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PROKOFIEV / BACH / BEETHOVEN / MENDELSSOHN / CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Piano Works Navah Perlman (piano) [ EMI Classics Debut / CD - released 20/Aug/2009 ] In addition to her solo piano career, Navah frequently performs chamber music, including with violinist Philippe Quint and cellist Zuill Bailey as the Perlman/Quint/Bailey Trio. She is the Artistic Director of LPS Pro Musica in Lake Placid, New York. |
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KENNETH LEIGHTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Leighton: Cello Concerto / Symphony No. 3 'Laudes musicae' Neil Mackie (tenor) Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / Scottish National Orchestra, Bryden Thomson [ Chandos / CD - released 3/May/1989 ] 'Raphael Wallfisch plays the Concerto as if his life depended on it, and the Symphony draws every bit as much dedication from its performers. The recording is very immediate, and has stunning clarity and detail.'- The Penguin Guide |
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HERBERT HOWELLS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Howells: Missa Sabrinensis Neill Archer (tenor) Janice Watson (soprano) Della Jones (contralto) Martyn Hill (tenor) / London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra., Gennady Rozhdestvensky [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 27/Sep/2005 ] 'Gratitude, then, for an essential contribution towards the re-evaluation of an original visionary…' Gramophone 'Editor's Choice' on Missa Sabrinensis |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Nelson Freire: Brahms Nelson Freire (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 1/Sep/2017 ] "Freire's sound has always been a thing of wonder: even at full volume and full tilt there's no hint of percussiveness in his tone...Highlights are many" Gramophone Editor's Choice Awards Edition |
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MASCAGNI / LEONCAVALLO / VERDI / PONCHELLI / CILEA / PUCCINI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Placido Domingo: Nessun Dorma Placido Domingo (tenor) / Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Nello Santi [ Teldec / CD - released 19/Apr/1991 ] This selection of opera arias was originally released in 1991 |
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FRANCIS POULENC
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Poulenc: Sacred & Secular Music Netherlands Chamber Choir [ Globe / 2 CD - released 1/May/2012 ] " I would be extremely happy if these were the only recordings I had of these marvelous Poulenc works such is their quality" MusicWeb International |
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MATEO FLECHA the elder
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Flecha: Las Ensaladas New London Consort, Philip Pickett [ Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre / CD - released 1/Feb/1997 ] Mateo Flecha (Catalan: Mateu Fletxa; 1481-1553) was a Catalan composer born in Kingdom of Aragon, in the region of Prades. He is sometimes known as "El Viejo" (the elder) to distinguish him from his nephew, Mateo Flecha "El Joven" (the younger). |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Symphonies No. 5 / Schubert: Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished" New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein [ Sony Classical Great Performances / CD - released 10/Apr/1985 ] Bernstein was the first American-born conductor to lead a major American symphony orchestra. He was music director of the New York Philharmonic and conducted the world's major orchestras, generating a legacy of audio and video recordings. (Wiki) |
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DANIEL ASIA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Asia: Piano Concerto / Gateways / Black Light New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Sedares, with Andre-Michel Schub (piano) [ Koch International Classics / CD - released 5/Jun/1996 ] "André-Michel Schub gives an expert performance of the Concerto. Sedares' expert conducting is clearly in sympathy with the music. The playing of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra is excellent. Great recorded sound." ClassicalNet |
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MASSENET / BERLIOZ / BIZET / ADAM / ROSSINI / MOZART / J. STRAUSS II / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Very Best Of Nicolai Gedda Nicolai Gedda (tenor) with Ernest Blanc (baritone), Mirella Freni (soprano), and Jan Eyron & Gerald Moore (piano) [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 4/Feb/2013 ] "Hands down, Nicolai Gedda was the classiest lyric tenor of the 1950s and '60s (and very early '70s). These CDs offer two hours and 35 minutes of singing-and interpreting-that never tire the ear and never bore." ClassicsToday |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Classical 2008 (2 CD) Sarah Brightman, Il Divo, Luciano Pavarotti, Angela Gheorghiu, Bryn Terfel, Alison Balsom, Karl Jenkins, Julian Lloyd Webber, etc [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 21/Nov/2007 ] Featuring classical superstars such as the million-selling group, Il Divo, performing You Raise Me Up; global superstar Sarah Brightman with her signature tune, Time to Say Goodbye; classical superstar Luciano Pavarotti, and many others. |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN / MAX BRUCH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruch/Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos Nigel Kennedy (violin) / English Chamber Orchestra / Jeffrey Tate [ EMI / CD - released 20/Feb/1988 ] "Kennedy has shrewdly augmented the regular concerto coupling of Bruch and Mendelssohn with the rare Schubert work, and the result is a generous issue which on every front can be warmly recommended for exceptionally strong and positive performances" |
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EDWARD ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: Violin Concerto Nigel Kennedy (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley [ EMI / CD - released 1/Apr/1984 ] Rosette (Highest Award) - Penguin Stereo Guide |
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CHOPIN / HAYDN / LISZT / SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Nikita Magaloff Nikita Magaloff (piano) [ Philips Great Pianists Of The 20th Century Vol. 67 / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2000 ] Nikita Magaloff was born in Saint Petersburg to a Georgian noble family named Maghalashvili. Magaloff and his family left Russia in 1918 for Finland. His musical interest first stimulated by family friend Serge Prokofiev. |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Chopin: The Four Ballades & Piano Sonata No 3 Nikolai Demidenko (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/May/2003 ] 'Lovely playing which I enjoyed from first note to last for its poetry and passion as well as seemingly effortless keyboard fluency and command' - Gramophone |
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RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE - Great Wagner Singers [6 CD set] Hans Hotter, Gwyneth Jones, Sieglinde Wagner, Gundula Janowitz, Lauritz Melchior, Leonie Rysanek, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Astrid Varnay, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon / 6 CD Box Set - released 28/Mar/2013 ] "They don't make Wagner singers like that anymore" - "There has never since been a Heldentenor to match Lauritz Melchior". |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: Great Orchestral Works (Incls Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 & Harold en Italie, Op. 16) Nobuko Imai (viola) / John Alldis Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2006 ] "(Harold is) a fine performance, as is that of the Symphonie funebre et triomphale. The two overtures make up a full pair of discs in a highly recommendable package." (Gramophone) |
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TORU TAKEMITSU
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Takemitsu: Viola Concerto / November Steps / Eclipse Nobuko Imai (viola) Katsuya Yokoyama (shakuhachi) KInshi Tsuruta (biwa) / Saito Kinen Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa [ Philips / CD - released 19/Sep/1992 ] "the musical texture of Takemitsu's Viola Concerto ("A String Around Autumn") is considerably more active than that of the other two works, but still suggests the static perfection of a Japanese landscape. Great sound." ClassicsToday |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Benjamin Britten - The Rarities Norma Proctor, Owen Brannigan, Heinz Holliger, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Mstislav Rostropovich, Andres Schiff, Benjamin Britten, etc [ Decca British Music Collection / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2001 ] "The skill and imaginative power with which Britten has used these forces defy adequate description. There are inevitably rough edges in the singing and playing, but the spirit is there in abundance." (Gramophone) |
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ERICH KORNGOLD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Korngold: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 [Incls 'Sinfonietta Op.5'] North West German Philharmonic Orchestra, Werner Andreas Albert [ CPO / CD - released 4/Dec/1991 ] "If sweet tunes and sumptuous orchestration constituted all the necessary for a great composer, Korngold would count as one of the greatest. Furthermore, a vein of genuine, individual poetry runs through just about everything he wrote." ClassicalNet |