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GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia [The Barber of Seville] complete studio recording of the opera recorded in 1972 Teresa Berganza, Luigi Alva, Hermann Prey, Enzo Dara / Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon 2 CD + Blu-ray Audio + DVD / 4 CD/DVD Box Set - released 17/Mar/2023 ] The hardcover edition of Claudio Abbado's legendary recording of Rossini's opera The Barber of Seville is out of print and now available in a new packaged set: 2 CD + BD audio (24bit/96kHz) + DVD video box set. |
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COLE PORTER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kiss Me Kate Josephine Barslow, Thomas Hampson, Kim Criswell, Karla Burns / Ambrosian Chorus & London Sinfonietta, John McGlinn [ EMI Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/1990 ] This set brings together the five complete recordings of famous Broadway musicals made under the direction of the American conductor and musical theatre archivist John McGlinn - Show Boat (1927) by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II, Cole Porter's... |
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VERDI / PUCCINI / DONIZETTI / MASCAGNI / ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Italian Opera Choruses Theatro Roma Opera Chorus / Covent Garden Royal Opera House Chorus / Various conductors [ Royal Opera / CD - released 25/Jan/1995 ] 19 masterpieces from Italian opera recorded from 1959 to 1972 |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No 3 (with Bartok - Piano Concerto No 2) Tzimon Barto (piano) / London Philharmonic, Christoph Eschenbach [ EMI Redline / CD - released 29/Jun/2002 ] "...an exceptionally well-filled CD with an attractively unusual coupling." (Gramophone) |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Serenade No 1 in D / Variations on a theme by Haydn Ulster Orchestra. Vernon Handley, conductor [ Chandos / CD - released 14/Apr/2004 ] Recorded at the Ulster Hall, Belfast, January/March, 1988 |
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ALEXANDER BORODIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Borodin: Symphony No 2 / Petite Suite USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Evgeny Svetlanov [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 4/Nov/1994 ] "...The great horn melody of the slow movement brings identifiably Russian tone for Svetlanov, euphonium-like without unpleasant whining...in the symphony, Svetlanov finds inspiration in the finale, with a sparkling scherzo section leading to a... |
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GIUSEPPE TARTINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tartini: Violin Concertos Uto Ughi (violin) / I Solisti Veneti, Claudio Scimone [ Erato Basic Edition / CD - released 7/May/2001 ] Original recording from 1985 |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokofiev: Violin Sonatas 1 & 2 / 5 Melodies Op 35b Vadim Repin (violin) Boris Berezovsky (piano) [ Erato / CD - released 6/Oct/1995 ] Repin performs on the magnificent Stradivarius "Ruby" 1708 by kind permission of the Stradivarius Society of Chicago. |
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W. A. MOZART / SAMUEL BARBER / CLAUDE DEBUSSY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Van Cliburn - Mozart, Barber & Debussy Van Cliburn (piano) [ RCA Victor Van Cliburn Collection / CD - released 25/Sep/1992 ] .Recordings from 1965 - 1972 |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 / 5 Intermezzi Van Cliburn (piano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner [ RCA Victor Van Cliburn Collectation / CD - released 20/May/1988 ] "Van Cliburn's triumph at the first International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1958 and his unprecedented ticker-tape welcome home was a story that made front pages worldwide. What other pianist has inspired that kind of coverage?" Gramophone |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: Orchestral Works (Incls Sinfonia da Requiem, Simple Symphony & Prince of the Pagodas) Leif Ove Andsnes, Peter Donohoe, Simon Rattle, Paavo Berglund, Oliver Knussen, etc [ EMI Classics / 8 CD Box Set - released 4/Feb/2013 ] "And there are no duds and some real winners among these performances, which bid fair to rival Britten's own survey for Decca." MusicWeb |
