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Brian Wilson And Van Dyke Parks
Orange Crate Art (Double LP) [ ADA / Warner / 2 LP - released 19/Jun/2020 ] In 1966, when Brian Wilson prepared the follow up to his masterpiece Pet Sounds, he employed the services of Mississippi born Van Dyke Parks as lyricist for The Beach Boys next album, SMiLE. As history would soon document, SMiLE became the most... |
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VARIOUS
David Garrett - Iconic David Garrett (violin), Franck van der Heijden, orchestra the Prezent [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 9/Dec/2022 ] The inspiration behind this album was the golden age of the star violinist. Players such as Heifetz, Kreisler, Francescatti, Grumiaux and, of course, the great Yehudi Menuhin are all idols of mine, and that's why I chose the title Iconic" - David... |
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Gaby Moreno And Van Dyke Parks
¡Spangled! (LP) [ Nonesuch / Warner / LP - released 4/Oct/2019 ] ¡Spangled! is a collaboration between Guatemalan-born singer-songwriter Gaby Moreno and American musician, songwriter, arranger, and producer Van Dyke Parks. The ten-song set celebrates the migration of song across the Americas and spans more than... |
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JOHN ADAMS
Adams: Piano Music (LP) Jeroen van Veen (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / LP - released 19/Jan/2024 ] The LP version of a highly successful CD issue of the complete piano music by John Adams (born 1947). "Minimalism, but not as you know it", thus described The Guardian the John Adams' music. John Adams is active in almost every musical genre,... |
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Sharon Van Etten
Are We There [ Jagaguwar / CD - released 23/May/2014 ] Stunning Brooklyn-based songstress Sharon Van Etten follows up her third and breakthrough album - 2012's Tramp with an equally heartbreakingly beautiful release Are We There. Sharon sings heartbreaking and heartfelt songs that are intensely... |
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Sharon Van Etten
epic Ten [ Ba Da Bing / 2 CD - released 11/Jun/2021 ] "epic represents a crossroads for me as an artist. Going from intern to artist at Ba Da Bing, from solo folk singer to playing with a band for the first time and beginning to play shows on tour where people showed up. I am in awe of the artists who... |
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Sharon van Etten
I Don't Want to Let You Down (EP) [ Jagjaguwar / CD - released 5/Jun/2015 ] Sharon Van Etten has never needed much room to make a grand statement. With four albums diligently released during the last six years, she's become one of music's most astute new cartographers of the heart, able to capture emotional trials and... |
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Sharon Van Etten
Remind Me Tomorrow [ Jagjaguwar / CD - released 18/Jan/2019 ] Sharon Van Etten's Remind Me Tomorrow comes four years after Are We There, and reckons with the life that gets lived when you put off the small and inevitable maintenance in favor of something more present. Throughout Remind Me Tomorrow, Sharon Van... |
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Sharon Van Etten
Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory [ Jagjaguwar / CD - released 7/Feb/2025 ] From the off, Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory is sonically different from Van Etten's previous work. Writing and recording in total collaboration with her band for the first time, Van Etten finds the freedom that comes by letting go. The... |
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Sharon Van Etten
We've Been Going About This All Wrong [ Jagjaguwar / CD - released 6/May/2022 ] Sharon Van Etten has always been the kind of artist who helps people make sense of the world around them, and her sixth album, We've Been Going About This All Wrong, concerns itself with how we feel, mourn, and reclaim our agency when we think the... |
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Sharon Van Etten
We've Been Going About This All Wrong (Deluxe 2LP) [ Jagjaguwar / LP - released 11/Nov/2022 ] Sharon Van Etten has always been the kind of artist who helps people make sense of the world around them, and her sixth album, We've Been Going About This All Wrong, concerns itself with how we feel, mourn, and reclaim our agency when we think the... |
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Sharon Van Etten
We've Been Going About This All Wrong (LP) [ Jagjaguwar / LP - released 6/May/2022 ] Sharon Van Etten has always been the kind of artist who helps people make sense of the world around them, and her sixth album, We've Been Going About This All Wrong, concerns itself with how we feel, mourn, and reclaim our agency when we think the... |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Siegfried (complete opera recorded 2017) Simon O'Neill, Matthias Goerne, David Cangelosi, Heidi Melton, Werner van Mechelen / Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden [ Naxos / 4 CD Box Set - released 2/Nov/2017 ] "New Zealand tenor Simon O'Neill is surely the Siegfried for our generation." MusicWeb |
