - released 1/Oct/2016 ] Currently very few copies available, anywhere! |
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NIKOLAY MIASKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Miaskovsky: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 22 (recorded 1970 & 1986) USSR Ministry of Culture State Symphony Orchestra. Gennadi Rozhdestvensky & Eugeny Svetlanov [ Russian Revelation / CD - released 1/Jul/1997 ] "To summarise: buy this CD. Any recording of No. 1 is rare." MusicWeb |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokofiev: Ballets e Pas D'acier Op. 41 / On The Dnieper Op. 51 USSR Ministry Of Culture Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky [ Melodiya / CD - released 1/Oct/2016 ] Currently not available in this form. Hard to find. |