Mary Lou Williams
MARBECKS RARE: The Circle Recordings [ Progressive / CD - released 5/May/2006 ] This set contains many unique performances. These include lovely treatments of standards like "Talk of the Town" and "People Will Say We're in Love", and even a Monk tune, as well as originals |
BRUCKNER / BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / HAYDN / MOZART / SCHUMANN / TCHAIKOVSKY / MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Karajan Symphony Edition] Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra], Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon / 38 CD Box Set - released 19/Jul/2004 ] Available only as a limited edition! The definitive 38-CD set of eight great symphonic cycles from Herbert von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic. At a super-budget price, this set is a perfect gift with which to begin or complete a library. |
Bonnie Prince Billy
MARBECKS RARE: Ease Down the Road [ Spunk / CD - released 3/Apr/2001 ] Fine songwriter with steady understated voice |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi Chamber Concertos Chandos Baroque Players [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Feb/2006 ] 'As refreshing a package of out-of-the-way Vivaldi as has recently come my way' (The Magic Flute, USA) |
GUSTAV HOLST
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Holst: Savitri / The Dream-City Felicity Palmer (soprano) Patrizia Kwella (soprano) Philip Landridge (tenor) / City of London Sinfonietta / Richard Hickox [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 16/Feb/2006 ] 'If you have not come across Holst's Savitri, then I envy you the prospect of hearing this small miracle of a one-act opera for the first time. Fine performances make this a budget-price bargain' (Classic FM Magazine) |
Graham Brazier
MARBECKS RARE: East of Eden [ Universal Music / CD ] The third solo album from the Hello Sailor frontman. |
FREDERIC CHOPIN / CLAUDE DEBUSSY / CESAR FRANCK / MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Ivan Moravec Ivan Moravec (piano) [ Philips / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/1998 ] A native of Prague, Moravec has eschewed the spotlight, mostly because of his emphasis on teaching and assiduous practice. He's famous for insisting that every aspect of his performance be near-perfect. |
Joe Henry
MARBECKS RARE: Fuse [ Mammoth Records / Festival / CD - released 1/Jan/1998 ] |
Mick Harvey
MARBECKS RARE: Two of Diamonds [ Mute Records / CD - released 22/May/2007 ] Mick Harvey, celebrated Australian musician and co-founder of The Birthday Party and Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, returns with his second "solo" album. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 North German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gunter Wand [ RCA Gold Seal / CD - released 4/Apr/1989 ] "These are involved, committed and engaged offerings, intended to bring the greatness of the Brahms Symphony to the world's attention." Review |
Simian Mobile Disco
MARBECKS RARE: Attack Decay Sustain Release: Limited Edition [ Shock Records / 2 CD - released 10/Sep/2007 ] This is the debut full-length studio album from Simian Mobile Disco. The limited second disc contains 6 alternative versions and remixes of the album tracks. |
Soul Ii Soul
MARBECKS RARE: Club Classics Vol. 1 [ Ten / CD - released 10/Apr/1989 ] |
RACHMANINOV / SCHUMANN / SCRIABIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Sviatoslav Richter III Sviatoslav Richter (piano) / Warsw Philharmonic Orchestra, Stanislaw Wislocki [ Meloydia / Philips / EMI / Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/1998 ] Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter (1915 -1997) was a Soviet classical pianist. He is frequently regarded as one of the greatest pianists of all time, and has been praised for the "depth of his interpretations, his virtuoso technique, and his vast... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 / 5 Intermezzi Van Cliburn (piano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner [ RCA Victor Van Cliburn Collectation / CD - released 20/May/1988 ] "Van Cliburn's triumph at the first International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1958 and his unprecedented ticker-tape welcome home was a story that made front pages worldwide. What other pianist has inspired that kind of coverage?" Gramophone |
Various Artists incls Martin Denny, Les Baxter, Nelson Riddle, Julie London, Dean Martin, Hollywood Studio Orchestra, Louis Prima, King Curtis, etc
MARBECKS RARE: Ultra Lounge [Leopard Skin Cover] [ EMI / CD - released 2/Feb/1986 ] Selections from the original EMI Ultra Lounge series...all digitally remastered. |