More By Artist: Charles
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (complete ballet) Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit [ Decca / 2 CD - released 14/Nov/2011 ] "No one wrote more beautiful and danceable ballet music than Tchaikovsky, and this account of Swan Lake is a delight throughout." Gramophone CD Guide |
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Bolero / La Valse / Rapsodie Espagnole / Ma Mere l'Oye / Daphnis et Chloe Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 12/Jul/2000 ] "Anyone beginning a Ravel collection, or coming fresh to most of this repertoire and willing to duplicate, will find this Double Decca unbeatable value" A Rosette recording - Penguin Stereo Guide |
DEBUSSY
Orchestral Music (Inc La Mer, Jeux, Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune) Montreal Symphony Orchestra / Charles Dutoit [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] THe marvellously pictorial music of Debussy captured by Charles Dutoit |
W. A. MOZART
Chamber Sonatas London Baroque, Charles Medlam [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] " Nothing sounds uncharacteristic - bustle, and a sure architectonic ear are in evidence across these works written between 1772 and 1780.They are jewelled little works each in a single movement." (MusicWeb) |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Violin Concerto / Encores (recorded 1949-53) Nathan Milstein (violin) / Boston Symphony Orchestra / Charles Munch [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 31/Aug/2007 ] "The three violin and piano works with Artur Balsam are played with Milstein's usual finesse and bravura, and the disc concludes with two tracks in which Milstein duets with the Italian bass Ezio Pinza in Calm as the night and None but the lonely... |
Nellie Melba (soprano) with Enrico Caruso, tenor, Charles Gilibert, baritone, Studio Orchestra / Walter B. Rogers, conductor
Nellie Melba: American Recordings, Vol. 1 (1907) [ Naxos Historical Great Singers / CD - released 1/Feb/2005 ] "A representative collection of Melba is more of a necessity than a luxury and admirers should have these 1907 sessions in their collection." (MusicWeb March 2005) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 "Choral" The New Company / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Sir Charles Mackerras [ Signum / CD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] "No passage from darkness to light here, but a pervasive exaltation even in the first movement...However many Ninths you own, add this to your treasury." (Five Stars BBC Music) |
MUSSORGSKY / STRAVINSKY
Mackerras conducts Mussorgsky & Stravinsky New Philharmonia Orchestra & London Symphony Orchestra, Charles Mackerras [ Alto / CD - released 25/Mar/2015 ] "Mackerras brings the same degree of visceral excitement and aural fantasy to these Russian orchestral showpieces as in his Janacek interpretations. The LSO's playing is superbly incisive" (Five Stars BBC Music) |
RAVEL / BERLIOZ / HONEGGER / ROUSSEL / BEETHOVEN / BLOCH / etc
Charles Munch - The Complete Warner Classics Recordings Nicole Henriot-Schweitzer (piano) André Navarra (cello) Alfred Cortot (piano) Denise Soriano (violin) Pierre Bernac (baritone) Charles Munch (cond) [ Warner Classics / 13 CD Box Set - released 10/Feb/2019 ] Prominent in the musical evolution of 20th century France, Charles Munch (1891-1968) also spent 13 epoch-making years with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. This collection assembles newly-remastered versions all the recordings he made for EMI and Erato... |
CARL MARIA von WEBER
Weber: Piano Concertos Nikolai Demidenko (piano) / Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor) [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 10 / CD - released 15/Apr/2003 ] Throughout his youth, his father, Franz Anton, relentlessly moved the family between Hamburg, Salzburg, Freiberg, Augsburg and Vienna. Consequently he studied with many teachers-his father, Johann Peter Heuschkel, Michael Haydn, Giovanni Valesi,... |
WILLIAM BYRD / JOHN DOWLAND / HENRY PURCELL / etc
