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AARON COPLAND
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man / Appalachian Spring / El Salon Mexico / Old American Songs Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin / Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Eduardo Mata /The Orchestra of St Luke's, Dennis Russell Davies [ EMI Classics for Pleasure / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] "This is a truly outstanding issue packed with great things." (MusicWeb Bargain of the Month October 2008) |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 Sally Matthews (soprano) & Christopher Maltman (baritone) / London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Valery Gergiev [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 5/May/2014 ] "[Maltman] is outstanding; firm of tone, passionate in declamation and excellent of diction...The LSC, meticulously prepared by their director Simon Halsey, cope superbly for most of the time." MusicWeb |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: String Quartets K421 & k465 'Dissonance' Salomon String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Nov/1987 ] 'They strike me as the musical equivalent of a breath of fresh spring air' (Records & Recording) |
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HANS WERNER HENZE
Hans Werner Henze: The Bassarids Salzburg Festival / Sean Panikkar, Russell Braun, Willard White, Nikolai Schukoff / Vienna Philharmonic, Kent Nagano [ Arthaus Musik DVD / 2 DVD - released 11/Oct/2019 ] The opera, inspired by Euripides' tragedy The Bacchae, is as seductive as it is topical: When Dionysus - is he a charlatan? is he a demigod? - bursts into the intact world of ancient Thebes, he plunges a city into chaos. In stark contrast to his... |
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JOHN BLOW
Blow: An Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell & other works Samuel Boden (tenor), Thomas Walker (tenor) / Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 29/Sep/2017 ] "With a recording that is wonderfully clear and alive, everything seems to be going right for Jonathan Cohen at present." Gramophone Editor's Choice October 2017 |
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ARRIGO BOITO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Boito: Mefistofele (Complete opera recorded in 1995) Samuel Ramey, Vincenzo La Scola, Michele Crider / Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Alla Scala, Milano, Riccardo Muti [ RCA Victor Red Seal / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/1996 ] "Ramey was already a splendid Mefistofele...but here he is even more in command of the role, and has the advantage of Muti's masterly conducting. Crider is an affecting Margherita and La Scola a mellifluous Faust." Peformance & Sound: 5 (out of 5) |
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FRANZ LEHAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lehar: The Merry Widow (complete operetta recorded in English in 2001) San Francisco Opera / Yvonne Kenny, Bo Skovhus, Angelika Kirchschlager, Gregory Turay / Erich Kunzel (cond) [ BBC / Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] '…this is about as lavish a production of Franz Lehár's adorable operetta as you are ever likely to see…soprano Yvonne Kenny is perfectly cast in the title role.' Classic FM Magazine |
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W.A. MOZART
Mozart: Mass in C Minor KV427 Sandrine Piau, Anne-Lise Sollied, Paul Agnew, Frederic Caton / Accentus / La Chambre Philharmonique / Emmanuel Krivine [ Naive / CD - released 20/Dec/2005 ] MARBECKS STAFF RECORDING OF THE YEAR 2006 - "Krivine offers a hard-edged reading, almost Bach-like in both its devotional austerity and its emphasis on the score's complex counterpoint...the choral singing and playing are admirably clear" (The... |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Opera Arias Sandrine Piau (soprano) / Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Gottfried von der Goltz [ Naive / CD - released 17/Aug/2005 ] "... It always sounds as though she has range, and power, to spare...It feels so easy and natural you'll probably find yourself grinning from ear to ear in delight." BBC Music |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: In Furore, Laudate Pueri e Concerti Sacri Sandrine Piau (soprano) / l'Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone [ Naive / Opus III Vivaldi Edition Vol 31 / CD - released 7/May/2006 ] 'Sandrine Piau impeccable in some of Vivaldi's most alluring sacred music' BBC Music 'Choral & Song' recording of the month June 2006 |
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W.A. MOZART
Le Nozze di Figaro [The Marriage of Figaro] (complete opera directed by Peter Sellars. Recorded in 1990) Sanford Sylvan / James Maddalena / Susan Larson / Jeanne Ommerle / Wiener Symphoniker / Craig Smith (cond) [ Decca Records / 2 DVD - released 14/Jun/2005 ] Sung in the original Italian but relocated to contrasting worlds of late 20th century USA, 'Le nozze di Figaro' takes place in the ersatz elegance of Fifth Avenue. |
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HERBERT HOWELLS / EDMUND RUBBRA / HAMILTON HARTY / RUTLAND BOUGHTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sarah Francis - Music for oboe Sarah Francis (oboe), Peter Dickinson (piano), The Rasumovsky Quartet [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/May/2008 ] A very attractive reissue' (Classic CD) |
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HENRY PURCELL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Purcell: Sonatas in Three & Four Parts Slovak Radio Quartet [ Discover / CD - released 10/Feb/2013 ] Current selling for $66 on Amazon (US) |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos / etc Ragna Schirmer (piano) / Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken, Günther Herbig [ Berlin Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/2006 ] "Schirmer has an agile technique, a clean attack, a crisp tone, a sprightly sense of rhythm, and a winning way with phrasing a melody." AllMusic |
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TRADITIONAL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wayfaring Stranger Scholl Andreas (counter tenor) / Orpheus Chamber Orchestra [ Decca / CD - released 20/Jul/2010 ] "This curious but heartfelt disc is spine-tingling. And thanks to that Decca beauty treatment - a piercingly clear and immediate sound - and the professionalism of all involved, it is never less than interesting." (BBC Music) |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas BWV49, 115, 180 Andreas Scholl, Barbara Schlick, Christoph Pregardien, Gothold Schwarz / Ensemble Baroque de Limoges & Concerto Vocale de Leipzig, Christophe Coin [ Naive / CD - released 29/Jul/2013 ] Conductor Christophe Coin, who studied with Jordi Savall and Nikolaus Harnoncourt, has, for the last 30 years, been France's most fervent apostle of the music of the 17th and 18th centuries. |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert String Quintet in C. D.956 Melos Quartett with Mstislav Rostropovich (2nd cello) [ Deutsche Grammophon Galleria / CD - released 2/Feb/1989 ] Recording: Zurich, Tonhalle, 9/1977 |
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SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN / BRAHMS / R. STRAUSS / WOLF / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - Unpublished Lieder & Songs Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) Gerald Moore, Walter Gieseking (piano) [ Testament / CD - released 20/Nov/2000 ] Testament is an artist-based label, not restricted to any particular period of recording history, and its releases are selected from the archives of some of the largest record companies and radio stations in the world. |
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MONTEVERDI / CARISSIMI / DVORAK / HUMPERDINCK / R. STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Soprano Duets Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Urmgard Seefried (sopranos) with Gerald Moore, Herbert von Karajan, Josef Krips [ EMI Classics / CD - released 10/Sep/1988 ] Irmgard Seefried said, "I sang a great deal with Elisabeth and was fortunate - not everybody was - in establishing an excellent rapport with her" |