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RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: Parsifal (highlights from the opera) Simon Estes, Matti Salminen, Hans Sotin, Peter Hoffmann, Waltraud Meier / Bayreuthher Festspiele, James Levine [ Philips / CD - released 9/Nov/1987 ] Live recording from the Bayreuth Festival, July and August 1985 |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Complete Concertos Vol 1 Steven Kovacevich (piano) Arthur Grumiaux (violin) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/1994 ] "...the best of these performances are well worth Philips' modest asking price" ClassicsToday "Steven Kovacevich's performance for Philips (is) still the touchstone in these works." ClassicalCandor |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Water Music (3 suites) / Royal Fireworks Music / Oboe Concerto No 2 in B flat Stuttgarter Kammerorchester [Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra], Karl Munchinger, with Lothar Koch (oboe) [ Decca Eclipse / CD - released 1/Nov/1986 ] The three Water Music Suites on one CD! Immaculate performances by the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra and Karl Munchinger. |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler Adagios Brigitte Fassbaender, Yvonne Minton, Mira Zakai / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti & Deutschen Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Riccardo Chailly [ Decca Music / 2 CD - released 22/Apr/2010 ] Today Mahler's music enjoys an unprecedented level of popularity throughout the world - resurgence in interest that began in the 1960s, and which was fuelled by the use of the composer's music in films such as Visconti's Death in Venice and Ken... |
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MASCAGNI / WAGNER / DELIBES / PUCCINI / MOZART / GOUNOD / BIZET / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Greatest Opera Show on Earth: The World's Greatest Opera Album Various artists incl. Alagna, Carreras, Fleming, Domingo, te Kanawa, Pavarotti & Tebaldi [ Decca Records / 2 CD - released 15/Jan/1998 ] A specially priced double CD |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: La Traviata (Complete Opera recorded in 1960) Victoria de los Angeles, Carlo del Monte, Mario Sereni, Santa Chissari / Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera, Tullio Serafin [ EMI Classics for Pleasure / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2006 ] "The CD transfer is first-rate, and this remains a real bargain." (Gramophone) |
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ROSSINI / VERDI / GOUNOD / PUCCINI / LEONCAVALLO / BIZET / CATALANI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Victoria De Los Angeles - Diva Victoria De Los Angeles (Soprano), with Jussi Bjorling & Carlo del Monte (tenor) / Various orchestras & conductors [ EMI Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/1995 ] Victoria studied voice under Dolores Frau, and guitar with Graciano Tarragó, at the Barcelona Conservatory, graduating in 1941 after three years, at the age of 18. (Wiki) |
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ANTON BRUCKNER / FRANZ SCHMIDT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruckner: String Quintet in F major / Schmidt: Piano Quintet in G major Vienna Philharmonia Quintet with Eduard Mrazek (piano) [ Decca / London / CD - released 27/Jan/1991 ] "...Hidden gems of the late-Romantic chamber repertoire, marvellously performed and recorded. A thoroughly enjoyable release." (MusicWeb March 2006) |
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HECTOR VILLA-LOBOS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Villa-Lobos: String Quartets Nos. 4, 6 & 14 Danubius Quartet [ Marco Polo / CD - released 2/Feb/1992 ] "I love to write quartets. One could say that it is a mania." Villa-Lobos made this confession...in Paris in the spring of 1958. He had completed his seventeenth and final quartet the year before. |
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VINCENT D'INDY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: D'Indy: Musique de Chambre [Incls Sextet, Op. 92] Marietta Kratz, Stefan Pintev (violins) Bernhard Gmelin, Sebastian Gaede (cellos), Susanne Kellermann, Thomas Oepen (violas), Caroline Weichert (piano [ Koch Schwann / CD - released 2/Feb/1994 ] Recorded on 7./11./12. 10. 1993 at NDR-Studio, Hamburg. |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2 / Rhapsody on theme of Paganini Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 1/Jan/1990 ] "The composer himself is far rougher with his music than Ashkenazy ever is. Those who like Rachmaninov concertos to sound forceful above all will no doubt have reservations, but rarely has this work sounded so magically poetic" Gramophone |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos 8 "Pathétique", 14 "Moonlight" & 23 "Appassionata" Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) [ Decca Virtuoso / CD - released 27/Oct/2011 ] "All too rarely does one come across a record of popular, titled Beethoven sonatas which is as musically aware and as musically responsible as this" (Gramophone) |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven Adagios: Over two and a half hours of the world's most relaxing music Vladimir Ashkenazy / Wilhelm Backhaus / Beaux Arts Trio / Chicago Symphony Orchestra / The Cleveland Orchestra / Arthur Grumiaux / etc [ Decca Records / 2 CD - released 20/May/2005 ] Excellent value for money - 2 and a half hours of music on 2 CDs for less than the price of one. |
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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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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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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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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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EDWARD ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61 / Cockaigne Overture, Op. 40 'In London Town' / etc Yehudi Menuhin (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult [ EMI British Composers / CD - released 23/Feb/2007 ] Recorded in All Saints', Tooting, 29 September 1970 and 19 February 1971 |
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ALEXANDRE MOSSOLOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mossolov: Works for piano Russudan Khuntsaria (piano) / Orchestre Symphonique D'Etat D'URSS, Vladimir Kojoukhar [ Harmonia Muindi Russian Season / CD - released 12/Apr/2010 ] "Under Stalinism, Mosolov adhered to Soviet realism, composing with Kyrgyz and Turkmen folk music. Conflicts with authorities led to his expulsion from the Union of Soviet Composers (1936), a Gulag term (1937) reduced by professors' intervention." |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schumann: Cello Concerto / Adagio & Allegro for cello & piano in A flat major, Op. 70 / etc Yo-Yo Ma (cello) / Emmanuel Ax (piano) / Bayerischen Rundfunks Sinfonie-orchester / Sir Colin Davis [ Sony Classical / CD - released 1/Mar/1988 ] "Yo-Yo Ma's playing is always distinguished by great expressive refinement and tonal sophistication. His account of the concerto is keenly affectionate...those wanting the present coupling need not hesitate." (Gramophone) |