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ORAZIO VECCHI & OTHERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vecchi: Selva Di Varia Ricreazione / etc Consort of Musicke with Emma Kirkby., Evelyn Tubb, Andrew King, etc / Anthony Rooley (Director & lute) [ Ermitage / CD - released 10/Mar/1996 ] Rare works performed by the Consort of Musicke with soloists including Emma Kirkby, Evelyn Tubb & Andrew King. |
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WILLIAM CONGREVE / GEORGE FARQUHAR / RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: An 18th Century Comedy Album: The Way of the World; The Beaux' Stratagem; The School for Scandal Dame Edith Evans / Sir John Gielgud / Pauline Jameson / Ralph Truman / Miles Malleson / Anthony Quayle and others [ EMI Classic English Drama / CD - released 17/Sep/2006 ] A demonstartion of Edith Evan's matchless prowess in Restoration comedy. |
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ROSS EDWARDS / MALCOLM WILLIAMSON / PETER SCULTHORPE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Australian Piano Concertos Dennis Hennning, Malcolm Williamson, Simon Campion, Anthony Fogg (piano) / Various Orchestras [ ABC Classics Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/May/2000 ] "Is there such a thing as an Australian Piano Concerto?, asks Dennis Hennig, one of the pianists featured in this anthology. Here are three attempts to provide an answer. In his three-movement concerto, Ross Edwards (born 1943) casts a sweet lyricism... |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Johnn Sebastian Bach II Emma Kirkby, Anthony Rolf Johnson, Alfred Brendel, Trevor Pinnock, Anne Sofie von Otter, Michael Chance, Simon Preston, John Eliot Gardiner [ Deutsche Grammophon Panorama / 2 CD - released 2/Feb/2000 ] "Gardiner's version of the St Matthew Passion brings an intense, dramatic reading which now makes a clear first choice, not just for period-performance devotees but for anyone not firmly set against the new authenticity." Penguin Guide |
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LAWES / BLOW / WILSON / CAMPION / ECCLES / etc
Classical Kirkby - Orpheus and Corinna Emma Kirkby (soprano) Anthony Rooley (theorbo-lute) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Sep/2002 ] "These are delightful songs, superbly sung with delicate, tactful accompaniments played on the theorbo-lute by Anthony Rooley" Rod Bliss (Sunday Times) |
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JONES / DOWLAND / JOHNSON / d'INDIA / LAWES / etc
Pastoral Dialogues Emma Kirkby (soprano) David Thomas (bass) Anthony Rooley (lute) [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 10/Apr/2011 ] This collection gathers together some of the most delectable of 17th century duets both from England as well as from Italy. Any Emma Kirkby recording is an event, and this reissue, making its first appearance on CD, will be no exception. |
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BIAGIO MARINI
Le Lagrime d'Erminia Emma Kirkby (soprano) & Nigel Rogers (tenor) / The Consort of Musicke, Anthony Rooley & Trevor Jones [ Decca L'Oiseau Lyre / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] Recorded: London, 1978 |
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ANONYMOUS & VARIOUS
Evelyn Tubb - A Musical Hodge-Podge (English Song 1600-1750) Evelyn Tubb (soprano) with Anthony Rooley (lute) Michael Fields, (lute) / English Trumpet Virtuosi [ Regis Records / CD - released 28/Apr/2003 ] "Evelyn Tubb has the skills of a virtuoso, as she shows right from the start…" (Gramophone) |
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NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Rimsky-Korsakov: Christmas Eve (complete opera recorded in 2021) BLU-RAY Frankfurt Opera / Julia Muzychenko, Enkelejda Shkoza, Alexey Tikhomirov, Anthony Robin Schneider / Sebastian Weigle (cond) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 11/Nov/2022 ] "Loy masses his choral scenes with gusto, and draws the characters with compassion and wit. It's the mixture of cheerfulness and melancholy that makes this opera sing, and Loy walks the line without compromise to his own aesthetic." Gramophone |
