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GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Otello (highlights, recorded in 1986) Placido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Justino Diaz / Milan La Scala Chorus & Orchestra / Lorin Maazel [ EMI Studio / CD - released 18/Aug/1997 ] "I have no hesitation in making this set my first choice in this ever-potent opera. I have seldom heard a more tender, vulnerable Desdemona than Ricciarelli's, absolutely ideal in the many dolce, piano moments in the role, bringing tears to the eye." |
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VERDI / PUCCINi / LEONCAVALLERO / GOUNOD / MASCAGNI / BIZET / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bravissimo Domingo - Arias and duets with Leontyne Price & Sherrill Milnes Placido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Leontyne Price / New Philharmonia Orchestra, Zubin Mehta & Nello Santi / London Symphony, Erich Leinsdorf / etc [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 1/Oct/1985 ] A electrifying collection of arias and duets taken from the many recordings Domingo made with RCA. |
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LEHAR / ZELLER / FALL / KALMAN / O. STRAUSS / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Placido Domingo - Vienna, City of my Dreams Placido Domingo (tenor) / English Chamber Orchestra, Julius Rudel [ EMI Music / CD - released 18/Nov/1986 ] Original recording from 1985 |
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PUCCINI / CILEA / MASSENET / CHARPENTIER / GOUNOD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Placido Domingo - Great Love Scenes Placido Domingo (tenor), with Renata Scotto, Kiri te Kanawa & Ileana Cotrubas [ CBS Masterworks / CD - released 1/Nov/1985 ] Domingo's first appearance in a leading tenor role was as Alfredo in Verdi's La Traviata in Monterrey, Mexico, in 1961, and he made his U.S. debut the same year as Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor with the Dallas Civic Opera. |
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VERDI / BIZET / DONIZETTI / PUCCINI / von FLOTOW / OFFENBACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Best of Domingo Placido Domingo (tenor) with various orchestras and conductors [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 15/Sep/2001 ] Domingo made his début at the Vienna State Opera in 1967, at the Metropolitan Opera in 1968, at La Scala in 1969, at Covent Garden in 1971 and at the Paris Opéra in 1973. |
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VERDI / DONIZETTI / BIZET / BELLINI / ROSSINI / THOMAS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Opera Gala Placido Domingo, Thomas Hampson, Ruth Ann Swenson / Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Eugene Kohn [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/1996 ] 'An opera gala with a difference. Instead of cherry-picking the usual highlights, it gives us arias and duets in the context of complete scenes, which affords the added novelty of the stars taking on supporting roles they would never usually sing' |
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PUCCINI / VERDI / MASCAGNI / MOZART / BOITO / HANDEL / GOUNOD / MEYERBEER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Placido Domingo: Opera Classics Placido Domingo, various orchestras and conductors [ EMI Classics / CD - released 20/Dec/1993 ] This CD brings together an unrivalled selection of the most popular tenor arias, performed by the popular Placido Domingo |
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HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras Nos 1 & 5 / Suite for Voice & Violin / etc The Pleeth Cello Octet [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] 'Stunning performances' (BBC Record Review) |
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KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Szymanowski: Concert Overture / Symphonies Nos 2 & 3 Wieslaw Ochman (tenor) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jacek Kasprzyk & Jerzy Semkow [ EMI Classics Matrix / CD - released 10/Jul/1994 ] "The Third Symphony Song of the Night...It is a passionate performance of an intense and beautiful work - the tenor, Wieslaw Ochman, is deeply convincing, and the orchestra and chorus are committed to a highly charged performance." MusicWeb |
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PERCY GRAINGER / EDVARD GRIEG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: 'At Twilight' - Choral Music by Percy Grainger and Edvard Grieg Polyphony with David Wilson-Johnson (baritone) Paul Agnew (tenor) / Stephen Layton [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 14/Jul/2006 ] "Grainger's mastery of choral textures shines out of this wide-ranging collection of folk-song arrangements, each highly individual and memorable. Superior performances by Stephen Layton and Polyphony." Five Stars BBC Music Mag (July 2006) |
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CARL LOEWE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Loewe: Lieder + Ballads Hermann Prey (baritone) Michael Endres (piano) [ Capriccio / CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] "In works like Erlkönig, Count Eberstein, and Odins Meeresritt, the performances highlight Loewe's dramatic, narrative style, with the piano capturing scenes like galloping horses and clinking glasses." A.I. |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: String Quartets K 465 - 499 - 80 Pro Arte Quartett Salzburg [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 1/Dec/1991 ] Recorded in October 1989 |
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SERGE PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokoviev: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos / CD - released 23/Jan/1989 ] Recorded in Glasgow City Hall, September 1988 |
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NICOLAI PAGANINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Paganini: Violin Concertos Nos. 3 & 5 Massimo Quarta (violin/director) / Teatro Carlo Fenice [ Dynamic / CD - released 2/Feb/2005 ] Originally recorded in Italy 2000 & 2001 |
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MAX BRUCH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruch: Complete String Quartets Quartetto Academica [ Dynamic / CD - released 28/Nov/1993 ] "(The Academica Quartet) are/were a fine quartet and they made a good case for what remains understandably neglected music." MusicWeb |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Early String Quartets Quartetto Italiano [ Philips / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/1989 ] "Classic performances, with refined tonal sensibility and complete unanimity of phrasing. Intimate music making, especially in the slow movements, though Beethoven's outbursts are never short-changed." BBC Music |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: String Quartet No. 12 in E flat, Op.127 / String Quartet No.16 in F, Op. 135 Quartetto Italiano [ Philips Musica da Camera / CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] "...these performances still strike a finely judged balance between beauty and truth, and are ultimately more satisfying and searching than most of their rivals." Gramophone |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: The Late String Quartets Quartetto Italiano [ Philips / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2007 ] 'The Italians give a most searching account of the first movement of Op.127 and their firmness of tone and accuracy of ensemble compel admiration ... a magnificent account ... the Italian Quartet's performances are considerable." Penguin Guide |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: String Quartets (complete on 8 CDs) Quartetto Italiano [ Philips Complete Mozart Edition / 8 CD Box Set - released 27/Mar/2016 ] "the Philips sound balance is admirably judged. As a set the performances have seen off all challengers for two decades or more; one is unlikely to assemble a more consistently satisfying overview of these works, or one so beautifully played." |
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VINCENT D'INDY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: D'Indy: Trio / Quartet / Sextet Quatuor Prat, with Jean Dupouy (viola II), Francois Michel (cello II) & Kun Woo Paik (piano) [ Auvidis Valois / CD - released 10/Dec/1998 ] Vincent d'Indy's Second Piano Trio certainly sounds like the work of a young man, but at the time it was composed, he was seventy nine years old. D'Indy's style underwent a considerable change in the years following his retirement and move from Paris... |