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JOHN WILLIAMS
Star Wars - Return of the Jedi [remastered] The Boston Pops Orchestra, John Williams [ Decca CD / CD - released 1/Aug/2019 ] This collection has a lot going for it. Musically, it sounds gorgeous; Williams turned in a score incorporating layer upon layer of thematic elements, risking a tendency toward composing music that was too ornate. |
JOHN WILLIAMS
Star Wars - The Last Jedi The Boston Pops Orchestra, John Williams [ Decca CD / CD - released 1/Aug/2019 ] Jedi Master-in-hiding Luke Skywalker unwillingly attempts to guide young hopeful Rey in the ways of the force, while Leia, former princess turned general, attempts to lead what is left of the Resistance away from the ruthless tyrannical grip of the... |
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RAVEL
Daphnis et Chloe, La Valse & Bolero [with works by Debussy] Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink [ Decca Ballet Edition / 2 CD - released 5/Nov/2012 ] This collection brings together all the ballets by the two so-called Impressionistic composers, Ravel and Debussy, in recordings by Bernard Haitink. Ravel's masterpiece is the three act ballet Daphnis et Chloé, commissioned by Diaghilev, with... |
Boston Spaceships
Let it Beard (Vinyl) [ Guided By Voices / 2 LP - released 17/Oct/2011 ] Robert Pollard has called the epic 2011 double-LP 'Let It Beard' "a subconscious concept album about the sorry state of rock 'n' roll". |
Boston Spaceships
Planets are Blasted [ GBV / CD - released 30/Mar/2009 ] Following a four-star review in Mojo and a successful whirlwind US tour, Boston Spaceships return to Earth just five months later with their sophomore album! |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Chamber Music (Incls Violin Sonata, Cello Sonata, Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp, etc) Boston Symphony Chamber Players [ Deutsche Grammophon Australian Eloquence / CD - released 27/Jul/2005 ] 'remarkably transparent [Prelude] ... an attractive collection' (Penguin Guide to CDs) |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Bernstein Conducts Stravinsky Boston Symphony, London Symphony, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein [ Sony Classical / 6 CD Box Set - released 21/May/2021 ] "Bernstein was an incomparably great Stravinsky interpreter, certainly a better conductor than the composer himself, and this set of his complete recordings for Sony has more than it's share of reference versions." ClassicsToday |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphonies; Concertos; Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons, with Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Yuja Wang (piano), Thomas Rolfs (trumpet), Baiba Skride (violin) [ Deutsche Grammophon / 19 CD Box Set - released 18/Jul/2025 ] The Boston Symphony Orchestra and their music director Andris Nelsons announce their upcoming album, on which they present their acclaimed Shostakovich symphony cycle to mark the 50th anniversary of the composer's death in 1975. . |
DEBUSSY
La Mer / Prelude a l'apras-midi d'un / Printemps / Nocturnes (with Ibert - Escales) Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch [ Sony / RCA Originals / CD - released 10/Apr/2011 ] "This makes a superb introduction for the first-time buyer to Debussy's major orchestral masterpieces. It may even provide a point of entry to those unable to relate to the softer-centred impressionist Debussy more commonly heard." (MusicWeb July 04) |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS / CLAUDE DEBUSSY / JACQUES IBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: A Hi-Fi Spectacular Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch [ RCA Victor Living Stereo / CD - released 6/Dec/1993 ] "..the real value of this disc lies in the Debussy. This has to be one of the most sensitive of all La mers, fluent and fluid with a real francophile feel to the dancing rhythms - this is a real Frenchman's response to the sea" MusicWeb |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Symphonies Nos 4 & 2 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch [ Sony Classical Originals / CD - released 10/Apr/2011 ] "Brisk tempos, wicked string and woodwind attacks keep this affectionate version on its toes. Without preliminaries, the Finale erupts out of the opening motifs, a series of punctuated lightning bolts interrupted by woodwinds' pipings and strings'... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies 1 - 9 (5 CD set) Boston Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 20/May/2012 ] "The recording is atmospheric in the Boston manner, and with Dynagroove makes even small machines give an impression of opulence." (Gramophone on the LP release) |
PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky - Symphonies 1 'Winter Daydreams', 2 "Little Russian", 4 / 'Nutcracker' Suite Boston Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas [ Deutsche Grammophon Eloquence / 2 CD - released 16/Mar/2017 ] "The New Philharmonia play with precision and polish … and on recording quality this DGG version […] is clearly the smoothest and most faithful" Gramophone Symphony No 2 |
DEBUSSY
Images / Nocturnes / Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune Boston Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas & Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon SBS Eloquence / CD - released 10/Jan/2014 ] "Abbado's account of the Nocturnes is one of the finest in the catalogue ... The playing of the Boston Orchestra is immensely polished but not glossy, and there is a naturalness about this performance that also distinguishes the recording" Penguin |
JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 / Finlandia / Valse Triste / Swan of Tuonela Boston Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis [ Philips / CD - released 20/Oct/1989 ] "The new digital transfers give greater presence to the wind and brass, and place them more vividly in the aural picture." (Gramophone on the reissue) |
JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Tone Poems (Incls Pohjola's Daughter & Karelia Suite) Boston Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis [ Philips ABC Eloquence / CD - released 1/May/2005 ] 'In short, what you have here are Sibelius' three greatest tone poems (En Saga, Pohjola's Daughter, and Tapiola) in outstanding interpretations and great sound, along with two popular favorites done every bit as well. Need I say more?' 10/10... |
David Bowie (narrator) / Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy / Boston Pops / Arthur Fiedler
Prokofiev: Peter & The Wolf (LP) [ Music On Vinyl / LP - released 23/Oct/2014 ] David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev's Peter And The Wolf (1978) is a classical music album containing David Bowie's narration of Sergei Prokofiev's 1936 composition Peter And The Wolf. The music is performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by... |
JOHN TAVENER
Lamentations and Praises Chanticleer / Handel and Haydn Society of Boston Ensemble / Joseph Jennings [ Teldec / CD - released 13/Jul/2002 ] "Chanticleer's blissful singing is all-consuming; might this be Tavener's greatest work yet?" Gramophone Magazine (Feb 2002) |
VIVALDI
The Four Seasons (with Geminiani-Concerto Grosso) Christina Day Martinson (violin) / Boston Baroque / Martin Pearlman [ Telarc / CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] For years, Telarc has urged its premier baroque orchestra to record Vivaldi's great violin showpiece, the ever fresh, ever popular Four Seasons. |
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GLUCK
Iphigénie en Tauride [complete opera] Christine Goerke, Rodney Gilfry, Vinson Cole, Stephen Salters, Sharon Baker / Boston Baroque, Martin Pearlman [ Telarc Records / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2012 ] |
