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EDWARD ELGAR / WILLIAM WALTON
Elgar/Walton: Violin Concertos (rec 1941 & 1949) Jascha Heifetz (Violin) Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra / Goossens, London Sym, Sargent [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 23/Jun/2001 ] "It is an incredibly moving experience to listen to these repertoire works performed here in a style from a bygone era without the distraction of hiss and crackles." - The Observer |
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HENRI VIEUXTEMPS
Vieuxtemps: Violin Concertos Nos 4 & 5 (with works by Saint-Saens, Sarasate & Waxman) (Rec 1935-1947) Jascha Heifetz (Violin) / London Philharmonic, Barbirolli / London Symphony, Sargent [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 23/Jun/2001 ] Heifetz sets formidable standards of technique |
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BRHAMS / BRUCH / GLAZUNOV
Great Violinists - Heifetz : Jascha Heifetz (violin) London Philharmonic / Barbirolli / RCA Victor / Steinberg [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 23/Jun/2001 ] essential listening, especially since the transfers are so uniformly satisfying |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Violin Concertos (with Mozart-Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major) [rec 1946-53] Jascha Heifetz (violin) / Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra / RCA Victor Chamber Orchestra / London Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] One of the great 20th century violinists, at his best Heifetz played the concerto and sonata repertoire with a strong command of structure, minute attention to detail and an unequalled sensuous beauty of tone. |
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EDWARD ELGAR / WILLIAM WALTON
Elgar/Walton: Violin Concertos (rec 1949 & 1950) Jascha Heifetz (Violin) / Philharmonia Orchestra, William Walton / London Symphony Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent [ Rca Victor Gold Seal / CD - released 23/Jun/1988 ] Reissue edition digitally remastered by Nathaniel S. Johnson, supervisor, and James Nichols, engineer |
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MOZART / MENDELSSOHN
Great Violinists - Heifetz Jascha Heifetz, Violin, Royal Philharmonic, Beecham, London Philh, Barbirolli [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 23/Jun/2001 ] Recordings to be cherished |
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DEBUSSY / FELDMAN / DAHL / BERNSTEIN / TCHAIKOVSKY / COSTELLO / GRIEG / SCHUMANN
Michael Tilson Thomas - Complete Deutsche Grammophon & Argo Recordings Jean-Marc Luisada (piano), Paul Zukofsky (violin), Frederica von Stade; Thomas Hampson / London Symphony, Boston Symphony, etc, Michael Tilson Thomas [ Deutsche Grammophon Eloquence / 14 CD Box Set - released 25/Oct/2024 ] Michael Tilson Thomas's complete recordings for Deutsche Grammophon (1970-2003) and Argo (1992-1995) encapsulate the conductor's restlessly exploratory nature and masterful handling of the modern orchestra. The recordings in this collection... |
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MALCOLM ARNOLD
Symphonies Nos 1 - 9 London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox / BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba [ Chandos Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 15/Apr/2015 ] "Well done to Chandos, too, for recording it all. It's testimony not just to their commitment to British music but, more generally, to their great artistic vision and their willingness to follow an idea, particularly when it is championed by such ent |
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HUMPERDINCK
Hansel & Gretel (Complete Opera in English) Jennifer Larmore (mezzo) Rebecca Evans (soprano) Rosalind Plowright (mezzo) / New London Children's Choir / Philharmonia Orch / Sir Charles Mackerras [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2007 ] "After 40-odd years, this is the English Hansel to have." Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine September 2007 |
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LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Bernstein: Candide Jerry Hadley, June Anderson, Adolph Green, Christa Ludwig, Nicolai Gedda / London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Leonard Bernstein [ Deutsche Grammophon CD & DVD / 3 CD/DVD - released 15/Mar/2018 ] Grammy Awards(1991): Best Engineered Album, Classical Classical Album of the Year |
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BERG
7 Early Songs / Altenberg Lieder and other songs Jessye Norman (soprano) / London Symphony Orchestra / Pierre Boulez [ Sony Classical / CD - released 1/Dec/1995 ] |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E flat major 'Symphony of the Thousand' (recorded live in 1991) Júlia Várady, Jane Eaglen, Trudeliese Schmidt, Jadwiga Rappé, Kenneth Riegel, Hans Sotin / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt [ LPO Live / 2 CD - released 22/Jun/2011 ] "...Tennstedt is overwhelming. Try topping the orchestral peroration, offstage trumpets stretching the "Veni, Creator Spiritus" motif from the interval of a fifth beyond the octave to a heaven-storming ninth." Gramophone Top Ten Mahler Symphonies |
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ELGAR
Symphonies 1 & 2 London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult [ Lyrita / 2 CD - released 21/Jun/2007 ] Elgar's two symphonies have a special place in English musical history. When they were first played they towered head and shoulders - in sheer technique, let alone content - above previous symphonic offerings by British composers. Today when we have... |
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WEBER / VERDI / ROSSINI / LEONCAVALLO / MEYERBEER / BALFE / etc
Joan Sutherland: Command Performance Joan Sutherland (soprano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 5/Aug/2015 ] The first complete issue (outside of a limited edition box set collection) of a celebrated 2LP set recorded by Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge in 1962. The songs, arias and ballads were selected to make up the kind of program which, as... |
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HANDEL
Acis and Galatea (opera recorded in 1959) Joan Sutherland / Peter Pears / Owen Brannigan / Philomusica of London / Sir Adrian Boult [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Nov/2007 ] Originally released on LP by Decca in 1960, this vintage recording, representing a rare collaboration of Peter Pears and Joan Sutherland, has been out of the catalogue for many years and is sure to make a renewed impact in all its remastered glory. |
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PICCINNI / DONIZETTI / VERDI / BELLINI / MOZART / HANDEL / etc
Joan Sutherland - The Age of Bel Canto (2CD) Joan Sutherland (Soprano) / London Symphony & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge, with Marilyn Horne & Richard Conrad [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 11/Mar/2022 ] A groundbreaking Decca album celebrating the glory of both bel canto and the voice of Sutherland in her prime, long unavailable on its own, reissued complete with a booklet introduction from Richard Bonynge. |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Piano Concerto / Johnson Over Jordan Suite Joanna MacGregor, piano / English Chamber Orchestra / London Symphony Orchestra / Steuart Bedford, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 29/May/2005 ] "This is probably the finest version of the Britten Piano Concerto available, notwithstanding Britten's own justly revered rendition with Sviatoslav Richter on Decca" |
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JOHN RUTTER
Mass for the Children and other sacred works by John Rutter Joanne Lunn (soprano) Roderick Williams (baritone) Cantate Youth Choir, The Cambridge Singers / City of London Sinfonia directed by John Rutter [ Collegium / CD - released 20/Nov/2003 ] John Rutter's Mass of the Children, for adult and children's choir with orchestra, is premiered here with a recital of eight of his recent anthems. |
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BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No 2 / Three Intermezzi Op 117 (concert recorded in 2009) [with documentary] Joaquin Achucarro (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra / Colin Davis [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] "Achúcarro's approach is unorthodox in today's stick-to-theletter-of-the-score, mechanically perfect musical world. His rubati seem excessive to some; to others, like a throwback to a Golden Age." Washington Post |
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MICHAEL HURD
Pop Cantatas John Addison (narrator) / Alexander Wells (piano) / Members of the New London Orchestra / New London Children’s Choir / Ronald Corp [ Naxos / CD - released 4/May/2011 ] "The works on this Naxos disc are lightly jazzy and must have turned generations of children on to concert music. They make confident and fearless communion with West End show-time, dance-band drum-kit and light Radio 2 style middle-of-the-road... |