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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 |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Williams: Legendary Recordings (Incls 'On Wenlock Edge' & 'Serenade To Music') Recorded 1938-1955 George Maran (tenor) / London String Quartet / Ivor Newton (piano) / Isobel Baillie / Heddle Nash / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult [ ALTO / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] "1938 was Sir Henry Wood's jubilee and the magical Serenade to Music which Ralph Vaughan Williams wrote for it… this, with the original soloists RVW had in mind, has obvious uniqueness but it possesses a very special beauty and atmosphere." - Gramophone |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: La Boheme (complete opera recorded in 1956) Victoria de los Angeles / Jussi Bjorling / Robert Merrill / Lucine Amara / RCA Victor Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham [ Naxos Great Opera Recordings / 2 CD - released 11/Apr/2007 ] Featuring Victoria de los Angeles and Jussi Björling in glorious form, the 1956 set ranks alongside the Callas De Sabata Tosca (Naxos 8.110256-57) as one of the greatest studio recordings of an opera ever made. |
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. |
GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Carmen (Complete Opera recorded in 1959) Victoria de los Angeles, Nicolai Gedda, Janine Micheau / French National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham [ ALTO / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2010 ] "This superb Carmen wipes the floor with any other version I know. The instinctive rightness of the whole conception is simply marvellous." (Gramophone) |
BIZET / VILLA LOBOS / DEBUSSY / RAVEL / ROSSINI / PUCCINI / etc
Victoria de los Angeles - The Warner Classics Edition Victoria de los Angeles (soprano) with Nicolai Gedda, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Alicia de Larrocha, Gerald Moore, Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Thomas Beecham [ Warner Classics / 59 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2023 ] A singer who inspired the greatest admiration and affection, Victoria de los Ángeles was, in the words of Opera magazine, "one of the supreme vocal artists of the 20th century". |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Overtures & Preludes / Siegfried Idyll Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Originals / CD - released 20/Jul/2007 ] Solti and Wagner - the ultimate combination! Stunning new remasters of Solti's exciting readings of these overtures as well as what is generally considered the most beautiful recording of Siegfried Idyll. |
BEETHOVEN / MENDELSSOHN / BRUSTAD / GRIEG
Europakonzert 2016 from Røros, Norway - Beethoven: Symphony No 3 / Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto / etc Vilde Frang (violin) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 1/Dec/2016 ] The Berliner Philharmoniker celebrate their founding day (May 1st, 1892) in a European city of cultural significance every year. In 2016, they travelled to Røros in Norway, to play in the town's beautiful baroque church. Norwegian violinist Vilde... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Piano Concertos (complete) / Bagatelles Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Collector's Edition / 3 CD Box Set - released 5/Aug/2013 ] "He is one of those pianists who so often seems to me to sound just right. No gimmicks, the music just speaks as it should . . . innate musicality, impeccable taste." Jed Distler, Gramophone (London) |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Op.14 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam, Sir Colin Davis [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Oct/2007 ] "With Berlioz champion Colin Davis conducting the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in its own hall - one of the greatest venues in the world - the stage was set for what would turn out to be a landmark recording….. Let's hope PentaTone gives us more... |
RICHARD STRAUSS / BRUCKNER / BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / WAGNER / etc
Hans Knappertsbusch: The Orchestral Edition Wiener Philharmoniker, Münchener Philharmoniker, L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Hans Knappertsbusch, with Sir Clifford Curzon (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 18 CD Box Set - released 11/Feb/2022 ] Gathered together for the first time on Universal Music labels, including several first CD releases on Decca, is the orchestral legacy of an inimitable genius of the podium: Hans Knappertsbusch. |
LUDWIG van BEEHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6 "Pastorale" Wiener Philharmoniker [Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra], Sir Simon Rattle [ Warner Classics Masters / CD - released 13/Feb/2012 ] "These are not interpretations set in stone, deeply as Rattle has obviously thought them through; and his encouragement of the brilliant VPO woodwind and horn soloists to challenge each other in imagination and individuality adds to the impression of... |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Wind Concertos William Bennett (flute/piccolo) Martin Gatt (bassoon) Neil Black (oboe) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 20/Jul/1989 ] The many recordings Neville Marriner made with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and originally released on the ARGO label include several albums of Vivaldi. Here is a selection of wind concertos. |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Hamlet (BBC Third Programme Live Broadcast, 1948) (Abridged) Sir John Gielgud, Andrew Cruickshank, Hugh Griffith, Marian Spencer & cast [ Naxos Audiobooks / 3 CD - released 31/Jul/2006 ] This outstanding historical recording made in 1941 for radio is widely regarded as one of the finest Hamlet performances ever, and one of John Gielgud's greatest moments. Though he went on to record it for commercial release, nothing matched this... |
BERLIOZ
L'enfance du Christ (Complete opera) Yann Beuron / Karen Cargill / William Dazeley / Polydorus Tenebrae Choir / London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] 'Sustaining a mood of angelic sweetness for nearly two hours is quite a challenge, but this wonderful performance brought it off. Everything seemed to be just right - the chorus, the choice of soloists, the delicate but pointed orchestral sound. Yann... |
STRAVINSKY / TCHAIKOVSKY / RACHMANINOV
Sir Simon Rattle conducts Stravinsky, Rachmaninov & Tchaikovsky (rec June 2009) BLU-RAY Yefim Bronfman (piano) / Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Sir Simon Rattle [ EuroArts Music Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Feb/2014 ] The famous yearly Berliner Philharmoniker Open-Air concert at the Berlin Waldbühne attended by more than 20,000 people. The atmosphere is unique and unconventionally relaxed. People bring champagne, salmon and caviar, making the Waldbühne a giant... |
BEETHOVEN / STRAVINSKY / RACHMANINOV / BRUCH / TCHAIKOVSKY / etc
Sir Simon Rattle: Berliner Philharmoniker BLU-RAY Yefim Bronfman (piano) Vadim Repin (violin) / Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle. [ EuroArts Blu-ray / 4 Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Jul/2016 ] The first extensive Blu Ray collection of The Berliner Philharmoniker concerts demonstrate the orchestra´s excellence in numerous fields. All 4 concerts are conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, who has been shaping the face of the orchestra for many years. |
STRAVINSKY
Ballet music: Le Sacre / Petrushka / The Firebird / Pulcinella / Suites no. 1 and no. 2 Yvonne Kenny / Robert Tear / Philadelphia Orchestra under Riccardo Muti / Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields under Sir Neville Marriner [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/May/2006 ] "Marriner's Pulcinella is a joy from first bar to last; how the players enjoy the quirkiness of Stravinsky's scoring" (Gramophone on Pulcinella) |
LALO / SAINT-SAENS
Cello Concertos Zara Nelsova (cello) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult & Ernest Ansermet [ Testament / CD - released 10/Mar/2012 ] Recorded 1954-55, mono |
BARTOK
Piano Concertos: No. 1 & No 2; The Miraculous Mandarin Suite Zoltan Kocsis (piano) / Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra. Gyargy Lehel / Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. Sir Neville Marriner [ Capriccio SACD / SACD - released 1/Sep/2005 ] "A generally enjoyable disc" (MusicWeb Aug 2005) |
