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ALBINONI / VIVALDI / BRESCIANELLO / MATTEIS
Extra Time La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler Director [ Signum / CD - released 31/Jul/2020 ] This recording by La Serenissima began life when the ensemble were recording for an earlier release. An issue with budget for a previous release meant these gems had to be left out. |
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IGOR STRAVINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stravinsky: Symphony in E flat / Violin Concerto Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) / Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 30/Jun/1993 ] |
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BELLINI / DONIZETTI / GOUNOD
Mado Robin sings excerpts from Lucia and Mireille Mado Robin (soprano) with L´Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris, Richard Blareau, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Anatole Fi [ Decca Most Wanted Recitals Vol. 36 / CD - released 1/Aug/2014 ] A star of television and radio in the 1950s, Mado was well known in France. Among her roles were Lakmé, which she recorded for Decca Records in 1952 (with Georges Sébastian conducting), Lucia di Lammermoor, Olympia in The Tales of Hoffmann, Gilda in... |
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Manon Lescaut (Complete Opera recorded in 1957) Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Giulio Fioravanti / Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Milan, Tullio Serafin [ Warner Classics Maria Callas Remastered / 2 CD - released 10/Oct/2014 ] "In general this is Callas at her most girlish: light-voiced, lyrical and with the power to make the dramatic climaxes thrilling." MusicWeb |
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: Manon Lescaut (Complete Opera with libretto) Maria Guleghina, José Cura, Lucio Gallo / Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Milan, Riccardo Muti [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Oct/2000 ] "Maria Guleghina turns in a Manon with range, capturing both the delicate side of the singing role and the more gripping and grim moments, especially in the last act. She has a powerful voice when she wants to project it, but she can also deliver... |
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GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL & FRIENDS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mr Handel's Dinner: Music for the Handel opera intermissions Maurice Steger (recorder) and Ensemble La Cetra [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 26/Apr/2019 ] "Steger is brilliant when the music is lively. Into his fleetness he mixes zest, charm and impish humour, making you wonder how such artfulness, at such speed and with such nutty dexterity, is humanly possible." BBC Music |
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MILAN / ENZINA / MUDARRA / GABRIEL / PISADOR / VASQUEZ / etc
Don Quijote de la Mancha Montserrat Figueras / La Capella Reial de Catalunya / Hesperion XXI / Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 12/Feb/2006 ] "Jordi Savall occupies a special place among musicians - and not only early music specialists. As he has proven in a superb discography that ranges from 15th-century Spain to Bach and Handel, he shifts between various musical and cultural languages... |
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ANONYMOUS / VARIOUS COMPOSERS
La voix de l'emotion [The voice of emotion] [2 CDs plus 272 page book] Montserrat Figueras / La Capella Reial de Catalunya / Hesperion XXI / Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Apr/2012 ] This album gathers highlights from Montserrat Figueras' career for the Astrée, DHM, EMI and Alia Vox labels. |
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TRADITIONAL
Jeanne d'Arc: Batailles & Prisons [2 SACDs plus comprehensive book] Montserrat Figueras, Louise Moaty, René Zosso & Manuel Weber / La Capella Reial de Catalunya & Hesperion XXI, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Aug/2012 ] "ambitious and sumptuous...this presentation has been fashioned by Savall as a piece of music theatre, and as a vivid attempt to commemmorate Joan's life it is unlikely to be bettered." (BBC Music) |
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LE ROYAUME OUBLIE
Le Royaume Oublie: The Albigensian Crusade (3 SACDs with large book) Montserrat Figueras, Pascal Bertin, Marc Mauillon / La Capella Reial de Catalunya / Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / 3 CD/Book - released 15/Mar/2010 ] "Savall takes ownership of the more elaborate versions of the Joan of Arc songs...and his own playing is sublime. Montserrat Figueras and the other vocal soloists and readers deliver superbly vivid performances...Altogether an impressive and deeply... |
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GEORGES MOINEAU
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Moineau: Messe Solennelle De Saint Remi Chœur "Cantabile" de la Cathédrale de Reims, Arsene Muzerelle [ Pavane / CD ] Original recording September 1996 |
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JOSEPH CANTELOUBE
Canteloube: Songs Of The Auvergne [complete] Netania Davrath (Soprano) / Orchestra conducted by Pierre De La Roche [ ALTO / 2 CD - released 25/Jan/2008 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die "Canteloube did not want them to be sung in an overtly operatic fashion; he preferred an earthier, more unaffected approach. And that is the great glory of Davrath's classic recording" |
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VERDI / PAER / ROSSINI / MOZART / TCHAIKOVSKY / MENDELSSOHN / etc
The Peter Maag Edition New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, London Symphony Orchestra, Peter Maag, with Barry Tuckwell (horn) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 20 CD Box Set - released 5/Feb/2021 ] Newly compiled for the first time, the Decca career of a pre-eminent Mozart conductor, complemented by his recordings for Deutsche Grammophon and Westminster. |
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BERLIOZ / RAVEL / DEBUSSY / ROUSSEL / BIZET / TCHAIKOVSKY / etc
The Legacy of Charles Munch Orchestre de la Société Philharmonique de Paris, L'Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris, London Philharmonic, Charles Munch [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 14 CD Box Set - released 22/May/2020 ] The inspirational French maestro Charles Munch on disc: an unrivalled retrospective, covering three decades of incandescent music-making, including recordings new to CD and long unavailable, newly remastered and comprehensively documented. |
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GABRIEL FAURE / ERNEST CHAUSSON / PAUL DUKAS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Faure: Pelleas et Melisande / Dukas: Sorcerer's Apprentice / Chausson: Symphony Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet [ Decca Eloquence / CD - released 20/Jul/2002 ] The best-loved French classics performed by the famous Orchestre de la Suisse Romande |
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JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Neeme Järvi conducts Offenbach Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 22/Nov/2015 ] "A melt-in-the-mouth confection, attractively played and presented; Järvi père is back on form at last." (MusicWeb Nov 2015) |
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J.S. BACH
Bach: Cantatas for solo bass (BWV 56, 82, 158) Peter Kooy (bass) La Chapelle Royale, Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 18/Nov/2022 ] These three cantatas for bass solo are based on episodes from the life of Christ (the healing of the lame man, the presentation in the temple, scenes from the Passion) with implications of the benevolence and consolation of death. |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 "Organ" / Carnival of the Animals (with Poulenc: Model Animals - Suite) Maurice Durufle (organ) / Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Georges Prêtre [ EMI Classics Encore Collection / CD - released 2/Feb/2001 ] Original recording from 1964 & 1967 |
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IGOR STRAVINSKY / SERGE PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps, Petrushka, Pulcinella (suite), Divertimento (with works by Prokofiev) Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise, Igor Markevitch [ EMI Classics / CD - released 18/Mar/1989 ] Recorded 1954 - 1959 |
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DARIUS MILHAUD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Milhaud: Conducts Milhaud... Marguerite Long (piano), Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of New York, Orchestre National, L'Orchestre de la radiodiffusion Francaise, Darius Milhaud [ Dutton / CD - released 23/Jul/2001 ] "The Dutton label has done a wonderful service to the classical music buying public by making available historical recordings of composers conducting or performing their own work." |