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HOWARD HANSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Music of Howard Hanson (Incls Symphonies 2 "Romantic", 4 "Requiem", 6 & 7) Carol Rosenberger (piano) Judith Mendenhall (flute) / Seattle Symphony Orchestra & Chorale, New York Chamber Symphony, Gerard Schwarz [ Delos / 2 CD - released 2/Feb/1998 ] Composer, teacher, and one of the most influential musical figures in the United States between the world wars, Howard Hanson studied in New York with conservative composer Percy Goetschius and at Northwestern University, outside Chicago. Somewhat of... |
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Original Cast Album, with Ellen Greene & Lee Wilkof
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Little Shop Of Horrors [ Geffen / CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] Little Shop of Horrors is a horror comedy rock musical with music by Alan Menken and lyrics and a book by Howard Ashman. The story follows a hapless florist shop worker who raises a plant that feeds on human blood and flesh. The musical is loosely... |
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Various performers including Eydie Alyson, Brent Barrett, Ripert Holmes, Crista Moore, etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lost In Boston Vol 4 - Songs you have never heard from 'Sweet Charity', 'Little Shop of Horrors', 'Pippin' and more [ Varese Sarabande / CD - released 5/May/1997 ] The final in the famed Lost in Boston CD series. Lost in Boston IV is subtitled "The End of the Road." Previous CDs in the series rescued songs cut from famous musicals, including West Side Story, Guys and Dolls, The King and I, The Music Man and The... |
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RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen (recorded live in 1957) Hans Hotter, Birgit Nilsson, Otakar Kraus, Wolfgang Wingassen, Peter Klein / Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Rudolf Kempe [ Testament / 13 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2018 ] "The glory here is Birgit Nilsson's gleaming Brünnhilde, already 39 years old, but sounding youthful, touching and tireless. The set is a reminder of the strengths of the company at this period, with Joan Sutherland leading the Rhinemaidens." Sunday |
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EDWARDS / HANDEL / TAVENER / SCULTHORPE / GRAINGER / KOEHNE / ZIPOLI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Swoon Collection III - The final indulgence (Includes Caccini's 'Ave Maria') Various Artists incls Keith Jarrett, Inessa Galante, Peter Sculthorpe, Pepe Romero, David Darling. Ensemble Galilei, Pierre Pierlot, King's College Ch [ ABC Classics / CD - released 9/Dec/1998 ] This is it! Volume three of the ever popular Swoon collection |
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Various performers including Carolee Carmello, Liz Callaway, Judy Kaye, Sal Viviano, etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lost In Boston Vol 1 - Songs you have never heard from '110 in the Shade', 'The King and I', 'West Side Story' and more [ Varese Sarabande / CD - released 5/May/1997 ] Volume I in the famed Lost in Boston CD series. Other CDs in the series rescued songs cut from famous musicals, including West Side Story, Guys and Dolls, The King and I, The Music Man and The Fantasticks. Volume I includes songs cut from Fiddler... |
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Various performers including Kaye Ballard, Liz Callaway, Judy Kaye, Sal Viviano, etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lost In Boston Vol 2 - Songs you have never heard from 'I Do! I Do!', 'Promises, Promises', 'Fiddler on the Roof' and more [ Varese Sarabande / CD - released 5/May/1997 ] Volume II in the famed Lost in Boston CD series. Other CDs in the series rescued songs cut from famous musicals, including West Side Story, Guys and Dolls, The King and I, The Music Man and The Fantasticks. |
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MOZART / BRITTEN / STRAVINSKY / ROSSINI / MONTEVERDI / GERSHWIN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Very Best of Glyndebourne on Record [5 CD set] Various singers including Audrey Mildmay, Constance Willis, Sena Jurinac, Noel Mangin, Carol Vaness, Willard White, Natalie Dessay, etc [ EMI Budget Boxes / 5 CD Box Set - released 20/Apr/2009 ] The Glyndebourne Festival is one of the great opera "feasts" of the year. Many great singers have appeared on its stage as it seeks out new talent and gives them all an excellent grounding in the art of performance. |