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Jeffrey Lewis
A Turn in the Dream Songs [ Rough Trade Records / CD - released 24/Oct/2011 ] New York songwriter/cartoonist Jeffrey Lewis returns with a highly likable sixth album full of his characteristic wit, whimsy, sardonic self-deprecation, and transcendental musings. |
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CHARPENTIER / DEBUSSY / BERLIOZ / MASSENET / OFFENBACH / GLUCK / BIZET / VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kiri te Kanawa - French Opera Arias Kiri te Kanawa (soprano) / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Jeffrey Tate [ EMI / CD - released 20/Jun/1989 ] "As always, one marvels at the sheer allure of the voice" Gramophone |
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JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rameau: Regne Amour (Love songs from the operas) Carolyn Sampson (soprano) / Ex Cathedra / Jeffrey Skidmore, conductor [ Hyperion / CD - released 7/Jun/2004 ] 'This wonderful music will always need special vocal advocacy and there can be few outside France as equipped as Carolyn Sampson' (Gramophone) |
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MARIE-JOSEPH CANTELOUBE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne (with Villa-Lobos's Bachianas brasileiras Aria and Dansa) Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) / English Chamber Orchestra / Jeffrey Tate with Lynn Harrell (cello) [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 21/Feb/2006 ] "Te Kanawa's richly sensuous approach to these delightful songs is very seductive, especially when the accompaniments by Jeffrey Tate and the ECO are so warmly supportive and the sound so opulent."(Gramophone) |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Symphonies Nos 102 & 104 "London" English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate [ EMI / CD - released 11/Jun/1986 ] "Tate here shows ... how winning a relaxed approach to these masterpieces can be. It keeps making you think what a delightful old man Haydn must have been." (Gramophone) |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Symphonies Nos 32, 35 'Haffner', & 39 English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/1985 ] ""There are absolutely no reservations about Jeffrey Tate's strongly characterised readings of (three) key late Mozart symphonies. The ECO emphasise elegance." (Gramophone) |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Violin Concerto / Romances Nos 1 & 2 Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin) / English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate [ EMI Encore / CD - released 20/Jun/2005 ] "Above all, it is the scale of this performance that I admire.." - Gramophone |
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CARL ORFF
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Orff: Carmina Burana Barbara Hendricks (sop) Jeffrey Black (baritone) Michael Chance (countertenor) / London Philharmonic Chorus & Orchestra, Franz Welser-Most [ EMIClassics / CD - released 10/Sep/1990 ] No other 20th century work delights music-lovers as much as Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana". The opening number, "Oh Fortuna", is a huge classical hit in its own right. |
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The Goons featuring Andrew Secombe, Jon Glover, Jeffrey Holland & others
Goon Again - The 40th Anniversary Cardboard Replica Show [ BBC Audio / CD - released 5/Nov/2001 ] Using scripts by Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens, the Goon Show was recreated at the Playhouse Theatre in London for one night, with Andrew Secombe (Harry's son), Jon Glover (as Spike Milligan) and Jeffrey Holland (as Peter Sellers). |
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Jeffrey Foucault
Horse Latitudes [ Signature Sounds / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] 10 tracks of beautifully spun stories over waning guitar, gently strummed acoustics and Foucault's gruff and well focused vocals. The album also features a stellar cast of musicians. |