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ERIC COATES
The Merrymakers Overture / Summer Days Suite / From Meadow to Mayfair Suite / The Three Elizabeths Suite / The Three Bears Phantasy / etc New Philharmonia Orchestra / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Apr/2007 ] “This is one of those albums for when one is depressed. It cannot help but lift the spirits and bring a smile to the face. What made Boult’s conducting so convincing in lighter English music is that he was affectionate but not sentimental. He always... |
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DOUGLAS LILBURN
Landfall In Unknown Seas / Diversions For String Orchestra New Zealand Chamber Orchestra, Sir Edmund Hillary (narrator) [ Koch International Classics / CD - released 3/May/2016 ] Diversions was selected out of hundreds of submissions by Australian and New Zealand composers in response to a call for a work to be played during the Boyd Neel String Orchestra's tour of the region in 1947. This good-natured, five-movement suite... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Serenade in B flat Major 'Gran Partita' Orchestra of St. Luke's / Sir Charles Mackerras [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 14/Sep/2007 ] "...the playing is beautifully neat, blended and elegant..." -Gramophone |
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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 ] |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Symphonies Nos 100 Military & 103 Drum Roll Orchestra of St Luke's / Sir Charles MacKerras [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 16/Apr/2002 ] "Brisk, spirited readings" - Billboard |
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PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Ballet at the Opera (from Eugene Onegin, Oprichnik, The Maid of Orleans, etc) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Colin Davis [ SBS Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] "An unhackneyed sample of the operatic-balletic Tchaikovsky culled from the well known and the neglected operas - brilliant performed and recorded." (MusicWeb Aug 2007) |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz Rediscovered [8 CDs + 1 DVD] Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, The Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner [ Decca Philips / 9 CD/DVD Box Set - released 10/Jul/2019 ] "Gardiner wins the palm: the Monteverdi Choir's incisive diction and expressive phrasing make them a real player in the drama" GRAMOPHONE on Roméoet Juliette |
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JOAQUIN RODRIGO
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez / Fantasia para un gentilhombre / etc Pepe Romero (guitar) Augustin Leon Ara (violin) Christine Pendrill (cor anglais) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ Decca Originals / CD - released 25/Mar/2007 ] A classic Rodrigo recording, featuring his two most popular concertante works - at mid-price for the first time. |
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GLIERE
The Glière Orchestral Collection [5 CD set] Peter Dixon (cello) Richard Watkins (horn) / BBC Philharmonic, Sir Edward Downes [ Chandos Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 8/Sep/2011 ] Sir Edward Downes enjoyed a long association with the BBC Philharmonic, serving as its Chief Guest Conductor, then Principal Conductor, and finally as Conductor Emeritus. His recording of Glière's Symphony No. 3 Ilya Muromets proved the beginning of... |
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IGOR STRAVINSKY
Simon Rattle Edition: Stravinsky Peter Donohoe (piano) / London Sinfonetta, Berlin Philharmonic, City of Birmingham Symphony, Sir Simon Rattle [ EMI Simon Rattle Edition / 4 CD Box Set - released 9/Feb/2009 ] The box of Stravinsky contains works from all parts of Stravinsky's musical life including six ballets, Symphonies, Suites, the Ebony Concerto, and more. |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto Nos 1 & 3 Alicia de Larrocha (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn / Peter Katin (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 15/Dec/2000 ] Pianist Peter Katin died on 19 March 2015 at the age of 84. He was born in London in 1930, and by the time he was twelve he was a student at the Royal Academy of Music. He made his professional debut in Wigmore Hall six years later. |
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FRANCK
Symphonic Variations for piano & orchestra, M46 (with Schumann - Piano Concerto) Peter Katin (piano) / the London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Eugene Goossens [ Everest / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "...the result was (as one critic put it) a recording of the Schumann concerto that could have been made in a large and luxurious swimming pool." |
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EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Pomp and Circumstances Marches 1 - 5 / Overtures Philharmonia & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli [ EMI Studio / CD - released 10/Feb/2015 ] In 1866 a German music scholar wrote that "the English are the only civilised nation without music". The imperial tones of Edward Elgar's scores triggered a new trend: overwhelming pomp and circumstance. |
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MUSSORGSKY
Pictures at an Exhibition & other Russian works (Recorded 1956/57) Philharmonia Orchestra / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Eugene Goossens [ Medici Masters / CD - released 20/Oct/2007 ] Sir Eugene Goossens was the third member of the illustrious Goossens family - Leon and Sidonie being the others. After leaving the Royal College of Music (1907-1912) he became a violinist with the Queen's Hall Orchestra (1912-15) before becoming an... |
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DVORAK
Andrew Davis conducts Dvorak (incls Symphonies 1-9) [7 CD set] Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Sony Classical Masters / 7 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2012 ] "This reissue of Andrew Davis's clean-cut, fresh performances has much in its favour. As a sample of Davis at his finest try the finale of the New World, an exhilarating reading of a movement which normally comes as a disappointment." (Gramophone) |
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ARNOLD BAX
Four Orchestral Pieces / Phantasy / etc Philip Dukes (viola) / BBC Philharmonic, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] "Dukes deliver the Phantasy's solo part with a forthright energy that seems to thwart loveliness of tone. In every other department these performances could hardly be finer. The orchestral playing is vivid and precise." (BBC Music) |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Un ballo in maschera [A Masked Ball] (complete opera recorded in 1990) Placido Domingo / Josephine Barstow, Leo Nucci, Sumi Jo, Florence Quivar / Wiener Philharmoniker / Sir Georg Solti [ ArtHaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] The outstanding production of Verdi's Un ballo in maschera at the Salzburg Festival 1989/90 was Herbert von Karajan's legacy to the Festival. |
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W.A. MOZART
Eine kleine Nachtmusik K. 565 / Serenade No. 9 'Posthorn' K. 320 Prague Chamber Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 11/Aug/2003 ] "These are utterly delightful performances...the recording is so good that it seems not to be there at all...This disc is what classical music recording is all about." -Stereophile |
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W.A. MOZART
Symphonies No. 10, 42, 12, 46 & 13 Prague Chamber Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 22/Apr/2003 ] "Mackerras's is an outstanding series, with electrifying performances of the early as well as the later symphonies. Consistently Mackerras finds light and shade in Mozart's inspirations, both early and late..." (Series awarded the highest rating of... |
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W.A. MOZART
Symphonies No. 14 - 18 Prague Chamber Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 22/Apr/2003 ] "Mackerras's is an outstanding series, with electrifying performances of the early as well as the later symphonies." (Penguin Guide) |