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ERIC COATES
Coates: The Music of (Incls the London Suite, The Dam Busters March & the Three Bears Phantasy) Orchestras conducted by Sir Charles Groves, Sir Charles Mackerras & Reginald Kilbey [ Warner Classics Classics for Pleasure / 2 CD - released 15/Mar/2006 ] "Many well-known Coates pieces here but you could buy this purely for the Saxo-Rhapsody recording and be more than satisfied - this IS the most beautiful orchestral piece for saxophone ever written in my opinion" (Amazon.co.uk) |
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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HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique / Roman Carnival Overture (with Dukas - Sorcerer's Apprentice)] Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, Charles Dutoit [ Decca The Full Works / CD - released 20/Jan/2018 ] "(A) confident and impassioned performance....Dutoit clearly relishes Berlioz's orchestral wizardry - whether garish or subtle - but his version also carries a surprisingly high emotional charge." Classical-Net |
PROKOFIEV
Romeo & Juliet (Complete Ballet recorded in 1995. Choreography by Rudolf Nureyev) BLU-RAY Paris Opera Ballet / Monique Loudieres, Manuel Legris, Charles Jude / Vello Pahn (cond) [ Kultur / Warners / Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Apr/2014 ] "this is an often scintillating performance, and should be seen by any lover of ballet wanting to experience Nureyev's own idiosyncratic take on one of the most iconic ballets in the 20th century repertoire." - Jeffrey Kauffman, Blu-Ray.com |
CHAUSSON
Symphonie, Piano Quartet, Poemes & Concert Pascal Roge (piano) Chantal Juillet (violin) Pierre Amoyal (violin) / Quatuor Ysaye. Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal. Charles Dutoit [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2005 ] Chausson's musical output is not vast and his career was short-lived. His earliest works date from the late 1870s and his last were produced shortly before he was killed as a result of a cycling accident in 1899. |
SAINT-SAENS
Symphony No.3 in C minor, Op.78 'Organ Symphony' (with Poulenc - Organ Concerto) Peter Hurford (organ) / Orchestre symphonique de Montreal / Philharmonia Orchestra / Charles Dutoit [ Decca originals / CD - released 20/Aug/2006 ] 'The Organ Concerto, recorded in St Alban's Cathedral, is successful; Peter Hurford's mastery in Bach serves him well in its more darkly baroque aspects, but he is equally idiomatic in the uninhibitedly bouncy passages.' Gramophone |
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BERLIOZ
Requiem op 5 [Grande Messe des Morts] Peter Schreier / Choir und Bayerische Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester, Charles Munch [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "Munch's second recording of Berlioz's setting of the Requiem Mass resonates to a vision recognising that the devil is in the quiet detail, and that (paradoxically) intimacy triumphs." (BBC Music) |
TCHEREPNIN / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / STRAVINSKY / SATIE / PROKOFIEV / BALAKIREV / etc
Diaghilev - Ballets Russes Pierre Boulez, André Cluytens, Igor Markevitch, Seiji Ozawa, André Previn, Sir Simon Rattle, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Jean Martinon, Charles Dutoit, et [ Warner Classics / 22 CD Box Set - released 11/Mar/2022 ] The Ballets russes was founded in Paris in 1909 by the visionary impresario Serge Diaghilev. Innovative and flamboyant, he had a genius for bringing together the most brilliant composers, dancers, choreographers and designers. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Golden Age Of Light Music: Charles Williams & the QHLO Queen's Hall Light Orchestra, Charles Williams [ Guild / CD - released 20/Jun/2016 ] Charles Williams conducting the Queen's Hall Light Orchestra |
PAGANINI
Complete Recordings Including the complete concertos (Special price) Salvatore Accardo (Violin) / London Philharmonic, Charles Dutoit [ Deutsche Grammophon / 6 CD Box Set - released 25/May/2000 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1801-1850) - "This disc represents an outstanding example of performances that transcend any occasional creative limitations...all diehard Romantics should definitely give a spin." International... |
BEETHOVEN
The Creatures of Prometheus Op. 43 Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 3/May/2005 ] 'A dashing performance of unreasonably neglected music... superb' - Classic CD |
MAURICE RAVEL
Maurice Ravel: The Complete Works Sir Simon Rattle, Martha Argerich, Bertrand Chamayou, Samson François, André Cluytens, Armin Jordan, Lorin Maazel, Charles Münch, etc [ Warner Classics / 21 CD Box Set - released 4/Sep/2020 ] An essential collection of landmark performances, this 21-CD box of Ravel's complete works brings together major interpreters of the present day and preceding generations. |
CHOPIN
Polish Songs, Op 74 Urszula Kryger (mezzo) Charles Spencer (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 22/Jan/2007 ] 'A rare opportunity to sample Chopin the song composer, here performed with real feeling by Polish mezzo Urszula Kryger.'(Gramophone) |
FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: 150Th Anniversary Edition Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves, [ Warner Classics / 18 CD Box Set - released 14/Nov/2011 ] The present generous set has no parallels nor would I anticipate that there will be for many years. The performances and recordings are healthy and pleasing." (MusicWeb) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Golden Age Of Light Music: EuropeanTour Various performers incls George Melachrino, Charles Williams, Robert Farnon, Mantovani, Frank Chacksfield, Cyril Stapleton, etc [ Guild Light Music / CD - released 22/Oct/2016 ] Once again it's time for Guild's 'Golden Age of Light Music' series to take another musical tour around Europe, prompted by so many appealing works created by talented composers from near and far. In the world of music you do not have to be a native... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Golden Age of Light Music: Great British Light Orchestras Ray Martin, Norrie Paramor, Charles Williams, Sidney Torch, Stanley Black, etc [ Guild Light Music / CD - released 1/Jun/2016 ] This new Guild Light Music series has already focussed attention on the many fine recordings made during the 1940s and 1950s, and it is now appropriate to concentrate on the output from British studios. A combination of talented composers, plus... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Romantic Adagios Various Artists incls Vladimir Ashkenazy, Sir Georg Solti, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Charles Dutoit, Kyung Wha Chung, etc [ Decca / 2 CD - released 31/Jan/2000 ] Over 2 hours of the world's most passionate music |
ALLEGRI / GABRIELI / MONTEVERDI / PALESTRINA
The Renaissance of Italian Music: The National Gallery Collection Gerald Finley (bari), Timothy Beasley-Murray (treble), Charles Daniels (ten) / Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh, Taverner Consort, Choir, Andrew Parrot [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Nov/2016 ] "[The Allegri] is one of the highlights, the 1970 recording by the Choir of King's College, Cambridge achieving an almost weightless sublimity, particularly in the Sanctus. The Taverner Consort of the 1980s offers similarly impressive interpretations... |
JANACEK / DVORAK / STRAVINSKY / MOZART / ELGAR / SULLIVAN / BRIAN / etc
Sir Charles Mackerras - The Complete Warner Classics Edition Various orchestras conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras, with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Janet Baker, and more [ Warner Classics / 63 CD Box Set - released 7/Nov/2025 ] Sir Charles Mackerras (1925-2010) 100th Anniversary of Birth on November 17th The Complete Recordings on HMV, Pye, Columbia Graphophone, Classics for Pleasure, EMI Classics, Virgin Classics & Erato |
