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RICHARD STRAUSS / OTTORINO RESPIGHI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss, (R.): Violin Sonata in E flat / Respighi: Violin Sonata in B minor Kyung-Wha Chung (violin) & Krystian Zimerman (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "A confident reminder of why Chung is so highly placed in the pantheon of violinists." (MusicWeb May 2015) |
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EDWARD ELGAR / FREDERICK DELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: Piano Quintet / Sospiri / The Farm Yard / Delius: Violin Sonatas 1, 2, & 3 / Cello Sonata Alexander Barantschik, Janice Graham (violins), Israela Margalit (piano), Moray Welsh (cello), and soloists of the London Symphony Orchestra [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 23/Jun/2000 ] "The performers are not a named group but, apart from the pianist, are all orchestral players from the LSO. They give a committed reading with a thoughtful approach to this contemplative, dignified work of Elgar's later years. " MusicWeb |
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GEORGE & IRA GERSHWIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gershwin: Porgy & Bess (complete opera) Alvy Powell / Marquita Lister / Nicole Cabell / Nashville Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / John Mauceri [ Decca / 2 CD Box Set - released 17/Aug/2006 ] First Ever Recording of Gershwin's original 1935 production version. |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune / La Mer / Nocturnes / etc Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Rahbari, with Jan van Reeth (flute) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/1993 ] "Rahbari is a sensitive and perceptive Debussian." Gramophone |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C minor 'Resurrection' Benita Valente (soprano) & Maureen Forrester (contralto) / London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Ardwyn Singers, BBC Welsh Chorus, Gilbert Kaplan [ Conifer The Kaplan Mahler Edition / 2 CD - released 20/Oct/1998 ] Gilbert Kaplan is a man with a mania and the means to indulge it. A wealthy publisher, he became obsessed with Gustav Mahler's Second Symphony, learned to conduct it, hired an orchestra and choruses, and did a quite respectable job with it. |
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EDWARD ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: Symphony No 2 London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley [ EMI Classics for Pleasure / CD - released 1/Feb/2010 ] Recorded in Watford Town Hall, Herts. - April 1980 |
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TRADITIONAL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bryn Terfel - At His Very Best [2 CD set] Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) with Rhys Meirion & various choirs [ Metro / 2 CD - released 13/Sep/2010 ] Here are 2CDs from the celebrated Welsh opera and concert singer Bryn Terfel. At His Very Best takes in recordings from his recent duet album with tenor Rhys Meirion, two of Bryn's earlier albums and a recording of a newly commissioned work performed... |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No 4 (with bonus disc) Camilla Tilling (soprano) Philharmonia Orchestra. Benjamin Zander [ Telarc Records / 2 CD - released 10/Sep/2001 ] Benjamin Zander continues to garner extraordinary worldwide acclaim for his series of Mahler symphonies, with insightful bonus discussion discs, on Telarc. Now he makes his third exciting Mahler recording joined by ethereal soprano Camilla Tilling in... |
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CHARLES IVES
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ives: The String Quartets The Lydian String Quartet [ Centaur / CD - released 5/May/1990 ] Since its formation in 1980, the Lydian String Quartet has embraced the full range of the string quartet repertory with curiosity, virtuosity and dedication to the highest artistic ideals of music making. In its formative years, the quartet studied... |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lieder aus der Jugendzeit Charlotte Margiono (soprano) Bernd Weikl (baritone) Friedrich Haider (piano) with Wolfgang Vladar (horn - track 14) [ Nightingale / CD - released 2/Sep/1995 ] The Dutch soprano Charlotte Margiono (Amsterdam, 1955) studied with Aafje Heynis at the conservatory of Arnhem. In 1984 she made her debut with De Nederlandse Opera as a flower girl in Parsifal. Her international opera career started in 1988. |