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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Triple Concerto / Schumann: Piano Concerto Martha Argerich, Renaud Capucon, Mischa Maisky / Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana / Alexandre Rabinovich-Barakovksy [ EMI Music / CD - released 18/May/2004 ] "Argerich, Capucon and Maisky are occasionally prone to exaggerated point-making, but their music-making has an intensity and spontaneity of a kind that only a live performance can bring..this finely recorded newcomer should not be missed." BBC... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: MASTERPIECE Beethoven Martha Modl (soprano), Yehudi Menuhin (violin) / New Philharmonia Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic, Academy St Martin-in-the-Fields [ EMI Studio / CD - released 10/Feb/1990 ] This CD contains all the most familiar and best-loved works by the Ludwig van Beethoven, performed by a galaxy of star musicans. |
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BYRD / PHILIPS / FARNABY / BULL / SWEELINCK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book Martin Souter (Harpsichord. Clavichord. Virginals, organ) [ Historic Keyboard Collection / Gift of Music / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge houses one of the world's most important manuscripts of keyboard music. The music was composed by England's greatest composers of the early seventeenth century and ranges from erudite fantasias to exquisite... |
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JACQUES OFFENBACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Offenbach: Orpheus In The Underworld (operetta in English) Mary Hegarty, David Fieldsend, Jill Pert, Richard Suart, Rosemarie Arthars, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, John Owen Edwards [ Sony music / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Jan/1994 ] ".. the whole production has a real lived-in feel and, in Mary Hegarty's flighty Eurydice, a nymphet - sorry, nymph - virtually to die for. " BBC Music |
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HENRY PURCELL / GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Purcell: Songs and Interludes / Handel: Arias from Xerxes Maureen Forrester (contralto) Alexander Young (tenor) Martin Isepp (harpsichord) / Vienna Radio Orchestra, Brian Priestman [ MCA Millennium Classics / CD - released 10/Oct/1996 ] Recording: June 1966 - Mozartsaal, Vienna |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera (complete opera recorded in 1991) Metropolitan Opera / Luciano Pavarotti, Leo Nucci, April Millo, Florence Quivar / James Levine (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 30/May/2008 ] "The best justification for buying this issue is to see and hear Pavarotti nearer to his vocal peak in a role which his strong lyric voice and clear diction is ideally suited" (MusicWeb) |
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JOAQUIN RODRIGO / MALCOLM ARNOLD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rodrigo: Concierto Aranjuez / Arnold: Concerto for Guitar & Orchestra Michael Conn (guitar) / The Orchestra of St. John's, Smith Square, John Lubbock [ IMP Classics / CD - released 28/Sep/1992 ] Originally released 1987 |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Don Carlo (Complete Opera with libretto recorded in 1993) Michael Sylvester, Aprile Millo, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Vladimir Chernov, Dolora Zajick / Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, James Levine [ Sony Classical / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/1993 ] "Levine's performance of the five-act Italian Don Carlo supersedes all other versions, because he conducts Verdi's spacious score with such masterly skill and meticulous attention to detail, and has so magnificent an orchestra at his command" BBC |
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BACH / TELEMANN / HEBERLE / FREDERICK THE GREAT / KRAHMER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Michala Petri : The Virtuoso Recorder Michala Petri (recorder) Hanne Petri (harpsichord) David Petri (cello) [ RCA Victor / CD - released 15/May/2018 ] Recorder compositions by Telemann, Heberle, Bach, Frederick the Great, Krahmer. Accompanied by harpsichord and cello. |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: 6 Concertos Michala Petri (recorder) / I Solisti Veneti, Claudio Scimone [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 20/May/1990 ] Michala Petri plays on a trevle recorder and a sopranino recorder. |
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BACH / TELEMANN / VIVALDI / KOPPEL / KRAHMER / IBERT / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Michala Petri - Souvenir - music for recorder & lute/guitar Michala Petri (recorder) with Lars Hannibal (lute) [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 14/Jun/1994 ] Michala Petri's most enduring creative partnership has been with her husband, the guitarist and lutenist Lars Hannibal. The couple has performed a wide range of music together, from Baroque sonatas to their own innovative arrangements of music by... |
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NICCOLO PAGANINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Paganini: 24 Caprices Midori (violin) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 10/Apr/1989 ] Midori Goto, born October 25, 1971) who performs under the mononym Midori, is a Japanese-born American violinist. She made her debut with the New York Philharmonic at age 11 as a surprise guest soloist at the New Year's Eve Gala in 1982. |
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HENRY PURCELL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Purcell: King Arthur (Highlights) Jennifer Smith, Gillian Fisher, Elisabeth Priday, Paul Elliott / English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner [ Warner Classic Apex / CD - released 14/Jun/2004 ] "Solo singing for the most part is excellent, with Stephen Varcoe outstanding among the men." *** Three Stars (Penguin Stereo Guide) |
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: Turandot (Highlights from the opera) Montserrat Caballe, Jose Carreras, Mirella Freni, Alain Lombard [ EMI Redline / CD - released 29/Jun/1978 ] "From the verystart Caballe conveys an element of mystery while Freni underlines the dramatic rather than the lyrical side of Liu's role." (Penguin Guide) |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Aida (Highlights from the opera) Montserrat Caballe, Placido Domingo, Fiorenza Cosottto, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Piero Cappuccilli, Luigi Roni / Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Muti [ EMI Classics Red Line / CD - released 1/Jul/1998 ] "Caballe's portrait of the heroine is superb, full of detailed insight into teh character and with countless examples of superlative singing." Penguin Guide |
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PUCCINI / ROSSINI / BOITO / MASCAGNI / VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE : Montserrat Caballe: Diva Montserrat Caballe (soprano) [ EMI Classics / CD - released 25/Mar/1995 ] |
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AARON COPLAND
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Copland: Billy the Kid / Rodeo (Suites) (plus Grofe's Grand Canyon Suite) (Rec 1957 & 1960) Morton Gould and his orchestra [ RCA Living Stereo / CD - released 26/Mar/1980 ] "I would recommend it very highly to anyone interested in these works." (MusicWeb May 2006) |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante K364 / Concertone K190 Moscow Virtuosi, Vladimir Spivakov (violin/conductor), with Shlomo Mintz (viola) [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 1/Dec/1993 ] Recorded in Munich April 1990 |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mass in C K.317 "Coronation" / Mass in C K.167 / Nocturnes Kurt Equiluz (tenor) Gerhard Eder (bass) / The Vienna Boys Choir, Hans Gillesberger [ RCA Victor Papillon Collection / CD - released 18/Apr/1988 ] The Vienna Boys' Choir is one of the best known boys' choirs in the world. The boys are selected mainly from Austria, but also from many other countries. |
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HENRI DUTILLEUX / WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dutilleux/Lutoslawski: Cello Concertos Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) / Orchestre de Paris, Lutoslawski Baudo, Witold Lutoslawski [ EMI / CD - released 20/Jul/1975 ] Diapason d'Or, Choc du Monde de la Musique, Prix de l'Académie du disque français, Victoires de la Musique classique & Edison Stichting Awards (for the Dutilleux) |