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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Essential Mozart [5 DVD set] Gil Shaham / Sharon Kam / Sandrine Piau / Dorothea Roschmann / Daniel Barenboim / and more [ EuroArts DVD / 5 DVD Box Set - released 10/Oct/2011 ] MediciArts offers a DVD box full of the most sparkling of Mozart's compositions. Performed by instrumentalists, orchestras, conductors and singers, among the best interpreters of his works, this representative selection... |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 21 "Elvira Madigan" & 24 Glenn Gould (piano), CBC Symphony Orchestra, Walter Susskind / Rosina Lhevinne (piano), The Juilliard Orchestra, Jean Morel [ CBS Masterworks / CD - released 12/Nov/1985 ] Recorded in 1960 & 1962 |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: La Finta Semplice (complete opera recorded in 1983) Helen Donath, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Robert Holl, Teresa Berganza / Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, Leopold Hager(cond) [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2012 ] "Helen Donath is her usual bright-toned and fluent self and she has a fine trill; Teresa Berganza is lovely too, nuanced as always and still in creamy voice. Light and springy, even more delectable is Jutta-Renate Ihloff in the soubrette role." |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Horn Concertos Hermann Baumann (horn) / St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Pinchas Zukerman [ Philips / CD - released 14/Jul/1985 ] "(Baumann) produces a broad stream of richly lyrical tone on his wide-bore German instrument... The new performances are warmly expressive and always musical" Gramophone |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas / Masses Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of the Collegium Vocale, Philippe Herreweghe/ [ Virgin Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 8/Nov/1999 ] 'Wonderful works, affectionately realized with solo contributions of distinction... strongly recommended.' (Gramophone) |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: The Turn of the Screw (Complete Opera recorded in 2002) Ian Bostridge, Joan Rodgers, Julian Leang, Caroline Wise / Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Harding [ Virgin Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Apr/2011 ] Gramophone Magazine Award Finalist 2003 - Editor's Choice (Gramophone Magazine) October 2002 |
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: Turandot (highlights from the complete opera) Inge Borkh, Renata Tebaldi, Mario del Monaco, Fernando Corena / Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma, Alberto Erede [ Decca Belart / CD - released 1/Apr/1996 ] "The recording has a glitter and brilliance to match even the fabulous court of the emperor of China" (Penguin Guide) |
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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach, (J.S.): Violin Concertos / Sinfonias / Overture / Sonatas Isabelle Faust (violin) / Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 15/Mar/2019 ] "Faust's tone is both lean and exquisitely sweet, combined with consistent stylistic elegance which reaches the heights of eloquence in the slow movement of the E major Concerto." BBC Music Concerto Choice June 2019 |
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BOHM / de GRIGNY / C.P.E. BACH / J.S. BACH / MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Phelps Organ at Hexham John Green (at the Phelps Organ at Hexham) [ The Classical Recording Company / CD - released 5/Aug/1997 ] " The 1974 Phelps organ is obviously a delight to both performer and sound-recordist alike." Review |
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BACH / BRAHMS / MAHLER / SCHUMANN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kathleen Ferrier Edition (the complete recordings) Kathleen Ferrier (alto) with various orchestras and accompanists [ Decca Collector's Edition / 10 CD Box Set - released 2/Jul/2004 ] This collector edition now makes available in a compact form the 10 CDs which formed the Ferrier Edition which was first released just over 10 years ago; several of these CDs have not been available for some time now. |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: La Resurrezione, HWV47 (complete oratorio recorded in 1989) Lisa Saffer, Judith Nelson, Patricia Spence, Jeffrey Thomas, Michael George Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD Box Set - released 16/Jan/1997 ] Recorded at the Berkeley Festival, University of California at Berkeley, June 15 & 17, 1989 |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Very Best of Vivaldi London Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Warren-Green / Monica Huggett (violin) / Taverner Choir & Players / Lorenzo Cavasanti (revcorder) / Europa Galan [ Virgin Classics / 2 CD - released 2/Aug/2005 ] Complete concertos and works of Vivaldi on period instruments |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Symphonies 2 & 8 London Classical Players, Roger Norrington [ EMI / CD - released 2/Aug/1987 ] Recorded At - No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London, July 1986 |
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LEO DELIBES
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Delibes: Coppelia [Complete Ballet] (with Massenet - Le Carillon) L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Decca Ballet Edition / 2 CD Box Set - released 28/Aug/2014 ] This recording of Coppelia with the L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, the earlier of two made by Richard Bonynge, was the top recommendation when BBC Radio 3 compared different recordings in its programme Building a Library in 2010. |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokofiev: Symphonies Nos 1 "Classical" & 5 / Lieutenant Kije / Cinderella [excepts] / etc Los Angeles Philharmonic & London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas & Andrew Davis [ Sony Masterworks / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/1997 ] Originally recorded 1976, 1983 & 1992 |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Complete Songs 1 Victoria Evtodieva (soprano), Natalia Biryukova (mezzo-soprano), Fyodor Kuznetsov (bass), Mikhail Lukonin (baritone), Yuri Serov (piano) [ Delos / CD - released 1/Oct/2019 ] "Here are two CDs dedicated to some of the finest and most under-recorded song repertoire of the 20th century. Yury Serov is the presiding spirit; his sharply characterised piano playing radiating musical and cultural understanding, and his singers... |
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BELLINI / ROSSINi / DONIZETTI / VERDI / PUCCINI / BIZET / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Maria Callas - 100 Best Classics Maria Callas (soprano), with Richard Tucker, Luiso Villa, Tito Gobbi, Giuseppe di Stefamo, Nicolai Gedda, etc [ EMI / 6 CD Box Set - released 4/Jun/2007 ] Maria Callas was an American-born Greek soprano and one of the most renowned and influential opera singers of the 20th century. Many critics praised her bel canto technique, wide-ranging voice and dramatic interpretations. |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Don Carlo (Complete Opera with libretto recorded in 1993) Michael Sylvester, Aprile Millo, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Vladimir Chernov, Dolora Zajick / Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, James Levine [ Sony Classical / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/1993 ] "Levine's performance of the five-act Italian Don Carlo supersedes all other versions, because he conducts Verdi's spacious score with such masterly skill and meticulous attention to detail, and has so magnificent an orchestra at his command" BBC |
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NICCOLO PAGANINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Paganini: 24 Caprices Midori (violin) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 10/Apr/1989 ] Midori Goto, born October 25, 1971) who performs under the mononym Midori, is a Japanese-born American violinist. She made her debut with the New York Philharmonic at age 11 as a surprise guest soloist at the New Year's Eve Gala in 1982. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mina Foley and Michael Tarawhiti McGifford Mina Foley / Michael Tarawhiti McGifford with Val Hungerford (piano) [ Ode Records / CD - released 16/Aug/2007 ] This recording is available for the first time on CD and features a selection of fine songs for solo voice along with duets performed by Mina with another NZ great Michael Tarawhiti McGifford. |