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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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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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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) |
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ALFRED SCHNITTKE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schnittke: Quasi Una Sonata / Piano Trio / Piano Sonata No 2 Mstislav Rostropovich (cello/conductor) Mark Lubotsky (violin) Irina Schnittke (piano) / English Chamber Orchestra [ Sony / CD - released 2/Feb/1992 ] "Quasi una sonata remains one of the composer's seminal pieces in either of its versions, marking the debut of his celebrated 'polystylism' and his breakaway from the avant-garde. Stravinsky, serialism and Bach rub shoulders in a fiery performance by... |
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W. A. MOZART / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart/Beethoven: Quintets For Piano And Wind Instruments Murray Perahia (piano) / Members Of The English Chamber Orchestra [ SONY CLASSICAL / CD ] One of the piano's most lyrical contemporary proponents, Murray Perahia was born in New York City. After first sitting down at the piano at the age of four, he entered Mannes College at 17, later graduating with degrees in conducting and composition. |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Chopin: Etudes: Op. 25 & Op. 10 Murray Perahia (piano) [ Sony Music / CD - released 2/Dec/2002 ] Gramophone Magazine Award Finalist 2003 - Recording of the Month (Gramophone November 2002) |
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GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pergolesi: Stabat Mater / Salve Regina Nathalie Stutzmann (soprano) Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz (contralto) / The Hanover Band, Roy Goodman [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 20/Jan/1993 ] " Nathalie Stutzmann, soloist with Goodman, gives the more dramatic account, with an effective scurrying urgency in the orchestral playing." Gramophone |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rare Mozart Arias Nathalie Stutzmann (soprano) / Moscow Virtuosi, Vladimir Spivakov [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 20/Jan/1999 ] Recorded July 1994 at the Reitstadel, Neumarkt, Germany |
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DONIZETTI / GOUNOD / PUCCINI / BISHOP / TOSTI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Nellie Melba: Opera Arias & Songs Nellie Melba (soprano) [ EMI Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/1988 ] Nellie Melba was Australia's first international superstar, her voice and charisma captivating audiences. |