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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: 9 Symphonies Carole Farley (soprano) Alfreda Hodgson (contralto) Stuart Burrows (tenor), Norman Bailey (bass) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Antal Doráti [ Deusche Grammophon / 5 CD Box Set - released 7/Apr/2023 ] For Antal Doráti, one of the mid-twentieth century's most gifted conductors, Beethoven was a central repertoire choice. This symphony cycle was recorded in 1975-76 at the beginning of his tenure as principal conductor of the Royal Philharmonic... |
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JOHN IRELAND
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ireland: Piano Concerto in E flat / A London Overture / Mai-Dun - Symphonic Rhapsody / etc Colin Horsley (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Basil Cameron with Daniel Adni, Desmond Wright and the composer on piano [ EMI Classics / CD - released 3/Mar/1993 ] This release restores a classic of the catalogue, the Piano Concerto with Colin Horsley from 1957. |
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VERDI
Attila (Complete opera recorded in 1973) Cristina Deutekom, Carlo Bergonzi, Ruggero Raimondi, Sherill Milnes, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Lamberto Gardelli [ Decca Grand Opera / 2 CD - released 20/Jun/2012 ] Blazing drama and thrilling singing from an all-star cast as Attila returns to the catalogue. |
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BEETHOVEN / KREISLER
Legacy [incls Beethoven - violin concerto] David Garrett (violin) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Ion Marin [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 22/Mar/2012 ] "The Beethoven has some lovely episodes." (Gramophone) |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony 4 & 5 / Romeo & Juliet / Piano Concerto No. 1 Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman / Horacio Gutierrez (piano) / Royal Philharmonic, Andre Previn [ Telarc Everybody's Classics / 2 CD - released 19/Sep/2008 ] "Zinman's is a refined...deftly paced account...Telarc's sound is resplendent." American Record Guide |
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Dolora Zajick, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles MacKerras
The Art of Dramatic Mezzo-Soprano (Incls arias by Verdi, Gluck & Saint-Saens) [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 12/Aug/2000 ] This collection, amazingly enough, is Zajick's first solo recording! |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 4 / Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini Earl Wild (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Jascha Horenstein [ Chesky / CD - released 2/Dec/2007 ] Liszt was often called a "piano-centaur," so at one was he with the instrument. Earl Wild could be described in similar terms. The gift of absolute pitch revealed itself at age three as his avidity for the keyboard took prodigious strides. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Earl Wild Goes to the Movies (Incls Mozart' Piano Concerto No 21 & Slaughter on 10th Avenue) Earl Wild (piano) / London Promenade / RCA Symphony / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [ Ivory Classics / CD - released 26/Jan/2008 ] Born on November 26, 1915 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the young Wild displayed extraordinary musical ability from the age of three. By the time he was six years of age, he was reading music fluently and before his twelfth birthday, he was studying... |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV / EDWARD MacDOWELL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor / MacDowell: Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor Earl Wild (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Jascha Horenstein / RCA Victor Symphony, Massimo Freccia [ Chesky Records / CD - released 25/Aug/1992 ] "Recommended. In many ways the coupling of one masterful work with another of wayward charm makes for an ideally complementary partnership." MusicWeb |
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EDVARD GRIEG / CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS / FRANZ LISZT / EDWARD MacDOWELL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor / Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor / Liszt: Hungarian Fantasy Earl Wild (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Russell Stanger / RCA Victor Symphony, Massimo Freccia [ Chesky Records / CD - released 25/Aug/1992 ] Transfered using a customized state of the art Ampex tube tape recorder and an extraordinary analogie to digital converter with 20 bit linearily and a 128 times oversampling/digital filter, in an effort to achieve the finest quality sound. |
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GRIEG
Complete Solo Piano Music (12 CDs for the price of 3) Eva Knardahl, Love Derwinger (pianos) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Kjell Ingebretsen / Norrkaping Symphony Orchestra / Jun'ichi Hirokami [ BIS / 12 CD - released 1/Oct/2006 ] Eva Knardahl's recordings of Grieg's music for solo piano - here completed with recordings by Love Derwinger of the works unpublished during Grieg's lifetime - have been a milestone ever since they were first released on LP at the end of the 1970s. |
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MANUEL MARIA PONCE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ponce: Violin Concerto (with works by Galindo & Revueltas) Henryk Szeryng (violin) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfonica de la Ciudad de Mexico, Enrique Batiz [ EMI / CD - released 1/Feb/1989 ] "A life-enhancing record. For within it two distinct fields are explored; both of them, in different ways, very rewarding. Try it." (Gramophone) |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 / Tragic Overture Horacio Guiterrez (piano) /Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Andre Previn [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 11/Aug/2003 ] "The richly enjoyable performance benefits from an aural frame in which the piano and orchestra are especially well balanced, and the overall sound quality equalsthe finest yet achieved on this label." -Stereo |
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SCRIABIN
Orchestral Music (3 CDs for the price of 2) Inger Blom (mezzo) Lars Magnusson (tenor) / Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir / Leif Segerstam / with Roland Pantinen (piano) [ BIS / 3 CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] This boxed set spans from Scriabin's first large-scale orchestral work, his Piano Concerto (1897), to Prometheus (1909-10), his last completed piece (which incidentally also features an important part for solo piano). |
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JACQUES OFFENBACH / GIUSEPPE VERDI / VINCENZO BELLINI
Darwin: Song for a City [Recorded Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, UK, January 1975] Joan Sutherland, Heather Begg Tom McDonnell, Clifford Grant, Louis Quilico, Margreta Elkins / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] Christmas Eve 1974 was a nightmare for the inhabitants of Darwin when it was destroyed by a violent cyclone. A Darwin Appeal Fund was launched and a month later, on 25 January 1975, Richard Bonynge conducted a fund-raising concert at the Royal Opera. |
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FERRUCCIO BUSONI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Busoni: Concerto for piano, orchestra & male chorus, Op.39 John Ogdon (piano) / Men's Voices of the John Alldis Choir / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Daniell Revenaugh [ EMI Studio / CD - released 12/Feb/1989 ] Busoni's vast Piano Concerto lasts for nearly 70 minutes, and as well as the usual piano and orchestra combination requires, in the last of its five movements, a choir of men's voices. |
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Johnny Cash And The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Johnny Cash And The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [ Legacy / CD - released 20/Nov/2020 ] Produced by Nick Patrick and Don Reedman and recorded at the fabled Abbey Road Studio 2, Johnny Cash and The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is the latest in a series of RPO albums showcasing classic recordings by timeless artists in sublime new musical... |
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Johnny Cash And The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Johnny Cash And The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (LP) [ Legacy / LP - released 13/Nov/2020 ] Produced by Nick Patrick and Don Reedman and recorded at the fabled Abbey Road Studio 2, Johnny Cash and The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is the latest in a series of RPO albums showcasing classic recordings by timeless artists in sublime new musical... |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Piano Concerto No. 1 (with Prokofiev-Piano Concerto No 3) Jon Kimura Parker (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Andre Previn [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 25/Aug/2003 ] Since winning the Leeds Piano Competition in 1984, Jon Kimura Parker has maintained an international career at the highest level throughout the world. |
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PROKOFIEV
Symphony 1 & 5 / Romeo & Juliet excerpts / Concerto No. 3 for Piano Jon Kimura Parker (piano) / Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Yoel Levi / Royal Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Andre Previn [ Telarc Everybody's Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2008 ] "Marvelous!...Levi consistently displays extraordinary imagination both in terms of balancing the various musical strands and in his magical handling of dynamics and articulation." -CD Review |