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Mark de Clive-Lowe
MARBECKS RARE: Tide's Arising [ Antipodean Records / CD - released 15/Mar/2005 ] A veritable smorgasbord of tasty broken soul, fusing nu-jazz, the rhythms of world music and fresh urban grooves into an outstanding, unheralded 21st century flavour. |
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GIOVANNI BATTISTA VIOTTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Viotti - Eight Symphonies, Op. 2 Mark Kaplan (violin), Padua Chamber Orchestra, David Golub [ Arabesque Recordings / CD - released 25/Nov/1997 ] Giovanni Battista Viotti [1755-1824] wrote twenty-nine concertos for violin, most of which, unfortunately, have not yet been recorded. |
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Mark Knopfler
One Deep River (Indie Vinyl Double LP) [ EMI UK / 2 LP - released 12/Apr/2024 ] Mark Knopfler releases his tenth solo studio album on his own British Grove label via EMI. One Deep River features 12 unhurriedly elegant new Knopfler songs, and his warm Geordie vocal tone, his poetic storytelling lyrics and deft, richly melodic... |
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Mark Knopfler
One Deep River (Limited Edition LP & CD Box Set) [ EMI UK / Multi-Format Box Set - released 12/Apr/2024 ] Mark Knopfler releases his tenth solo studio album on his own British Grove label via EMI. One Deep River features 12 unhurriedly elegant new Knopfler songs, and his warm Geordie vocal tone, his poetic storytelling lyrics and deft, richly melodic... |
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VICTOR HERBERT
Herbert: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / Irish Rhapsody Mark Kosower (cello) / Ulster Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Apr/2016 ] "Mark Kosower is a red-blooded soloist...We also get Herbert's Irish Rhapsody, essentially a stock exercise in homesick audience-pleasing, but nicely done" The Guardian, 14th April 2016 **** |
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MOZART / SCHUBERT / RAVEL / MENDELSSOHN / SHOSTAKOVICH / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Australian Festival of Chamber Music [3 CD set] Mark Lindsay (violin) Theodore Kuchar (viola) Alexander Ivashkin (cello) Boris Berman (piano) Dong-Suk Kang (violin) [ ABC Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2000 ] A star-studded line-up of international performers and some of Australia's favourite soloists and ensembles. |
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Mark Olson & Gary Louris
Ready for the Flood [ New West Records / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] After finding fame in alt-country legends The Jayhawks, Mark Olsen and Gary Louris revive their old songwriting partnership for this enjoyable recording of gently strummed and plucked ditties. |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: St Matthew Passion BLU-RAY Mark Padmore (Evangelist), Peter Harvey (Christus), Maria Espada (Soprano), Ingeborg Danz (Mezzo) / Royal Concertgebouw & Netherlands Radio Choir, Iva [ Arthaus Musik Blu-Ray / Blu-ray - released 10/Oct/2012 ] This 2012 recording of the most influential and wide spread oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach features the Hungarian conductor Iván Fischer, a visionary in his field, with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam. The double choir is the... |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Winterreise Mark Padmore (tenor), Kristian Bezuidenhout (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 12/Jan/2018 ] " I confess I enjoyed this disc more than I suspected I would, and a big part of that is Bezuidenhout's way with his instrument. If you want to hear the cycle sound more chilly and isolated than usual then this might be a recording for you" MusicWeb |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Winterreise Mark Padmore (tenor) Paul Lewis (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 4/Mar/2022 ] Composed in 1827 and first performed privately for members of Schubert's circle, Winterreise initially received a mixed reception. Now acknowledged as the greatest song-cycle ever penned, the work (here played in the original keys) receives a... |
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SCHUBERT
Schwanengesang Mark Padmore (tenor) / Paul Lewis (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 19/Sep/2011 ] "Padmore's silvery, keen-edged tenor, grace of phrase and sensitivity to mood and verbal nuance are ideal [in Liebesbotschaft]; and how affectionately Lewis's left hand sings in gentle colloquy with the voice" Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2011 |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN / GERALD FINZI / MICHAEL TIPPETT
Who are these children? Mark Padmore (tenor) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 6/Mar/2005 ] "A much-praised singer steps into the recital spotlight" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine May 2005 |
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SYLVESTER LEVAY / MICHAEL KUNZE
Levay: Elisabeth (complete musical recorded at the Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna, July 2022) [Blu-ray] Maya Hakvoort, Abla Alaoui, Mark Seibert, David Jakobs, Daniela Ziegler / Orchester der Vereinigten Bühnen Wien, Michael Römer [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 27/Jan/2023 ] Schönbrunn Palace is one of Austria's top tourist destinations, representing the highlight for countless visitors to Vienna. And in the past 30 years, people amongst the expectant throngs of visitors from at home and abroad have often been heard... |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel Choruses Michael Chance (counter-tenor), Simon Birchall, Lynda Russell, Mark Padmore (tenor) The Sixteen, The Sixteen Orchestra, Harry Christophers [ Coro / CD - released 26/Mar/2021 ] Is there another composer who can match Handel's genius for writing choruses? He is quite simply the master of chorus and on this compilation of tracks, taken from The Sixteen's award-winning Handel back-catalogue, there is much rejoicing. Revel in... |
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MALCOLM ARNOLD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Arnold - Concertos Michael Collins (clarinet) Richard Watkins (horn) Karen Jones (horn) David Nettle, Richard Markham (piano) / London Musici, Mark Stephenson [ Conifer / CD - released 20/May/1993 ] Arnold was an exceptionally gifted orchestrator, and his writing for solo instruments, particularly winds and brass, is always extremely effective. All the soloists here seem to be having a great time with this light-hearted and gratifying music. |
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MALCOLM ARNOLD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Arnold - Concertos Michael Collins (clarinet) Richard Watkins (horn) Kenneth Sillito, Lyn Fletcher (violins) / London Musici, Mark Stephenson [ Conifer / CD - released 20/May/1990 ] "One of the most prolific British composers of the 20th century, Sir Malcolm Arnold remains best known for his phenomenal success in film and light music, as well as Concertos and Symphonies. |
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PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty Op 66 (complete ballet) The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Mark Ermler [ Conifer / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/1990 ] "The orchestra respond idiomatically to Tchaikovsky dance music and with obvious familiarity and love. Ermler has a natural feeling for springing rhythms and moulding rubato persuasively." (Gramophone) |
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EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Dream of Gerontius (complete oratorio) Paul Groves, Bryn Terfel, Alice Coote / Halle Choir & Orchestra / Mark Elder [ Halle / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] Gramophone Award WINNER 2009 - Choral - "It has been well worth the wait for this recording...they have done Elgar proud with this distinguished recording which I have found to be a very moving experience." (MusicWeb Recording of the Month Nov 2008) |
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JOHN PSATHAS
Ukiyo Pedro Carneiro (vibraphone, marimba) Mark Carter (trumpet) Bridget Douglas (flute) Patrick Barry (clarinet) / Stroma / Hamish McKeich [ Rattle Records / CD - released 26/Apr/2010 ] The beautiful and captivating Ukiyo features Portuguese percussion maestro, Pedro Carneiro. This album is percussion-based, and while it contains moments of explosive energy characteristic of John's work (particularly in the extended chamber... |
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FERRUCCIO BUSONI
Busoni: Concerto for piano, orchestra and male chorus, Op.39 Peter Donohoe (piano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Mark Elder [ EMI / CD - released 30/Jul/1990 ] Peter Donohoe CBE studied at Chetham's School of Music and Leeds University before going on to study at the Royal Northern College of Music with Derek Wyndham and in Paris with Olivier Messiaen and Yvonne Loriod. |