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GEORGE DYSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dyson: Violin Concerto / Children's Suite Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) / City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox, etc [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 15/Aug/1995 ] ..a 'rarity to treasure' (The Penguin Guide) |
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HOWARD FERGUSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ferguson: Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra / Amore langueo (with Finzi: Eclogue) Martyn Hill (tenor) Howard Shelley (piano) / City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Mar/1987 ] Belfast-born Ferguson's reputation as a composer rests on the nineteen published works that he wrote between 1928 and 1959. Rhythmic energy endows his music with its exciting sense of momentum, underpinned by his command of Baroque and Classical... |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert Symphonies Vol.4: No.9 & Orchestral Songs Mary Bevan (soprano) / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 14/Mar/2025 ] Edward Gardner's Schubert cycle concludes with the 'Great' Symphony no.9 in C major. Having (remarkably) composed a symphony a year between 1813 and 1818, the onset of syphilis and its intrusive treatment seemed to shake the composer's confidence as... |
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GOUNOD / FRANCK / ADAM / FAURE / BERLIOZ / BOULANGER / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sanctus - Sacred Songs Roberto Alagna (tenor) / City Of Toulouse Choir, Les Petits Chanteurs À La Croix Potencée, City Of Toulouse Orchestra, Michel Olasson [ EMI Music / CD - released 1/Dec/1996 ] Recorded : Toulouse, Eglise Notre-Dame de la Daurade, 2-6.V.1996 |
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Sin City
Welcome to Sin City (LP) [ 1:12 Records / LP ] Having spent several years darkening doorways and gracing stages around the globe in other musical guises, SIN CITY were formed in the dry desert heat of Spain's Costa Blanca. Originally hailing from Auckland, New Zealand, the pair found... |
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DONIZETTI / BELLINI / VERDI
Stephen Costello sings bel canto Stephen Costello (tenor) / Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Constantine Orbelian [ Delos / CD - released 14/Dec/2018 ] "This will complement any opera collection." MusicWeb |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No 1 & No 2 / Capriccio Brillant in B minor Op 22; Rondo Brillant in E flat major Op 29 ; etc (The Romantic Piano Concerto Stephen Hough (piano) City of Birmingham Symphony / Lawrence Foster [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 17 / CD - released 15/Apr/2003 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1801-1850) - 'The soft, stylish arpeggios that open the first work on the disc announce immediately that something special is on the way. Hough is now clearly first recommendation in the concertos'... |
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DVORAK / SCHUMANN
Piano Concertos Stephen Hough (piano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Mar/2016 ] Two more rich piano concertos from the unparalleled Stephen Hough and the CBSO (they've already won Gramophone's Record of the Year award twice). The eminent Andris Nelsons conducts, making his Hyperion debut. Schumann and DvoĆák each wrote just one... |
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ANDRE MESSAGER / REYNALDO HAHN / ANDRE MESSAGER / MOISES SIMONS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Susan Graham - French Operetta Arias (C'est Ça La Vie, C'est Ça L'amour...) Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) / City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Yves Abel [ Erato / CD - released 18/Mar/2002 ] Graham made her international début at Covent Garden in 1994, playing Massenet's Chérubin. She has also premièred several roles in contemporary operas, including John Harbison's The Great Gatsby and Jake Heggie's Dead Man Walking |
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KURT WEILL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Weill: Symphony No.2 / Seven Deadly Sins / Songs Elise Ross, Robyn Archer, Thomas Hampson / City of Birmingham Symphony, London Sinfonietta [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 7/Sep/2009 ] |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique Op 14 / Le carnaval romain Overture, Op. 9 / Symphony No. 3 / Carnival of the Animals Wiener Philharmoniker, Berliner Philharmoniker, Rudolf Kempe / John Ogdon & Brenda Lucas (pianos), City of Birmingham, Louis Fremaux [ EMI Seraphim / 2 CD - released 19/Sep/1995 ] Original recordings from 1959 to 1971 |
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The Windy City Strugglers
Snow on the Desert Road [ Red Rock Records / CD ] |
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City And Colour
The Love Still Held Me Near (Indie Coloured Vinyl LP) [ Cooking Vinyl / 2 LP - released 31/Mar/2023 ] The Love Still Held Me Near was born out of unimaginable loss and the subsequent journey through the grief and heartache that followed. It's about digging deep down into yourself and attempting to unearth hope and light in the things that can comfort... |
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City And Colour
The Love Still Held Me Near (LP) [ Cooking Vinyl / 2 LP - released 31/Mar/2023 ] The Love Still Held Me Near was born out of unimaginable loss and the subsequent journey through the grief and heartache that followed. It's about digging deep down into yourself and attempting to unearth hope and light in the things that can comfort... |
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City Oh Sigh
Fragments Fine [ Home Alone Music / CD - released 21/Feb/2014 ] Home Alone Music is proud to announce the release of 'Fragments Fine', the debut album from Wellington chamber-folk band City Oh Sigh. Combining unique cello-laden instrumentation with subtle elements of folk and minimalist pop, City Oh Sigh have... |
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Crime & The City Solution
The Bride Ship (Limited White Vinyl LP) [ Mute / LP - released 5/Dec/2025 ] Crime & the City Solution's fourth studio album The Bride Ship reissued on white vinyl. A band out of time, Crime and the City Solution were perennial outsiders who could not rest in their native Australia, and instead found inspiration in the... |
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Crime & The City Solution
The Killer (LP) [ Mute / LP - released 5/Dec/2025 ] Crime and the City Solution's seventh studio album. Played out over 7 tracks and recorded in Berlin, the record is arguably Crime's finest work and is set to be their masterpiece. The album sees central figurehead Simon Bonney's trademark... |
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Crime & The City Solution
Paradise Discotheque (Limited Orange Vinyl LP) [ Mute / LP - released 5/Dec/2025 ] Crime & the City Solution's fifth studio album Paradise Discotheque reissued on transparent orange vinyl. A band out of time, Crime and the City Solution were perennial outsiders who could not rest in their native Australia, and instead found... |
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Crime & The City Solution
Shine (Limited Gold Vinyl LP) [ Mute / LP - released 5/Dec/2025 ] Crime & the City Solution's second studio album Shine reissued on gold vinyl. A band out of time, Crime and the City Solution were perennial outsiders who could not rest in their native Australia, and instead found inspiration in the colder... |
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Harbour City Electric
Harbour City Electric [ HCE Music New Zealand / CD - released 20/Apr/2009 ] HCE are a live seven piece based in Wellington, New Zealand. Drawing on influences from the legendary Funk and Soul of the 60s and 70s, through to boundary pushing Hip hop and Electronica |