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TRADITIONAL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wayfaring Stranger Scholl Andreas (counter tenor) / Orpheus Chamber Orchestra [ Decca / CD - released 20/Jul/2010 ] "This curious but heartfelt disc is spine-tingling. And thanks to that Decca beauty treatment - a piercingly clear and immediate sound - and the professionalism of all involved, it is never less than interesting." (BBC Music) |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas BWV49, 115, 180 Andreas Scholl, Barbara Schlick, Christoph Pregardien, Gothold Schwarz / Ensemble Baroque de Limoges & Concerto Vocale de Leipzig, Christophe Coin [ Naive / CD - released 29/Jul/2013 ] Conductor Christophe Coin, who studied with Jordi Savall and Nikolaus Harnoncourt, has, for the last 30 years, been France's most fervent apostle of the music of the 17th and 18th centuries. |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert String Quintet in C. D.956 Melos Quartett with Mstislav Rostropovich (2nd cello) [ Deutsche Grammophon Galleria / CD - released 2/Feb/1989 ] Recording: Zurich, Tonhalle, 9/1977 |
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SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN / BRAHMS / R. STRAUSS / WOLF / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - Unpublished Lieder & Songs Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) Gerald Moore, Walter Gieseking (piano) [ Testament / CD - released 20/Nov/2000 ] Testament is an artist-based label, not restricted to any particular period of recording history, and its releases are selected from the archives of some of the largest record companies and radio stations in the world. |
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MONTEVERDI / CARISSIMI / DVORAK / HUMPERDINCK / R. STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Soprano Duets Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Urmgard Seefried (sopranos) with Gerald Moore, Herbert von Karajan, Josef Krips [ EMI Classics / CD - released 10/Sep/1988 ] Irmgard Seefried said, "I sang a great deal with Elisabeth and was fortunate - not everybody was - in establishing an excellent rapport with her" |
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ELGAR / GRIEG / DELIUS / WARLOCK / HOLST
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Music For Strings Scottish Chamber Ensemble, Jonathan Rees [ Virgin Classics Virgo / CD - released 10/Jul/1992 ] Rees puts together a group of musicians and arrangements that carry the spirit of the ages old musical form on the absolutely "highest" level. Whatever these musicians create is to be sought and collected. (Review) |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Symphonies Nos. 35 'Haffner', 36 'Linz', & 32 Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 10/Jul/1988 ] "The new reissue is most likely to appeal to Mozart novices, but seasoned collectors with some or all of these works already in their collections could benefit from adding this inexpensive CD." (Bargain of the Month MusicWeb July 2011) |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokofiev: Symphony No. 2 in D minor, Op. 40 / Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 1 Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi (cond) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jan/1985 ] "As a Prokofiev interpreter Neeme Järvi is among the best." Gramophone |
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HILDEGARD VON BINGEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bingen: A Vision of Paradise Sequentia [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Jan/1994 ] Sequentia is one of the world's most respected and innovative ensembles for medieval music. It is an international group of singers and instrumentalists dedicated to the performance and recording of Western European music from the period before 1300 |
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ANONYMOUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Visions from the Book Sequentia [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Jan/1996 ] Originally recorded in 1994. Complete textx and translations included. |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss, (R.): Don Juan / Burleske / Serenade / Till Eulenspiegel Sergei Edelmann (piano) / The Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Paavo Berglund [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 1/Oct/1991 ] Very rare and hard to find! |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rachmaninov; The Ampico Piano Recordings Sergei Rachmaninov (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 2/Feb/1990 ] The historic performances presented on this disc were reproduced on a specially-adapted Estonia 9' concert grand, and recorded at the Kingsway Hall, London. August 29, 1978. |
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MORITZ MOSZKOWSKI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Moszkowski: Piano Music Volume 1 Seta Tanyel (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 23/Jun/2002 ] "A thoroughly enjoyable 69 minutes in the company of Tanyel and Moszkowski" International Record Review |
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MORITZ MOSZKOWSKI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Moszkowski: Piano Music Volume 2 Seta Tanyel (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 2/Feb/2003 ] 'Tanyel plays as if the pieces were written with her in mind on recordings of near-textbook perfection' (Gramophone) |
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MORITZ MOSZKOWSKI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Moszkowski: Piano Music Volume 3 Seta Tanyel (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 15/Feb/2003 ] 'Once again [Tanyel's] performances are of the most engaging insouciance and dexterity' (Gramophone) |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN / MAX BRUCH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn/Bruch: Violin Concertos Gil Shaham (violin) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 2/Feb/1989 ] Recordings: London, Watford Town Hall, 8/1988 & 12/1988 (Bruch) |
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W. A. MOZART / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart/Beethoven/Ravel: String Quartets The Sharon Quartet [ Discover / CD - released 10/Feb/1989 ] Recorded at St John's Church in Cologne, June 1988 |
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JOUBERT / BRITTEN / LEIGHTON / McDOWALL / McCABE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: British Music for Oboe and Strings Jinny Shaw (oboe) / Orchestra Nova, George Vass, with Sarah Trickey (violin) [ Guild / CD - released 1/Apr/2013 ] "The Orchestra Nova are exemplary and sensitive throughout to the disparate styles represented. Jinny Shaw proves herself to be a very fine soloist with a beautifully rich tone which balances perfectly with whatever combination is thrown at her" MW |
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EDMUND RUBBRA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rubbra: Symphony No. 1, Op. 44, etc. Howard Shelley (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD ] It was not until 1937 that Rubbra's first symphony was completed. Symphonies 2, 3 and 4 followed in quick succession, the fourth being completed in March 1942. |