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BEETHOVEN/LISZT & BACH/BUSONI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Amazing Mr Smith - Beethoven: Symphony No 7 / Bach: Chaconne Ronald Smith (piano) [ Nimbus / CD ] The two great piano transcriptions contrasted on this record demonstrate the unique range and adaptability of the modern concert-grand. While Busoni's piano arrangements of Bach's chaconne for solo violin may be described as a triumph of expression,... |
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LEONARD BERNSTEIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bernstein: Wonderful Town Rosalind Russell & George Gaynes / 1953 Original Broadway Cast / plus 1945 cast [ Decca Broadway / CD - released 26/Feb/2001 ] Touched by tragedy, conceived in confusion and delivered with dissent, there's no possible reason that Wonderful Town should have lasted past opening night, yet alone become one of the classics of the musical theatre. Yet somehow it did and... |
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W. A. MOZART / GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Symphony No. 41 K.551 / Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C minor 'Resurrection' Rosamund Illing (soprano) Elizabeth Campbell (mezzo) / Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Philharmonic Choir, Stuart Challender [ ABC Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 6/Jun/1990 ] "Challender had an instinctive grasp of this symphony's sometimes unwieldy architecture, and here presents the symphony in the grandest possible style, with majesty where required, but with humanity and delicacy, too...recording quality is first-rate |
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KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Szymanowski: Myth Rosanne Philippens (violin) Julien Quentin (piano) / NJO / Xian Zhang [ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Mar/2015 ] "a significant talent whose varied tonal palette especially suits Szymanowski's music...Philippens connects wellwith Szymanowski's sensual muse." Gramophone |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte (complete opera recorded in 2002 at the Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin) Dorothea Roschmann, Katharina Kammerloher, Hanno Muller-Brachmann, Werner Gura / Daniel Barenboim (cond) [ TDK/Euroarts DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "It is very well performed. All the singers are on good form, and work well together in this most ensemble-based of Mozart operas. The picture quality and sound quality are both excellent, and there are loads of index points." (MusicWeb) |
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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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ANTON BRUCKNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D minor Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Jeffrey Tate [ EMI Classics Red Line / CD - released 10/Mar/2010 ] '...a clear and well-balanced recording" CD Classics |
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JOHN ANSELL / DAVID GOW / PETER HOPE / WILLIAM ALWYN / GARETH GLYN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: British Light Overtures Vol 2 (Including 'The Moor Of Venice' & 'A Snowdon Overture' Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Gavin Sutherland [ ASV White Line / CD - released 15/Mar/2003 ] "This is the second disc in another excellent series devoted to the rich seam of British Light Overtures, an area in which the composers from this sceptred isle were extremely prolific." ClassicalNet |
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ARNOLD / BENNETT / RUTTER / BLEZARD / HURD / FANSHAWE / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: British Light Music Discoveries Vol 4 Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Gavin Sutherland [ ASV White Line / CD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] "There is much to enjoy in this well-filled, spiritedly performed tray of musical canapes." - Gramophone Sept 2001 |
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GARETH WALTERS / MICHAEL ROBERTS / FREDERICK DELIUS / WILLIAM WALTON / JOHN ADDISON / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: British String Miniatures I (Including 'Two Aquarelles' & 'Fiddler's Green'' Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Gavin Sutherland [ ASV White Line / CD - released 15/Mar/2003 ] "Well up to the now expected standard, it hardly need be said. I enjoyed this disc as much as the others in the series. These are lithe and insightful traversals." MusicWeb |
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RICHARD ADDINSELL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Addinsell: Film Music [Incs 'Scrooge', 'Blithe Spirit' & ' Gaslight'] Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Kenneth Alwyn [ ASV White Line / CD - released 1/Jul/1999 ] "There is much to enjoy in this well-filled, spiritedly performed tray of musical canapes." - Gramophone Sept 2001 |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Claus Peter Flor [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 1/Jun/1991 ] Recorded at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam in August 1990 |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 5 & 6 'Pastoral' Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink [ Philips Solo / CD - released 25/Jun/1996 ] Bernard Haitink's Philips recording of Beethoven's Symphonies are consistently praised for their clarity, balance, and Haitink's trademark care for detail. |
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ANTON BRUCKNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly [ Decca Records / CD - released 25/Mar/1993 ] Recorded in Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, Amsterdam, June 1991 |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly [ Decca Records / CD - released 25/Mar/1988 ] Recorded in the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam November 1987 |
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FERDINAND HEROLD / JOHN LANCHBERY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Herold: La Fille Mal Gardee (Ballet) Royal Liverpool Philharmionic Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth. [ EMI / CD - released 16/Nov/1983 ] "With playing from the Philharmonic Orchestra that combines refinement and delicacy with wit and humour, this is even more highly recommendable, especially for those preferring modern, digital sound." Rosette Penguin Stereo Guide |
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FREDERICK DELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Delius: Brigg Fair / Koanga / Hassan / A Song Before Sunrise / etc Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Christopher Seaman [ Royal Philharmonic Orchestra SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 2/Feb/2005 ] "This latest release in the Royal Philharmonic Collection is good value as a basic introduction to a range of Delius's orchestral music....there are excellent solos from the principals, and a luxuriant Song before Sunrise." BBC |
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JOHN DUFFY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Duffy: Heritage Symphonic Dances / Heritage Suite For Orchestra (with Bernstein: Dance Episodes from 'On the Town') Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Williams [ ASV / CD - released 2/Feb/1988 ] John Duffy has composed more than 300 works for symphony Orchestra, theater, television and film. |
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DELIUS: / GERMAN / BANTOCK / BAX / LORD BERNERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sir Thomas Beecham - English Music John Cameron, Maureen Forrester, Lorely Dyer, etc / Royal Philahrmonic Orchestra, Beecham [ EMI Sir Thomas Beecham Edition / 6 CD Box Set - released 7/Feb/2011 ] "Beecham's English Collection is unmissable...[Song of the High Hills is] one of the first recordings made by Beecham's new postwar orchestra, and they already play as though they adore him" (BBC Music) |
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FREDERICK DELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beecham conducts Delius - the complete stereo recordings Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham, with John cameron (baritone) & Maureen Forrester (contralto) [ EMI Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2001 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) "A record to treasure. The greatest recordings made in stereo by the greatest British conductor at the peak of his career." - Gramophone |