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KURT WEILL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Weill: Symphony No.2 / Seven Deadly Sins / Violin Concerto / Songs Elise Ross, Robyn Archer, Thomas Hampson, Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin) / City of Birmingham Symphony, London Sinfonietta, Berliner Philharmoniker [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 7/Sep/2009 ] In America Kurt Weill became a leading composer of Broadway Musicals and extracts from two of them are on this collection. One of his main performers was his wife, Lotte Lenya, whose characteristic voice made many of his songs standards. |
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PIAZZOLLA / BEEASER / LEISNER / MACHADO / CORREA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Music of the Americas - Tangos, Songs and Dances for flute and guitar Virginia Taylor (flute) Timothy Kain (guitar) [ ABC Classical / CD - released 2/Feb/1999 ] Virginia Taylor has given recitals in all capital cities of Australia and performed as a soloist with almost all of the Symphony Australia Orchestras, as well as having been guest Principal Flute for many of these orchestras |
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NICCOLO PAGANINI / CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1 / Saint-Saens: Violin Concerto No. 3 Zino Francescatti (violin) / Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy / New York Philharmonic, Dimitri Mitropoulos [ Sony Masteworks / CD - released 27/Jul/1991 ] "Saint-Saëns Third Violin Concertos with Zino Francescatti captured at the height of his powers, his tone rich and vibrant, his bowing virtually as fleet as Heifetz's." MusicWeb |
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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Klavier Christophe Rousset (harpsichord) [ Aparté / 2 CD - released 18/Mar/2016 ] "[Rousset's] is a grounded, incontestably considered reading, exuding a quiet, unflappable authority reminiscent of Gustav Leonhardt…he untangles Bach's protean polyphony with the informed illumination of a seasoned tour guide." BBC Music |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle [ EMI Classics Red Line / CD - released 26/Aug/1998 ] "A fine, strong interpretation" Gramophone |
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LOUIS SPOHR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Double Quartets Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 20/May/2012 ] Spohrs Double Quartets are of an exceptional order and deserve a secure place in the repertoire of supreme examples of Romantic chamber music. |
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ERICH KORNGOLD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rendezvous with Korngold Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) with Bengt Forsberg (piano) & friends [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD Box Set - released 15/Apr/2015 ] "Von Otter brings beautiful tone, perfect diction and a rapt sense of submerging herself in the music. As an encore she sings Forsberg's arrangement of Korngold's most famous tune, 'Marietta's Lied' from Die tote Stadt." Gramophone |
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AARON COPLAND / GIAN CARLIO MENOTTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Copland/Menotti: Piano Concertos Earl Wild (piano), The Symphony of the Air, Aaron Copland, Jorge Mester (conds) [ Vanguard Classics / CD - released 5/Sep/1991 ] "The Menotti fizzes and sings with a light touch, and Jorge Mester matches Wild with an accompaniment that sparkles." ClassicalNet |
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SIR EDWARD ELGAR / SIR WILLIAM WALTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar/Walton: String Quartets Gabrieli String Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Jul/1986 ] "The Gabrieli performance, recorded in 1986 when Kenneth Sillito was leader (was) made in the warm, rich acoustic of The Maltings, Snape" Gramophone |
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PUCCINI / VERDI / MASCAGNI / DELIBES / ROSSINI / HUMPERDINCK / MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Opera Duets Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Mario del Monaco, Mirella Freni. Lucia Popp, Marilyn Horne, Christa Ludwig, Franco Corelli [ Decca Opera Gala / CD - released 5/Apr/1998 ] Decca's recorded legacy is dominated by the huge number of complete opera recordings and vocal recitals. These extracts are taken from complete recordings. |
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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) |