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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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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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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 |
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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 (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... |