Betty Padgett
MARBECKS RARE: Betty Padgett [ Luv n' Haight / CD - released 20/Apr/2009 ] |
Bonnie Prince Billy
MARBECKS RARE: Ease Down the Road [ Spunk / CD - released 3/Apr/2001 ] Fine songwriter with steady understated voice |
ROBERT SIMPSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Simpson: Symphony No.9 Bournemouth So/Handley [ Hyperion / CD ] 'As hypnotic as the star-filled night sky … so utterly absorbing is this symphony that I have hardly given a thought to the performance or the recording … which is surely the best possible tribute to all concerned' (Gramophone) |
ROBERT SIMPSON
Simpson: Symphonies 2 & 4 MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Vernon Handley [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Nov/2000 ] 'I rejoice to hear them so finely played and beautifully recorded' (Gramophone) |
Bread
MARBECKS RARE: The Sound of Bread: Their 20 Finest Songs [ Warner Music / CD - released 17/Apr/2007 ] 'The Sound of Bread' is widely regarded by fans as their definitive compilation, featuring the hit singles "Make It With You", "Everything I Own", "Guitar Man'", "Lost Without Your Love" and many more! |
VINCENT YOUMANS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ben Bagley's Vincent Youmans Revisited - show tunes -- many of them never before recorded. Cab Calloway, Blosson Dearie, Gloria De Haven, Maureen Stapleton, Charles Rydell, Dorothy Loudon, etc [ Painted Smiles Records / CD - released 5/May/1993 ] Ben Bagley was an American musical producer and record producer. In 1971, Ben embarked on a new and impressive career. He produced 47 highly distinctive albums of show tunes -- many of them never before recorded. |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi Chamber Concertos Chandos Baroque Players [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Feb/2006 ] 'As refreshing a package of out-of-the-way Vivaldi as has recently come my way' (The Magic Flute, USA) |
The Chemical Brothers
MARBECKS RARE: Surrender [ Virgin Records / CD - released 17/Jun/1999 ] Combining their rock, electronics and beats with new pop dimension. Vocalists include Noel Gallagher (Oasis), Bernard Sumner (New Order) and Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star) |
The Chieftains
MARBECKS RARE: The Chieftains Collection [ Claddagh / CD - released 20/Nov/1989 ] The Chieftains are a traditional Irish folk band formed in Dublin in 1962, by Paddy Moloney, Seán Potts and Michael Tubridy. Their sound, which is almost entirely instrumental and largely built around uilleann pipes, has become synonymous with... |
ERNEST CHAUSSON
Chamber Music (Incls Poeme Op 25 & Piano Trio in G minor) MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Chilingirian Quartet with Pascal Devoyon (piano), Philippe Graffin (violin) and Charles Neidich (clarinet) [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Aug/2006 ] 'It is truly like hearing it for the first time, at least in this performance, which is far more than just technically superb' (American Record Guide) |
EMMANUEL CHABRIER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Chabrier: Briseis, ou Les Amantes de Corinthe Joan Rodgers, Mark Padmore, Simon Keenlyside, Michael George / Chorus Of Scottish Opera / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Jean-Yves Ossonce [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Sep/2012 ] PENGUIN GUIDE ROSETTE GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE 'For those who heard Chabrier's incomplete magnum opus at last year's Festival this recording will need no recommendation... Fabulously rewarding' (The Scotsman) |
RICHARD STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss, (R.): Kramerspiegel / Das Schloss am Meere / Enoch Arden Christian Ivaldi (piano) Jean-Paul Fouchecourt (tenor) Rene Schirrer (speaker) [ Ades / CD - released 2/Feb/1991 ] Christian Ivaldi was born in Paris. He studied at the Paris Conservatory with Jacques Février and took a Premier Prix in piano performance, as well as in chamber music, counterpoint, and accompaniment. |
BEETHOVEN / MOZART / SCHUMANN / HAYDN / SCHUBERT / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Christoph Escenbach Christoph Eschenbach (piano) with Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Philips Great Pianists Of The 20th Century Vol. 24 / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2000 ] "Christoph Eschenbach is perhaps fortunate to have secured a niche in this particular pantheon. His career as a solo pianist featured a brilliant exposition but little in the way of a development or recapitulation." Gramophone |
Constance Demby
MARBECKS RARE: Novus Magnificat [ Hearts of Space Records / CD - released 10/Oct/2014 ] |
Dawn McCarthy & Bonny Billy
MARBECKS RARE: Wai Notes [ Sea Note / CD - released 12/Jan/2009 ] Wai Notes is the demos for The Letting Go - Will Oldham aka Bonnie Prince Billy on acoustic guitar and voice, with vocal harmonies/accompaniment from Faun Fables Dawn McCarthy. Strictly limited edition. |
RICHARD STRAUSS / GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: R. Strauss: String Quartet / Verdi: String Quartet in E minor The Delme Quartet [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 22/Jan/2004 ] 'An eminently recommendable issue' (Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) |
ROBERT SIMPSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Simpson: String Quartet No 2 & No 5 Delme String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD ] 'When it comes to recordings of British string quartets there've been few more impressive achievements than Hyperion's Robert Simpson cycle' (BBC Record Review) |
Depeche Mode
Marbecks Rare: Construction Time Again [ Mute Records / CD - released 10/Apr/2007 ] Recorded in 1983, 'Construction Time Again' features the single "Everything Counts". This European imported, re-issued edition is digitally re-mastered. |
GABRIEL FAURE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Faure: Piano Quartets Nos 1 & 2 Domus [ Hyperion / CD - released 19/Sep/2003 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER "Domus have the requisite lightness of touch and subtlety, and just the right sense of scale and tempo." Rosette Penguin Stereo Guide |
Dribbling Darts
MARBECKS RARE: Present Perfect [ Flying Nun Records / CD - released 2/May/1992 ] Dribbling Darts (originally Dribbling Darts of Love) were a New Zealand band based in Auckland which existed from 1989 to 1993. The name is a quote from William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, Act I, Scene III: "Believe not that the dribbling dart... |