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: Julius Caesar (Recorded live at the Shakespeare's Globe, July 2014) Globe / George Irving, Catherine Bailey, Sam Cox, Anthony Howell / Dominic Dromgoole (director) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Nov/2015 ] Julius Caesar is Shakespeare's tense drama of high politics, one which reveals the emotional currents that flow between men in power, with themes that still resonate even today. Staged in Elizabethan dress with Roman accessories and with music played... |
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MAURICE OHANA
Ohana: Music for Ten-String Guitar Graham Anthony Devine (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2009 ] "Fluency, beautiful tone, power, clarity, timing, phrasing, technical brilliance, a keen musical intelligence… this young player confounds criticism by possessing them all, and in spades." Classical Guitar Magazine on Graham Anthony Devine |
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HUGO WOLF
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wolf: Lieder (Incls Eichendorff-Lieder) Ian Bostridge (tenor) Anthony Pappano (piano) [ EMI / CD - released 1/Oct/2006 ] "...this recording is an excellent and highly individual approach to Wolf by an interpreter who really understands Wolf's special sensibility and breathes life into the music." (MusicWeb Sept 2006) |
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The Irish Tenors (Anthony Kearns, Ronan Tynan, Finbar Wright)
The Irish Tenors - Live In Belfast [ TV Matters / CD - released 4/Apr/2000 ] Recorded live at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast on the 5th of February 2000. |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach, (J.S.) - St Matthew Passion (Arias and Choruses) Kiri te Kanawa, Anne Sofie von Otter, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Chicago Sym., Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Records / 3 CD - released 11/Nov/1990 ] Classic recording with a top-line cast lead by our Kiri |
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HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Dido & Aeneas Janet Baker, Patricia Clark, Raimund Herincx / English Chamber Orchestra, Anthony Lewis [ Decca Legends / CD - released 14/Feb/2000 ] "It is a truly legendary recording...everything is put in the shade by Dame Janet Baker's portrayal of Dido: her celebrated, despairingly moving, closing lament is unforgettable. This was also Anthony Lewis's finest record" Gramophone |
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ERIC WHITACRE
Whitacre: The Sacred Veil Los Angeles Master Chorale, Charles Anthony Silvestri [ Signum / CD - released 28/Aug/2020 ] The Sacred Veil - a project led by Eric Whitacre and Charles Anthony Silvestri - was created following the passing of Charles' wife, Julia in 2005. It represents a journey towards the answer for many questions, including whether departed loved ones... |
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KURT WEILL
Weill: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (complete opera recorded in 2007) Los Angeles Opera / Audra Mc Donald / Patti Lupone / Anthony Dean / James Colon (cond) [ Euroarts DVD / DVD - released 8/Feb/2008 ] G - Recorded live at Los Angeles Opera, 1 and 4 March 2007 |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: War Requiem (complete with libretto) Luba Orgonasova, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Boje Skovhus / The Monteverdi Choir, NDR-Sinfonieorchester, John Eliot Gardiner [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Mar/1993 ] "Gardiner seems intent above all to lay before us the work's musical attributes, so we marvel anew at its taut construction...It is a unique achievement here made manifest by one of the most perceptive interpreters of the day." Gramophone |
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SIBELIUS / MOZART / RACHMANINOV / DELIUS / WALTON / ELGAR / etc
Anthony Collins - Complete Decca Recordings Moura Lympany, Ruggiero Ricci, Friedrich Gulda, Gervase de Peyer, Orchestras conducted by Anthony Collins [ Decca Eloquence / 14 CD Box Set - released 23/Jul/2021 ] Including several recordings new to CD, the complete published Decca legacy of noted Sibelius conductor Anthony Collins is collected for the first time on disc. |
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Palm Court Theatre Orchestra. Anthony Godwin-conductor
Down Peacock Alley [ Chandos Flyback / CD - released 1/Jan/1998 ] Popular light music from the 20s and 30s in a Palm Court style |