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MENDELSSOHN / BEETHOVEN / TCHAIKOVSKY / SIBELIUS
Mendelssohn/Beethoven/Tchaikovsky: The Great Violin Concertos Kyung Wha Chung (violin) / London Symphony / Vienna Philharmonic / Montreal Symphony [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 28/Sep/2007 ] Fluid, elegant, and lyric, violinist Kyung Wha Chung was the first Western-style classical virtuoso to emerge from Korea. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
For Mother [4 CD set] Kyung Wha Chung, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Nigel Kennedy, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, etc [ Decca / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Jul/2014 ] A special collection of the world's most beautiful classics. Unforgettable and relaxing melodies by Rachmaninov, Mozart, Beethoven, Satie, Debussy, Tchaikovsky, Bach, Rodrigo and many more. The line-up of great artists includes Joshua Bell, Georg... |
SAINT-SAENS
Essential Saint-Saens (Incl Symphony No. 3, 'Organ' in C minor & Danse macabre) Marilyn Horne. Joshua Bell. Pascal Roge. Cristina Ortiz / Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Opera Orchestra [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 15/May/2004 ] "This is very good value, with consistently fine playing and recording" (Gramophone on the piano concerto) |
PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev (incls Violin Concerto No.1 in D & Symphony No.1 in D Op.25) Martha Argerich, Frank Peter Zimmermann, Michel Baroff / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal [ Warner Classics 20th Century Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2008 ] "Rattle's...is a pretty stunning Scythian Suite, combining foundation-threatening pagan spectacle and heart-stopping beauty in ideal equilibrium. A terrific display, excitingly engineered" (Gramophone on the Synthian Suite) |
PROKOFIEV / BARTOK
Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 3 (with Bartok-Piano Concerto No 3) Martha Argerich (piano) / Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal / Charles Dutoit [ Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Oct/2008 ] "This disc can be recommended, then, particularly for the Prokofiev and for all Argerich fans. I have never heard her give less than a sterling performance. Indeed, she does not disappoint here. Julian Haylock's notes in the accompanying booklet are... |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Piano Concertos 1 & 2 Martha Argerich (piano) / Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal / Charles Dutoit [ Warner Classics / CD - released 14/Oct/2007 ] "In Martha Argerich's newest coupling her pianism remains as mercurial and her virtuosity as incadendescent as ever; indeed she has rarely sounded as captivating or characterful. Admirers of Argerich need not hesitate." (3 Stars Penguin Stereo Guide |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 3 (Arr. for string orchestra) Montreal Players / Jean-Philippe Tremblay [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Nov/2006 ] "These (arrangements) were done with tremendous respect for Schumann's work. It is an experiment and I had no desire whatever to change in any way the composer's original vision." |
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Montreal Players/Tremblay
Schumann: String Quartets 1, 3 [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Oct/2006 ] |
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 |
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Montreal So/Nagano
Beethoven: In The Breath Of Ti [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 8/Aug/2011 ] |
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 |
GUSTAV HOLST
Holst: The Planets Montreal Symphony Orchestra / Charles Dutoit [ Decca Records / CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "an highly successful version, both rich and brilliant, and recorded with an opulence to outshine almost all rivals. *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo. |
Of Montreal
Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (LP) [ Polyvinyl / 2 LP - released 1/May/2007 ] Of Montreal is Kevin Barnes from Athens, Georgia - who makes strange, unexpected, entrancing and rewarding pop music. |
Of Montreal
Paralytic Stalks [ Polyvinyl / CD - released 20/Feb/2012 ] Lyrically, 'Paralytic Stalks' contains confessions of an infinitely more personal nature than anything Kevin Barnes has written since 2007's 'Hissing Fauna...' |
Of Montreal
Satanic Panic In The Attic (LP) [ Polyvinyl / LP - released 6/Apr/2004 ] |
SAINT-SAENS / MOUSSA / SAARIAHO
Saint-Saëns, Moussa & Saariaho: Orchestral Works Oliver Latry (organ) & Jean-Willy Kunz (organ) / Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Kent Nagano [ Analekta / CD - released 22/Feb/2016 ] Here is the recording of the inaugural concerts of the Grand Orgue Pierre-Béique at Maison symphonique de Montréal, which feature the great organists Oliver Latry and Jean-Willy Kunz alongside the OSM and Kent Nagano. For grandeur and majesty, few... |
DEBUSSY
La Mer / Nocturnes / Jeux / Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit [ Decca 20th Century / CD - released 4/Jun/2012 ] " Dutoit is one of the world's foremost interpreters, and his approach to Debussy's orchestral works is lively and vibrant, as demonstrated in his effervescent readings of La mer, Jeux, and Nocturnes." (AllMusic.com) |
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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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker [plus Sleeping Beauty: Aurora's Wedding] Orchestre symphonique de Montreal, Charles Dutoit [ Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] A favourite ballet all round the year, but a perennial at Christmas-time, Tchaikovsky's evergreen Nutcracker has never perhaps received as luxurious a recorded performance as that of Charles Dutoit and the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal. |