Elizabethan Lute Songs / Purcell: Birthday Odes for Queen Mary Norma Burrowes (Soprano), James Bowman & Charles Brett (Countertenors) / Robert Lloyd (Bass) / Early Consort of Music / David Munrow [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2019 ] "The solo singing, however, is strong, and the music represents Purcell at his finest - the counter tenor duet "Sound the trumpet" (Bowman and Charles Brett) never palls." (Irish Times) |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Opera de Lyon / Laurent Naouri, Patrizia Ciofi, Charles Rice, Clara Meloni, Enea Scala / Lorenzo Viotti (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 27/Aug/2021 ] Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali - a joyful play on words in itself - more commonly known as Viva la mamma! is a two-act farce that shines an exaggerated spotlight on the behind-the-scenes working of a theatre and the rehearsal process. |
JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Thérèse (complete opera) Nora Gubisch, Charles Castronovo, Étienne Dupuis, François Lis Opera National Montpellier / Opéra national Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon, Alain Alt [ Bru Zane Ediciones Singulares / CD/Book - released 20/May/2013 ] "The scale is small, the plot thin, but the opera has its moments: one of them is the flowing 'O Therese, regarde', sensitively phrased by Etienne Dupuis. Nora Gubisch and Charles Castronovo are splendid" Gramophone |
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Bernstein: Violin Sonata / Piano Trio / New Transcriptions Opus Two (violin piano duo) with Charles Bernard (cello) & Marin Mazzie (soprano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 20/Jan/2011 ] "A worthy purchase for all fans of Bernstein and of mid-20th century American chamber music." (MusicWeb Feb 2011) |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Symphonies Nos 100 Military 101 "Clock" 104 "London" & 103 "Drum Roll""" Orchestra of St Luke's / Sir Charles MacKerras [ 2 CD - released 20/May/2009 ] |
ERIC COATES
Coates: The Music of (Incls the London Suite, The Dam Busters March & the Three Bears Phantasy) Orchestras conducted by Sir Charles Groves, Sir Charles Mackerras & Reginald Kilbey [ Warner Classics Classics for Pleasure / 2 CD - released 15/Mar/2006 ] "Many well-known Coates pieces here but you could buy this purely for the Saxo-Rhapsody recording and be more than satisfied - this IS the most beautiful orchestral piece for saxophone ever written in my opinion" (Amazon.co.uk) |
EDOUARD LALO / ARTHUR COQUARD
Eduard Lalo & Arthur Coquard: La Jacquerie Véronique Gens, Nora Gubisch, Charles Castronovo, Boris Pinkhasovich / Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France [ Bru Zane Ediciones Singulares / 2 CD/Book - released 16/Sep/2016 ] "Castronovo's Robert is all persuasive elegance and ringing high notes: you believe in him as a charismatic revolutionary, and he brings real passion to his scenes with Véronique Gens's smoky toned Blanche, who is equally convincing as a refined aris |
BIZET
L'Arlesienne & Carmen Suites / Symphony in C / La Jolie fille de Perth Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal / Charles Dutoit [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 8/Sep/2003 ] "With playing that is both elegant and vivid, and with superb, demonstration-worthy sound, Dutoit's polished yet affectionate coupling of the L'Arlesienne and Carmen suites make a clear first choice." (Penguin Guide) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Art of Charles Dutoit (with bonus DVD of music of Prokofiev) Orchestre symphonique de Montreal / Philharmonia Orchestra / Orchestre National de France / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Charles Dutoit [ Decca Budget Boxes / 7 CD/DVD - released 1/Nov/2006 ] This 6-CD orchestral spectacular features mainly recordings with the OSM but the Orchestra National de France is also included in Poulenc, while the Philharmonia is included with a popular tone-poem by Saint-Saëns (the earliest recording included... |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique / Roman Carnival Overture (with Dukas - Sorcerer's Apprentice)] Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, Charles Dutoit [ Decca The Full Works / CD - released 20/Jan/2018 ] "(A) confident and impassioned performance....Dutoit clearly relishes Berlioz's orchestral wizardry - whether garish or subtle - but his version also carries a surprisingly high emotional charge." Classical-Net |
