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FRANZ LEHAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lehar: The Merry Widow (complete operetta recorded in English in 2001) San Francisco Opera / Yvonne Kenny, Bo Skovhus, Angelika Kirchschlager, Gregory Turay / Erich Kunzel (cond) [ BBC / Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] '…this is about as lavish a production of Franz Lehár's adorable operetta as you are ever likely to see…soprano Yvonne Kenny is perfectly cast in the title role.' Classic FM Magazine |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Opera Arias Sandrine Piau (soprano) / Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Gottfried von der Goltz [ Naive / CD - released 17/Aug/2005 ] "... It always sounds as though she has range, and power, to spare...It feels so easy and natural you'll probably find yourself grinning from ear to ear in delight." BBC Music |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: In Furore, Laudate Pueri e Concerti Sacri Sandrine Piau (soprano) / l'Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone [ Naive / Opus III Vivaldi Edition Vol 31 / CD - released 7/May/2006 ] 'Sandrine Piau impeccable in some of Vivaldi's most alluring sacred music' BBC Music 'Choral & Song' recording of the month June 2006 |
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HERBERT HOWELLS / EDMUND RUBBRA / HAMILTON HARTY / RUTLAND BOUGHTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sarah Francis - Music for oboe Sarah Francis (oboe), Peter Dickinson (piano), The Rasumovsky Quartet [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/May/2008 ] A very attractive reissue' (Classic CD) |
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HENRY PURCELL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Purcell: Sonatas in Three & Four Parts Slovak Radio Quartet [ Discover / CD - released 10/Feb/2013 ] Current selling for $66 on Amazon (US) |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos / etc Ragna Schirmer (piano) / Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken, Günther Herbig [ Berlin Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/2006 ] "Schirmer has an agile technique, a clean attack, a crisp tone, a sprightly sense of rhythm, and a winning way with phrasing a melody." AllMusic |
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TRADITIONAL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wayfaring Stranger Scholl Andreas (counter tenor) / Orpheus Chamber Orchestra [ Decca / CD - released 20/Jul/2010 ] "This curious but heartfelt disc is spine-tingling. And thanks to that Decca beauty treatment - a piercingly clear and immediate sound - and the professionalism of all involved, it is never less than interesting." (BBC Music) |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas BWV49, 115, 180 Andreas Scholl, Barbara Schlick, Christoph Pregardien, Gothold Schwarz / Ensemble Baroque de Limoges & Concerto Vocale de Leipzig, Christophe Coin [ Naive / CD - released 29/Jul/2013 ] Conductor Christophe Coin, who studied with Jordi Savall and Nikolaus Harnoncourt, has, for the last 30 years, been France's most fervent apostle of the music of the 17th and 18th centuries. |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert String Quintet in C. D.956 Melos Quartett with Mstislav Rostropovich (2nd cello) [ Deutsche Grammophon Galleria / CD - released 2/Feb/1989 ] Recording: Zurich, Tonhalle, 9/1977 |
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SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN / BRAHMS / R. STRAUSS / WOLF / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - Unpublished Lieder & Songs Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) Gerald Moore, Walter Gieseking (piano) [ Testament / CD - released 20/Nov/2000 ] Testament is an artist-based label, not restricted to any particular period of recording history, and its releases are selected from the archives of some of the largest record companies and radio stations in the world. |
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MONTEVERDI / CARISSIMI / DVORAK / HUMPERDINCK / R. STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Soprano Duets Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Urmgard Seefried (sopranos) with Gerald Moore, Herbert von Karajan, Josef Krips [ EMI Classics / CD - released 10/Sep/1988 ] Irmgard Seefried said, "I sang a great deal with Elisabeth and was fortunate - not everybody was - in establishing an excellent rapport with her" |
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ELGAR / GRIEG / DELIUS / WARLOCK / HOLST
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Music For Strings Scottish Chamber Ensemble, Jonathan Rees [ Virgin Classics Virgo / CD - released 10/Jul/1992 ] Rees puts together a group of musicians and arrangements that carry the spirit of the ages old musical form on the absolutely "highest" level. Whatever these musicians create is to be sought and collected. (Review) |
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HILDEGARD VON BINGEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bingen: A Vision of Paradise Sequentia [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Jan/1994 ] Sequentia is one of the world's most respected and innovative ensembles for medieval music. It is an international group of singers and instrumentalists dedicated to the performance and recording of Western European music from the period before 1300 |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rachmaninov; The Ampico Piano Recordings Sergei Rachmaninov (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 2/Feb/1990 ] The historic performances presented on this disc were reproduced on a specially-adapted Estonia 9' concert grand, and recorded at the Kingsway Hall, London. August 29, 1978. |
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MORITZ MOSZKOWSKI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Moszkowski: Piano Music Volume 1 Seta Tanyel (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 23/Jun/2002 ] "A thoroughly enjoyable 69 minutes in the company of Tanyel and Moszkowski" International Record Review |
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MORITZ MOSZKOWSKI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Moszkowski: Piano Music Volume 2 Seta Tanyel (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 2/Feb/2003 ] 'Tanyel plays as if the pieces were written with her in mind on recordings of near-textbook perfection' (Gramophone) |
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MORITZ MOSZKOWSKI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Moszkowski: Piano Music Volume 3 Seta Tanyel (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 15/Feb/2003 ] 'Once again [Tanyel's] performances are of the most engaging insouciance and dexterity' (Gramophone) |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN / MAX BRUCH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn/Bruch: Violin Concertos Gil Shaham (violin) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 2/Feb/1989 ] Recordings: London, Watford Town Hall, 8/1988 & 12/1988 (Bruch) |
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JOUBERT / BRITTEN / LEIGHTON / McDOWALL / McCABE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: British Music for Oboe and Strings Jinny Shaw (oboe) / Orchestra Nova, George Vass, with Sarah Trickey (violin) [ Guild / CD - released 1/Apr/2013 ] "The Orchestra Nova are exemplary and sensitive throughout to the disparate styles represented. Jinny Shaw proves herself to be a very fine soloist with a beautifully rich tone which balances perfectly with whatever combination is thrown at her" MW |