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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 |
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SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN
Sullivan: The Harmonious Echo Mary Bevan (soprano), Kitty Whately (mezzo), Ben Johnson (tenor), Ashley Riches (bass-baritone), David Owen-Norris (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 4/Jun/2021 ] Although most widely remembered for his operettas in partnership with W.S. Gilbert, Sir Arthur Sullivan was the most famous of all British composers of the nineteenth century. He was revered as a composer of oratorios, and was urged by Queen Victoria... |
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Mary Black
The Holy Ground [ Dara Records / CD - released 8/Dec/2011 ] The opening song, Summer Sent You, is so uplifting it's almost religious. With its uncomplicated lyrics, melody and arrangement you know that its emotional force comes from the metaphysical magic that links Mary and Noel Brazil. The impromptu whoop... |
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Mary Chapin Carpenter
State of the Heart [ Sony / CD - released 14/Jul/2003 ] |
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Mary Chapin Carpenter
Personal History (LP) [ Thirty Tigers / LP - released 6/Jun/2025 ] Carpenter's 17th album, Personal History was produced by Bonny Light Horseman's Josh Kaufman (Bob Weir, The National) and recorded live at Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios in Bath, England. Across the eleven tracks, Carpenter presents a set of... |
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Mary Duff
Just a Country Girl [ Big Jo-Ke / CD - released 24/Aug/2009 ] Mary Duff is one of Ireland's favourite songbirds and has won many awards. Here she gives her own take on some favourite country songs. |
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Mary J. Blige
The London Sessions [ Capitol Records / CD - released 28/Nov/2014 ] Mary J. Blige has once again confounded expectations and ventured into new musical territory by crossing the Atlantic to collaborate with some of this decade's most celebrated UK musical talent - including Disclosure, Eg White, Emeli Sandé, Jimmy... |
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Mary Lattimore
Collected Pieces: 2015-2020 [ Ghostly International / CD - released 14/Jan/2022 ] In the afterglow of her acclaimed 2020 album Silver Ladders (a year-end favorite of NPR, Pitchfork, The New Yorker, and others), Los Angeles-based harpist and composer Mary Lattimore returns with a culminating counterpart release, Collected Pieces:... |
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GEORGE GERSHWIN
Gershwin: Girl Crazy Mary Martin & Jan Clayton / Members of the Original Broadway Cast [ Prism Leisure / CD - released 1/Jun/1998 ] Girl Crazy is a 1930 musical by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin and book by Guy Bolton and John McGowan. Ethel Merman made her stage debut in the first production and co-lead Ginger Rogers became an overnight star. |
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MARCEL DUPRE
Works For Organ Vol. 11 Mary Preston (Organ) [ Naxos Organ Encyclopedia / CD - released 17/Nov/2007 ] This is Volume 11 in the Naxos series of Dupré's complete organ works. Once again, Preston commands the impressive 4-84 Fish organ in the Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas. Continuing the pattern established in this series, each disc contains a... |
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SAMUEL BARBER
Barber: The Complete Songs Samantha Clarke, Soraya Mafi, Louise Kemény, Mary Bevan, Fleur Barron, Jess Dandy, Nicky Spence, Dominic Sedgwick, Julien Van Mellaerts, etc [ Resonus / 2 CD - released 6/May/2022 ] "These two discs undoubtedly set a new benchmark in Barber's vocal music, and every art song lover should have them." BBC Music 5 out of 5 stars Recording of the Month August 2022 |
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CHARLES IVES
Ives: Songs, Vol. 1 Sara Jakubiak (soprano) Patrick Carfizzi (bass) Mary Phillips (mezzo) Laura Garritson (piano) Biava Quartet [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] "All of this is immensely praiseworthy… for the many novelties which they include, and for the way in which they demonstrate the range and quality of Ives' songs." --Review by John Sheppard, MusicWeb International |
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Sarah Mary Chadwick
Messages To God [ Kill Rock Stars / CD - released 14/Jun/2023 ] New Zealand born, Melbourne-based Sarah Mary Chadwick has announced her eighth studio record Messages to God due out September 15 on Kill Rock Stars and executive produced by award winning producer, Tony Epsie (oracle to The Avalanches). Composed of... |
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Sarah Mary Chadwick
Messages To God (Orange Vinyl LP) [ Kill Rock Stars / LP - released 14/Jun/2023 ] Limited edition Australian exclusive, translucent orange vinyl. New Zealand born, Melbourne-based Sarah Mary Chadwick has announced her eighth studio record Messages to God due out September 15 on Kill Rock Stars and executive produced by award... |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel In Italy Vol 1 Sophie Bevan (soprano), Mary Bevan (soprano) & Benjamin Bevan (baritone) / London Early Opera, Bridget Cunningham (director) [ Signum Classics / CD - released 10/Sep/2015 ] "it opens an enjoyable showcase for Sophie, Mary and Benjamin Bevan: two sisters and their youthful uncle. Sophie sings it peachily, with a richer-sounding soprano than previous recorded exponents." (Sunday Times) |
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Alan Jackson, Statler Brothers, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Jim Reeves, Marty Robbins, Mac Davis & more
Ultimate Country [ Sony Music / 4 CD Box Set - released 3/Aug/2009 ] This four disc set can legitimately call itself the Ultimate Country Album. With country stars like Alan Jackson, Brad Paisley, Billy Ray Cyrus, The Statler Brothers, Charlie Daniels, John Denver, Ricky Skaggs, George Jones & Tammy Wynette, etc |
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Bill Fay & Mary Lattimore
Love Is The Tune (7") [ Dead Oceans / 7in - released 6/May/2022 ] 'My friend Max introduced me to Bill Fay's records when we worked in a record store together in Philly over a decade ago. His songs have kept me company on many long drives and have soundtracked lots of beautiful, quiet, kind of searching moments in... |
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The Jesus And Mary Chain
Damage And Joy [ Cooking Vinyl / CD - released 6/May/2022 ] Originally released in 2017 on the band's own label Artificial Plastic and now being reissued by Fuzz Club Records, 'Damage And Joy' is the seventh studio album from Scottish alt-rock legends The Jesus and Mary Chain. The long-awaited follow-up to... |
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The Jesus and Mary Chain
Glasgow Eyes [ Fuzz Club / CD - released 22/Mar/2024 ] Marking 40 years of The Jesus And Mary Chain, 'Glasgow Eyes' was recorded at Mogwai's Castle of Doom studio in Glasgow, where Jim and William continued the creative process that resulted in their previous album, 2017's 'Damage and Joy', becoming... |
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The Jesus and Mary Chain
Glasgow Eyes (Blue Vinyl LP) [ Fuzz Club / LP - released 22/Mar/2024 ] Marking 40 years of The Jesus And Mary Chain, 'Glasgow Eyes' was recorded at Mogwai's Castle of Doom studio in Glasgow, where Jim and William continued the creative process that resulted in their previous album, 2017's 'Damage and Joy', becoming... |