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J. S. BACH
Bach: Piano Transcriptions, Vol. 1 (1925-1947) Walter Gieseking, Byron Janis, Alexander Kelberine, Wilheim Backhaus, Sergey Rachmaninov, Rae Robertson, Arthur Rubinstein, Olga Samaroff, etc [ Naxos Historial Great Pianists / CD - released 29/Jan/2001 ] "Naxos has produced here a most enjoyable record which can be fully recommended not only to piano specialists but also to the general music lover and to people who are only just beginning to enjoy Bach's music." MusicWeb |
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CARL MARIA von WEBER / JOHANNES BRAHMS / JOSEF HOLBROOKE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Weber/Brahms/Holbrooke: Clarinet Works Reginald Kell (clarinet) / Orchestra conducted by Walter Goehr, with Louis Kentner (piano) & Anthony Pini (cello) [ Testament / CD - released 1/Jan/1991 ] Reginald Clifford Kell was an English clarinettist. He was noted especially for his career as a soloist and chamber music player. He was the principal clarinettist in leading British orchestras, including the London Philharmonic and Philharmonia. |
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SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN / BRAHMS / R. STRAUSS / WOLF / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - Unpublished Lieder & Songs Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) Gerald Moore, Walter Gieseking (piano) [ Testament / CD - released 20/Nov/2000 ] Testament is an artist-based label, not restricted to any particular period of recording history, and its releases are selected from the archives of some of the largest record companies and radio stations in the world. |
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FRANZ von SUPPE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Suppe: Overtures, Vol. 2 (Incls Boccacio & Die Schone Galatea [The Beautiful Galatea] ) Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra Kosice, Alfred Walter [ Marco Polo / CD - released 1/May/2007 ] Marco Polo is to be commended for this Suppe compilation. The sonics are fine and the program notes are more than adequate. Highly recommended - TW - High Performance Spring 1995 |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
From Melba To Sutherland Various Artists incls Nellie Melba, Joan Sutherland, Essie Ackland, Alfred Hill, Walter Kirby, Eileen Boyd, Harold Williams, Peter Dawson, etc [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 4 CD - released 30/Sep/2016 ] From Melba to Sutherland: Australian Singers on Record is the first-ever comprehensive survey of the recordings of Australia's greatest singers - in a unique new four-CD set from Decca, complete with biographies, rare photographs in a 68-page booklet |
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VIVALDI / ABEL / C.P.E. BACH / SCARLATTI / DANZI / BENDA / MERCADANTE / etc
Flute Concertos Various performers including Nordic Affect, Machiko Takahashi, Ginevra Petrucci, Patrick Gallois, Johannes Walter, Janos Szebenyi, etc [ Brilliant Classics / 12 CD Box Set - released 1/Sep/2017 ] This release is a wonderful selection of concertos and other works featuring the flute from the 18th & 19th centuries, this box showcases 14 composers who championed the flute, each in their own way, with refined & idiomatic music for the instrument |
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Walter Beasley
Walter Beasley [ Polydor / CD - released 29/Nov/2010 ] |
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Walter Brennan
Reminiscing With Walter Brennan [ Jasmine Records / CD - released 1/Jan/2013 ] |
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MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Complete Works for Solo Piano Walter Gieseking (piano) [ Warner Classics Original Jacket Reissues / 2 CD - released 17/Oct/2017 ] "His playing, though focused and rhythmically exact, proves that deep concentration does not have to be intense … There is never a sense of strain or tension; everything is natural and full of character." New York Times |
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BOB MERRILL
Merrill: Take Me Along Walter Pidgeon & Jackie Gleason / Original Broadway Cast [ RCA Legacy / CD - released 2/Feb/1992 ] Take Me Along is a 1959 musical based on the 1933 Eugene O'Neill play Ah, Wilderness, with music and lyrics by Bob Merrill and book by Joseph Stein and Robert Russell |
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Walter Wanderley
Talkin' Verve [ Verve / CD - released 11/Jun/2007 ] |
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JOHANN STRAUSS JR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss, (J.): Orchestral Works Vol 2 CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice, Alfred Walter [ Marco Polo / CD - released 2/Feb/1989 ] The Marco Polo Strauss Edition is a milestone in recording history, presenting, for the first time ever, the entire orchestral output of the 'Waltz King'. |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No 9 (recorded 1938) Wiener Philharmoniker / Bruno Walter [ EMI Great Artists of the Century / CD - released 24/Sep/2004 ] 50 GREATEST RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME (No 49) BBC MUSIC |
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Walter Smith III
Return To Casual [ Blue Note / CD - released 7/Apr/2023 ] Saxophonist and composer Walter Smith III enters a new era of his band leading career with his remarkable Blue Note debut return to casual, the long-anticipated follow-up to his self-released 2014 recording still casual. Eight original works (and... |
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Walter Trout
Ordinary Madness (Deluxe Edition LP) [ ADA / Warner / 2 LP - released 28/Aug/2020 ] For Walter Trout, there is no 'us' and 'them'. Across his five-decade career, the great US bluesman's music has always been a lifeline and call-to-arms, reminding listeners they are not alone. Now, as the world seeks solace from a tragedy that has... |
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FRANZ von SUPPE
Boccaccio (complete operetta) Anneliese Rothenberger, Adolf Dallapozza, Edda Moser, Hermann Prey, Walter Berry / Willi Boskovsky [ Warner Classics Cologne Collection / 2 CD - released 1/May/2014 ] The waltz and the Viennese Singspiel tradition are just as present in Franz von Suppé's operettas as French and Italian influences: his Boccaccio of 1879 carries the audience off to 14th century Florence. The turbulent comedy about poet Giovanni... |
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J. STRAUSS II
Strauss: Die Fledermaus (complete operetta recorded in 1971) Anneliese Rothenberger, Renate Holm, Brigitte Fassbaender, Nicolai Gedda, Adolf Dallapozza, Walter Berry / Wiener Staatsoper, Willi Boskovsky [ Warner Classics Cologne Collection / 2 CD - released 30/Jun/2016 ] The original source for Die Fledermaus is a farce by German playwright Julius Roderich Benedix (1811-1873), Das Gefängnis (The Prison). Another source is a French vaudeville play, Le Réveillon, by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. Their play was... |
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SCHUBERT / BRAHMS / MAHLER / GLUCK / REGER / etc
Christa Ludwig: The Complete Recitals on Warner Classics Christa Ludwig (mezzo) with Walter Berry (bass-baritone) Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Geoffrey Parsons, Gerald Moore, Leonard Bernstein (pianos) [ Warner Classics / 11 CD Box Set - released 1/Mar/2018 ] "I cannot strongly enough recommend this example of perfect Lieder singing, word and tone, and piano accompanying of some of the finest songs ever composed. It is a joy from start to finish." Gramophone on the Schubert Lieder |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: His First Performers Claude Debussy, Ricardo Viñes, Alfred Cortot, Walter Gieseking (pianos), Jacques Thibaud (violin), Lily Laskine (harp), Maggie Teyte (soprano), etc [ Warner Classics / 10 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2018 ] Claude Debussy, who died 100 years ago in March 1918, is one of history's greatest composers and the most influential of all French composers. A father of modern music, Debussy lived in the early days of the recording era. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D Op 123 Gundula Janowitz (sop) Christa Ludwig (mezzo) Walter Berry (bass) / Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon CD + Blu-ray audio / CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 28/Feb/2020 ] Newly remastered by Emil Berliner Studios and presented on Blu-ray Audio in 24bit/192kHz + 1 CD produced from the new remastering |