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FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Sonata in G, D.894 / Sonata in B flat, D.960 (Op.post.) Jorg Demus (fortepiano) [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 28/Sep/1995 ] Recorded At - Museum Of Musical History, Stockholm |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart's Greatest Masterpieces Veronique Gens, Andreas Schmidt, Edita Gruberova, Neville Marriner, Yehudi Menuhin, Roger Norrington, Ann Murray, Jeffrey Tate, etc [ EMI France / 2 CD - released 28/Sep/2006 ] A generous selection of classic Mozart recordings featuring singers like, Veronique Gens, Andreas Schmidt, and Edita Gruberova, conductors, Roger Norrington, Jeffrey Tate, and, Bernard Haitink, along with various choirs and chamber ensembles. |
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VERDI / MOZART / BACH / BEETHOVEN / HANDEL / SCHUBERT / CHARPENTIER / MENDELSSOHN / GOUNOD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Simply the Best Sacred Music Dame Janet Baker, Victoria de los Angeles, Kiri te Kanawa, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Diestrich Fischer-Dieskau, Fritz Wunderlich, etc [ Disky Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/1998 ] 32 well-known masterworks of sacred and choral classical music by various classical artists |
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FERENC LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Liszt: Piano Concerto / Buch der Lieder / 3 Marches Jeno Jando (piano) / Hungarian State Orchestra, Lamberto Gardelli [ Hungaroton / CD - released 5/Sep/1997 ] original recording - 1996 |
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CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD / FREDERICK DELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stanford: Songs of the Sea, Songs of the Fleet / Delius: Sea Drift John Noble, Bemjamin Luxon / Liverpool Philharmonic Chorus & Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves / Bournemouth Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Norman Del Mar [ EMI British Composers / CD - released 1/Aug/1994 ] ...the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, and conductor Norman Del Mar in Charles Villiers Stanford's Songs of the Sea and Songs of the Fleet is praised is praised for its is salty, robust, and remarkably fresh interpretations. (A.I.) |
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: Messa Di Gloria Jose Carreras (tenor) Hermann Prey (baritone) / Ambrosian Singers, Philharmonia Orchestra, Claudio Scimone [ Erato / CD - released 7/Oct/1984 ] Claudio Scimone's 1983 recording of Giacomo Puccini's Messa di Gloria with the Philharmonia Orchestra, The Ambrosian Singers, and soloists José Carreras and Hermann Prey is praised as an attractive, historically important benchmark recording of the... |
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ANTON BRUCKNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruckner: Mass No. 2 in E minor / Motets Kammerchor Stuttgart, Deutsche Bläserphilharmonie, Frieder Bernius [ Sony Classical / CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/1992 ] "... this recording of Bruckner's Mass in E minor is among the most accomplished ever recorded and the four unaccompanied motets included after the mass are truly exquisite." AllMusic |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL / BENJAMIN GODARD / HUBERT PARRY / CHARLES GOUNOD / J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Where'er You Walk - Music of Inspiration Kenneth McKellar, Marilyn Horne, Kirsten Flagstad, Luciano Pavarotti, Renata Tebaldi, Gillian Weir, Owen Brannigan, Sir Neville Marriner, etc [ Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/1999 ] From 1959-60, Kenneth McKellar recorded a series of Handel arias for Decca, with the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, conducted by Sir Adrian Boult. Seven of these are featured in this collection. Later he recorded the tenor part in... |
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MAX REGER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Reger: String Quartets Nos 1 & 2 / Trio Mannheimer Streichquartett [ MDG / CD - released 27/Mar/1997 ] "Performances and sound largely defy adverse criticism. There is nothing of the routine or conveyor-belt in these performances." MuscWeb |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Martha Argerich - The Legendary 1965 Recording Martha Argerich (piano) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 4/Jun/1999 ] Martha Argerich has been described as "unquestionably one of the greatest pianists of all time". She recorded this recital in 1965, shortly after her victory in the prestigious Chopin Competition, but it only became available in 1999. |
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GIUSEPPE TORELLI / GIOVANNI MOSSI / GIUSEPPE VALENTINI / PIETRO LOCATELLI / LEONARDO LEO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Concertos for Four Violins Musica Antiqua Koln, Reinhard Goebel [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / CD - released 28/Oct/1992 ] "Reinhard Goebel directs the ensemble with total control and precision. The playing is cool and refined, consistent and of an impeccably high standard. Furthermore in the concertino parts the four soloists play in perfect balance and with impressive... |
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ANTON BRUCKNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruckner: Symphony No 5 (includes extra discussion disc) Philharmonia Orchestra, Benjamin Zander, conductor [ Telarc / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2009 ] Benjamin Zander is best known for co-authoring the best-selling book The Art of Possibility, with his partner, leading psychotherapist Rosamund Zander, and for his Mahler work on Telarc. |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: Cello Symphony (with Frank Bridge - Oration) Steven Isserlis (cello) / City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ EMI British Composers / CD - released 22/Dec/2007 ] "Two masterly British cello scores, well recorded and in fine performances." (MusicWeb Dec 2007) |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: VERDI: La Traviata (Complete opera recorded in 1967) Carlo Bergonzi, Montserrat Caballé, Sherrill Milnes / RCA Italiana Orchestra and Chorus, Georges Prêtre [ Sony RCA Opera House / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2013 ] "All three singers are excellent. Caballé is dramatically involved and vocally brilliant. Bergonzi is an ideal Alfredo, and Milnes is excellent. Some critics have not liked Prêtre's conducting, but he supports the singers well." (Fanfare) |