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MANUEL de FALLA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Falla: La vide breve / El amor brujo / El sombrero de tres picos Victoria de los Angeles (soprano) / Orquesta Nacional de Espana / Philharmonia Orchestra / Carlo Maria Giulini / Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos [ EMI Great Recordings of the Century / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2001 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - 'This recording of La vida breve is every bit as atmospheric as one could want and is an admirable illustration of a great artist - Victoria de los Angeles - deepening an already... |
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ANTON BRUCKNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruckner: Te Deum / 9 Motets / Mass in E minor (with choral works by Richard Strauss) Wiener Staatsoper; Wiener Philharmoniker, Zubin Mehta / Schutz Choir of London, Philip Jones Wind Ensemble, Roger Norrington / etc [ Decca / 2 CD - released 1/May/1997 ] Featured soloists: Claes-Håkan Ahnsjo (tenor), Jean Temperley (mezzo-soprano), Jessica Cash (soprano), Josef Bock (organ) |
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AARON COPLAND
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Copland Conducts Copland [Includes 'Old American Songs'] William Warfield (baritone) / London Symphony Orchestra, Aaron Copland [ CBS Masterworks / CD - released 1/Apr/1988 ] "The composer directs with unrivalled insight throughout. The remastering is done most skilfully, retaining the ambience of the originals, while achieving more refined detiail." (Penguin Guide) |
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J. S. BACH / GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Sonatas and Partitas Vol 1 Alberto Lysy (violin) / Camerata Lysy Gstaad, Sir Yehudi Menuhin [ Discover International / CD - released 2/Apr/2001 ] Alberto Lysy (1935-2009) was a critically acclaimed Argentinian violinist celebrated for his rich, warm tone, intense musicality, and strong technical ability |
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AARON COPLAND
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Copland: Third Symphony & Music for Theatre Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Yoel Levi [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 28/May/2002 ] "Well-played and expertly recorded." - Billboard |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No 2 'Resurrection' Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Hilde Rossl-Majdan / Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Otto Klemperer [ EMI Classics Great Recordings of the Century / CD - released 21/Aug/2000 ] 1001 Classical recording you must hear before you die (1851-1900) "A magnificent performance with excellent soloists, choir and orchestra. The recording performs miracles in reproducing the multitudinous details of this enormous score" (Gramophone) |
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HENRYK GORECKI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gorecki: Concerto for harpsichord and string orchestra / Kleines Requiem fur eine Polka / Good Night Elizabeth Chojnacka (harpsichord) Dawn Upshaw (soprano) / London Sinfonietta, David Zinman [ Nonesuch / CD - released 1/Jul/1995 ] Górecki is an important figure in Polish music, and his Third Symphony is one of the great 'success stories' in all twentieth century symphonic music. This deeply moving quality permeates his other works, but he was also a more ambiguous, interesting... |
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VIVALDI / ALBINONI / BACH / MARCELLO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Baroque Oboe Concertos Emanuel Abbuld (oboe/oboe d'amore) / Strings of Zurich, Howard Griffiths [ Aurophon / CD - released 17/Nov/1991 ] Original recording 1998 |
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GEORGE ENESCU
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Enescu: Suites for Orchestra Op.9 & Op.20 Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, Lawrence Foster [ Warner Apex / CD - released 9/Jul/1984 ] "Here are two discs packed with music fit to burst. Better still; they are offered at bargain price. Enescu poetically sustained ... well upholstered Brahmsian textures ... convincingly done - look no further." - MusicWeb June 2005 |
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T. S. ELIOT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Murder in the Cathedral (Unabridged historic 1953 recording) Robert Donat (Becket) / Old VIc Company / Robert Helpmann (director) [ EMI Classics for Pleasure - Classic Drama / 2 CD - released 1/May/2010 ] T.S. Eliot's verse-drama was first performed in 1935 in Canterbury Cathedral, the very place where Thomas Becket was brutally killed in 1170. Using the medieval morality play as a model, Eliot creates a tense study of Becket's journey from spiritual... |