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STEPHEN SONDHEIM
Sondheim: Follies - The Complete Recording 1998 New Jersey Cast Kaye Ballard, Eddie Bracken, Michael Gruber / Paper Mill Playhouse Cast [ TVT Soundtrax / 2 CD - released 25/Mar/2013 ] This is the definitive Cast Recording of Stephen Sondheim & James Goldman's musical masterpiece. For the first time, Follies will feature the complete 31-song score in it's entirety, including previously unrecorded numbers which were previously cut. |
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COLE PORTER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Porter: Nymph Errant Kaye Ballard, Emile Belcourt, Lorna Dallas / World Premiere Complete Drury Lane Recording [ EMI / CD - released 1/Jan/1990 ] Nymph Errant is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter and book by Romney Brent based upon the novel by James Laver. The somewhat controversial story concerned a young English lady intent upon losing her virginity. Porter considered the score... |
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MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO / LUIGI BOCCHERINI / CLAUDE DEBUSSY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Castelnuovo-Tedesco/Boccherini: Guitar Quintets: Piano Trios Kazuhito Yamashita (guitar) / Tokyo String Quartet [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 20/May/1995 ] "A rich yet un-glitzy recording helps this intensely felt yet refined performance, and altogether the artists offer a memorable musical experience." Gramophone |
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THE DOORS CONCERTO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Riders On The Storm - The Doors Concerto Nigel Kennedy (violin) / Prague Symphony Orchestra, Peter Scholes, conductor [ Decca Records / CD - released 20/Oct/2000 ] Latest album from composer/arranger Jaz Coleman featuring violinist, Nigel Kennedy. |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: Requiem (Grande Messe des morts) / Chants pour choeur / Grande Symphonie funebre et triomphale Kenneth Riegel (tenor) / Cleveland Orchestra & Chorus, Lorin Maazel / Choeur et l'orchestre symphonique de Montreal, Charles Dutoit [ Double Decca / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/1996 ] With comprehensive booklet and translation |
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Kenny Davern and his Jazz Band
East Side, West Side [ Arbors / CD - released 27/Jul/2009 ] Born Kenneth Davern in Huntington, New York, he began his professional career as a teenager, quickly immersing himself in the vibrant New York jazz scene and playing alongside legends like Jack Teagarden and Pee Wee Russell. |
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COLE PORTER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Porter: Anything Goes Kim Criswell, Cris Groenendaal, Frederica von Stade, Jack Gilford / Ambrosian Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, John McGlinn [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/1989 ] Of all the great American song-writers of the time Cole Porter was, perhaps, the most sophisticated and 'European'. In 1917 Porter moved to Paris where he kept a luxury apartment and where he gave parties for his large group of friends of varying... |
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BOB CHILCOTT / ARVO PART / JAMES MacMILLAN / THOMAS ADES / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: On Christmas Day: New Carols From King's The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Directed by Stephen Cleobury [ EMIi Classics / 2 CD - released 14/Nov/2005 ] "…this outstanding issue celebrates 20 years of carols newly commissioned for the annual Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. The two CDs are stuffed with memorable settings" BBC Music Five Stars |
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ANDREA & GIOVANNI GABRIELI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Glory of Venice King's College Choir, Cambridge, Stepen Cleobury / Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Philip Jones [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Sep/2015 ] With Charles Brett (countertenor), Ian Caddy (bass), Thomas Elias (treble), Richard Farnes (organ), Peter Hall (tenor), William Kendall (tenor), Stephen Layton (organ), John Scott (organ) |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rachmaninov: Vespers King's College Choir, Stephen Cleobury [ EMI Music / CD - released 2/Feb/2001 ] The acoustic of the King's College Chapel is considered ideal, resembling a Russian Orthodox cathedral. |
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PUCCINI / CILEA / STRAUSS / BERLIN / PORTER / TRADITIONAL / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kiri Te Kanawa: The Very Best Of Kiri te Kanawa Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) with various orchestras & conductors [ Emi Classics / 2 CD - released 6/Feb/2012 ] The glamorous soprano Kiri Te Kanawa was born in 1944 in Gisborne, on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. After winning a number of major vocal competitions in Australia, she came to London in 1966 to study singing at the London Opera... |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach, (J.S.) - St Matthew Passion (Arias and Choruses) Kiri te Kanawa, Anne Sofie von Otter, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Chicago Sym., Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Records / 3 CD - released 11/Nov/1990 ] Classic recording with a top-line cast lead by our Kiri |
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CHARLES GOUNOD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gounod: Faust (complete opera with full libretto recorded in 1986) Kiri te Kanawa, Francisco Araiza, Evgeny Nesterenko, Andreas Schmidt / Symphonie-Orchester & Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Colin Davis [ Philips / 3 CD Box Set - released 28/Aug/2014 ] "Let me say at the outset that this is the most satisfying performance of Gounod's favourite opera yet to appear in the LP/CD era...In the lyrical music Araiza manages a real pianissimo not found in his rival's assumptions." Gramophone |
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BACH / HANDEL / PURCELL / PAISIELLO / GIORDANI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Let The Bright Seraphim Kiri te Kanawa, Luica Popp, Marjana Lipuvsek, Robert Holl, Roberta Alexander, Olaf Bar, Jose Carreras, Janet Baker, Elly Ameling, etc [ Philips Golden Baroque / CD - released 25/Jan/1996 ] Jesu joy of man's desiring, Bist du bei mir, When I am Laid in Earth, The Trumpet Tune, Let the Bright Seraphim, and more |
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PUCCINI / CILEA / GIORDANO / LEONCAVALLO / BOITO / VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kiri te Kanawa - Italian Opera Arias Kiri te Kanawa (soprano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Myung-Whun Chung [ EMI / CD - released 20/Jun/1990 ] Recorded: VI & X.1989, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London |
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CILEA / PUCCINI / CHARPENTIER / MASSENET / R. STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kiri Te Kanawa: Diva Kiri te Kanawa (soprano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Staatskapelle Dresden [ EMI Classics / CD - released 17/Oct/1996 ] The best of Kiri in one package! |
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: Sole Amore Kiri te Kanawa (soprano) / Lyon Opera Orchestra, Kent Nagano [ Erato / CD - released 10/Oct/2019 ] Though she rarely sang opera later in her career, Te Kanawa frequently performed in concert and recital, gave masterclasses, and supported young opera singers in launching their careers. (Wiki) |
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KORNGOLD / WEBER / WAGNER / R. STRAUSS / W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: German Opera Arias Kiri te Kanawa (soprano) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Julius Rudel [ EMI / CD - released 15/Oct/1985 ] "There is no question whether she can do justice to the Wagner arias: the voice soars as it should, at least as recorded, and makes me wonder why she didn't take on more Wagner on stage. The orchestral playing is as beautiful as the singing" MusicWeb |
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MOZART / KORNGOLD / STRAUSS / WEILL / PUCCINI / BERNSTEIN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kiri! - A 50th birthday celebration of her greatest hits live Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), with Dennis O'Neill (tenor) & the Waihirere Maori Group, Gisborne [ Decca Records / CD - released 10/Apr/1994 ] Recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall, 10 March 1994. |
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RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: Tannhauser (highlights from the opera) Kiri Te Kanawa, Waltraud Meier, Hakan Hagegard, Rene Kollo / Ambrosian Singers, Philharmonia Orchestra, Marek Janowski [ Teldec / CD - released 17/Aug/1993 ] These excerpts, which come from the soundtrack of the film «Meeting Venus». They were recorded in St. Augustine's Church, London, May/June 1990. |