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GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E flat 'Symphony of a Thousand' / Symphony No. 10 'Adagio' Ileana Cotrubas, Heather Harper, Hermann Prey, Hans Sotin / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Bernard Haitink [ Philips / 2 CD Box Set - released 18/Aug/2006 ] Recorded: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, 9/1971 |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV / JEAN SIBELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 / Sibelius: Violin Concerto; Humoresques Nos. 3-6 op. 89 Ilya Gringolts (violin) / Guteborgs Symfoniker, Neeme Jarvi [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 20/May/2004 ] "His blend of rigour and rhapsody, coupled with lively new ideas that spring directly from the music, identify a violinist of great virtuosity, and one who has the intellect and sensibility to apply it to expressive purpose." The Daily Telegraph,... |
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GOUNOD / VERDI / PUCCINI / MASSENET / CILEA / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Inessa Galante - Heroines Inessa Galante (soprano) / Latvian Opera Orchestra, Alexander Vilumanis [ Campion / CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] Recorded at Riga Studios, Latvia, September / November 1995. |
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BELLINI / VERDI / PUCCINI / MASSENET / MOZART / GOUNOD / CACCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Inessa Galante - Debut Inessa Galante (soprano) / Latvian Opera Orchestra, Alexander Vilumanis [ Campion / CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] Galante's album "Debut" was awarded Gold (1999) and Platinum (2001) disc in the Netherlands after its sales exceeded 200,000; the disc (Wiki) |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schumann: Der Rose Pilgerfahrt Op112 Inga Nielesn (sop) Deon van der Walt (tenor) Annemarie Moller (mezzo) / Danish National Radio Symphony & Choir, Gustav Kuhn [ Chandos / CD - released 30/Sep/2007 ] "The chorus and orchestra are first rate and the recording sponsored by Danish Radio, is full-bodied and atmospheric. A valuable rarity." (Penguin Stereo Guide) |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Secular Cantatas BWV 214, 215 Ingeborg Danz, Dietrich Henschel, Sibylla Rubens, Andreas Schmidt, Markus Schäfer / Gächinger Kantorei, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Helmut Rilling [ Hanssler / CD - released 11/Aug/1999 ] Contains full notes and translations |
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EDVARD GREIG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Grieg: Slåtter, Op. 72 [Norwegian Peasant Dances] Ingfrid Breie Nyhus (piano) & Åshild Breie Nyhus (hardanger fiddle) [ Simax / CD - released 22/May/2007 ] Recorded at Grieg's home Troldhaugen and on Grieg's own piano. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 8 'Pathetique', 17 'Tempest' & 23 'Appassionata' Ingrid Fliter (piano) [ EMI Classics / CD - released 20/Jul/2011 ] "It is wonderful indeed to encounter a pianist of such exalted yet natural and unforced artistry." Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine, August 2011 |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Don Giovanni (highlights from the opera recorded in 1991) Ingvar Wixell, Luigi Roni, Martina Arroyo, Stuart Burrows,Kiri te Kanawa / Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Colin Davis [ Philips remastered / CD - released 20/Nov/1996 ] Originally recorded in London,1973 |
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International Cast, includes Joanna Ampil, Charles Azulay, Hinton Battle, Peter Cousens, Kevin Gray, etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Miss Saigon (complete recording) [ First Night / 2 CD Box Set - released 26/May/1988 ] The only official complete recording produced under the personal supervision of the original creators of the show. It includes the entire score played by a 73 piece orchestra and performed by a stella international cast |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Quartets for Flute, Violin, Viola & Cello Irena Grafenauer (flute) Gidon Kremer (violin) Veronika Hagen (viola) Clemens Hagen (cello) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 5/Mar/1995 ] "Though Mozart claimed to dislike the flute, he wrote for it with skill and these quartets, written between 1777 and 1787, are not pot-boilers" Gramophone |
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MOZART / FLIES / BRAHMS / SCHUBERT / WOLF
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Irmgard Seefried Irmgard Seefried (soprano) with Gerald Moore, Hermann von Nordberg, Wilhelm Schmidt / London Mozart Players, Harry Blech [ Testament / CD - released 2/Feb/1993 ] Original recordings from 1946 to 1953 |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Irmgard Seefried Volume 7 Irmgard Seefried (soprano) Erik Werba (piano) with Raili Kostia (contralto), Waldemar Kmentt (tenor), Eberhard Waechter (baritone) [ SBS Deutsche Grammophon Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Mar/2015 ] "Seefried tackles the rarely heard Deutsche Volkslieder alone, and is joined by distinguished colleagues including Waldemar Kmentt for the Liebeslieder sets." Five Stars BBC Music |
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IRVING BERLIN
Unsung Irving Berlin Sal Viviano, Klea Blackhurst, Guy Haines, Gregory Ibara, Liz Callaway, Lynnette Perry, Harry Groener [ Varese Sarabande / 2 CD Box Set - released 9/Jan/1995 ] This two-CD set examines 31 Berlin works that were either cut from shows or films, have faded from memory or were never heard from at all. |
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SAMUEL BARBER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Barber: Violin Concerto / Piano Concerto / Adagio for Strings Isaac Stern (violin) John Browning (piano) / Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy, Leonard Bernstein, George Szell (conds) [ Sony Essential Masterworks / CD - released 1/Nov/2009 ] "Isaac Stern's Barber Concerto with Bernstein was the recording which belatedly gave this warmly expressive masterpiece the international currency it plainly deserved. The superb performance can stand comparison with any version since" (Gramophone) |
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RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / TCHAIKOVSKY / BRAHMS / CHOPIN / SATIE / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Isaac Stern - "Humoresque" - Favourite Violin Encores Isaac Stern (violin) / Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Frank Brieff, Milton Katims [ Sony Music / CD - released 3/Dec/1996 ] Classic recordings of Isaac Stern with the New York Philharmonic |
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GABRIEL FAURE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Faure: Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 Yo-Yo Ma (cello) Emanuel Ax (piano) Isaac Stern (violin) Jaime Laredo (viola) [ Sony Music Expanded Edition / CD - released 1/Nov/1992 ] "The playing of Emanuel Ax and his distinguished colleagues does the music proud: it has stature and nobility, but also delicacy and reticence where appropriate" - Gramophone |
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HANDEL / MOZART / BACH / MENDELSSOHN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Unforgettable: Isobel Baillie Isobel Bailie (soprano) [ Dutton / CD - released 27/May/2002 ] "..the star of the performance is undoubtedly Isobel Baillie...her gloriously beautiful "I know that my Redeemer liveth" has never been surpassed on record." Gramophone on Messiah (Malcolm Sargent) |
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HANDEL / MOZART / BACH / MENDELSSOHN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Unforgettable: Isobel Baillie Isobel Bailie (soprano) [ Dutton / CD - released 27/May/2002 ] "..the star of the performance is undoubtedly Isobel Baillie...her gloriously beautiful "I know that my Redeemer liveth" has never been surpassed on record." Gramophone on Messiah (Malcolm Sargent) |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Violin Concerto in D (with extra DVD of Beethoven Violin Concerto - 1st movement) Itzhak Perlman (violin) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini [ EMI Classics CD + DVD / 2 CD/DVD - released 20/Nov/1999 ] The classic 1977 recording reissued with an DVD bonus of the first movement of Beethoven's Violin Concerto live with the Berlin Philharmonic, filmed in 1992. |