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W.A. MOZART
Symphonies No. 19 - 23 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) |
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W.A. MOZART
Symphonies No. 25, No. 28 & No. 29 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) |
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W.A. MOZART
Symphonies No. 31, No. 33 & No. 34 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) |
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W.A. MOZART
Symphonies No. 38 & 39 Prague Chamber Orchestra/ Sir Charles Mackerras [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 22/Apr/2003 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1761-1800) - "Mackerras's is an outstanding series, with electrifying performances of the early as well as the later symphonies." (Penguin Guide) |
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W.A. MOZART
Symphonies No. 8, 9, 44, 47, 45 & 11 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 Nos 1, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 55 Prague Chamber Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 14/Sep/2007 ] "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
Mozart: Complete Violin Concertos & Sinfonia Concertante Rachel Barton Pine (violin) / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner, with Matthew Lipman (viola) [ Avie / 2 CD - released 18/Apr/2015 ] "there is much to enjoy in Barton Pine's sensitive, finely honed performances, especially of Nos. 4 & 5 (plenty of temperament in the latter's 'Turkish' eruption). With a nod to period performance, she articulates crisply and uses vibrato modestly." |
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BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 3 E flat Major op. 55 & No. 4 B flat Major op. 60 Radio Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart; Sir Roger Norrington [ Hanssler / CD - released 10/Jan/2004 ] "A great, wild fantasy… hardly a symphony" one audience member from the premiere of the Third Symphony proclaimed. Another moaned: "…it lasts a whole hour!" With the premiere of the Third Symphony in 1804, Beethoven forever altered the relationship... |
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BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 1 C Major op. 21 & No. 2 D Major op.36 Radio Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart / Sir Roger Norrington [ Hanssler / CD - released 10/Jan/2004 ] It would be no coincidence that Beethoven would choose the year 1800 for the premiere for his First Symphony, ushering in with the new century, a new major work. |
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DVORAK
Symphony No 9 / Carnival Overture Radio Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart; Sir Roger Norrington [ Hanssler Classic / CD - released 1/Dec/2009 ] Roger Norrington and his historically sensitive orchestra turn to the music of Dvorak, beginning with the composer's most famous symphony. Norrington and company provide a performance as exciting as discovering a New World. The programme is completed... |
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WILLIAM WALTON
Walton: Belshazzar's Feast / Symphony No. 1 / Cello Concerto / etc Ralph Kirshbaum (cello) Sherrill Milnes (baritone) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/1999 ] "An excellent account of Belshazzar's Feast (1930)...this is a spectacular recording and there is particularly clear enunciation from the Royal Scottish National Chorus and from Sherill Milnes." (MusicWeb) |
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DVORAK
Cello Concerto (with Dohnányi - Konzertstück for Cello and Orchestra) Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 26/Apr/2012 ] The Cello Concerto in B minor by DvoĆák has become one of his most popular works, and perhaps the most popular concerto ever written for the instrument. He was asked to write this piece by a friend of Wagner, the cellist Hanuš Wihan. Initially... |
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SIR RICHARD BURTON
The Arabian Nights - The book of a thousand nights and a night (Read by Philip Madoc) [ Naxos Audio Books / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2009 ] Though The Arabian Nights are generally known as stories for children, they were originally tales for adults full of adventure, sexuality, violence and the supernatural. They certainly inspired the imagination of Sir Richard Burton, the... |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (highlights) Theo Adam, Sir Geraint Evans, Rene Kollo / Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert von Karajan [ EMI Studio / CD - released 23/Mar/1988 ] "For some, the finest Meistersinger recorded; for others, too self-consciously 'chamber' in style. There's enough punch in the big moments, though." BBC Music Five Stars |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Shakespeare In Music & Words Richard Pasco, Vanessa Redgrave, Dame Peggy Ashcroft, Sir John Gielgud, Paul Hardwick, Bryn Terfel, Renee Fleming & others [ Decca / 2 CD - released 22/Apr/2016 ] To celebrate 400 years of William Shakespeare, Decca presents a 2 disc set of music inspired by the Bard as well as highlights of his greatest written work. |
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ANDZEJ PANUFNIK
Symphony No. 9 / Bassoon Concerto Robert Thompson (bassoon) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andzej Panufnik [ Heritage / CD - released 1/May/2015 ] "[the Bassoon Concerto] has a pronounced grainy grimness offset by dramatic impulses and Thompson's beautiful lyric tone. The hopeful symphony not only takes the rainbow as a symbol, but endeavours to translate its optical principles into music." (Su |
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Sir PETER MAXWELL DAVIES
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Davies: The Strathclyde Concertos Vol 1 Robin Miller (oboe) William Conway (cello) / Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies [ Unicorn-Kanchana / CD - released 20/May/1989 ] Peter Maxwell Davies' own recordings of his own works. |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Grande Messe des Morts [Requiem Mass] Ronald Dowd (tenor) / Wandsworth School Boys Choir / London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus / Sir Colin Davis [ Pentatone SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 10/Aug/2008 ] "AT LONG LAST! WE GET TO HEAR THE FIRST REALLY GOOD RECORDING OF THE BERLIOZ REQUIEM THE WAY IT WAS MEANT TO BE HEARD!!!" (SA-CD.net *****) |
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HAYDN / BEETHOVEN
Haydn: Symphonies Nos 88 & 99 / Beethoven: Symphony No 1 in C Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 12/Apr/2005 ] "With its warmth, exuberance and pungency of detail, this is modern-instrument Haydn as its finest." Richard Wigmore, Daily Telegraph |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute) (complete opera recorded in 2003) Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Simon Keenlyside / Dorothea Roschmann / Will Hartmann / Diana Damrau / Franz-Josef Selig / Sir Colin Davis (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 24/Oct/2003 ] G :- "This production by David McVicar has been rightly lauded, and with such a cast of singers and sound quality to match, I urge you to take advantage of a first-rate venture." -CLASSICWEB |