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DEBUSSY / BIZET / MESSIAEN / FAURE / POULENC
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sylvia McNair - Reveries Sylvia McNair (soprano) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Philips / CD - released 20/Sep/1997 ] Recorded at Henry Wood Hall, London, March 1996 |
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GLUCK / STRAVINSKY / PURCELL / PUCCINI / MOZART / ARLEN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sylvia McNair - A Portrait Sylvia McNair (soprano) with conductors, Claudio Abbado, John Eliot Gardiner, Christopher Hogwood, Neville Marriner, etc [ Philips / CD - released 20/Sep/1996 ] Recordings from 1991 to 1995 |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: String Quintet in C major / Quartet movement (Quartettsatz) in C minor Takacs Quartet [ Decca / 10in - released 18/Aug/1993 ] '...one of the greatest ensembles of our age' San Francisco Chronicle |
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SERGEI TANEYEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Taneyev: String quartets Nos. 1, 2 & 3 The Talan Quartet [ Olympia / CD - released 1/Apr/2015 ] Recorded in Moscow, July 1994 |
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THOMAS TALLIS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tallis - Latin Church Music Taverner Consort & Choir, Andrew Parrott [ Virgin Records / 2 CD - released 7/Sep/2003 ] 'Warmly recommendable, a superb collection.' Penguin Guide |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: La Cenerentola (complete opera.recorded in 1981) Teatro alla Scala / Frederica von Stade, Margherita Guglielmi, Laura Zannini, Francisco Araiza, Claudio Desderi, Paolo Montarsolo / Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / Unitel DVD / DVD - released 8/Nov/2005 ] Jean-Pierre Ponnelle's staging of this classic fairy tale, originally created for the San Francisco Opera in 1969, has been one of the most successful opera stagings of the 20th century |
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GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: Barber of Seville, The [Il barbiere di Siviglia] complete studio recording of the opera recorded in 1972 Teresa Berganza, Luigi Alva, Hermann Prey, Enzo Dara / Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 21/Jun/2005 ] In the 1970s, the era from which this production emanates, the director Jean Pierre Ponnelle was reaching the height of his powers. In his 1972 production at Milan's La Scala, Ponnelle designed a realistic set that still feels fresh. |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: La Cenerentola [Cinderella] (complete opera recorded in 1972) Teresa Berganza, Luigi Alva, Renato Capecchi, Paolo Montarsolo / Scottish Opera Chorus / London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon Opera House / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2013 ] "One of the great classic opera recordings of a work that balances farce with touching romance." (BBC Music) |
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TRADITIONAL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Carols from the Old and New Worlds Theatre of Voices, Paul Hillier [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 23/Oct/2004 ] On this volume of Carols from the Old and New Worlds, Paul Hillier and the Theatre Of Voices celebrate the festive season with a wide-ranging mixture of new and traditional carols. |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Don Giovanni (complete opera) Thomas Allen, Robert Lloyd, Sharon Sweet, Karita Mattila, Francisco Araiza / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ Philips Trio / 3 CD Box Set - released 11/Jan/2008 ] "The playing of Sir Neville's Academy is exemplary, with perfect articulation in the string figures and spicy winds-and aside from a vocal moment or two, the solo singing is impressive." ClassicsToday |
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BRIDGE . STANFORD / IVES / ROREM / BERNSTEIN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: To The Soul: Thomas Hampson Sings The Poetry Of Walt Whitman Thomas Hampson (baritone) Craig Rutenbery (piano) [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/1996 ] "The performances throughout are exceptionally fine, intimately and subtly expressive but opening out nobly to expressions of passionate idealism." Gramophone |
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BRIDGE / STANFORD / IVES / ROREM / BERNSTEIN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: To The Soul: Thomas Hampson Sings The Poetry Of Walt Whitman Thomas Hampson (baritone) Craig Rutenbery (piano) [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/1997 ] TO THE SOUL is a collection centered on a poet rather than a composer. Walt Whitman's words have inspired over a thousand song settings, whose range is suggested here. |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Complete Schubert Edition: Schubert and the Classics Thomas Hampson (baritone) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 14 / CD - released 31/Jan/2008 ] 'The readings, with Johnson's piano at its probing best, are constantly enlightening and carry the absorbed listener into a rarefied world of word and music. The disc lasts an incredible 80 minutes, but the time flies by in such perceptive company'... |
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JOSEF HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: Italian Arias Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone) Genia KAhmeier (soprano) / Freiburger Barockorchester / Gottfried von der Golz [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 10/Dec/2008 ] Gramophone Award Finalist 2009: Recital - "Quasthoff does Haydn's neglected operatic music proud in a fine recital." (Gramophone Editor's Choice April 2009) |
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vaughan Williams: Concertos & String Music Howard Shelley (piano) David Theodore (oboe) Kenneth Sillito (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Bryden Thomson [ Chandos / 2 CD Box Set ] The perfect introduction to the music of Ralph Vaughan Williams |
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VERDI / WAGNER / PUCCINI / BIZET / GOUNOD / LEONCAVALLO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lawrence Tibbet: Operatic Arias Lawrence Tibbett (baritone) with various accompaniments [ Nimbus / CD - released 2/Feb/1991 ] Lawrence Mervil Tibbett (November 16, 1896 - July 15, 1960) was an American opera singer and recording artist who also performed as a film actor and radio personality. |
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / WILLIAM WALTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: British Choral Masterpieces Timothy Byram-Wigfield (organ) Choir of Winchester Cathedral, Waynflete Singers / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. David Hill [ Decca Eloquence / CD - released 20/May/2003 ] Superbly recorded, "massive" performances (in the main) of music for choir and orchestra by Vaughan Williams and Walton. The thrilling music here - Old hundredth psalm, Coronation Te Deum and Orb and sceptre - contrast well with the more intimate... |
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: Gianni Schicchi (complete) (recorded 1958) / Scenes from Verdi's Don Carlo & Simon Boccanegra (recorded 1954 & 1957) Tito Gobbi (baritone) / Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma / Gabriele Santini (with Victoria de los Angeles) [ EMI Great Artists of the Century / CD - released 6/Apr/2004 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "Gobbi had one of those hauntingly individual voices that leave their imprint on phrases and arias: very much the male counterpart of Maria Callas." |
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LEONCAVALLO / MOZART / DONIZETTI / CILEA / ROSSINI / PUCCINI / VERDI / WOLF-FERRARI / GIORDANO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tito Gobbi - Italian Opera Arias Tito Gobbi (baritone) with various orchestras and accompanists [ EMI Studio / CD - released 1/Oct/1989 ] Featuring various orchestras including Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala, Orchestra Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma, Philharmonia Orchestra and The London Symphony Orchestra |
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GOUNOD / VERDI / SCHUMANN / MASSENET / MOZART / BIZET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Titta Ruffo in his vocal prime [1907 - 1922] Titta Ruffo (baritone) [ Pearl / 2 CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] Titta Ruffo (1877 - 1953), was an Italian operatic baritone who had a major international singing career. Known as the "Voce del leone" ("voice of the lion"), he was greatly admired, even by rival baritones, such as Giuseppe De Luca. |