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LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Early Cantatas Judith Howarth, Janice Watson (soprano), Jean Rigby (mezzo soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Jose Van Dam (bass) / Corydon Singers & Orchestra [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 28/Aug/1997 ] 'Arguably Beethoven's first major masterpiece … superb performance, at once fresh and incisive and deeply moving' - PENGUIN GUIDE ROSETTE |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Magnificat & Christmas Cantata 63: Reconstruction of Bach's first Christmas Vespers in Leipzig Julia Doyle, Joanne Lunn, Clare Wilkinson, Nicholas Mulroy, Matthew Brook / Dunedin Consort, John Butt [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 16/Oct/2015 ] 'This is a beautifully paced, exhilaratingly executed performance' (Choral & Song Choice BBC Music Christmas 2015) |
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DELIUS / VILLA-LOBOS / BACH / SCHUMANN / GRIEG / BRAHMS / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cello Song Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) John Lenehan (piano) [ Philips / CD - released 1/May/2018 ] A classic recording - Limited availability |
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HERBERT HOWELLS
Howells: Hymnus Paradisi, An English Mass Julie Kennard, soprano / John Mark Ainsley, tenor / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra / Vernon Handley, conductor [ Hyperion / CD - released 16/May/2005 ] GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 [German Requiem] (with works by Schutz) Katharine Fuge (soprano), Matthew Brook (bass) / Monteverdi Choir / Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / CD - released 20/May/2012 ] "You know you're in safe hands with the Monteverdis and the pitch-perfect top A at 2'04''...absolutely confirms it...a minutely considered, dramatic and, in places, aptly disturbing performance." (Gramophone Editor's Choice May 2012) |
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BRAHMS / CHAUSSON / RUBBRA / FERGUSON / WORDSWORTH
Kathleen Ferrier Edition Volume 5 Kathleen Ferrier (contralto) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent / Halle Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli / Ernest Lush (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 9/Aug/1992 ] Kathleen Ferrier was an artist held in awe and affection by numerous colleagues and countless fans worldwide and her reputation is undiminished to this day. A true contralto, whose repertory encompassed English song as well as German Lieder. |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Brahms: Alto Rhapsody; 4 ernste Gesänge, Op. 121 / Schumann: Frauenliebe und -leben (Rec 1947-1950) Kathleen Ferrier (contralto) with Phyllis Spurr (piano) Phyllis Spurr (piano) John Newark (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra [ Naxos Historic Great Singers / CD - released 24/Oct/2004 ] Kathleen Ferrier was the most significant British singer to emerge following the end of the Second World War in 1945. Although her professional singing career spanned only a single decade (1942-1953) she achieved international recognition in a... |
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COLE PORTER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Porter: Anything Goes Kim Criswell, Cris Groenendaal, Frederica von Stade, Jack Gilford / Ambrosian Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, John McGlinn [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/1989 ] Of all the great American song-writers of the time Cole Porter was, perhaps, the most sophisticated and 'European'. In 1917 Porter moved to Paris where he kept a luxury apartment and where he gave parties for his large group of friends of varying... |
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PUCCINI / GERSHWIN / VERDI / CILEA / BERNSTEIN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kiri's Homecoming - recorded live in New Zealand Kiri te Kanawa (coprano), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, John Hopkins [ Kiwi Pacific / CD - released 17/Jun/1990 ] Recorded at "Kiri's Homecoming" concert at Trentham Memorial Park, Upper Hutt, 28 January 1990 |
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GIACOMO PUCCINI / GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kiri te Kanawa sings Verdi and Puccini arias Kiri te Kanawa (soprano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir John Pritchard [ Sony / CD - released 1/Mar/1983 ] "It is a pleasure to recommend this programme of Verdi and Puccini without reservation." (Gramophone) |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas Nos BWV179, BWV199 & BWV113 Magdalena Kozena, William Towers, Mark Padmore, Stephen Loges / English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner [ Archiv / Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 21/Oct/2000 ] A live performance of Bach's Cantatas for the 11th Sunday after Trinity. Features Magdalena Kozena's stunning performance of BWV199 "Mein Herze schwimmt in Blut" |
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HANS ABRAHAMSEN
Abrahamsen: Schnee Lapland Chamber Orchestra, John Storgårds [ DaCapo / CD - released 11/Feb/2022 ] "The sounds Abrahamsen craves, white and translucent across a large range of actual expression, hugely complex on the page but delectably simple to the ear, are exceptionally realised and recorded here." Gramophone Award Finalist 2022 - Contemporary |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 10 Lapland Chamber Orchestra,John Storgårds (conductor) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 29/Mar/2019 ] Left unfinished at the death of the composer, Gustav Mahler's Tenth Symphony has exerted an enormous fascination on musicologists as well as musicians. Whether fully orchestrated in specific passages, or a sole melody in others, there is one... |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Chamber Music: Trio Sonatas L'Ecole d'Orphee, with John Holloway (violin) & Philip Pickett (recorder) [ Regis Records / CD - released 20/May/2008 ] John Holloway is one of the pioneers of the modern "Early Music" movement in Britain. He played his first public concert in aid of Hungarian refugees in 1956. |
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Liam Gallagher & John Squire
Liam Gallagher & John Squire (LP) [ Warner / LP - released 1/Mar/2024 ] |
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PUCCINI / DONIZETTI / BELLINI / VERDI
Italian Opera Arias Linda Richardson (soprano), Sinfonia Of London, John Wilson [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Apr/2021 ] The British soprano Linda Richardson has performed extensively across the UK and continental Europe under conductors such as Bernard Haitink, Edo de Waart, Sir Mark Elder, Daniele Rustioni, Libor Pešek, and Carlo Rizzi. Her extensive repertoire... |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: A Boy was Born / Hymn to St Cecilia / A.M.D.G. London Sinfonietta Chorus, Choristers of St Paul's Cathedral, John Scott [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/1988 ] Recording: St. Giles, Cripplegate, London, October 1987 & April 1988 |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No. 5 in D major, Op. 107 'Reformation' / Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage / Ruy Blas London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Eliot Gardiner [ LSO Live SACD + BLU-RAY AUDIO / 2 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jun/2014 ] "Like all of Gardiner's live cycles of the Mendelssohn symphonies at the Barbican, this one comes across with pace, clarity and flaming-eyed conviction" (Financial Times) |
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GIAN CARLO MENOTTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors (Complete opera) Lora Haywood, John Dobson, Donald Maxwell, with James Rainbird as Amahl. Royal Opera House Covent Garden. David Syrus [ That's Entertainment / CD - released 1/Mar/2004 ] "Recorded under the supervision of the composer himself, this is a fresh and highly dramatic performance, very well sung and marked by atmospheric digital sound of striking realism." *** Three Stars Penguin Stereo Guide |
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GABRIEL FAURE
The Complete Songs of Fauré, Vol.3 Lorna Anderson, Isobel Buchanan, John Chest, Sarah Connolly, Iestyn Davies, William Dazeley, Janis Kelly, Louise Kemény, Ann Murray, Malcolm Martineau [ Signum / CD - released 23/Feb/2018 ] Pianist Malcolm Martineau brings together some of the UK's finest singers for the third release in his series charting the complete songs of French composer Gabriel Fauré. This series follows Martineau's well-received 5-CD series of The Complete... |