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ORFF / WAGNER / ELGAR / PROKOFIEV / HANDEL / BRITTEN / SAINT-SAENS
Simply the best Classical Anthems (2 CDs) Various Performers incls BBC Symphony, London Philharmonic, Monteverdi Choir, Toronto Symphony [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Jun/2015 ] Simply the Best Classical Anthems - a 2CD collection featuring 38 of the most powerful classics on earth. Includes O'Fortuna (X Factor), Ride of the Valkyries (Apocolypse Now), and, Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001 A Space Odyssey) |
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ELLIOT CARTER
Elliott Carter: 103rd Birthday Concert Various performers [ NMC DVD / DVD - released 15/Dec/2013 ] This DVD features 4 world premieres (A Sunbeam's Architecture, String Trio, Mnemosyné, Rigmarole) - two of which were specially written for this concert - and filmed tributes from leading British composers. Enclosed is a 24-page booklet featuring... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Milestones: Chandos 30th anniversary Box Set Various performers incls Susan Gritton, Richard Hickox, Lydia Mordkovitc, Craig Ogden, Stephen Hough, Lynne Dawson, Emma Kirkby, The Kings Singers [ Chandos / 30 CD Box Set - released 1/Mar/2009 ] VERY SPECIAL PRICE. DON'T DELAY! |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons / Flute Concertos Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute) / Members of the Orchestre National de France, I Soloisti Veneti, Lorin Maazel (violin/director), Claudio Scimone [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 4/Apr/2011 ] Vivaldi's most popular work is accompanied by three Flute Concertos performed by Jean-Pierre Rampal. |
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KAROL SZYMANOWSKI / WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI / KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Varsovia Quartet play String Quartets from Poland The Varsovia Quartet [ Olympia / CD - released 1/Apr/1989 ] Recorded in Poland by Polskie Nagrania, 1982 and 1983 Front Cover: "Atma", Szymanowski's House And Museum In Zakomane, Poland |
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Vera Lynn
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vera Lynn - Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart [ ASV Living Era / CD - released 22/Sep/2007 ] Lynn's name is indelibly associated with the war years, during which she did a marvellous job of holding up morale in the armed forces through her entertainments....the booklet has an informative essay by Peter Dempsey. |
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EDWARD ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: The Collector's Edition: The Masterpieces (30 CDs at a special price) Vernon Handley / Adrian Boult / Sir John Barbirolli / Janet Baker / Robert Tear / Charles Groves / Jacqueline du Pre / etc [ EMI Classics / 30 CD Box Set - released 1/Jan/2009 ] Elgar is the quintessential English composer. He is loved as our Shakespeare of music, and we turn to him at times of solemn remembrance and national rejoicing. This edition, released to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the composer's birth,... |
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vaughan Williams: The Collector's Edition [30 CD set] Various performers incls Jonathan Small (oboe), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Piers Lane (piano), Larry Adler (harmonica), Music Group of London [ EMI Classics / 30 CD Box Set - released 28/Apr/2008 ] "A convincing and deeply moving showcase… exceptional value… it's scope breathtaking. This is the essential set, and if you're at all drawn to VW you might as well buy the whole damn show now - because sooner or later you're going to anyway." BBC... |
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MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ravel: Cantates de Rome - Alyssa, Alcyone, Myrrha Veronique Gens, Yann Beuron, Paul Groves, Mirielle Delunsch / Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2000 ] These three Prix de Rome competition cantatas, written in the summers of 1901-03, were intended to persuade the musical authorities that Ravel was the one young composer who deserved a three-year stay in the Eternal City, paid for by the government. |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: La Traviata (Complete Opera recorded in 1960) Victoria de los Angeles, Carlo del Monte, Mario Sereni, Santa Chissari / Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera, Tullio Serafin [ EMI Classics for Pleasure / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2006 ] "The CD transfer is first-rate, and this remains a real bargain." (Gramophone) |
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RUGGIERO LEONCAVALLO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pagliacci (Complete opera) (Recorded 1953) SPECIAL PRICE! Victoria de los Angeles, Jussi Bjorling, Leonard Warren, Robert Merrill / The Columbus Boy Choir. The Robert Shaw Chorale. Renato Cellini [ EMI Historical / CD - released 20/Nov/2003 ] 'the most enjoyable performance of Pagliacci we have ever heard' (The Record Guide) |
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MANUEL de FALLA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Falla: La vide breve / El amor brujo / El sombrero de tres picos Victoria de los Angeles (soprano) / Orquesta Nacional de Espana / Philharmonia Orchestra / Carlo Maria Giulini / Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos [ EMI Great Recordings of the Century / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2001 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - 'This recording of La vida breve is every bit as atmospheric as one could want and is an admirable illustration of a great artist - Victoria de los Angeles - deepening an already... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Victoria De Los Angeles - On Wings Of Song Victoria De Los Angeles (Soprano) / Sinfonia of London, Spanish National Orchestra, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos [ EMI Studio / CD - released 2/Feb/1988 ] Recordings from 1962, 1964 & 1965 mostly at the Abbey Road Studios, London |
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ROSSINI / VERDI / GOUNOD / PUCCINI / LEONCAVALLO / BIZET / CATALANI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Victoria De Los Angeles - Diva Victoria De Los Angeles (Soprano), with Jussi Bjorling & Carlo del Monte (tenor) / Various orchestras & conductors [ EMI Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/1995 ] Victoria studied voice under Dolores Frau, and guitar with Graciano Tarragó, at the Barcelona Conservatory, graduating in 1941 after three years, at the age of 18. (Wiki) |
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Vienna Boys' Choir
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sacred Songs & Folk Songs From Around the World [ ABC Classics / 2 CD - released 23/Aug/2012 ] Experience the beauty of 24 of the world's youngest voices in one of our oldest musical traditions... |
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JOHANN STRAUSS II
The Vienna Choir Boys sing Johann Strauss; Waltzes & Polkas The Vienna Boys Choir [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 22/Nov/1992 ] Piano, Clavinet, Fortepiano played by Franz M. Farnberger |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Cosi fan Tutte (complete opera recorded in 1988) Vienna Opera / Edita Gruberova, Delores Ziegler, Teresa Stratas, Ferruccio Furlanetto / Nicolaus Harnoncourt (cond) [ Deusche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 31/Jan/2006 ] Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker in this filmed studio performance of Mozart's opera recorded in 1988. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Fidelio (complete opera recorded at the Salzburg Festival in 2015) BLU-RAY Vienna Opera / Jonas Kaufmann, Adrianne Pieczonka, Tomasz Konieczny, Hans-Peter König, Olga Bezsmertna / Franz Welser-Möst (cond) [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jul/2016 ] "Jonas Kaufmann's gorgeously sung Florestan"(Financial Times) and Leonora - "triumphantly sung by Adrianne Pieczonka" (The Guardian/Observer) |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 35 & 36 / Eine kleine Nachtmusik Vienna Philhamonic Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik [ EMI / CD - released 20/May/2011 ] Original recordings from 1962 & 1963 |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 38 "Prague" & 41 "Jupiter" Vienna Philhamonic Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik [ EMI / CD - released 20/May/2011 ] Original recordings from 1962 & 1963 |