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TAKEMITSU / BODY / TAN DUN / DE CASTRO-ROBINSON / FARR
Flight - music for flute and harp Bridget Douglas (flute) / Carolyn Mills (harp) [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] "I'm finding it difficult to banish Bridget Douglas and Carolyn Mills' flute-and-harp treasure trove to the shelf. Its mix of East and West continues to captivate." (William Dart NZ Herald) |
BRYCE DESSNER
Bryce Dessner - Solos Bryce Dessner (guitar), Katia Labèque (piano), Anastasia Kobekina (cello), Colin Currie (percussion), Pekka Kuusisto (violin), Lavinia Meijer (harp) + [ Sony Classical Vinyl / CD - released 4/Oct/2024 ] "Dessner himself takes the stage in two short pieces for guitar, Francis and Walls. These are in the best tradition of guitar solos, the latter reminiscent of the Spanish guitar masters, and it is good to have Dessner performing in person." Fin.Times |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: An die Musik: Favourite Schubert Lieder (Songs) Bryn Terfel (Baritone) Malcolm Martineau (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/May/2007 ] "Throughout, Martineau's at once vigorous and subtle playing is an apt support: his accompaniment in Erlkonig is arrestingly clear and precise...this one is pure pleasure" (Gramophone) |
WAGNER / BERNSTEIN / MOZART / VERDI / TRADITIONAL / etc
Bryn Terfel - Live in Concert - Songs and Arias Bryn Terfel (baritone) / Radio Filharmonisch Orkest Holland, Edo de Waart [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 1/Jun/2002 ] "An undemanding popular concert with something for everybody - splendidly performed and brilliantly recorded. Recommended." MusicWeb |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Under The Stars: Music from the shows Bryn Terfel (bass) Renee Fleming (soprano) with the Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera conducted by Paul Gemignani [ Decca Records / CD - released 24/Mar/2003 ] Renée Fleming and Bryn Terfel are two of the world's most popular classical stars. Their first CD together is Under The Stars, a feast of great songs from recent musical theatre. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Sommernachtskonzert 2026 / Summer Night Concert 2026 Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Wiener Philharmoniker, Lorenzo Viotti (conductor) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 17/Jul/2026 ] The 2026 Summer Night Concert was held on 19 June before an audience of 50,000 enthusiastic fans. This open-air concert by the Vienna Philharmonic has been held annually since 2008 and, as always, the grounds of the UNESCO World Heritage Site at... |
BACH / BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / CHOPIN / LISZT / SCHUBERT / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Byron Janis I Byron Janis (piano) [ Philips / BMG / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2000 ] "This is a fine installment of this important collection of 20th-century pianists." Arkivmusic |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Be My Love: A Tribute to Mario Lanza Joseph Calleja (tenor) / BBC Concert Orchestra, Steven Mercurio [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 23/Aug/2012 ] "It's an unashamedly populist collection, Calleja rolling the Rs of "Granada" and "Arrivederci, Roma" with obvious relish in arrangements replete with castanets and trilling mandolins." (The Independent) |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV / FRANCIS POULENC
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini / Poulenc: Organ Concerto Cameron Carpenter (International touring organ) / Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Christoph Eschenbach [ Sony Classical / CD / CD - released 29/Mar/2020 ] "Cameron Carpenter (1981- ) is a spectacular musician and showman. But don't let his showmanship fool you. He is a brilliant and disciplined musician and arranger and belongs to a tradition of flashy virtuosos. He is also not the first organist to... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
An Enchanted Land: Traditional Celtic Melodies For Solo Harp Carolyn Mills (concert harp) [ Atoll Records / CD - released 6/Jan/2023 ] This collection of beautiful Celtic tunes combines the simplicity of traditional music with the sonorous richness of the concert harp. |
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MAURICE RAVEL / MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Ravel [Includes Piano Concertos & La Valse] Cédric Tiberghien (piano), Stéphane Degout (bartone) / Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD Box Set - released 14/Jun/2024 ] Les Siècles present two of their successful series of Ravel recordings on period instruments under François-Xavier Roth, with Cédric Tiberghien at the piano and baritone Stéphane Degout. |
ROSSINI / SCHUBERT / MOZART & OTHERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cecilia Bartoli - A Portrait Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo) [ Decca DVD / DVD - released 19/Apr/2014 ] The original documentary film on the early life of Cecilia Bartoli as well as a concert recording at the Savoy Hotel. Other performers featured include Lesley Schatzberger (basset clarinet), András Schiff (piano), and, Charles Spencer (piano) |
ARAIA / CALDARA / GRAUN / PORPORA / etc.
Sacrificium - The Art of the Castrati Cecilia Bartoli (soprano) / Il Giardino Armonico / Giovanni Antonini [ Decca Music Group DVD / DVD - released 15/Mar/2010 ] Cecilia Bartoli sings virtuoso arias from her Sacrificium album, on location in and around the spectacular baroque palace of Caserta in Southern Italy. |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: Heroines Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo) / Orchestra e coro del Teatro della Fenice, Ion Marin [ Decca / CD - released 2/Feb/1992 ] "This sparkling disc brings together a collection of arias Rossini composed for one of the great prima donnas of the 19th century, his wife, Isabella Colbran. For Rossini and Bartoli fans, this disc is a must" Gramophone |
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ARAIA / CALDARA / GRAUN / PORPORA / etc.
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE - Cecilia Bartoli - Sacrificium [special deluxe 2 CD limited edition] Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) / Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 14/Dec/2009 ] "Porpora's opening aria reveals just what has made Bartoli unique in this field - a stupefying range, fearless vocal leaps and the sort of relentless passagework that makes you suspect the singer might be on a heart-lung machine." (William Dart NZ... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL / ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI / ANTONIO CALDARA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cecilia Bartoli - Opera Proibita Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) / Les Musiciens du Louvre / Marc Minkowski [ Decca Records / CD - released 20/Sep/2005 ] "A touch of the Fellinis as a scorching Bartoli meets the banned" RECORDING OF THE MONTH GRAMOPHONE Nov 2005 |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: La Cenerentola [Cinderella] (highlights) Cecilia Bartoli, William Matteuzzi, Enzo Dara, Alessandro Corbelli / Orchestra & Chorus of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Riccardo Chailly [ Decca / 2 CD - released 28/Aug/2014 ] "(Bartoli's) singing itself is ravishing. At the same time, the performance makes dramatic sense...Decca provide a superb Alidoro, an alluring Clorinda." Gramophone |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Choral Works & Folksongs [6 CD set plus CD Rom] Chamber Choir of Europe. Nicol Matt. with Jargen Meier, piano, and Martina Schrott, harp / Amadeus Choir [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2011 ] "A most attractive release of Brahms's complete unaccompanied choral works. At super-budget price this release represents marvellous value. These works are a joy to hear and exploration will bring the listener many discoveries and hours of pleasure." |
Charlotte Church
Prelude: the Very Best Of [ Sony Classical / CD ] |