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BEETHOVEN / RIES / PUNTO / DANZI
Horn and Piano: A Cor Basse Recital Teunis van der Zwart (horn), Alexander Melnikov (paino) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 28/Jan/2022 ] "van der Zwart exploits the disruptive contrasts between registers, and between stopped and open notes, as vividly as I've ever heard...A winner, and not only for horn fanciers." Gramophone Editor's Choice March 2022 |
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FRANCIS POULENC
Poulenc: Complete Chamber Music, Vol. 5 (Incls Barbar, the little Elephant) Francois Mouzaya (narrator), Alexandre Tharaud (piano), Laurent Lefevre (bassoon), Stephane Logerot (double bass), Ronald van Spaendonck (clarinet) [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Dec/2000 ] "The narrators are two gifted children, the pianist Alezandre Tharaud, whose acute playing has sparked the series." Turok's Choice |
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Thijs Van Leer
Collections [ Music on CD / CD - released 13/Sep/2019 ] If you are a big fan of the Dutch band Focus, you might be intrigued by the solo work of band-member keyboardist and virtuoso on the flute Thijs van Leer. The album includes musical references to Bach in some numbers, and shows of Van Leer's... |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY / SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Van Cliburn Van Cliburn (piano) / RCA Symphony Orchestra, Symphony of the Air, Kirill Kondrashin [ Philips / BMG/RCA / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/2018 ] Harvey Lavan "Van" Cliburn Jr. (July 12, 1934 - February 27, 2013) was an American pianist. At the age of 23, Cliburn achieved worldwide recognition when he won the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1958 during the Cold War |
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Van Halen
1984 (LP) [ Warner Bros. / LP - released 26/Sep/2011 ] 30th Anniversary reissue of the classic Van Halen album on 180g Vinyl At the time of its release, much of the fuss surrounding 1984 involved Van Halen's adoption of synthesizers on this, their sixth album -- a hoopla that was a bit of a red... |
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Van Halen
Balance (Expanded Edition) [ Rhino / 2 CD - released 15/Aug/2025 ] Originally released in 1995, Balance marked the final studio album from the classic Van Halen lineup of Sammy Hagar, Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen and Michael Anthony. The Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum record debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200... |
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Van Halen
Best Of Volume 1 [ Warner Bros. Records / CD - released 21/Oct/1996 ] |
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Van Halen
Live In Dallas 1991 (Limited Edition LP) [ Rhino / 2 LP - released 25/Apr/2025 ] Previously unreleased live concert from Van Halen's 4th December, 1991, performance in Dallas, TX. Captured during the For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge Tour, the show's setlist mixes new songs Judgement Day and Poundcake with songs from 5150 and... |
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Van Halen
Live: Right Here, Right Now (4 x LP) [ Rhino / Warner / 4 LP - released 23/Feb/2024 ] Van Halen's first live album - 1993's double-platinum Live: Right Here, Right Now - made its vinyl debut on Record Store Day as a limited edition 4-LP set. Recorded in May 1992 as the band was wrapping up their massive world tour in the support of... |
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Van Halen
Van Halen (180g LP) [ Rhino / LP - released 29/Jun/2009 ] Van Halen Van Halen on 180g LP from Warner Bros. Remastered from the Original Analog Tapes by Kevin Gray at Acoustech and Pressed at RTI. Groundbreaking 1978 Debut Has Outstanding Sound: By Far the DEFINITIVE Pressing... |
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Van Halen
Van Halen II (Remastered LP) [ Rhino / LP - released 10/Jul/2015 ] Formed in Los Angeles in 1974, Van Halen changed the rock and roll landscape forever with the release of their self-titled, 1978 debut album and subsequently produced a repertoire of hits that remain some of the strongest and most influential rock... |
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Van Morrison
Astral Weeks (Expanded Edition) [ Warner Brother / CD - released 30/Oct/2015 ] Van Morrison's 1968 debut Astral Weeks. In addition to remastered audio, this album also features previously unreleased versions of several album tracks. |
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Van Morrison
