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GILBERT and SULLIVAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gilbert & Sullivan: Patience (Complete opera with full dialogue) D'Oyly Carte Opera Company with John Reed; Kenneth Sandford; Mary Sansom, Philip Potter / New Symphony Orchestra of London / Isidore Godfrey [ Decca Records / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/1989 ] "Great diction. You get to hang onto every word....Donald Adams as Colonel Calverley is dynamic and John Reed excels as Reginald." Mel@marbecks |
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The Jesus And Mary Chain
Psychocandy (Limited White/Red Splatter Vinyl LP) [ Plg Uk / LP - released 17/Oct/2025 ] Celebrating Psychocandy with this limited edition splatter vinyl pressing. The 1985 debut from The Jesus and Mary Chain fused noise and melody to create a post-punk classic, featuring "Just Like Honey" and "Never Understand". Limited 140g... |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL & OTHERS
Handel's Queens Lucy Crowe, Mary Bevan / London Early Opera, Bridget Cunningham [ Signum / 2 CD - released 19/Jul/2019 ] "This soundly made programme is both pleasing and intriguing." Gramophone Awards 2020 Short List - Recital |
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Mary Chapin Carpenter
Looking For The Thread [ Lambent Light Records / CD - released 24/Jan/2025 ] The trio of Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis, and Karine Polwart first came together as a writing experiment coming out of the pandemic lockdown. With touring off the calendar, multi-Award winning US singer-songwriter Carpenter was looking for... |
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Mary J Blige
Good Morning Gorgeous [ 300 Entertainment / Warner / CD - released 11/Feb/2022 ] Good Morning Gorgeous is Mary J. Blige's follow-up to her 2017 album Strength of a Woman. "Good Morning Gorgeous" features production and writing from D'Mile, H.E.R., Lucky Daye, and Tiara Thomas, while "Amazing" was produced by DJ Khaled,... |
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Mary J. Blige
Good Morning Gorgeous (Deluxe Limited Vinyl LP) [ Warner / 2 LP - released 2/Dec/2022 ] 18 songs, including two new album tracks + three remixes not on the original edition: - Crystal-clear 2LP vinyl - Gatefold jacket - 24"x12" fold-out poster |
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Mary J Blige
Gratitude [ Warner / CD - released 15/Nov/2024 ] 2024 album from Grammy-award winning artist Mary J Blige featuring special guests Jadakiss, Fat Joe and Fabolous. "I mean look at my life right now. I mean I'm in a constant state of gratitude. I feel good, I have jobs and opportunities, I'm... |
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Mary Timony
Mountains (20th Anniversary Edition LP) [ Matador / 2 LP - released 5/Feb/2021 ] Remastered by Bob Weston, Mountains comes back to us as a gold foil-embossed gatefold 2xLP and will include the previously unreleased original takes of "Return to Pirates," "Poison Moon," and "Killed by the Telephone," which were delivered along with... |
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Peter Paul and Mary
The Very Best of Peter Paul and Mary [ Rhino Records / CD - released 23/Aug/2005 ] This career-spanning, digitally re-mastered hits collection gathers 25 signature songs, including "Leaving On A Jet Plane," "Blowin' In The Wind," "Puff, The Magic Dragon," and "In the Morning" (as featured in the Vodafone commercial). |
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CONSTANT LAMBERT / LORD BERNERS
The Film Music of (Incls 'Anna Karenina' & 'Nicholas Nickelby') BBC Concert Orchestra / Rumon Gamba (with Mary Carewe, soprano) [ Chandos Movies / CD - released 30/May/2008 ] "Gamba and the BBC Philharmonic deliver for these few Constant Lambert and Lord Berners scores one of the best albums in the Chandos Film Music series." (MusicWeb June 2008) |
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SIR PETER MAXWELL DAVIES
Maxwell Davies: Sacred Choral Works Michael Bonaventure (solo organ) / Choir of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, Matthew Owens [ Delphian / CD - released 12/Jun/2006 ] In the 1960s few would have predicted that Peter Maxwell Davies would eventually write a set of Evening Canticles; yet religious texts have always been of fundamental importance to the composer, as this disc vividly demonstrates by bringing together... |
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JOHN KANDER / FRED EBB
Kander: Cabaret Natasia Richardson, Alan Cumming, Ron Rifkin & Mary Louise Wilson / New Broadway Cast [ BMG RCA / CD - released 3/Jul/1998 ] This is the 1998 Broadway revival of the musical Cabaret. It features the principal cast members, including Alan Cumming as the Emcee and Natasha Richardson as Sally Bowles. |
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ELGAR / PARRY / WESLEY / COCKER / WHITLOCK / LEMARE / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Carlo Curley - Organ Imperial Carlo Curley (organ of teh Church of St Mary redcliffe, Bristol)) [ Decca Argo / CD - released 16/Dec/2006 ] Carlo Curley was the resident organist at the Alexandra Palace in the 1970s and was the first classical organist to perform a solo organ recital at the White House for President Jimmy Carter. He also played before several European heads of state and... |
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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / BRAHMS / McIVOR / MOZART / BRITTEN / LALLOUTTE / etc
How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings The Choir of the Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick, Mark Shepherd [ Guild / CD - released 2/Feb/1998 ] A choir founded in 1123 at the England parish church St. Mary in the town of Warwick. |
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Deanna Durbin, Andrew Sisters, Carmen Miranda, Ella Fitzgerald, Marlene Dietrich, Frances Lanfford, Mary Martin, Judy Garland, etc
Hollywood Sings - The Girls [ Charly Records / CD - released 4/Sep/1994 ] Original recordings from the 30s and 40s |
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Jazmine Mary
I Want to Rock And Roll (Black Vinyl LP) [ Flying Nun Records / LP - released 13/Jun/2025 ] Flying Nun Records are very pleased to welcome noir folk artist Jazmine Mary to the whānau! Their album, I Want To Rock And Roll is released on black vinyl LP on June 13, 2025. "I Want To Rock And Roll" is Jazmine Mary's third album, following on... |
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VERNON DUKE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ben Bagley's Vernon Duke Revisited Vol III - show tunes -- many of them never before recorded. Kaye Ballard, Ann Hampton Calloway, Tammy Grimes, Mary Cleere Haran, Dorothy Loudon, Sula, etc [ Painted Smiles Records / CD - released 5/May/1994 ] Ben Bagley was an American musical producer and record producer. In 1971, Ben embarked on a new and impressive career. He produced 47 highly distinctive albums of show tunes -- many of them never before recorded. |
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SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN
Sullivan: Songs Mary Bevan (soprano), Ben Johnson (tenor), Ashley Riches (bass-baritone) & David Owen Norris (piano) [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 26/Mar/2017 ] "the powerful Tennyson cycle The Window, George Herbert's Sweet Day and many others - thanks to Norris's inspired direction - make you realise what a fine, underrated songwriter Sullivan was." Sunday Times |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert Symphonies Vol.4: No.9 & Orchestral Songs Mary Bevan (soprano) / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 14/Mar/2025 ] Edward Gardner's Schubert cycle concludes with the 'Great' Symphony no.9 in C major. Having (remarkably) composed a symphony a year between 1813 and 1818, the onset of syphilis and its intrusive treatment seemed to shake the composer's confidence as... |
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DUPARC / FAURE / CHABRIER / SCHUBERT / SEVERAC / etc
Mary Bevan - Voyages Mary Bevan (soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 10/Aug/2018 ] "purity of tone and discreet yet telling way with words can be by turns unnerving and alluring in the Baudelaire settings… Middleton, as one might expect, is marvellously insightful, playing throughout with weight as well as grace and subtlety" Gramo |