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HECTOR VILLA-LOBOS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Villa-Lobos: String Quartets Nos. 1, 8, & 13 Danubius Quartet [ Marco Polo / CD - released 2/Feb/1992 ] "I love to write quartets. One could say that it is a mania." Villa-Lobos made this confession, quoted by Pierre Vidal, in Paris in the spring of 1958. He had completed his seventeenth and final quartet the year before. |
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HEITOR VILLA -LOBOS
Villa Lobos: String Quartets Nos 11, 16, 17 Danubius Quartet [ Marco Polo latin American Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/1997 ] "...the Hungarians play with a greater range of contrast - slow movements are slower, quick movements sometimes (but not always) quicker, rhythms are more secure. This permits those gorgeous melodies in the slow movements to really sing." Fanfare |
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ANTONIN DVORAK / BELA BARTOK / W. A. MOZART
Zubin Mehta: Dvorak, Mozart & Bartok David Breidenthal (bassoon) / Los Angeles Philharmoic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta [ Medici Arts / DVD - released 10/Nov/2009 ] Zubin Mehta, at the age of 26, was the youngest ever conductor to head a major American orchestra. Truly ingenious, he led them to international acclaim. |
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PAUL CRESTON / ANTHONY RITCHIE / KENNETH YOUNG / GARETH FARR / etc.
Gung-Ho: Virtuoso Works for Trombone David Bremner (trombone) with Sarah Watkins (piano) and Leonard Sakofsky (percussion) [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 10/May/2009 ] This superb release was awarded the Best Clasical Album at the 2009 NZ Music Awards. "Gung-Ho is one classy production...one of our premier trombonists...the group's ensemble work is awe-inspiring" (William Dart, NZ Herald) |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Oratorio Arias David Daniels (alto) / Paris Ensemble Orchestral, John Nelson [ Virgin Records / CD - released 4/Sep/2002 ] "His really is a beautiful voice, far removed from the traditional 'churchy' countertenor timbre." -Editor's Choice (Gramophone Magazine Sept 2002) |
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TRADITIONAL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: A Quiet Thing - Songs for Voice and Guitar David Daniels (counter-tenor) Craig Ogden (guitar) [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] "From old Spain to New York, a distinctive voice, beautifully accompanied, in fine form" Editor's Choice (Gramophone Awards issue) |
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COOK / DARKE /WATSON / BOWEN / GOWERS / HOWELLS / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: English Cathedral Series Vol.7 - Norwich Cathedral David Dunnett (organ of Norwith Cathedral) [ Regent / CD - released 7/Apr/2003 ] Recorded on 24-26 June 2002 |
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David Garrett
Legacy: Live in Baden Baden [ Decca Music Group DVD / DVD - released 22/Mar/2012 ] |
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David Garrett (violin)
David Garrett Unlimited - Live From The Arena di Verona (DVD) [ C Major DVD / DVD - released 22/Mar/2012 ] "Star violinist David Garrett celebrates his ten-year spectacular crossover programme with thousands of fans in the extraordinary atmosphere of the Arena di Verona, Italy. Performing his Greatest Hits of brilliant interpretations of rock classics... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Art of David Munrow: Complete Warner Edition David Munrow (recorder) [ Warner Classics / 21 CD Box Set - released 15/May/2026 ] A gifted singer and a brilliant multi-instrumentalist - with a legendary mastery of the recorder - David Munrow was a transformative force in early music. In 1967, alongside Christopher Hogwood, he founded the Early Music Consort of London, an... |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Complete Symphonies, Ovetures, Haydn Variations, Violin Concerto, Requiem & Alto Rhapsody David Oistrakh, Christa Ludwig, Elizabeth Schwarkopf, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion, Otto [ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 23/Aug/2024 ] Klemperer and Brahms had much in common, which may go some way to explaining the empathy with which Klemperer conducts the works of the composer. Richard Osborne says 'no detail was insignificant, yet none was allowed to subvert the larger whole'. |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Secular Choruses The Moscow Academy of Choral Singing, Victor Popov [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] In the field of choral music Tchaikovsky is known as the first Russian composer to have composed cycles of the Liturgy and the Vespers, but his considerable output of secular choral music is less well-known, and a delightful surprise. |
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ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schoenberg: Moses und Aron [complete opera] David Pittman-Jennings, Chris Merritt / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Pierre Boulez [ Deutsch Grammophon / 2 CD Box Set - released 14/Sep/1996 ] Schoenberg's most comprehensive score, it represents the climax of his association with the dodecaphonic method of composition, described by Schoenberg himself as 'a method of composition with twelve notes related only to each other |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Clarinet Concerto / Clarinet Quintet (original versions) David Shifrin (clarinet) / Mostly Mozart Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz [ Delos / CD - released 3/Sep/1987 ] Mozart's original versions - played on an extended range clarinet |
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MESSIAEN / DEBUSSY / GOLIJOV / FAURE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Voices Of Light Dawn Upshaw (soprano) with Gilbert Kalish (piano) [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 23/Aug/2004 ] "A typically adventurous exploration of purity and sensuality in French song." Recording of the Month - Gramophone Magazine (Feb 2005) ***** Five Stars (Pick of the Month) BBC Music Magazine (Feb 05) |
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HANDEL / CARULLI / KRANTZ / GIULIANI / DEBUSSY / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Summer Music Deborah Carter (flute) Allen Krantz (guitar) [ Direct-To-Tape Recording Company / CD - released 2/Feb/1995 ] "Summer Music" is a flute and guitar recital spanning three centuries of music performed by flutist Deborah Carter and composer/guitarist Allen Krantz. |
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BALFE / WALLACE / SULLIVAN / FARADAY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Power of Love - British Opera Arias Deborah Riedel (soprano) / Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra / Richard Bonynge [ Melba Recordings SACD / CD - released 20/Aug/2000 ] A beautiful recording of neglected British Opera arias... "Obviously this album is a work of great love and every attempt has been to do it right." |
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ALEXANDER von ZEMLINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Zemlinsky: Lyric Symphony Op. 18 Deborah Voigt (soprano), Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) Wiener Philharmoniker, Giuseppe Sinopoli [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 22/May/2011 ] The 1924 premiere of the Lyric Symphony was conducted by Zemlinsky in Prague a year after its completion and is now generally accepted to be one of his most successful and satisfying works. |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: Sacred Music Vol 2 Deborah York, Catherine Denley, James Bowman / Kings Consort, Robert King [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jan/1997 ] 'Utterly beguiling pieces of music, impossible to dislike and easy to be beguiled by' (Gramophone) |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: Gloria (RV589) / Magnificat (RV611) / Concerti Deborah York, Patrizia Biccire, Sara Mingardo / Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrin [ Naive Opus111 / CD - released 20/Nov/2001 ] "Mingardo's singing instantly grabs the heart of the listener... Rinaldo Alessandrini supervises with erudition and insight." Gramophone Magazine |