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LARCHET / STANFORD / BAX / NELSON /HARDEBECK / O/BRIEN / VICTORY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: A Sheaf Of Songs From Ireland Bernadette Greevy (mezzo) Hugh Tinney (piano) [ Marco Polo / CD - released 2/Feb/1997 ] A Sheaf Of Songs represents the great literary and musical flowering of the turn of the last century, A continuation of Irish national traditions of song. |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Magnificat BWV 243 / Cantata BWV 21 Greta de Reyghere / Rene Jacobs / Christoph Pregardien / Peter Lika / La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken [ Virgin Classics Veritas / CD - released 14/Oct/1989 ] "The lovely solo and choral singing in both works, coupled to a superbly atmospheric recording, made this a Bach CD to treasure." (Gramophone April 2001) |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schumann: Piano Trios Opp 63 & 80 Grieg Trio [ Virgin Classics Ultraviolet / CD - released 15/Oct/1996 ] "The Grieg Trio performs the music with understanding and sensitivity...Technically demanding passages, such as the eerie and unexpected tremolandi towards the end of the first Trio's opening movement, hold no dangers for this ensemble." C-music.com |
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JOHN IRELAND
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ireland: Violin Sonatas Frederick Grinke (violin) John Ireland (piano) Albert Sammons (violin), Florence Hooten (cello), Kendall Taylor (piano), Lawrence Pratt (piano) [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 2/Feb/1999 ] "... the playing wonderfully alive and always radiating a most winning understanding and spontaneity." Gramophone |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gösta Winbergh sings Richard Strauss Gösta Winbergh (tenor) Friedrich Haider (piano) [ Nightingale / CD - released 2/Sep/1993 ] Gosta Winbergh was born in Stockholm. There was no musical tradition in Winbergh's family. He himself was a building engineer when he watched his first opera performance in 1967; the experience so moved him that he decided on an operatic career.... |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Complete Viola Quintets Vol 1 Guarneri Quartet, with Ida Kavafian & Steven Tenenbom (violas) [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 1/Jun/1988 ] Recorded live at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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VARIOUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE; The Hoffnung Festival of Music - Royal Festival Hall 1988 Guests include Bill Oddie, Jane Glover, Jill Gormez, Robin Ashby, Felicity Lott, Joseph Horovitz,, Richard Watkins, etc [ Double Decca / CD - released 27/Aug/2014 ] On February 12th & 13th, 1988, two reprise concerts were performed and recorded at the Royal Festival Hall and released by Decca. Many distinguished guests appeared, including Donald Swann, Annetta Hoffnung (playing the role of "orchestral maid"),... |
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IGOR STRAVINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stravinsky: Apollon Musagete / Concerto in D / etc Guildhall String Ensemble [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 1/Jun/1990 ] Recorded June, 1988, at Forde Abbey, Dorset |
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ROBIN MILFORD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Milford: Fishing by Moonlight Guildhall Strings, with Julian Sperry (flute) Julian Milford (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 11/Aug/2004 ] 'This is music for an English summer evening, rewarding in its unpretentious, melodious, nicely crafted way; especially when played with sympathy and elegance by Robert Salter and the excellent Guildhall Strings' Gramophone |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: Die Jahreszeiten (The Seasons) - highlights Gundula Janowitz, Werner Hollweg, Walter Berry / Chor der Deutschen. Opera Berlin. Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan [ EMI Classics Encore / CD - released 1/Dec/1987 ] Original recording made in 1973 |
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ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schoenberg: Moses und Aron [complete opera] Gunter Reich, Richard Cassilly, Felicity Palmer / BBC Singers, Orpheus Boys' Choir, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez [ Sony Classical / 2 CD Box Set - released 26/Jul/2024 ] Recorded: November 30 & December 3, 5 & 6, 1974, West Ham Central Mission, London (Moses Und Aron) |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No. 9 (recorded live in 2004) The Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra / Claudio Abbado [ EuroArts / DVD - released 12/Jan/2005 ] Quite simply one of the best performances of this great work I've ever come across: moving, intense and with Abbado's long experience of conducting this work fully apparent despite the youth of the players. Beautifully and accurately played... |
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ARMAS JARNEFELT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Jarnefelt: Song of the Scarlet Flower [Full score to the 1919 film] Gävle Symphony Orchestra, Jaakko Kuusisto [ Ondine / 2 CD - released 11/Jan/2019 ] "This is lushly orchestrated music with dramatic flourishes that occasionally paint quite an emotional picture" BBC Music |
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COLE PORTER
Porter: Can-Can Gwen Vedon & Lilio / Original 1953 Broadway Cast [ Angel Broadway Classics / CD - released 17/May/1993 ] Can-Can is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, and a book by Abe Burrows. The story concerns the showgirls of the Montmartre dance halls during the 1890s. |
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BELA BARTOK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gyorgy Sandor Plays Bartok Gyorgy Sandor (piano) / Vienna Symphony, Symphony Orchestra of the Southwest German Radio, Baden-Baden, Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg [ Vox Legends / 2 CD Box Set - released 2/Feb/1992 ] Sándor remained friends with Bartók throughout his life, and was one of only ten people who attended Bartók's funeral in 1945. Sándor played the premiere of Bartók's Piano Concerto No. 3 on 8 February 1946. |
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WILLIAM ALWYN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Chamber Works Vol 1 Haffner Wind Ensemble of London, with Nicholas Daniel - oboe & Kate Hill - flute [ Chandos / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] "The Haffner Wind Ensemble is very impressive indeed, both individually as personalities and as a team matching timbres expertly. Their playing is full of spontaneity and conveyed enjoyment" Gramophone |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: Il Barbiere Di Siviglia [The Barber of Seville] (Highlights) Hakan Hagegard, Jennifer Larmore, Raul Gimanez, Samuel Ramey / Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, Jesus Lapez-Cobos [ Teldec / CD - released 1/Jul/1994 ] "Barbara Frittoli makes a good showing in her aria and Jennifer Larmore seems sublimely unfazed by the conductor's fast tempi. The voice is always full and warm, the coloratura flawless and the characterization vivid." (MusicWeb July 2004) |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527 (Complete opera) Hakan Hagegard, Gilles Cachemaille, Arleen Auger, Della Jones / Drottningholm Court Theatre, Arnold Ostman [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] "Even those who have never been to Drottningholm and experienced Arnold Ostman's Mozart in the flesh will know exactly what it is that makes his recorded performances live." (Gramophone) |
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HOHNE / DINICU / THOMSON / MENDELSSOHN / BERNSTEIN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Hakan Hardenberger: At The Beach Hakan Hardenberger (trumpet/cornet) Roland Pontinen (piano) [ Philips / CD - released 5/Mar/1989 ] Swedish virtuoso Hakan Hardenberger is both virtuoso and versatile, for his repertoire extends from the Baroque right through to the modern period. This recording combines well tried, virtuoso encores with pieces that are less well known but just as... |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: Symphonies Nos 94 "Surprise" & 95 (with Leopold Mozart: "Toy" Symphony) The Hanover Band, Roy Goodman [ Nimbus / CD - released 2/Feb/1988 ] Recorded, Mastered and Manufactured in England by Nimbus Records Ltd. |