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ANTONIN DVORAK / BEDRICH SMETANA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak/Smetana: Suites & Serenades Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Alain Lombard [ Erato Bonsai / CD - released 8/Apr/1988 ] Original recording made in 1979 |
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VIVALDI / HANDEL / HASSE / GLUCK / MOZART / J. C. BACH / ROSSINI
Angel Voices. The Magic Of The Castrato Philippe Jaroussky, James Bowman, René Jacobs, Max Emanuel Cencic, Gérard Lesne, David Daniels [ Erato Inspiration / CD - released 2/Feb/2011 ] The fascination engendered by castrati is a remarkable phenomenon of music history. From Handel's time up to the days of Mozart and Rossini, these vocal prodigies were the leading attraction of the world of opera. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-10 (Complete) Renaud Capucon (violin) & Frank Braley (piano) [ Erato Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2011 ] "These are among the smoothest and most beautiful-sounding Beethoven duo-sonata performances to have come my way in recent years." (Gramophone Editor's Choice November 2011) |
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BEETHOVEN / SCHUBERT / GLUCK / MASSENET / KRIELER / MENDELSSOHN / FAURE / etc
Renaud Capucon - Le violon Roi Renaud Capucon (violin) with Gautier Capucon (cello) Frank Braley (piano) Martha Argerich (piano) Mischa Maisky (cello), etc [ Erato Classics / 3 CD - released 1/Oct/2014 ] Born in Chambéry in 1976, Renaud Capuçon studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris with Gérard Poulet and Veda Reynolds. He was awarded first prize for chamber music in 1992 and first prize for violin with a special... |
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JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffman (The Tales of Hoffman) (complete opera) Roberto Alagna, Jose van Dam, Natalie Dessay, Sumi Jo / l'Opera National de Lyon, Kent Nagano [ Erato / Warner Classics The Opera Collection / 3 CD - released 25/Jul/2011 ] "With Nagano taking a light, airy view and using the most scholarly text available, this new version certainly has its place." (Gramophone) |
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PURCELL
Purcell Edition (The Indian Queen, The Tempest, Dioclesian, Timon of Athens) Rosemary Hardy, Dinah Harris, Jennifer Smith, Lynne Dawson, Rogers Covey-Crump etc / Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists, John Elliot Gardiner [ Warner Erato / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Apr/2010 ] "The choral singing is especially fine, with the close of the work movingly expressive… for The Tempest, Gardiner demonstrates how delightful it is, a masterly collection, in performances both polished and stylish and with excellent solo and choral... |
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Stacey Kent, Bernard Lavilliers Quatuor Ebène
Brazil [ Erato / CD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] On this latest album from the Ébène Quartet, it's Brazil as you've never heard it before..the Ébène Quartet have made a mixture of bossa nova and samba, shaken up into an intoxicating cocktail of rhythms and melodies from a diverse range of cultures |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Cello Suites Truls Mork (cello) [ Erato Classics / 2 CD - released 9/Jan/2006 ] "these are commanding performances, inspired by the composer's own unquenchable spirit." Gramophone Magazine February 2006 Editor's Choice |
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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. |