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SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN / MAHLER / MUSSORGSKY / LOEWE / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Brigitte Fassbaender Edition Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo-soprano) with Karl Engel, Irwin Cage, Cord Garben, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon / 11 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2019 ] Besides recording several operas Brigitte Fassbaender is also a successful lieder singer. In 1987, she won a Gramophone Award for her Deutsche Gramophon disc of songs by Franz Liszt and Richard Strauss. |
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CACCINI / HANDEL / VIVALDI / BELLINI / ROSSINI / SCHUBERT / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cecilia Bartoli - Live In Italy (Recorded live in June 1998) Cecilia Bartoli (soprano) with Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) [ Decca Records / CD - released 15/Feb/2001 ] Cecilia live! |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss, (R.): Kramerspiegel / Das Schloss am Meere / Enoch Arden Christian Ivaldi (piano) Jean-Paul Fouchecourt (tenor) Rene Schirrer (speaker) [ Ades / CD - released 2/Feb/1991 ] Christian Ivaldi was born in Paris. He studied at the Paris Conservatory with Jacques Février and took a Premier Prix in piano performance, as well as in chamber music, counterpoint, and accompaniment. |
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CLAUDE BOLLING
Bolling: Suite For Cello & Jazz Piano Trio Claude Bolling & Yo-Yo Ma (cello) with Marc Michel (bass) & Jean-Luc Dayan (drums) [ CBS / CD - released 2/Feb/1984 ] This suite was recorded by Bolling, along with Yo-Yo Ma, one of the world's greatest cello players. Best suited for college-level and above players, Suite for Cello & Jazz Piano Trio has long been a best-selling recording that appeals to a variety of... |
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W. A. MOZART
100 Best Mozart Daniel Barenboim, Neville Marriner, Jean Pierre Rampal, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Barry Tuckwell, Lucia Popp, etc [ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 20/Jun/2019 ] The top 100 tracks loved the world over and made popular by films such as AMADEUS and featured in TV commercials. |
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JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: La Belle Helene (Complete operetta) Daniele Millet, Charles Burles, Jean-Christophe Benoit, Lamoureux Concert Orchestra, Marty [ EMI Classics France / 2 CD - released 23/Mar/2002 ] EMI Classics France presents complete operettas from its prestigious catalogue |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Pelleas et Melisande (complete opera) Mireille Delunsch, Gerard Theruel, Armand Arapian, Gabriel Bacquier / Lille National Orchestra & Nord-Pas-de-Calais Chorus, Jean-Claude Casadesus [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 26/Jul/1999 ] "An outstanding bargain" Penguin Guide |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Das Reingold (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY Deutsches Nationaltheater, Weimar / Mario Hoff / Alexander Gunther / Jean-Noel Briend / Erin Caves / Carl St. Clair (cond) [ Arthaus Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Jun/2009 ] DVD Blu-Ray - "Weimar National Theatre opens a promising 'Ring' cycle with Wagner's original ur-scene." Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: Messe solennelle Donna Brown (soprano) Jean-Luc Viala (tenor) / Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, John Eliot Gardiner [ Philips 50 / CD - released 31/Dec/2000 ] Philips has the honour of presenting the first ever recording made of this adorable Berlioz mass after its rediscovery in 1991 and showing what a lot of absolutely beautiful surprises it has to offer. |
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Emma-Jean Thackray
Yellow [ Movementt / CD - released 15/Oct/2021 ] In the ever bright constellation of UK jazz players, Yorkshire-born Emma-Jean Thackray is a supernova. She's not only a trumpeter but a beat maker, composer, multi-instrumentalist, radio host and now a label head, with her own imprint Movementt -... |
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FRANCIS POULENC
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Poulenc: Concerto for Piano,, 2 Pianos & Aubade Francois-Rene Duchable, Jean-Philippe Collard (piano) / Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, James Conlon [ Erato / 2 CD - released 30/Jan/1986 ] Francis Poulenc (January 7, 1899 - January 30, 1963) had his first major successes as an 18-year-old composer without a single composition lesson. Despite some study, he remained largely self-taught. In fact, his music is so individual, it's remained... |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Rape Of Lucretia Jean Rigby, Nigel Robson, Catherine Pierard, Donald Maxwell / City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/2014 ] "Hickox allows his singers plenty of space with no loss of tension; they respond impressively, with Catherine Pierard exceptional as the Female Chorus." BBC Music Magazine, October 2014 **** |
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SCHUMANN
Violin Concerto in D minor / Piano Trio No. 3 in G minor, Op. 110 Isabelle Faust (violin) / Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado, with Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) & Alexander Melnikov (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi CD + DVD / 2 CD/DVD - released 10/Apr/2015 ] In the autumn of 1851 Schumann composed, in rapid succession, the two violin sonatas and, in the space of just seven days from 2 to 9 October, the Piano Trio no.3, Op.110. As always during his work, Schumann was oblivious to everything around him,... |
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ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Violin Concerto & Trio Op. 65 Isabelle Faust (violin) Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) Alexander Melnikov (piano), Prague Philharmonia, Jiri Belohlavek [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Feb/2023 ] Almost twenty years ago, Isabelle Faust and Jiří Bělohlávek established a new milestone in the discography of Dvořák's Violin Concerto. The coupling, the tumultuous Trio in F minor, inaugurated the violinist's long and fruitful collaboration with... |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS / ERNEST CHAUSSON / MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The French Album Itzhak Perlman (violin) / Orchestre De Paris, Jean Martinon [ EMI / CD - released 10/Feb/1987 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) |
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HUGH MARTIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Martin: Love From Judy [plus other selections by the stars] Jean Carson, Bill O'Connor & Adelaide Hall / Original London Cast [ Sepia Records / CD - released 1/Jan/2004 ] Love from Judy is a musical with music by Hugh Martin, lyrics by Martin and Jack Gray, and a book by Eric Maschwitz and Jean Webster. It is based on Webster's novel and play Daddy-Long-Legs. The original production opened in Coventry in 1951. |
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MODEST MUSSORGSKY / IGOR STRAVINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Stravinsky: Three Dances from Petrouchka (trans. for organ) Jean Guillou (The Great Organ of the Tonhalle, Zurich) [ Dorian Recordings / CD - released 10/Aug/1989 ] Recorded at the Tonhalle, Zürich in July, 1988. Jean Guillou at the great organ of the Tonhalle, Zürich (Kleuker-Steinmeyer, 1988). |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn: Complete works for piano and orchestra Jean Louis Steuerman (piano) / Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Constantine Orbelian [ Philips Solo / CD - released 30/Mar/1996 ] Original recordings from 1995 |
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ARNOLD BAX
IBax: n Memoriam / concertante for Piano (left hand) and orchestra / The Bard of the Dimbovitza Jean Rigby (mezzo) Margaret Fingerhut (piano) / BBC Philharmonic / Vernon Handley [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] 'Vernon Handley and the BBC Philharmonic do full justice to Bax's opulent yet iridescent sound world…' Gramophone |
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JEAN-BAPTISTE QUENTIN / ARCANGELO CORELLI
Corelli & Quentin: Flute Sonatas Jean Rondeau (early keyboard instruments), Anna Besson, Myriam Rignol [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 22/Mar/2024 ] In 1700, Corelli published his 12 violin sonatas, Opus 5, in Rome. A veritable revolution in violin technique, they won the admiration of eminent composers (Bach, Dandrieu, Couperin) and greatly influenced the French (Francoeur, Leclair, Senaille,... |