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DONIZETTI / BELLINI
Bel Canto Roberto Alagna (tenor) / London Philharmonic / Evelino Pido (with Angela Gheorghiu) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Jun/2006 ] The wonderful Roberto Alagno in a beautiful CD of bel-canto |
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GUIDO ALBERTO FANO / LUIGI DALLAPICCOLA / SILVIO OMIZZOLO / CRISTIAN CARRARA
War Silence: Rare Italian piano concertos Roberto Prosseda (piano) London Philharmonic Orchestra Nir Kabaretti (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Jan/2025 ] The critical reception of Schumann's violin sonatas-like that of much of the composer's late output-has vacillated over the course of the intervening centuries. |
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PAGANINI
Complete Recordings Including the complete concertos (Special price) Salvatore Accardo (Violin) / London Philharmonic, Charles Dutoit [ Deutsche Grammophon / 6 CD Box Set - released 25/May/2000 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1801-1850) - "This disc represents an outstanding example of performances that transcend any occasional creative limitations...all diehard Romantics should definitely give a spin." International... |
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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 |
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Symphonies 1-9 / Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis / On Wenlock Edge; etc (7 CD set) Sarah Chang (violin) Ian Bostridge (tenor) / London Philharmonic Orchestra. Bernard Haitink [ Warner Classics Budget Boxes / 7 CD Box Set - released 25/Sep/2013 ] Building a Library - First Choice - May 2002 |
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DOHNANYI
Piano Quintet No 1 / Serenade for String Trio / etc The Schubert Ensemble of London [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] "This excellent group plays with calm confidence throughout and features some notably silvery violin tone. A delightful disc" (Hi-Fi News) |
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CARL ORFF
Orff: Carmina Burana (LP) Sheila Armstrong (soprano), Gerald English (tenor), Thomas Allen (baritone), St Clement Danes Grammar School Boys' Choir, London Symphony Chorus, LSO [ Warner / 2 LP - released 24/Oct/2025 ] André Previn's landmark 1974 recording of Carmina burana with the London Symphony Orchestra remains one of the most electrifying accounts of Orff's exuberant cantata. From the momentous opening "O Fortuna" to the rapturous closing chorus, Previn... |
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LISZT
A Faust Symphony / Dante Symphony / Les Preludes / Prometheus Siegfried Jerusalem (tenor) Chicago Symphony / London Philharmonic / Georg Solti [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 12/Jul/2000 ] A 2-CD set offering Liszt's two powerful and dramatic symphonies. With their vivid "programme" material they make a strong coupling with two of the most famous pieces in the genre of "programme" music: the symphonic poems Les Préludes and Prometheus |
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LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Bernstein: Wonderful Town Kim Criswell, Audra McDonald, Thomas Hampson / Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, London Voices, Sir Simon Rattle [ Warner Original Jacket Recordings / CD - released 15/Feb/2018 ] An enormous success at the time, with a Broadway run of 559 performances, Wonderful Town shows off the talents of Bernstein, Comden and Green, who wrote the songs against the clock in just four weeks. Whether it's jazz, cod-Irish, ragtime, ballad or... |
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LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Bernstein: On The Town Frederica von Stade, Tyne Daley, Thomas Hampson, Samuel Ramey, Cleo Laine / London Symphony Orchestra, London Voices, Michael Tilson Thomas [ Deutsche Grammophon First Choice / CD - released 1/Aug/2014 ] "The energy and fun make this irresistable" (Five Stars BBC Music) |
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HOWARD GOODALL
Howard Goodall: Eternal Light - A Requiem Natasha Marsh, Alfie Boe (tenor) & Christopher Maltman / London Musici & Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford, Stephen Darlington [ Warner Classics / CD - released 22/Sep/2008 ] Warner Classics is proud to release Eternal Light: A Requiem, a new work by the award-winning British composer and internationally acclaimed broadcaster, Howard Goodall. Goodall's unusual setting of the liturgical service is performed by Christ... |
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ROSSINI
The Barber of Seville (Complete) Teresa Berganza, Enzo Dara, Hermann Prey, Luigi Alva, Stefania Malagu, London Symphony Orchestra / Abbado [ DG The Originals / 2 CD - released 5/May/2000 ] "..such fine orchestral playing. For Abbado's way with the LSO is to listen out for rossini's every cue of lighting and stage business: the Overture, for example..,really does conjure up a setting ''just before dawn'', with tiny slim oboe, flute and... |
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CARL ORFF
Orff: Carmina Burana Thomas Allen, Sheila Armstrong, Gerald English / London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn [ Warner Classics Masters / CD - released 1/Dec/2017 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "...a vividly characterised performance" (Gramophone) |
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BUXTEHUDE / BULL / BACH / GADE / etc
The St. Paul's Gem Timothy Wakerell (Drake Organ in the OBE Chapel of St Paul's Cathedral, London) [ Priory / CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] St.Paul's Cathedral, unlike most Cathedrals, does not just possess one instrument to lead the services but several housed within different parts of this vast building! This CD is the first recording of the new William Drake organ in the OBE Chapel... |
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Christopher Herrick (organ of the Temple Church, London)
Organ Dreams [ Hyperion / CD ] |
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: The Complete Adrian Boult Recordings London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir, Sir Adrian Boult [ Warner Classics / 13 CD Box Set - released 12/Sep/2018 ] "It seems superfluous to recommend this box. It contains around 17 hours of Boult's VW. Many of these recordings are amongst the very best you will hear." MusicWeb |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Works [Incls Piano Concerto Nos. 2 & 3] Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] Classic Rachmaninov/Ashkenazy recordings on one double CD set. 144 minutes playing time! |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 1 - 4 Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 6/Jan/2000 ] "The new Double Decca set of the four Rachmaninov concertos now tends to sweep the board." *** Three Stars Penguin Stereo Guide |
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Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano, London Symphony Orchestra, Maazel
Tchaikovsky / Schumann - Piano Concertos [ Decca Legends / CD - released 1/Mar/2001 ] A classic recording remastered |