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JOHANN STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss (J.): Die Fledermaus (operetta in English) Rosemarie Arthars, Paul Barnhill, Lynton Black, David Fieldsend, Ade Grummet, Deborah Hawksley / D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, John Owen Edwards [ Sony music / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Jan/1995 ] "John Owen Edwards never forces the tempo but allows the melodies to unfold naturally, and eases gently into the big waltz tunes. " Gramophone |
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W.A. MOZART
Mozart: Mass in C Minor KV427 Sandrine Piau, Anne-Lise Sollied, Paul Agnew, Frederic Caton / Accentus / La Chambre Philharmonique / Emmanuel Krivine [ Naive / CD - released 20/Dec/2005 ] MARBECKS STAFF RECORDING OF THE YEAR 2006 - "Krivine offers a hard-edged reading, almost Bach-like in both its devotional austerity and its emphasis on the score's complex counterpoint...the choral singing and playing are admirably clear" (The... |
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CECIL COLES
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Coles: Music from Behind the Lines Sarah Fox (soprano) Paul Whelan (baritone) / BBC Scottish Symphony, Martyn Brabbin [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Aug/2014 ] "His orchestral writing is highly accomplished; and the dramatic flair suggests a potential opera composer…excellent singing and committed playing." (BBC Music Magazine) |
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PRAISE TO THE LORD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Praise to the Lord: Favourite Hymns from St Paul's Cathedral St Paul's Cathedral Choir / John Scott, conductor (with the English Brass Ensemble) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/May/2008 ] 'Exemplary' (Gramophone) |
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ANONYMOUS / TALLIS / STANFORD / PURCELL / FAURE / BURGON / etc
Remembrance St Paul's Cathedral Choir, John Scott Master of Music [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Sep/2003 ] 'A lasting souvenir of a moving occasion, a fitting tribute to a great man, but above all, fine listening' (Gramophone) |
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GABRIEL FAURE / FRANCIS POULENC / CLAUDE DEBUSSY
French Duets Steven Osborne (piano), Paul Lewis (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 5/Mar/2021 ] GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Piano |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: La Damnation De Faust, Op.34 Stuart Burrows (tenor) Edith Mathis (soprano) Donald McIntyre (bass) Thomas Paul (bass) / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa [ Deutsche Grammophon Galleria / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Aug/1988 ] "This is quite the most exciting Faust I have heard on record, putting even Solti at least a touch in the shade." MusicWeb |
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HENRY PURCELL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Purcell: Hail! Bright Cecilia (Ode for St Cecilia's Day 1692) Susan Hemington (sop) Timothy Wilson (counter-tenor) / Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh [ Archive / CD - released 20/Jul/1995 ] "the ensemble as a whole moves effortlessly from discretion and intimacy to the imposing timbral homogeneity of McCreesh's most extrovert Venetian exploits. His tempos are irrepressible and invigorating.' Gramophone 1995 |
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TRADITIONAL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Carols from the Old and New Worlds Theatre of Voices, Paul Hillier [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 23/Oct/2004 ] On this volume of Carols from the Old and New Worlds, Paul Hillier and the Theatre Of Voices celebrate the festive season with a wide-ranging mixture of new and traditional carols. |
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Unwind (Hayden Chisholm, Norman Meehan, Paul Dyne, Julien Dyne)
Saffron [ Rattle Jazz / CD - released 28/Feb/2020 ] Saffron marks the third Rattle release for Unwind, this time as a quartet featuring the excellent musicianship of drummer Julien Dyne. Like its predecessor (the excellent Orange), Saffron also features a DVD with concert material performed and... |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Symphony No 3 'Organ' / Bacchanale / etc Paul Jacobs (organ) / Utah Symphony, Thierry Fischer [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Dec/2018 ] "This is a most enjoyable CD which augurs well if, as I believe, it's to be the first in a series. The recorded sound is good and Roger Nichols' note is valuable. Encore, s'il vous plait." MusicWeb |
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Various Artists incls Al Jolson, John McCormack, Bessie Smith, Paul Whiteman, Cliff 'Ukulele' Edwards, Marion Harris, The Knickerbockers, Gene Austin
Hits Of '25 - The Roaring '20s 'Yes Sir, that's My Baby' [ ASV Living Era / CD - released 2/Jul/2006 ] Living Era's year-by-year compilations of hit recordings from the Roaring Twenties are well worth investigating. This volume, focusing upon the year 1925, is much better than the hideous cover photo suggests. Although the people posing artlessly with... |
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Paul Whiteman, Al Jolson, Art Landry, Leonard Joy, Whispering Jack Smith, Duke Ellington, Fred Waring & his Pennsylvanians, Fred & Adele Astaire, etc
The Charleston Era [ ASV Living Era / CD - released 22/Aug/2000 ] This definitive "Charleston" album features 25 vintage recordings from 1925 - 1930. |
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MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ravel: Cantates de Rome - Alyssa, Alcyone, Myrrha Veronique Gens, Yann Beuron, Paul Groves, Mirielle Delunsch / Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2000 ] These three Prix de Rome competition cantatas, written in the summers of 1901-03, were intended to persuade the musical authorities that Ravel was the one young composer who deserved a three-year stay in the Eternal City, paid for by the government. |
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WILLIAM WALTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Walton: Spitfire Prelude and Fugue / Sinfonia Concertante / Hindemith Variations Peter Donohoe (piano) / English Northern Philharmonia / Paul Daniel [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] William Walton occupies his own position in English music of the twentieth century, chronologically between the generation of Gustav Hoist and Vaughan Williams and that of Benjamin Britten. |
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BACH / SCHUMANN / SCHUBERT / LISZT / MOZART / BEETHOVEN / etc
Wilhelm Kempff - The Decca Legacy Wilhelm Kempff (piano) with Pablo Casals, Paul Grümmer (cellos) Georg Kulenkampff (violin) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 13 CD Box Set - released 18/Apr/2022 ] The Decca legacy of WILHELM KEMPFF, one of the last century's greatest keyboard poets. |
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Paul Kelly, Paul Grabowsky
Please Leave Your Light On [ Gawdaggie / CD - released 7/Aug/2020 ] 'Please Leave Your Light On' is the new collaborative album by multiple ARIA Award winners Paul Kelly and Paul Grabowsky. This unique body of work sees Kelly performing selections of his catalogue with new interpretations by Grabowsky, who... |
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Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney's Get Back [ Via Vision Entertainment / DVD ] After 13 years producing studio albums, ex-Beatle Paul McCartney made a remarkable return to the road in 1989-1990 with his Get Back world tour. The show, which also featured Paul's wife Linda, as well as a full band, showcased music from throughout... |
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Paul Simon
In Restless Dreams: The Music Of Paul Simon [ Madman Entertainment Blu-ray / 2 Blu-ray - released 12/Sep/2024 ] The definitive musical biography of Paul Simon - one of the greatest songwriters, and performers, in the history of rock 'n roll. Granted unprecedented access to the making of his new album, Seven Psalms, the filmmakers also show never-before-seen... |
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Paul Simon
In Restless Dreams: The Music Of Paul Simon [ Madman Entertainment DVD / 2 DVD - released 12/Sep/2024 ] The definitive musical biography of Paul Simon - one of the greatest songwriters, and performers, in the history of rock 'n roll. Granted unprecedented access to the making of his new album, Seven Psalms, the filmmakers also show never-before-seen... |