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Admiral Sir Cloudseley Shovell
Don't Heart it Fear it! [ Rise Above / CD - released 13/Jul/2012 ] |
REINGOLD GLIERE
Gliere: Symphony No.3 In B minor 'Il'ya Murometz' BBC Philharmonic, Sir Edward Downes [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1991 ] "If not the symphony's first outing on disc, it remains the best...Chandos's recordings still sound glorious and the orchestra's manifest engagement with the music shines through." Gramophone |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 (with Elgar: Enigma Variations) BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult [ ICA Classics / CD - released 30/Jun/2011 ] "this Brahms 1 is superbly paced: hard-driven yet flexible, virile yet richly expressive. The opening's 6/8 - relentless, tragic - has, rightly, the same pulse as the ensuing allegro (where Boult, unusually, observes the repeat). In Elgar, Boult... |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Ein Heldenleben / Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Suite Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle [ EMI / CD - released 20/Mar/2006 ] "Rattle digs deep to deliver a reading of breathtaking power." Recording of the Month (Gramophone May 2006) |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Walküre (LP) Birgit Nilsson, Hans Hotter, Régine Crespin, James King, Christa Ludwig, Gottlob Frick / Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca / 5 Vinyl Box Set - released 4/Aug/2023 ] For these new editions, a decade since the last remastering, a completely new set of high-definition 24 bit/192kHz transfers of the original master tapes have been utilized. |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Götterdämmerung (LP) Birgit Nilsson, Wolfgang Windgassen, Gottlob Frick, Gustav Neidlinger, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti [ Sony Classical / 6 Vinyl Box Set - released 4/Aug/2023 ] "The greatest recording of all time": Gramophone Magazine 1999 · BBC Music Magazine 2011 |
NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade Op 35 / Capriccio Espagnol Op 34 London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 25/Jan/2003 ] "It also demands a performance which combines virtuosity with excitement, sensuous ardour with subtlety of feeling and above all is seemingly spontaneous. Mackerras meets all these requirements admirably in a reading of great power and romantic... |
JANACEK
The Makropulos Case (complete opera in English) Cheryl Barker (soprano) Neal Davies (bass-baritone) John Graham-Hall (tenor) / English National Opera / Sir Charles Mackerras [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2007 ] "This electrifying performance has been captured in sound that is exceptionally clear and full-bodied, and it also has great immediacy. I very much welcome a recording in English." (International Record Review March 2007) |
TRADITIONAL
50 Favourite Christmas Carols Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks, Sir Philip Ledger, Stephen Cleobury [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 3/Dec/2007 ] A collection of all the great carols performed by the world-famous King's college choir. |
MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe (complete ballet) / Bolero City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle [ EMI Encore / CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] "Rattle's reading is most enjoyable; it is atmospheric - sample the gorgeous 'Daybreak' opening of Part III, for instance - and often voluptuous and intoxicating, especially in the case of the final Danse générale and the dynamic Dance guerrière. MW |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Yeomen of the Guard (complete operetta recorded in 1958) Denis Dowling, Richard Lewis, Elsie Morison, Alexander Young, Marjorie Thomas / Glyndebourne Festival, Sir MalcolmSargent [ EMI / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Feb/1987 ] "This is a very operatic Yeomen which certainly suits the work and gives the soloists an opportunity to shine. Sir Geraint Evans makes a better Jack Point than a Ko-Ko and 'When a wooer goes a-wooing' is very moving." Mel (Marbecks) |
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! |
Elly Ameling / Kathleen Battle / Arleen Auger / Barbara Hendricks / Dawn Upshaw / Marie McLaughlin / Prague Chamber Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras
Divine Sopranos (music of Berlioz, Handel, Mahler, Vivaldi, Richard Strauss, etc) [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 11/Aug/2003 ] More than any other singer, the public has always been enticed by the scandals and mysteries that surround the diva. Because of this curiosity and genuine love for the soprano voice, there has always been a strong interest in the recordings. |
ANDRZEJ PANUFNIK
Symphony No 9 / Piano Concerto Ewa Poblocka (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Andrzej Panufnik [ RCA Catalyst / CD - released 22/Sep/2007 ] Originally released on Conifer in 1991, Sir Andrzej Panufnik's authoritative readings of his Symphony No. 9, "Sinfonia della Speranza" (1986-1990) and his Piano Concerto (1962, revised 1982) have been reissued here in RCA's Catalyst line. |
FAMILY CAROLS
Family Christmas (Incls 'Sussex Carol', 'When Christ was Born' & 'The Holly & The Ivy') Bach Choir with the Fanfare Trumpeters of the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall, conducted by Sir David Willcocks [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Nov/2002 ] Reissue of classic recording |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Rheingold (LP) George London, Kirsten Flagstad, Claire Watson, Set Svanholm, Waldemar Kmentt / Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca / 3 Vinyl Box Set - released 4/Aug/2023 ] For these new editions, a decade since the last remastering, a completely new set of high-definition 24 bit/192kHz transfers of the original master tapes have been utilized. |
RICHARD STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss, (R,): Don Quixote (with Lalo-Cello Concerto) Jacqueline du Pre (cello) / New Philharmoniz Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult [ EMI / CD - released 22/Sep/2007 ] This chance recording of the great cellist Du Pre occurred because some bright engineer turned on the microphone during a rehearsal with conductor Adrian Boult. Boult leads the orchestra with sensitivity that catches fire when Du Pre enters on "Don... |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Don Quixote / Violin Concerto James Ehnes (violin) Daniel Müller-Schott (cello) / Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ ABC Classics / CD - released 7/Jun/2019 ] The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and their Chief Conductor Sir Andrew Davis continue their acclaimed survey of the orchestral music of Richard Strauss, with this latest volume featuring three world-class soloists James Ehnes, Daniel Müller-Schott... |
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MERCADANTE / MOZART / DEVIENNE / CIMAROSA / BACH / VIVALDI / etc
James Galway plays Flute Concertos [12 CD set] James Galway (flute) / I Solisti Veneti, Claudio Scimone / The Academy of St Martins in the Fields. Sir Neville Marriner, with Marisa Robles (harp) [ Sony Classical Masters / 12 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2011 ] The Man With the Golden Flute, Sir James Galway, is featured in these classic recordings, with harpist Marisa Robles and clarinetist Sabine Meyer. |
W.A. MOZART
Cosi Fan Tutti (Complete opera in English) Janice Watson, Diana Montague, Cristopher Maltman / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Sir Charles Mackerras [ Chandos / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/2008 ] "This may seem a bit repetitive but the music making here has the same quality as in the symphonies and Cosi is one of my favourite operas. Here it is sung in English and the OAE, chorus and cast are excellent. This is a considerable bargain too."... |
