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ANONYMOUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Canto Noel - Polyphonic Christmas hymns from the Middle Ages Coro de Monjes de la Abadía de Santo, Domingo de Silos [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Jun/2016 ] This album brings together a remarkable collection of Christmas chants which were recorded by the choir of monks from the Santo Domingo de Silos Monastery. All of these chants belong to the sacred repertoire. Pilgrims to Santiago would hear and sing... |
REINHOLD GLIERE / ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Glière / Glazunov: Concertos Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Richard Bonynge (piano), Osian Ellis (harp), Josef Sivo (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra, L'Orchestre de la Suisse [ Decca Enterprise / CD - released 13/Aug/1990 ] Original recordings made in 1968 and 1971 |
DEBUSSY / BERG / HAHN / CHAUSSON / RAVEL / RACHMANINOV / etc
Daniel Hope - Belle Époque Daniel Hope (violin), Lise de la Salle (piano), Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano), Zürcher Kammerorchester [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 6/Mar/2020 ] "Hope's glidings and throbbings can be delightful, as can the music itself. Some of the sweetest, rarest pieces come from Webern's teacher Schoenberg, writing in the 1890s when he had yet to relinquish heart-tugging tunes...Treat this album like a... |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Les Troyens (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY Daniela Barcellona / Lance Ryan / Elisabete Matos / Gabriele Viviani / Eric Cutler / Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana / Valery Gergiev [ C Major BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 25/Aug/2011 ] "The cast in Valencia has its strengths, prime among them the proud, brassy mezzo of Daniela Barcellona as Dido...Elisabete Matos is a properly intense Cassandra." (Gramophone) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: TheComplete Symphonies, Ovetures, Haydn Variations, Violin Concerto, Requiem & Alto Rhapsody David Oistrakh, Christa Ludwig, Elizabeth Schwarkopf, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion, Otto [ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 23/Aug/2024 ] Klemperer and Brahms had much in common, which may go some way to explaining the empathy with which Klemperer conducts the works of the composer. Richard Osborne says 'no detail was insignificant, yet none was allowed to subvert the larger whole'. |
PAUL HINDEMITH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Hindemith: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra / Symphonic Metamorphoses on themes of Carl Maria von Weber / Mathis Der Maler David Oistrakh (violin) London Symphony Orchestra / Paul Hindemith, Claudio Abbado, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Paul Kletzki [ Decca Eloquence / CD - released 13/Jan/2003 ] Classic recordings now available at a budget price |
De La Soul
Buhloone Mindstate [ Tommy Boy Records / CD - released 21/Sep/1993 ] The last album of De La Soul's creative prime, Buhloone Mindstate was also their last with producer Prince Paul. After the claustrophobic De La Soul Is Dead, Mindstate is a partial return to the upbeat positivity of 3 Feet High and Rising, though not... |
De La Soul
De La Soul Is Dead [ Chrysalis Records / CD - released 7/Apr/2023 ] De La Soul quickly became one of the most revered, game-changing artists in hip-hop and forever cemented their legacy in the hearts and minds of fans around the world. Despite their rapid success and recognition, De La Soul continued to prove... |
TCHAIKOVSKY / ALBÉNIZ / CHABRIER / de FALLA / DVORAK / GRANADOS / etc
Enrique Jorda - Decca Recordings 1950-51 Enrique Jorda conducting L'Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris & New Symphony Orchestra of London, with Clifford Curzon [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 9/Apr/2021 ] A new collection of Decca's legendary 'ffrr' recordings from the early 1950s, made by an underrated Spanish master of orchestral colour in London and Paris. Includes several items new to CD. |
ANTONIO CALDARA
