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SAMUEL BARBER / ANDRE PREVIN / AARON COPLAND / GEORGE GERSHWIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Barber/Previn/Copland/Gershwin: American Scenes Gil Shaham (violin) / Andre Previn (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 4/Nov/1998 ] "Previn, the pianist, is on excellent form these days and Gil Shaham is a totally responsive partner.." (Gramophone) |
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Glenn Miller, American Band of the AEF
Glenn Miller - The Lost Recordings [ Happy Days / 2 CD Box Set - released 2/Feb/1995 ] Orchestra - The American Band Of The Allied Expeditionary Force Remastered By [Remastering Engineer] - Ted Kendall |
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J. S. BACH / C. P. E. BACH / W. F. BACH / CHRISTIAN RITTER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gustav Leonhardt - Clavichord Recital Gustav Leonhardt (Clavichord) [ Philips / CD - released 1/Jul/1990 ] Recorded in Amsterdam, May 1988 |
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Hampton Hawes (piano) with Barney Kessel, Red Mitchell and Shelly Manne
Four! [ Original Jazz Classics / CD - released 26/Aug/1989 ] In 1955, the Lighthouse All-Stars frequently played away from their home base. On this live set, they are heard appearing two hours away from the Lighthouse, at the Irvine Bowl in Laguna Beach. |
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GUSTAV HOLST
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Holst: The Evening Watch The Holst Singers and Orchestra / Hilary Davan Wetton (conductor) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 15/Mar/2004 ] 'The performances here are wonderfully responsive. The individual voices seem perfectly attuned to the special colouring of Holst's music' - Gramophone |
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IRVING BERLIN
Berlin: Louisiana Purchase [original 1996 New York Cast Recording] Howard McGillin, Caroline O'Connor / 1998 New York Cast [ DRG Theatre / CD - released 17/May/1996 ] Louisiana Purchase is a musical with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin and book by Morrie Ryskind based on a story by B. G. DeSylva. Set in New Orleans, the musical lightly satirises Louisiana Governor Huey Long and his control over Louisiana... |
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HOWARD FERGUSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ferguson: Sonata & Partita Howard Shelley (piano), with Hilary MacNamara (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Feb/2008 ] 'First-rate recording' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) 'An exemplary recording from every point of view' (The Good CD Guide) 'An excellent production well worth investigating' (Hi-Fi News) |
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SCOTT WARRENDER
Warrender: Das Barbecu - A New Musical Comedy J. K. Simmons & Julie Johnson / Original Cast Recording [ Varese Sarabande / CD - released 17/May/1991 ] With a book and lyrics by Jim Luigs and music by Scott Warrender, Das Barbecü is a musical farce about mismatched lovers who meet on the day of their double shotgun wedding. Five actors play more than 30 characters. |
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HUGH MARTIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Martin: Love From Judy [plus other selections by the stars] Jean Carson, Bill O'Connor & Adelaide Hall / Original London Cast [ Sepia Records / CD - released 1/Jan/2004 ] Love from Judy is a musical with music by Hugh Martin, lyrics by Martin and Jack Gray, and a book by Eric Maschwitz and Jean Webster. It is based on Webster's novel and play Daddy-Long-Legs. The original production opened in Coventry in 1951. |
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GABRIEL FAURE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Faure: The Complete Songs-volume 4 Jennifer Smith, Felicity Lott, Geraldine McGreevy, Jean-Paul Fouchecort, Stephen Varoce / Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Dec/2005 ] "This final volume is the jewel in the series' crown" - Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice Dec 2005 |
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MITCH LEIGH
Leigh: Cry For Us All Joan Diener & Robert Weede / Original Broadway Cast Recording [ Kritzerland / CD - released 2/Feb/2005 ] The original cast recording of the 1970 musical Cry for Us All features music by Mitch Leigh, lyrics by William Alfred and Phyllis Robinson, and book by William Alfred and Albert Marre. |
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GEORGE M COHAN
Cohan: George M! Joel Grey & Bernadette Peters / Original 1968 Broadway Cast [ Columbia Records / CD - released 17/May/1993 ] Fresh from his enormous personal success as the lecherous Emcee in Kander and Ebb's Cabaret, Joel Grey found his first starring job and a marvelous showcase for his talents in George M!, a celebration of the life and times (and songs) of maverick... |
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GERALD FINZI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Finzi - Dies Natalis / Intimations of Immortality John Mark Ainsley (tenor) / Corydon Singers / Corydon Orchestra / Matthew Best [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Feb/2015 ] Gerald Finzi likened the creative artist to a 'coral reef insect, building his reef out of the transitory world around him and making a solid structure to last long after his own fragile and uncertain life'. 'Fragile' and 'uncertain' are the key... |
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ALKAN / BUSONI / RACHMANINOV / SCRIABIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - John Ogdon I John Ogdon (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniell Revenaugh [ Philips / EMI / Philips / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2000 ] Recordings made between 1960 & 1971 |
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W. A. MOZART / FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Clifford Curzon Clifford Curzon (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Istvan Kertesz [ Decca / Philips / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2000 ] "When you hear Mozart playing like this, you realize how superficial most other performances are." Gramophone |
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MOZART / SCHUMANN / CHOPIN / RACHMANINOV / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Jozef & Rosina Lhevinne Jozef & Rosina Lhevinne (piano) with Juilliard Orchestra, Members of the National Orchestra Assiociation [ Philips Great Pianists Of The 20th Century Vol. 64 / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2000 ] "These discs celebrate both an incomparable partnership and two Moscow Gold Medallists who achieved a legendary status in their separate careers." Gramophone |
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CHOPIN / BALAKIREV / BRAHMS / MENDELSSOHN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Julius Katchen I Julius Katchen (piano) [ Philips / Decca / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/2018 ] Julius Katchen (August 15, 1926 - April 29, 1969) was an American concert pianist, possibly best known for his recordings of Johannes Brahms's solo piano works. |
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ANDRE PREVIN
Previn: Coco Katharine Hepburn & René Auberjonois / Original 1970 Cast Recording [ Universal Broadway Gold / CD - released 25/Aug/1997 ] Coco was a 1969 Broadway musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by André Previn, inspired by the life of Coco Chanel. It starred Katharine Hepburn in her only stage musical. Theatre producer Frederick Brisson originally had... |
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VERNON DUKE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ben Bagley's Vernon Duke Revisited Vol III - show tunes -- many of them never before recorded. Kaye Ballard, Ann Hampton Calloway, Tammy Grimes, Mary Cleere Haran, Dorothy Loudon, Sula, etc [ Painted Smiles Records / CD - released 5/May/1994 ] 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. |
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COLE PORTER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ben Bagley's Cole Porter Revisited Vol. V - show tunes -- many of them never before recorded. Ann Hampton Calloway, Arthur Siegel, Sandy Stewart, Tommy Tune, Julie Wilson, etc [ Painted Smiles Records / CD - released 5/May/1990 ] 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. |