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BUSONI
Piano Concerto / Fantasia Contrappuntistica Victoria Postnikova (piano) / National de France Orchestra & Choeurs de Radio France Chorus, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky [ Warner Apex / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2014 ] |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: La Mer / Images Orchestre National de France, Emmanuel Krivine [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 19/Apr/2018 ] Debussy began composing La Mer in 1904, in Burgundy, but as he wrote to fellow composer André Messager, his memories of the sea were "worth more than a reality whose charm generally weighs too heavily on the imagination". He continued to work on the... |
VERDI
Rigoletto (complete opera recorded in 1993) Richard Leech, Alexandru Agache, Leontina Vaduva / Chorus & Orchestra of Welsh National opera, Carlo Rizzi [ Warner the Teldec Opera Collection / 2 CD - released 12/Oct/2009 ] "This version is splendidly sung… the music is traversed with exemplary precision by voices of the right kind and weight." Gramophone |
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GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: L'Elisir d'amore [Elixir of Love] (Complete opera) Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu, Robert Scaltriti / Orchestre et Choeur de l'Opera National de Lyon / Evelino Pido [ Decca Opera! / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] "..becomes a clear and welcome choice for this work, worth every penny of the asking price." (Gramophone) |
JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffman (The Tales of Hoffman) (complete opera) Roberto Alagna, Jose van Dam, Natalie Dessay, Sumi Jo / l'Opera National de Lyon, Kent Nagano [ Erato Warner Classics Home of Opera / 3 CD - released 20/May/2016 ] "Kent Nagano uses Kaye's complete edition preserving the recitatives. He balances this by taking quite a brisk view of the tempi and the pacing of the piece." MusicWeb |
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Glazunov: Complete Symphonies & Concertos Rachel Barton Pine (violin), Wen-Sinn Yang (cello), Alexander Romanovsky (piano) / Royal Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Russian National Orchestra, Jose [ Warner Classics / 8 CD Box Set - released 10/Sep/2018 ] "Clear and slightly reverberant recording maximises the textures and appeal of these works making the disc worthy of consideration as a benchmark recording" (MusicWeb on Symphony 5 & Seasons) |
GLAZUNOV
Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7 Royal Scottish National Orchestra, José Serebrier [ Warner Classics / CD - released 9/Oct/2006 ] "Serebrier gets very characterful and brilliant performances from the RSNO and his account of No.4 in particular has a good claim to be a first recommendation…" (Penguin Guide) |
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GLAZUNOV
Symphonies Nos 1, 2, 3 & 9 [2 CDs] Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Jose Serebrier [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 7/Sep/2009 ] |
MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (complete opera recorded in 1991) Ruggero Raimondi (Boris Godunov), Paul Plishka, Kenneth Riegel, Nicolai Gedda, Galina Vishneyevskaya / National Symphony Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropov [ Erato / Warner Classics Home of Opera / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2018 ] "Ruggero Raimondi's Boris is sung firmly and lyrically. He responds to the elegance to be found in Mussorgsky's brief, speech-inflected phrases, and some scenes, notably his final exchanges with his son, are movingly done." (Gramophone) |
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RODION SHCHEDRIN
Carmen Suite / Naughty Limericks / The Chime Russian National Orchestra / Mikhail Pletnev [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD ] |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: The Symphonies & Tone Poems [7 CD set] Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev [ Deutsche Grammophon Collector's Edition / 7 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2012 ] "All the innate aristocratic feeling Tchaikovsky could ask for . . . very fine and well-detailed sound" The Penguin Guide |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Slavonic Dances Op 46 & 72 Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev [ Deutsche Grammophon First Choice / CD - released 1/Aug/2014 ] "Mikhail Pletnev and the Russian National Orchestra add to their store of fine recordings for DG with this distinctive and highly enjoyable version of Dvorak's colourful dances. These are, after all, works which for all their lack of pretension are... |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphony Nos 4 - 6 Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev [ Deutsche Grammophon Duo / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2014 ] "There is a choir-like blend and evenness of tone from the top to the bottom of the orchestra" (Gramophone). "All the innate aristocratic feeling Tchaikovsky could ask for . . . very fine and well-detailed sound" The Penguin Guide |
OLIVIER MESSIAEN
Messiaen: La Nativité Du Seigneur / La Transfiguration De Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ Simon Preston (organ) Yvonne Loriod (piano), Westminster Symphonic Choir, National Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati [ Decca Enterprise / 2 CD Box Set - released 9/Apr/2012 ] The first public performance was on June 7, 1969, in Lisbon, Serge Baudo was the conductor. The United States premiere was on March 27-30, 1972 in Washington, DC with the National Symphony Orchestra and the Westminster Choir; Antal Dorati was the... |
SCHUMANN
Piano Concerto / Introduction and Allegro / Toccata / Waldszenen Sviatoslav Richter (piano) / Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra / Witold Rowicki [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / CD - released 11/Jan/2008 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1801-1850) - "Sviatoslav Richter captures the essential intimacy of Schumann's concerto without neglecting its grander gestures. His reading of the first movemnet is among the most volatile on... |
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe (complete ballet) / La Valse Orchestre et Choeurs de L'Opera national de Paris, Philippe Jordan [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 1/May/2015 ] This new recording of Daphnis et Chloé, Ravel's most sumptuous score, marks a number of firsts as it evokes the heady days of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in Paris in the early years of the 20th century. It grew from performances of the... |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich plays Shostakovich [2 CDs] Dmitri Shostakovich (piano) / French National Radio Orchestra, Andre Cluytens, with Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 15/May/2015 ] All Shostakovich's recordings are distinguished by his masterly technique and the clean, non-legato touch, which is wholly in keeping with the character of his music. Yet beautiful tone and broad cantilenas are also in evidence, notably in the slow... |
GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Carmen (Complete Opera recorded in 1958 & 1959) Victoria de los Angeles, Nicolai Gedda, Janine Micheau / French National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham [ Warner Classics The Home Of Opera / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2019 ] "This classic Beecham set was originally welcomed in Gramophone with a glowing review from Philip Hope Wallace: 'I send up a loud "Ole".' It certainly stands the test of time, sparkling, swaggering and seducing in a way that is uniquely Beecham's. |
HECTOR VILLA-LOBOS
Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras Nos.1, 2, 5, 9 Victoria de los Angeles (soprano) / Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Heitor Villa-Lobos [ Warner Classics Original Jacket Reissues / CD - released 20/Apr/2015 ] "In Bachianas Brasileiras No.5, the sheer seductive sound of de los Angeles is way ahead of her competitors and the other suites can be recommended without reserve." (Gramophone) |
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PENDERECKI
St Luke Passion Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra / National Radio Symphony Orchestra ./ Zrzysztof Penderecki [ Argo / CD - released 8/Sep/2007 ] |