Caldara: Missa Dolorosa Ensemble La Silva, Nanneke Schaap [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 10/Apr/2017 ] Antonio Caldara (1670‐1736) was an Italian Baroque composer. Born in Venice he was a chorister in the famous San Marco, where Legrenzi was his teacher. He soon spread his wings across Europe and held several important posts in Mantua, the Spanish... |
GIOVANNI PAISIELLO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Paisiello: La Serva Padrona Forte/Abete/La Cetra [ Zig-Zag / CD - released 19/Mar/2007 ] La Serva Padrona by the Napolitan composer Giovanni Paisiello is a delightful little gem. The opera was written to celebrate the wedding anniversary of the Grand Duke Alexander. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (complete opera with libretto) Piero Cappuccilli, Mirella Freni, José van Dam, Nicolai Ghiaurov / La Scala Chorus & Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Jul/2016 ] "one of the most beautiful Verdi sets ever made. The playing of the orchestra is brilliantly incisive as well as refined, so that the drama is underlined by extra sharpness of focus..with electrifying choral singing as well." (Penguin Guide) |
WOLFGANG RHIM
Rhim: Jakob Lenz (complete opera) De Munt La Monnaie / Georg Nigl, Henry Waddington, John Graham-Hall / Franck Ollu (cond) [ Alpha DVD / DVD - released 14/Jun/2019 ] Wolfgang Rihm's chamber opera Jakob Lenz has become one of the most frequently performed works in the 20thcentury German opera repertoire. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La Traviata (Complete Opera recorded in 1993) Gran Teatro la Fenice, Venice / Edita Gruberova / Neil Shicoff / Giorgio Zancanaro / Carlo Rizzi (cond) [ NVC Arts / DVD - released 6/Jun/2000 ] This famous work was recorded at the Gran Teatro, La Fenice in Venice, one of the most famous and beautiful venues in all opera. The theatre has been the scene for first nights for Rossini, Bellini, Verdi and more. |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Magnificat BWV 243 / Cantata BWV 21 Greta de Reyghere / Rene Jacobs / Christoph Pregardien / Peter Lika / La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken [ Virgin Classics Veritas / CD - released 14/Oct/1989 ] "The lovely solo and choral singing in both works, coupled to a superbly atmospheric recording, made this a Bach CD to treasure." (Gramophone April 2001) |
MANUEL MARIA PONCE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ponce: Violin Concerto (with works by Galindo & Revueltas) Henryk Szeryng (violin) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfonica de la Ciudad de Mexico, Enrique Batiz [ EMI / CD - released 1/Feb/1989 ] "A life-enhancing record. For within it two distinct fields are explored; both of them, in different ways, very rewarding. Try it." (Gramophone) |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Mass in C minor / Masonic Funeral Music in C minor Christiane Oelze, Jennifer Larmore, Scott Weir, Peter Kooy / La Chapelle Royale, Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 12/Jun/2015 ] "The most gentle rendition of this work that I've ever heard…" (Fanfare) |
TRADITIONAL
The Routes of Slavery 1444-1888: Africa, Portugal, Spain & Latin America Hesperion X11. La Capella Reial de Catalunya. Jordi Savall [with Kassé Mady Diabaté & Violet Diallo (Mali)] [ Alia Vox SACD + DVD / 3 Hybrid SACD/DVD - released 20/Mar/2017 ] "It's both a timely reminder of our ignoble instinct to subjugate and a moving gesture of reconciliation." Sunday Times, 26th February 2017 |
ALFONSO X / YEHUDA HALEVI / JUAN del ENZINA & others
Granada 1013-1526 Hespèrion XXI, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 28/Jul/2016 ] "In short, this is a breathtaking achievement. It's the kind of disc that often left me in quiet astonishment not just at its ambition, artistry or skill, but at the way it tries to further the human story and enrich the experience of us all. Bravo! |
CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice Iestyn Davies, Sophie Bevan, Rebecca Bottone / La Nuova Musica, Davis Bates [ Pentatone / CD - released 4/Oct/2019 ] "High praise, then, for David Bates and his ensemble." Gramophone Awards 2020 Short List - Opera |