Astral Weeks (180g LP) [ Warner / LP - released 20/Nov/2015 ] Van Morrison's early years at Warner Bros. Records were revisited in grand form in 2013 with the epic deluxe edition of Moondance packed with unreleased studio outtakes. Now the bookends to that classic album, Morrison's legendary 1968 label... |
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Van Morrison
Moondance (LP) [ Warner Bros. / LP - released 20/Nov/2015 ] |
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Van Morrison
Now Playing (Limited Edition Sea Blue Vinyl LP) [ Rhino / Warner / LP - released 5/Jul/2024 ] Van Morrison's Now Playing tracklist features soulful ballads like "Sweet Thing" and introspective tunes like "Into the Mystic," alongside energetic pieces like "Moondance" and "Domino." With a blend of jazz, soul, and rock influences, Morrison's... |
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Van Morrison And Joey Defrancesco
You're Driving Me Crazy [ Sony / CD - released 27/Apr/2018 ] Van Morrison's 39th studio album "You're Driving Me Crazy" showcases electrifying musical collaborations, fresh interpretations of blues/jazz standards and deep cuts from Van's songbook. The new album is a collaboration with jazz Hammond... |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn: Elias (Elijah) (Complete Oratorio in German) Alastair Miles, Jard van Nes, Helen Donath / Israel Philharmonic, Kurt Masur [ Teldec / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/May/1993 ] Contains comprehensive book and translations |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 4 & 5 Anima Eterna / Jos van Immerseel (conductor) [ Zig Zag Territoires / CD - released 10/Mar/2010 ] |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Symphony No 9 (1977 recording) Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Agnes Baltsa, Peter Schreier, Jose van Dam / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 2/Feb/1977 ] Original recording from 1977 |
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CARL ORFF
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Orff: Carmina Burana Arleen Augar, John van Kesteren, Jonathan Summers / Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra. Riccardo Muti [ EMI Red Line / CD - released 7/Feb/2005 ] *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide. |
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Barry Van Zyl
African Heartbeat - Drums and Percussion from Southern Africa [ Arc / CD - released 1/Aug/2013 ] In his first solo album, Barry Van Zyl, world-renowned South African percussionist and drummer with the Johnny Clegg Band since 1999, presents his interpretation of the rhythms and feels of southern African drumming. The album combines musical and... |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: String Quintet D956 / Quartettsatz D703 Brodsky Quartet, with Laura van der Heijden (Cello) [ Chandos / CD - released 30/Sep/2022 ] Celebrating its fiftieth anniversary this year, the Brodsky Quartet has performed more than 3000 concerts on the major concert stages of the world and has released more than seventy recordings. A natural curiosity and insatiable desire to explore... |
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ANTHONI van NOORDT
Van Noordt: Works for organ Vol 2 Cees van der Poel (organ) [ Naxos Organ Encyclopedia / CD - released 1/May/2004 ] "The playing is stylistically intelligent and seems exemplary. This disc, at budget price, surely merits the highest recommendation." - Organists' Review (Michael Overbury), February 2000 |
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Christopher Keyes, Diego Vega, Ferdinando De Sena, Willem van Twillert, Andrew Schultz
Reason & Reverence: Works For Orchestra [ Navona / CD - released 6/Aug/2018 ] Reason & Reverence features the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Petr Vronsky in a selection of major orchestral works. The overall theme of the these is Reason and Reverence, each of which explores the ecological complexities of the... |
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DVORAK / GRIEG / BRAHMS
Dvorak / Grieg / Brahms: Music for Piano, Four hands Claire Chevallier, Jos Van Immerseel (piano Bechstein 1870) [ Alpha / CD - released 1/Apr/2017 ] Jos van Immerseel and Claire Chevallier have enjoyed a close collaboration for many years now. Like Jos van Immerseel, Claire Chevallier loves period pianos; like him, she is a researcher and possesses her own collection of keyboard... |
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ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 5, 7, 8 & 9 Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, Eduard van Beinum [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 4 CD Box Set - released 10/Jan/2014 ] Eduard van Beinum's performances of Bruckner were extraordinary in a most inconspicuous way. He never took liberties with the score, did not like to exaggerate, was spontaneous, and always strove to achieve the crucial transitions in Bruckner's work... |