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SAINT-SAENS / GOUNOD / BERLIOZ / MASSENET / THOMAS / LALO / BIZET / DONIZETTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Denyce Graves - French Opera Arias Denyce Graves (mezzo-soprano) / Orchestre Philhamonique de Monte Carlo, Marc Soustrot [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 28/Feb/2004 ] ""Connais-tu le pays" from Mignon, taken very slowly, is sung with a ravishing legato and beautifully shaded tone. Dalila is one of Graves' signature roles and she delivers both arias impressively...Sound is excellent" ClassicsToday |
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KALEVI AHO
Aho: Double and Triple Concertos Dimitri Mestdag, Anneleen Lenaerts (harp), Storioni Trio (Wouter Vossen, violin), Marc Vossen (cello), Bart van de Roer (piano), Antwerp Symphony Orch [ BIS / CD - released 3/Dec/2021 ] Two recent and unusual concertos from the prolific Finnish composer. |
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WALTER BRAUNFELS
Braunfels: Ulenspiegel (complete opera recorded in 2014) EntArteOpera / Marc Horus, Christa Ratzenböck, Joachim Goltz, Hans Peter Scheidegger / Martin Sieghart (cond) [ Capriccio DVD / DVD - released 12/Jul/2017 ] Charles de Coster's novel Thyl Ulenspiegel provided the source for Braunfels' opera of the same name. It narrates one of the darkest chapters in human history - the Spanish Inquisition in 16th-century Flanders. |
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GODOWSKY
Strauss Transcriptions & other waltzes Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/May/2012 ] "There's no need for analogies about a surfeit of Viennese cream-cakes with this excellent CD: the musical inventions is so brilliant and varied, and the performance so coruscating, that one's attention is firmly held." (BBC Music) |
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GILLIAN WHITEHEAD
Alice Helen Medlyn (mezzo-soprano) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Marc Taddei [ Atoll / CD - released 24/Oct/2013 ] Alice was written for Helen Medlyn and the Auckland Philharmonia while Gillian Whitehead was composer‐in‐residence. The first performance was given by Helen Medlyn and the Auckland Philharmonia, conducted by Miguel Harth‐Bedoya, on 17 July 2003... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Lamentazioni per la Settimana Santa Maria Cristina Kiehr (soprano) & Jean-Marc Aymes (organ & conductor) / Concerto Soave [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 29/Jul/2013 ] The sacred music on this disc -- settings of texts for Holy Week, from the early seventeenth century and influenced by the new monodic style -- has long been less familiar than the fiery secular music of the era. One may admire this recording by... |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Il Trovatore (complete opera recorded in 2012) La Monnaie de Munt / Misha Didyk, Marina Poplavskaya, Sylvie Brunet-Grupposo, Scott Hendricks / Marc Minkowski (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques DVD / DVD - released 20/Dec/2014 ] Stage Direction, Set Design, Costumes: Dmitri Tcherniakov After the success of 'Rigoletto', Verdi called on librettist Salvadore Cammarano in 1851 for his new opera 'Il Trovatore', based on the eponymous play by Spanish playwright Antonio García... |
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POUL RUDERS
Ruders: Viola Concerto & Handel Variations Lars Anders Tomter (viola) / Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Marc Soustrot, Andreas Delfs [ Dacapo / CD - released 10/Jul/2018 ] "The music is always Ruders's own, with a strong element of parody throughout, although the work's conclusion is subdued, almost melancholic. Dacapo's sound is vivid with terrific depth." (Gramophone) |
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WAGNER
Der fliegende Holländer [The Flying Dutchman] (with Dietsch - Le Vaisseau Fantôme [The Phantom Ship]) Russell Braun, Sally Matthews, Bernard Richter, Evgeny Nikitin, Ingela Brimberg / Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble, Marc Minkowski [ Naive / 4 CD Box Set - released 28/Oct/2013 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD NOMINATION 2014 |
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PURCELL / HANDEL / HAYDN
To Saint Cecilia Lucy Crowe, Nathalie Stutzmann, Richard Croft, Anders J Dahlin, Neil Baker / Les Musiciens du Louvre / Marc Minkowski (Conductor) [ Naive / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] Hail! Bright Cecilia! Three major composers celebrated in 2009 pay vibrant homage to Cecilia, the patron saint of music... One couldn't dream of a better musician to record these three Odes and Masses than Marc Minkowski. |
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C. P. E. BACH
Bach (CPE): Sonatas & Rondos Marc Andre-Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 7/Jan/2022 ] 'Hamelin's delight and relish are highly infectious...In short, I cannot think of a better introduction to CPE Bach on the modern piano than these two joyous discs.' Gramophone Award Finalist 2022 - Piano |
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Marc Antoine
Urban Gypsy [ GRP Records / CD ] The Chart-Topping Album That Redefined "Smooth Jazz" |
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EUGENE YSAYE / ERNEST CHAUSSON / MARC BOUCHKOV
Ysaÿe: Sonatas, Fantasy & Violin Works / Chausson: Poème / Bouchkov: Fantasy, Melody Marc Bouchkov (violin), Georgiy Dubko (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / Harmonia Nova Series / CD - released 6/Oct/2017 ] "This isn't just a thoughtful and imaginatively conceived recital programme; it's a full blown love letter to Eugene Ysaye … the playing throughout is well suited to this music." Gramophone |
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Marc Hurtado & Alan Vega
MARBECKS RARE: Sniper [ Le Son du Maquis / CD - released 22/Nov/2010 ] |
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JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: La Grande Duchesse de Gérolstein (complete operetta recorded in 2005) Les Musiciens du Louvre / Felicity Lott, Sandrine Piau, Yann Beuron, Franck Leguérinel, Eric Huchet / Marc Minkowski (cond) [ Erato DVD / 2 DVD - released 6/Dec/2005 ] Best Opera Recording went to Offenbach's 'La Grande Duchesse De Gerolstein' in 2005's Diapason d'Or Awards held in Paris. |
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WILLIAM BOLCOM
Bolcom: The complete rags Marc-André Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 3/Jun/2022 ] 'Bolcom is lucky in having such a musician to provide him with these authoritative accounts of his music.' Gramophone Award Finalist 2023 - Piano |
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MORTON FELDMAN
Feldman: For Bunita Marcus Marc-André Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Jul/2017 ] "Hyperion has matched an ideal sound to a first-rate performance (and liner notes) by Marc Andre-Hamelin." AudAud Best of the year 2017 |
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PAUL DUKAS / ABEL DECAUX
Dukas/Decaux: Piano Music Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/May/2006 ] 'Hamelin makes Dukas's challenging Sonata a thrilling experience' Instrumental Recording of the Month (BBC Music June) |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Nos 1 and 2 (with Shchedrin: Piano Concerto No 2) Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Litton [ Hyperion SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 25/Dec/2003 ] - Editor's Choice (Gramophone Magazine) January 2004 - On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in full 5.1 surround sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM |
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BEETHOVEN / ALKAN / CHOPIN / BALAKIREV / BUSONI / MEDTNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Marc-Andre Hamelin - Live At The Wigmore Hall Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Oct/2004 ] "The most dazzling piano disc of the year" The Guardian |