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HELEN GRIME
Night Songs Hallé & Hallé Soloists, Sir Mark Elder & Jamie Phillips [ NMC Debut Discs / CD - released 17/Sep/2014 ] "The performances are a tribute to the dedication of Hallé players, whether in orchestral or ensemble guise, and have all been recorded with the spaciousness and immediacy which this music needs." (Gramophone Award Nomination 2015 - Contemporary) |
DELIUS / ELGAR / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / SULLIVAN / WALTON / BLISS / etc
Sir Charles Groves: British Music London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves [ Warner Classics / 24 CD Box Set - released 20/Sep/2015 ] "The wonderful aggregate of soloists and musical personnel remains first-class." AudAud Feb 2017 |
SIBELIUS
Symphony No 2 / Pohjola's Daughter / The Oceanides Hallé, Sir Mark Elder [ Halle / CD - released 6/May/2013 ] "under Elder, [Pohjola's Daughter is] a primal folktale rather than an urbane fantasy...[in the Symphony] Elder's elemental strength, relieved by a sense of light and space and the Halle's intense playing, help to make this highly recommendable." (BBC Mus |
JOSEF HAYDN
Barbirolli conducts Haydn Symphonies (Recorded between 1950-52) Halle Orchestra / Sir John Barbirolli [ Dutton Historic Classics / CD - released 20/Jul/2007 ] The recording of Haydn's 83rd Symphony was first issued by HMV in 1950. The 96th was issued in 1952. The 88th Symphony was issued for the first time on this CD in 1995. |
STRAUSS / LEHAR / SUPPE / etc
The Barbirolli Vienneser Album (Incls 'The Blue Danube Waltz' & 'Gold and Silver Waltz') Halle Orchestra / Sir John Barbirolli [ Dutton Barbirolli Society / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2009 ] That in the Free Trade Hall, at Belle Vue and in the Royal Albert Hall these were occasions which gave intense musical pleasure and also had a remarkable atmosphere of bonhomie. |
W. A. MOZART
Symphonies Nos. 29 & 41 / etc (recorded 1956 & 1959) Halle Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli [ Dutton Barbirolli Society / CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] Mozart is not the first composer one associates with Sir John Barbirolli, yet his name was never long absent from the conductor's programmes. The G minor Symphony No.40 was in the very first programme Barbirolli conducted with the Hallé Orchestra -... |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 4 (with Martinu - Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra) [recorded 1958 & 1959] Evelyn Rothwell (oboe) / Halle Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli [ Dutton Barbirolli Society / CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] Sir John Barbirolli conducts Tchaikovsky's Symphony No.4 and the Martinů Oboe Concerto, with his wife Evelyn Rothwell as soloist, from the 1958 and 1959 Promenade Concerts. |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini (complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Dutch National Opera / John Osborn, Mariangela Sicilia, Maurizio Muraro, Michèle Losier / Sir Mark Elder (cond) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 5/May/2018 ] "Osborn has all the vocal verve and dash to make the devil-may-care sculptor the constant centre of attention. Mariangela Sicilia uses her fearless, technically brilliant vocalism to sustain his beloved Teresa's vibrant personality…a musical treat" |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah (complete oratorio) Heather Harper, Helen Watts, John Wakefield, John Shirley-Quirk / London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Colin Davis [ Philips / 2 CD - released 2/Feb/1988 ] "You can still enjoy Davis' lively and sympathetic direction, enthusiastic singing and playing by the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, two fabulous female soloists." Arkivmusic |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No 8 'Symphony of a Thousand' Heather Harper, Lucia Popp, Arleen Auger, Rene Kollo / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Originals / CD - released 10/Apr/2006 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "Here is a version from Solti which ... conveys the feeling of a great occasion ... so overwhelming is the build-up of tension." Gramophone |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C minor 'Resurrection' Heather Harper (sop) Helen Watts (cont) / London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Originals / CD - released 20/Jun/2007 ] "... the new Decca stereo recording has special points of excellence all its own. The most striking thing in the whole performance, for me, is the first movement, in which Solti penetrates to the inner significance of the unusual structure with an... |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 / Cello Concerto Heinrich Schiff (cello) / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis-Antal Dorati [ Philips Eloquence / CD - released 24/Aug/2006 ] 'Schiff ... matches the superb accompaniment of Sir Colin Davis in combining a measure of individual poetry with a generally fresh and direct approach.' (Gramophone) |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphonies Nos 1 & 3 Helen Watts (mezzo-soprano) Wandsworth School Boys Choir & Ambrosian Opera Chorus / London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ ABC Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2017 ] "As a combination of top-class recording, orchestral playing and conducting, this is one of the finest recordings I have ever listened to." Gramophone on No 1 |
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W.A. MOZART
Die Zauberflote [The Magic Flute] (recorded 1937 & 1938) Helge Roswaenge, Tiana Lemnitz, Gerhard Husch, Erna Berger / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham [ Naxos Historic Great Opera Recordings / 2 CD - released 26/Jan/2008 ] "These singers, and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, come through with unprecedented clarity in this new transfer by the gifted sound engineer Mark Obert-Thorn. The new reissue looks likely to replace them in the hearts of Mozart fans, offering a... |
WEBER
Oberon (Complete opera) Hillevi Martinpelto, Jonas Kaufmann, Steve Davislim / Monteverdi Choir. Orchestre RACvolutionnaire et Romantique / Sir John Eliot Gardiner [ Decca / Philips / 2 CD - released 11/Sep/2005 ] EDITOR'S CHOICE GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE (Awards Issue 2005) "A fine set that overcomes the many problems posed by this magical opera" (Gramophone) |
DELIUS
Piano Concerto / Paris / Brigg Fair / etc Howard Shelley (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Oct/2012 ] "Sonics are excellent for a standard CD." (AudAud.com) |
HAVERGAL BRIAN
Symphony no 1 in D minor "The Gothic" Hpnor Sheppard (soprano) Shirley Minty (contralto) Ronald Dowd (tenor) / BBC Symphony Orchestra & Choral Society, etc / Sir Adrian Boult [ Testament / 2 CD - released 10/Dec/2009 ] "Long available in a pirated recording of the broadcast, this live performance of the mighty Gothic has at last 'gone legit'." BBC Music Magazine, February 2010 *** |
BEETHOVEN
Eroica / Symphony No. 3 Ian Hart / Tim Pigott-Smith / Claire Skinner / Jack Davenport / Orchestre RACvolutionnaire et Romantique / Sir John Eliot Gardiner [ BBC / Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 5/May/2005 ] G :- 'Ian Hart is brilliant as Beethoven, a volatile, magnetic figure of genius and uncouth charm…not to be missed.' -- Daily Mail |
SIBELIUS / ELGAR
Violin Concertos (recorded 1984 & 1993) Ida Haendel (violin) / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle [ Testament / CD - released 10/Oct/2009 ] "..it is Haendel's thoroughly personal input of humanity, expressive power, and her dynamic fusion of immediacy and profound insight that puts this performance in a class of its own. It is simply mind-blowing." The Telegraph, 28th July 2009 ***** |
MICHAEL TIPPETT
A Child of our Time (complete) Indra Thomas (soprano) Mihoko Fujimura (alto) Steve Davislim (tenor) / London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] "There are emotional depths here which turn this recording into something very special." (Gramophone Editor's Choice September 2008) |
