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Victoria de los Angeles, Richard Lewis, Gerald Moore, London Symph.
Baroque and Religious Arias (Mozart, Handel, Bach & Franck) [ Testament / CD - released 14/Jul/2000 ] Victoria de los Angeles at the peak of her career! |
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Vienna Po/London Po
Beethoven: Symphony No.7 & 8 [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 31/Mar/2003 ] |
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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! |
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 |
MOZART / BEETHOVEN / LISZT
Piano Concertos Walter Gieseking (Piano) Berlin State Opera Orchestra / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Henry Wood (Conductor) Hans Rosbaud (Conductor) [ Naxos Historical Recordings / CD - released 11/May/2006 ] 'Mr Gieseking's skill is great enough in some ways… and his pianissimo now and then becomes as nearly nothing as is possible to imagine…' |
BIZET
Symphony in C / L'Arlesienne Suites 1 & 2 / Jeux d'Enfants Westdeutsche Sinfonia / London Symphony Orchestra / Fruhbeck de Burgos, Barry Wordsworth [ Regis Records / CD - released 21/Dec/2004 ] "this will give much pleasure" - Gramophone |
WESTMINSTER ABBEY
Great Occasions Westminster Abbey Choir, London Brass, Iain Simcock (organ). Martin Neary [ Regis Records / CD - released 12/Jun/2002 ] "Much pleasure here..choir are in fine form" (Gramophone) |
RICHARD STRAUSS / WAGNER / BEETHOVEN
Hans Knappertsbusch: The Opera Edition Wiener Philharmoniker, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Hans Knappertsbusch, with Kirsten Flagstad, Martti Talvela, Hans Hotter, George London, etc [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 19 CD Box Set - released 11/Feb/2022 ] A priceless collection of Hans Knappertsbusch's opera recordings made for Universal Music, including the legendary live Parsifal performances of both 1951 and 1962, the Vienna studio Die Meistersinger of 1950-51, the Munich Fidelio of 1961, etc. |
Willard White, bass baritone Royal London Philharmonic Orchestra Carl Davis, conductor
Willard White in Concert [ Regis Records / CD - released 2/Jun/2004 ] one of the world's leading bass baritones |
MENDELSSOHN
Elijah, Op. 70 Willard White, Rosalind Plowright, Linda Finnie & Arthur Davies / London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/2014 ] 'Never was there a more complete triumph', wrote The Times after the premiere of Mendelssohn's Elijah. The performance, conducted by the composer at the 1846 Birmingham Music Festival, marked the beginning of the life of Elijah as one of the... |
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BERLIOZ
L'enfance du Christ (Complete opera) Yann Beuron / Karen Cargill / William Dazeley / Polydorus Tenebrae Choir / London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] 'Sustaining a mood of angelic sweetness for nearly two hours is quite a challenge, but this wonderful performance brought it off. Everything seemed to be just right - the chorus, the choice of soloists, the delicate but pointed orchestral sound. Yann... |
BEETHOVEN / MENDELSSOHN / SCHUMANN / SCHUBERT / WAGNER / FRANCK / etc
The complete Wilhelm Furtwangler on record Yehudi Menuhin (violin) Edwin Fisher (piano) / Philharmonia Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwängler [ Warner Classics / 55 CD Box Set - released 24/Sep/2021 ] Wilhelm Furtwängler is a musical titan, one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century. Some would say he is the greatest of all. A supreme, inimitable interpreter of the Austro-German symphonic repertoire, and of Wagner's music dramas. |
W.A. MOZART
Violin Concerto No. 3 (with Paganini - Violin Concerto No. 1 (recorded 1934-1952) Yehudi Menuhin (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Paris Symphony Orchestra / Adrian Boult / George Enescu / Pierre Monteux [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 12/Jan/2007 ] Not often does a recording change the public perception of a piece of music and its composer, but it happened when the 18-year-old Yehudi Menuhin set down this recording of Paganini’s First Concerto in Paris in May 1934. |
ALFRED SCHNITTKE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schnittke: Concerto for viola / Trio Sonata Yuri Bashmet (viola) / Moscow Soloists, London Symphony Orchestra, Mstislav Rozhdestvensky (conductor) [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 10/Aug/1991 ] "works were composed specifically for these star players whose recordings have generally been accepted as definitive" |
MAHLER
Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection' Yvonne Kenny, Jard van Nes / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Klaus Tennstedt [ LPO Live / 2 CD - released 10/Dec/2010 ] "The LPO, giving everything to their former chief, play like creatures possessed." (The Sunday Times) |
SIR GEORGE DYSON
The Canterbury Pilgrims / At the Tabard Inn / In Honour of the City Yvonne Kenny / Robert Tear / London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2012 ] "the glory of the piece is the choruses, which are splendidly sung here...The splendid Chandos recording is fully worthy of the vibrant music-making here." Penguin Guide, 2011 edition |
HANDEL / MOZART / LEHAR / KALMAN / GERSHWIN / NOVELLO / RICHARD STRAUSS
Yvonne Kenny - Great Operatic Arias Vol 2 Yvonne Kenny (soprano) London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Opera in English / CD - released 7/Aug/2003 ] 'A fine snapshot of a much-loved soprano in some of her most celebrated roles.' Gramophone |
ELGAR
Dream of Gerontius (with Holst - The Hymn of Jesus / Delius - Sea Drift) Yvonne Minton, Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk / London Symphony / Benjamin Britten [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 25/Jan/2001 ] A specially priced double CD |
LALO / SAINT-SAENS
Cello Concertos Zara Nelsova (cello) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult & Ernest Ansermet [ Testament / CD - released 10/Mar/2012 ] Recorded 1954-55, mono |
