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VERDI / PUCCINI / BIZET / WAGNER / LEONCAVALLO
The Best of the 3 Tenors Placido Domingo / Luciano Pavarotti / Jose Carreras / various conductors [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 20/May/2011 ] Here they are! The greatest tenor lineup in the world in a special programme of popular tenor arias and duets. |
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VERDI / PUCCINI / OFFENBACH / TCHAIKOVSKY / GOUNOD / WAGNER
Placido Domingo... At The Met [anniversary edition] Placido Domingo (tenor) / Metropolitan Opera [ Sony Classical / 3 CD Box Set - released 6/May/2014 ] Sony Classical is proud to announce the release of this mid-priced 3 CD anniversary boxset, celebrating Placido Domingo's 45th season at the Metropolitan Opera. Covering 40 pieces of works across 3 CDs, including arias by Verdi, Puccini, Berllini,... |
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Placido Domingo (tenor), Pablo Sainz Villegas (guitar)
Volver [ Sony Classical / CD - released 7/Sep/2017 ] Legendary tenor Plácido Domingo partners with the "global ambassador of Spanish guitar" (Billboard Magazine), Pablo Sáinz-Villegas. This is an authentic and intimate album: the voice of Plácido Domingo has never been captured in such an intimate... |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Four Last Songs / Capricco: Final Scene Rachel Willis-Sørensen (soprano), Sebastian Pilgrim (baritone) / Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Andris Nelsons [ Sony Classical / CD - released 10/Mar/2023 ] "Willis-Sorensen's confidence as she manoeuvres her voice over this autumnal masterpiece's singular leaps and high-flying glides often produces thrilling results…" The Times |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Richard Strauss: Cello Sonatas Raphaela Gromes (cello), Julian Riem (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 15/May/2020 ] "Beautifully detailed performances combine with a powerful sense of music cherished. Recommended." BBC Music Award Nomination 2021 - Chamber |
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GRAUN / HASSE / HANDEL / LEGRENZI / VIVALDI / etc
Cleopatra - Baroque Arias Regula Mühlemann (soprano) / La Folia Barokorchester, Robin Peter Müller [ Sony Classical / CD - released 21/Sep/2017 ] "Mühlemann makes everything sound easy. But it's not just virtuosity, as the beauty of her voice also stops you in your tracks." BBC Music |
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BACH / BEETHOVEN / DEBUSSY / FAURE / SCARLATTI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Robert Casadesus Robert Casadesus (piano) / Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy [ Philips / Sony / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2000 ] Besides Mozart and Bach, Casadesus was also particularly known for his recordings of French repertoire by composers such as Rameau, Chabrier, Fauré, Debussy, and Ravel. In 1951, Casadesus made the first integral recording of the complete solo piano... |
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ZIEHRER / LEHAR / LANNER / STOLZ / STRAUSS FAMILY
Robert Stolz in Vienna : Waltzes, Marches, Polkas, etc Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Robert Stolz [ RCA Red Seal / Sony music Masters / 12 CD Box Set - released 3/Dec/2017 ] Robert Stolz was operetta royalty, and his recordings with the Berliner Symphoniker and Wiener Symphoniker document the world of light orchestral music with unique authority. Across 12 CDs, this Sony Classical Masters collection brings together... |
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini In Love Roberto Alagna (tenor) Aleksandra Kurzak (soprano) / Sinfonia Varsovia, Riccardo Frizza [ Sony Classical / CD - released 25/Oct/2018 ] "Puccini In Love" is the first album by the award winning operatic tenor superstar Roberto Alagna and his wife, soprano Aleksandra Kurzak. Together they are the golden couple of the opera world. |
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Ronan Tynan
Ronan Tynan - My Life Belongs to You [ Sony Classical / CD - released 4/Apr/1998 ] It seems pretty clear that Ronan Tynan has no intention of resting on his laurels. Despite a stunning string of world-dominating, top-selling releases as a member of the much-loved Irish Tenors--the singer has now released his debut solo effort. |
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JOHANN STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss (J.): Die Fledermaus (operetta in English) Rosemarie Arthars, Paul Barnhill, Lynton Black, David Fieldsend, Ade Grummet, Deborah Hawksley / D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, John Owen Edwards [ Sony music / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Jan/1995 ] "John Owen Edwards never forces the tempo but allows the melodies to unfold naturally, and eases gently into the big waltz tunes. " Gramophone |
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GILBERT and SULLIVAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Topsy-Turvy - soundtrack Sung by the original movie cast. Conducted and Arranged by Carl Davis [ Sony Classical / CD - released 2/Aug/1991 ] Winner of two Academy Awards |
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Susan Boyle
Home For Christmas [ Sony / CD - released 22/Nov/2013 ] A selection of traditional Christmas songs that her fans old & new will love. Includes duets with elvis Presley (Oh Come, All ye Faithful), and Johnny Mathis (When A Child Is Born). |
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CHARLES IVES
Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Ives Thomas Hampson (baritone) / San Francisco Symphony orchestra & Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas, Richard R. Webster (organ) [ Sony Classical ./ RCA / 4 CD Box Set - released 17/May/2002 ] Rosette (highest rating) Penguin Stereo Guide |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tokyo String Quartet plays Beethoven [9 CD set] Tokyo String Quartet [ Sony Classical Masters / 9 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2012 ] "I doubt whether quartet playing comes much better than in this Tokyo set of the Op. 18. Quite frankly I don't think that you can go far wrong with this set: the playing is unfailingly alive, sensitive and poised." (Gramophone) |
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Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews, Stanley Holloway & Cast
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: My Fair Lady (Original Broadway Cast Recording: Expanded Edition with bonus tracks) [ Sony Music / CD - released 28/May/2002 ] This edition of the original motion picture soundtrack to 'My Fair Lady' features Julie Andrews with Rex Harrison and includes two bonus tracks. |
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Various Artists / Original Broadway Cast
Fiddler On The Roof [ Sony Classical / CD - released 16/Apr/2012 ] |
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Various Artists
OST: My Week With Marilyn [ Sony Classical / CD - released 28/Nov/2011 ] Theme by Andre Desplat Score by Conrad Pope Featured Piano Soloist: Lang Lang. |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons / Flute Concertos Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute) / Members of the Orchestre National de France, I Soloisti Veneti, Lorin Maazel (violin/director), Claudio Scimone [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 4/Apr/2011 ] Vivaldi's most popular work is accompanied by three Flute Concertos performed by Jean-Pierre Rampal. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Fidelio (complete opera recorded at the Salzburg Festival in 2015) BLU-RAY Vienna Opera / Jonas Kaufmann, Adrianne Pieczonka, Tomasz Konieczny, Hans-Peter König, Olga Bezsmertna / Franz Welser-Möst (cond) [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jul/2016 ] "Jonas Kaufmann's gorgeously sung Florestan"(Financial Times) and Leonora - "triumphantly sung by Adrianne Pieczonka" (The Guardian/Observer) |