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DARIUS MILHAUD / ARTHUR HONEGGER / ALUN HODDINOTT
Milhaud / Honneger / Hoddinott: Cello Concertos & cello works Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 25/Mar/2017 ] Special care has been taken to ensure the highest quality of sound reproduction. Wherever possible, the engineers of Art et Son studios have refined the sound, always with scrupulous respect to the original sources. The analogue recordings... |
NIKOLAI MYASKOVSKY / CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Myaskovsky / Saint-Saens: Cello Concertos Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent [ Warner Classics / CD - released 25/Mar/2017 ] Special care has been taken to ensure the highest quality of sound reproduction. Wherever possible, the engineers of Art et Son studios have refined the sound, always with scrupulous respect to the original sources. The analogue recordings... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No 5 New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli [ Warner Classics Masters / CD - released 20/Apr/2013 ] "Barbirolli's famous 1969 version on any count is one of the greatest, most warmly affecting performances ever committed to disc, expansive, yet concentrated in feeling: the Adagietto is very moving … A classic version." Rosette (highest rating)... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 5 / Five Ruckert-Lieder (LP) New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli, Janet Baker (mezzo) [ Warner Classics Vinyl / 2 LP - released 5/Nov/2021 ] "… an interpretation of commitment and intensity and the recording is one of the finest I have heard from EMI." Gramophone |
SIBELIUS
Symphonies 1-7 / Night Ride and Sunrise / Scene with Cranes / The Oceanides City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle [ Warner Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 10/Jan/2015 ] The legendary partnership of Simon Rattle and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra bears fruit in this definitive collection of the complete symphonies of Jean Sibelius. Rattle's powerful interpretations of these seminal works - the core of... |
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,... |
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) |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique / Overture: 'Le Corsaire' / Royal Hunt and Storm & Trojan March ('Les Troyens') (recorded 1957-59) Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham [ Warner Classics Masters / CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] Rosette Recording (highest rating) Penguin Stereo Guide - 'If you want a genuinely French Symphonie fantastique, wonderfully performed and superbly recorded, go out and get this release before it's snapped up by your neighbour.' (Gramophone) |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Enigma Variations / Cockaigne Overture (LP) Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli [ Warner Classics Vinyl / LP - released 1/Jun/2020 ] An iconic recording of Sir John Barbirolli dedicated to Edward Elgar's masterpiece, the Enigma Variations, together with the Cockaigne Overture, all performed with passion by Barbirolli and the Philharmonia Orchestra. remastered from original tapes... |
TCHEREPNIN / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / STRAVINSKY / SATIE / PROKOFIEV / BALAKIREV / etc
Diaghilev - Ballets Russes Pierre Boulez, André Cluytens, Igor Markevitch, Seiji Ozawa, André Previn, Sir Simon Rattle, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Jean Martinon, Charles Dutoit, et [ Warner Classics / 22 CD Box Set - released 11/Mar/2022 ] The Ballets russes was founded in Paris in 1909 by the visionary impresario Serge Diaghilev. Innovative and flamboyant, he had a genius for bringing together the most brilliant composers, dancers, choreographers and designers. |
GUSTAV HOLST
Holst: - The Planets Ambrosian Singers, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle [ Warner Classics Original Jacket Reissues / CD - released 25/May/2016 ] Simon Rattle's original 1980 recording of The Planets with the Philharmonia Orchestra. |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Madama Butterfly (Complete Opera recorded in 1967) Renata Scotto, Carlo Bergonzi, Anna di Stasio, Rolando Panerai / Rome Opera, Sir John Barbirolli [ Warner Classics The Home of Opera / 2 CD - released 25/Apr/2018 ] 'a performance that will remind you of the first time you fell in love with this opera' (Good CD Guide) |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Dream of Gerontius Op 38 (Complete oratorio) Richard Lewis (tenor) Dame Janet Baker (mezzo) Kim Borg (bass) / Halle Choir and Shieffield Philharonic Chorus / Sir John Barbirolli [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 15/Sep/2003 ] "Barbirolli's red-blooded reading of Gerontius is the most heart-warmingly dramatic ever recorded" *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide |
J. S. BACH
St Matthew Passion, BWV244 (complete oratorio sung in English) Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk, Felicity Lott, Neil Jenkins / Bach Choir / Sir David Willcocks [ Decca Classics / 3 CD - released 10/Apr/2007 ] The classic recording, sung in English. This much loved English language performance of Bach's great setting of the Passion of Christ makes a welcome return to the Decca catalogue. |
EDVARD GREIG
Grieg: Peer Gynt / Symphonic Dance No.2 / In Autumn / etc. Ilse Hollweg (soprano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham [ Warner Classics / CD - released 13/Feb/2012 ] "Beecham showed a very special feeling for this score and to hear (these excerpts) under his baton is a uniquely rewarding experience. Ilse Hollweg makes an excellent soloist." Rosette - Penguin Stereo Guide |
JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Violin Concerto / Six Humoresques Salvatore Accardo (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis [ Philips Eloquence / CD - released 16/Oct/2016 ] "this set of six miniatures [Humoresques] would probably tempt me to lay out the whole price of the disc by themselves." Fanfare |
JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Fantasio (complete operetta) Sarah Connolly, Brenda Rae, Russell Braun, Neal Davies / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & Opera Rara Chorus, Sir Mark Elder [ Opera Rara / 2 CD - released 27/Apr/2018 ] 'Opera' - Recording of the Month - December 2014 |
BEETHOVEN
The Creatures of Prometheus Op. 43 Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 3/May/2005 ] 'A dashing performance of unreasonably neglected music... superb' - Classic CD |
WEBER
Der Freischutz (Complete opera) Siegfried Lorenz, Karita Mattila, Eva Lind, Thomas Thomaschke / Staatskapelle Dresden / Sir Colin Davis [ Decca Classic Opera / 2 CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] "The actual sound in this new recording is, especially in the Wolf's Glen, vivid and detailed, well capturing the eloquence of Weber's wonderful scoring." (Gramophone) |
KARL JENKINS
Karl Jenkins: Piano Sir Karl Jenkins (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 13/Oct/2019 ] "Simple and honest renderings of Sir Karl's most familiar tunes, played by the man himself. It's a lovely disc which is let down by consistent room noise." BBC Music |
