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EDMUND RUBBRA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rubbra: Choral Music Voces Sacrae, Judy Martin [ ASV / CD ] A beautiful disc of (mostly) World Premiere recordings, this first-ever CD to be devoted solely to the choral music of Edmund Rubbra. The earliest are the Five Motets of 1934, settings of 16th century metaphysical poems. |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler:: Das Lied Von Der Erde Klaus Florian Vogt (tenor) Christian Gerhaher (baritone) / Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, Kent Nagano [ Sony Classical / CD - released 22/Jun/2009 ] "Gerhaher is well worth hearing, and with his fabulous range of colour and immaculate diction he makes a better case for a male voice, rather than the usual mezzo, in this cycle than any baritone I've heard since Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau." Guardian |
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PALESTRINA / BRUCKNER / MENDELSSOHN / VICTORIA / FAURE / DURUFLE / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mysteries Beyond - songs and chants in the praise of Mary Kathleen Bride (soprano), Mark Krucez (organ), Vinson Cole (tenor), Patrick Stephens (piano) / Voices Of Ascension, Dennis Keene [ Delos / CD - released 2/Feb/1994 ] Voices of Ascension Chorus and Orchestra, founded and directed by conductor Dennis Keene, is one of the world's premier professional choral ensembles. |
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BO LINDE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Linde: Volin Sonatas / Duos Ulf Wallin (violin) Love Derwinger (piano) Johan Silvmark (xylophone) [ BIS / CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] Linde's music is often described as lyrical and expressive, characterized by richly contrasting passages and a fresh approach to traditional forms. (translated from Dutch) |
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WILLIAM WALTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Walton: Spitfire Prelude and Fugue / Sinfonia Concertante / Hindemith Variations Peter Donohoe (piano) / English Northern Philharmonia / Paul Daniel [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] William Walton occupies his own position in English music of the twentieth century, chronologically between the generation of Gustav Hoist and Vaughan Williams and that of Benjamin Britten. |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Rückert-Lieder / Kindertotenlieder / Lieder Aus Des Knaben Wunderhorn Waltraud Meier (mezzo soprano) with Bayerischen Rundfunks, Lorin Maazel [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 1/Mar/1999 ] "The lovely Waltraud Meier's voice is appropriate for all three selections on this disc. A mezzo-soprano, she handles the low notes with confidence, and the high notes remain attractive" ClassicalNet |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: String Quartets Op.33 4 - 6 / Fragment Op.103 Weller Quartet [ Decca / CD - released 12/Apr/1992 ] "The Haydn quartets (are) most beautifully played... buoyant and colourful." ClassicalNet |
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GEOFFREY BURGON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Burgon: Choral Music (Incls Short Mass & Nunc dimittis) Wells Cathedral Choir, Matthew Owens, with David Bednall (organ) & Alan Thomas (trumpet) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] 'The national soundtrack for the past three decades...[Burgon] shows what can be done with some simple ideas and a top-flight cathedral choir' (Album of the Week - The Independent) |
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JOHANN STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss, (J.): Die Fledermaus (complete operetta) Werner Hollweg, Edita Gruberova, Christian Boesch, Barbara Bonney / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Teldec / 2 CD Box Set - released 4/May/2009 ] "..the cast is strong too, with Marjana Lipovtek's Orlovsky particularly impressive...he men, including Josef Protschka as Alfred, are very good and so are the lively Netherlands Opera Chorus and the Concertgebouw Orchestra." (Gramophone) |
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EDWARD ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: Great is the Lord Westminster Abbey Choir / James O'Donnell (cond) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Feb/2007 ] From the regal opulence of Great is the Lord to the quiet devotion of Ave verum and Ave Maria, this varied programme is the perfect guide through Elgar's rich choral output. James O'Donnell transports the men and boys of Westminster Abbey through the... |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No 9 (recorded 1938) Wiener Philharmoniker / Bruno Walter [ EMI Great Artists of the Century / CD - released 24/Sep/2004 ] 50 GREATEST RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME (No 49) BBC MUSIC |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Complete incidental music to Egmont, Op. 84 Wiener Philharmoniker [Vienna Philharmonic], George Szell, with Pilar Lorengar (soprano) & Klaus-Jurgen Wussow (narrator) [ Decca The Classic Sound / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] Original 1970 recording recording remastered in 1996 |
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ANTON BRUCKNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruckner: Te Deum / 9 Motets / Mass in E minor (with choral works by Richard Strauss) Wiener Staatsoper; Wiener Philharmoniker, Zubin Mehta / Schutz Choir of London, Philip Jones Wind Ensemble, Roger Norrington / etc [ Decca / 2 CD - released 1/May/1997 ] Featured soloists: Claes-Håkan Ahnsjo (tenor), Jean Temperley (mezzo-soprano), Jessica Cash (soprano), Josef Bock (organ) |
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ALBAN BERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berg: Wozzeck (complete opera with libretto) (with Schoenberg: Erwartung) Eberhard Waechter, Anja Silja, Hermann Winkler / Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Christoph von Dohnanyi [ Decca / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/1988 ] "Christoph von Dohnanyi (Decca) has the best of all Maries in Anja Silja and obtains warm playing from the Vienna Philharmonic." The Guardian |
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BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / CHOPIN / SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Wilhelm Backhaus I Wilhelm Backhaus (piano) [ Philips / Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2000 ] Backhaus made his first concert tour at the age of sixteen. In 1900 he went to England and in 1901 played for the first time in Manchester at the Gentleman's Concerts. In 1902 he performed at the Hallé Concerts, and thereafter in 12 concerts at the... |
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HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Music for Flute (Incls Bachianas Brasileiras No 6) William Bennett (flute) with Thea King (clarinet) Neil Black (oboe) and others [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Feb/2006 ] 'A disc of pure delight from beginning to end. Another example of why Hyperion gets my vote as the most innovative record label. Full marks!' (Which CD) |
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini - Messa di Gloria / Orchestral works William Johns (tenor) Philippe Huttenlocher (bass) / Chœur Symphonique Et Orchestre De La Fondation Gulbenkian De Lisbonne, Michel Corboz [ Erato Collection / CD - released 24/Mar/1974 ] Puccini composed the Mass as his graduation exercise from the Istituto Musicale Pacini. It had its first performance in Lucca on July 12, 1880. However, the Credo had already been written and performed in 1878 and was initially conceived by Puccini... |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Don Giovanni (Highlights from the complete opera) William Shimell, Cheryl Studer, Samuel Ramey / Vienna Philharmonic / Riccardo Muti [ EMI Encore / CD - released 22/Feb/2005 ] Combining comedy and drama, Don Giovanni is one of the most well-known and often praised operas ever written. First performed in 1787, it has been appealing to audiences ever since with its multitude of moral, as well as musical themes. |
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AARON COPLAND
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Copland Conducts Copland [Includes 'Old American Songs'] William Warfield (baritone) / London Symphony Orchestra, Aaron Copland [ CBS Masterworks / CD - released 1/Apr/1988 ] "The composer directs with unrivalled insight throughout. The remastering is done most skilfully, retaining the ambience of the originals, while achieving more refined detiail." (Penguin Guide) |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schumann: Dichterliebe / Liederkreis / Myrthen / etc [2 CD set] Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone) Imogen Cooper (piano) [ Philips SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2011 ] "Singer and pianist work together almost by instinct in thinking themselves into the very heart of these songs... Holzmair's plangent, very Viennese voice bespeaks the vulnerability that lies at the soul of Robert's Eusebius side." (Gramophone) |