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LISZT
Piano Concertos / Totentanz / etc [2 CD set] Denis Matsuev (piano) / Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev [ Sony Music / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique / Harold en Italie / Overtures Donald McInnes (viola) / Orchestre National de France, Leonard Bernstein / London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn [ EMI Double Forte / 2 CD - released 16/Jun/1999 ] "This is excellent...The French orchestra plays beautifully for Bernstein...the most interesting performance of the symphony now on record" (Gramophone on Symphonie fantastique) |
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IGOR BORODIN
Borodin: Prince Igor (complete opera recorded in 1955) Dragomir Ninkovich, Biserka Cvejic, Melanie Bugarinovich, Dragutin Petrovich, Dushan Popovich / Belgrade National Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Oskar Dano [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 3 CD - released 1/Mar/2019 ] "Popović strikes me as an excellent baritone, a muscular sound with ringing top notes. His is one of the best Prince Igors on disc - heroic and noble...Bugarinović has a dark, almost contralto-ish tone and no Slavic wobble" Gramophone Editor's Choice |
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JANACEK
Jenufa (Complete opera in English) Elizabeth Vaughan; Nigel Robson; Dame Josephine Barstow / Orchestra and Chorus of Welsh National Opera. Sir Charles Mackerras [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 1/May/2004 ] "There are few opera composers whose language seems totally to defy time and remain as startlingly new and potent 100 years on. Janá?ek is one of them and his Jen<=fa of 1904 is as powerful today as it must have been a century ago. In the hands of... |
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SHOSTAKOVICH
Cello Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Enrico Dindo (cello) / Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2012 ] "His playing here is remarkably rich, obtaining deep and richly expressive tones from a Rogeri instrument from 1717. The cello sound is forward, bordering on the surrealist as with so many concerto recordings these days, but not intolerably massive... |
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ERIC SATIE
Orchestral Music (Incls 'Parade') French National Radio & Television Orchestra. / Manuel Rosenthal [ Everest / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "If you'd like to hear a French orchestra playing Satie and having a whale of a time, this will be an excellent starting point." (Five Stars AudAud.com) |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Daniele Gatti conducts Debussy Orchestre National de France, Daniele Gatti [ Sony Bmg / CD - released 19/Oct/2017 ] "This is Debussy painted in bold acrylics rather than insipid watercolours." Arts Desk |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Player Hauser (cello), Czech National Symphony Orchestra , Steven Mercurio (conductor) [ Masterworks / CD - released 16/Sep/2022 ] Following an incredible 10-year run as half of 2CELLOS, HAUSER is ushering a new era as a solo artist and visual concept creator with The Player, using his innovative musical stylings and irresistible charisma to bring a new wave of cello music to... |
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RICHARD RODGERS / OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II
Oklahoma! Hugh Jackman & Josefina Gabrielle / 1998 Royal National Theatre [ First Night Records / CD - released 13/Mar/1998 ] Oklahoma! is the first musical written by the duo of Rodgers and Hammerstein. The musical is based on Lynn Riggs' 1931 play, Green Grow the Lilacs. It is set in farm country outside the town of Claremore, Indian Territory, in 1906. |
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PUCCINI / VERDI / BELLINI / DONIZETTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Love Duets Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti / National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Decca Opera Gala / CD - released 5/Apr/1999 ] The ardour and passion of some of the best-known love duets from Italian Opera are brought out to the full by the stunning voices of two of the world's greatest singers. |
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Joel Mcneely, Royal Scottish National Orchestra
O.S.T. - Last Of The Mohicans [ Varese Sarabande / CD - released 3/Feb/2009 ] |
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GILBERT and SULLIVAN
Highlights from the operettas John Mark Ainsley / Thomas Allen / Rebecca Evans / Felicity Palmer / Richard Suart / Welsh National Opera / Sir Charles Mackerras [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2005 ] "...this anthology is a delight." -Daily Press (Newport News, VA) |
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DEBUSSY
Pelleas and Melisande (Complete Opera in English recorded in 1981) John Tomlinson (bass) Sarah Walker (mezzo) Robert Dean (baritone) / English National Opera / Mark Elder [ Chandos / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Jan/2012 ] This live BBC broadcast of Claude Debussy's ground-breaking opera Pelléas and Mélisande was recorded at the Coliseum in 1981. The unique performance is now available on CD for the first time, as part of Chandos' Opera in English historical series,... |
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VANGELIS / MORRICONE / PORTMAN / ROTA / RODGERS / etc
The Sound of Movies Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Jochen Rieder [ Sony Classical / CD - released 15/Sep/2023 ] Great songs from classic movies have been a passion of Jonas Kaufmann throughout his life, and his new album celebrates that with almost a century of unforgettable movie songs that have thrilled global audiences and includes hit songs from classic... |
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Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) / RAI National Symphony Orchestra, Jochen Rieder
Dolce Vita [Live concert & documentary] [ Sony Classical DVD / DVD - released 10/Dec/2016 ] Includes Live concert from Torino and charming TV documentary film "My Italy" presented by Jonas himself. A 'must-have' for fans! Share the magic of Italian song with Jonas Kaufmann as he shows us, both on and off the stage, how he fell in love... |
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Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) / RAI National Symphony Orchestra, Jochen Rieder
Dolce Vita [Live concert & documentary] BLU-RAY [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 16/Dec/2016 ] Includes Live concert from Torino and charming TV documentary film "My Italy" presented by Jonas himself. A 'must-have' for fans! Share the magic of Italian song with Jonas Kaufmann as he shows us, both on and off the stage, how he fell in love... |
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Josephine Barstow, Julian Forsyth, Sheila Hancock, Richard van Allan / National Symphony Orchestra, John Owen Edwards
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Oliver! - selected highlights [cast recording] [ Showtime! / CD - released 29/Jun/1995 ] A Studio Cast recording from 1991 |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer [The Flying Dutchman] (complete opera) Lise Davidsen (soprano), Gerald Finley (baritone) / Orchestra and Chorus of Norwegian National Opera, Edward Gardner [ Decca Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 23/May/2025 ] "Gardner conducts an electrifying account from Norwegian National Opera, the chorus deftly adapting to the drama, a Chicagoan edge to the brass, and well-cast leads." Gramophone Recording of the Month May 2025 |
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RAVEL
Bolero / Rapsodie Espagnole / la Valse / etc (rec 1984) L'Orchestre National de France, Lorin Maazel [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 20/May/2011 ] "La valse is high powered with a mannered ending, but I enjoyed the rather sultry performance of the Rapsodie espagnole, while the Alborada is certainly brilliant." (Gramophone) |
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LUDIVICO EINAUDI
Einaudi: Cinema Ludovico Einaudi (piano), with Daniel Hope (violin), Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Prague [ Decca Classics / 2 CD - released 4/Jun/2021 ] Presenting Cinema - a brand new handpicked 2CD collection of Ludovico's most emotive musical works from film and television, including tracks from Oscars favourites Nomadland and The Father and much more. |