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Berlioz: Grande Messe des Morts [Requiem Mass] cover
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Grande Messe des Morts [Requiem Mass]
Ronald Dowd (tenor) / Wandsworth School Boys Choir / London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus / Sir Colin Davis
[ Pentatone SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 10/Aug/2008 ]
"AT LONG LAST! WE GET TO HEAR THE FIRST REALLY GOOD RECORDING OF THE BERLIOZ REQUIEM THE WAY IT WAS MEANT TO BE HEARD!!!" (SA-CD.net *****)
Haydn: Symphonies Nos 88 & 99 / Beethoven: Symphony No 1 in C cover
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HAYDN / BEETHOVEN
Haydn: Symphonies Nos 88 & 99 / Beethoven: Symphony No 1 in C
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis
[ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 12/Apr/2005 ]
"With its warmth, exuberance and pungency of detail, this is modern-instrument Haydn as its finest." Richard Wigmore, Daily Telegraph
Mozart: Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute) (complete opera recorded in 2003) cover
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute) (complete opera recorded in 2003)
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Simon Keenlyside / Dorothea Roschmann / Will Hartmann / Diana Damrau / Franz-Josef Selig / Sir Colin Davis (cond)
[ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 24/Oct/2003 ]
G :- "This production by David McVicar has been rightly lauded, and with such a cast of singers and sound quality to match, I urge you to take advantage of a first-rate venture." -CLASSICWEB
Sibelius: Symphony No 1 / Karelia Suite / Swan of Tuonela / Finlandia cover
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JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Symphony No 1 / Karelia Suite / Swan of Tuonela / Finlandia
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson
[ ALTO / CD - released 10/Nov/2012 ]
"Gibson was a much under-recorded conductor, so this reissue of his tight-reined, yet sweepingly intense way with early Sibelius is especially welcome. The RPO responds to him in classy style." (BBC Music)
Symphony No.6 / Symphony No.9 / The Country Beyond the Stars cover
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DANIEL JONES
Symphony No.6 / Symphony No.9 / The Country Beyond the Stars
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra / Sir Charles Groves & Bryden Thomson
[ Lyrita / CD - released 30/Aug/2008 ]
"I have no doubt that there are those who will find this disc (or at the very least parts of it) nothing short of revelatory." (MusicWeb March 2004)
Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5 cover
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SIBELIUS
Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Halle Orchestra / Sir John Barbirolli
[ Testament / CD - released 1/May/2010 ]
"Barbirolli's October 1962 account of the Second Symphony with the RPO… finds Sir John at his inspirational best in a reading which marries outsize but never wilful temperament to edge-of-seat spontaneity and keen poetic instinct." (Gramophone)
Symphonies Nos 4, 7 & 8 cover
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DANIEL JONES
Symphonies Nos 4, 7 & 8
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Charles Groves / BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra / Bryden Thomson
[ Lyrita / CD - released 12/Oct/2007 ]
"A good introduction to a distinctive Welsh voice" (MusicWeb Sept 2007)
Symphonie Fantastique / Le Carnaval Romain Overture cover
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BERLIOZ
Symphonie Fantastique / Le Carnaval Romain Overture
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras
[ Royal Philharmonic / SACD - released 10/Oct/2008 ]
Digitally recorded in 1994 and now released on SACD sourround sound.
Swan Lake & The Sleeping Beauty Suites cover
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Swan Lake & The Sleeping Beauty Suites
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras
[ Telarc Classics / CD - released 6/Dec/2004 ]
"Mackerras brings every section to life with an appealing lilt and plenty of high spirits. The reproduction is superb." -Fanfare
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique / Overtures cover
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique / Overtures
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras, Yuri Simonov / Alexander Gibson [overtures]
[ ALTO / CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ]
The incomparable Sir Charles Mackerras leads the Royal Philharmonic in a supercharged recording of Berlioz's most popular work. Also includes Berlioz's most popular short works conducted by Yuri Simonov and Alexander Gibson
Delius: 11 Favourites cover
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FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: 11 Favourites
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham
[ Alto / CD - released 20/Feb/2019 ]
"Beecham's championship of the Bradford-born master yields a generous treasury, with some contrast (e.g. 'Sleigh Ride') to break the reveries. There may be silkier-sounding recordings, but none so characterful." BBC Music Four Stars
Sir Thomas Beecham: BBC Recordings [1954, 1956 & 1959] cover
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HAYDN / MOZART / BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / WAGNER / LISZT
Sir Thomas Beecham: BBC Recordings [1954, 1956 & 1959]
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham, with Alexander Young (tenor)
[ ICA Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 5/May/2018 ]
This release has been sourced from the Richard Itter archive. The collection is very important for collectors because it has never been released before onto the market. Beecham caught 'live' often showed the mercurial side of his character and no...
Gilbert & Sullivan: Overtures & Choruses [2 CD set] cover
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GILBERT and SULLIVAN
Gilbert & Sullivan: Overtures & Choruses [2 CD set]
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & various orchestras, Isidore Godfrey, Royston Nash, Sir Charles Mackerras, James Walker & Sir Malcolm Sargent
[ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ]
"This is a marvellous and well-presented double disc compilation consisting of all of Sullivan's overtures as well as popular choruses from a wide variety of the most well known operettas." (Bargain of the Month MusicWeb Feb 2011)
The Sorcerer`s Apprentice / Danse macabre, Op.40 / La Boutique fantasque cover
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Lemminkainen Suite / Luonnotar / etc cover
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Overtures (Includes 'Le Carnaval Romain' & 'Le Corsaire') cover
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BERLIOZ
Overtures (Includes 'Le Carnaval Romain' & 'Le Corsaire')
Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Sir Alexander Gibson
[ Chandos Classics / CD - released 28/Apr/2002 ]
"This is music-making with plenty of character, unflagging gusto, and a forthright sensibility" Fanfare
An Introduction to Holst (Incls 'The Planets' & 'Brook Green Suite') cover
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HOLST
An Introduction to Holst (Incls 'The Planets' & 'Brook Green Suite')
Royal Scottish National Orchestra / women's voices of the RSNO Chorus / Sir Alexander Gibson / Richard Hickox
[ Chandos Intro / CD - released 1/Aug/2006 ]
'In every respect this latest Holst anthology from Chandos will be hard to beat. The recording is superb - very real indeed…' The Penguin Complete Guide
Grieg: Peer Gynt / Symphonic Dance No.2 / In Autumn / etc. cover
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EDVARD GREIG
Grieg: Peer Gynt / Symphonic Dance No.2 / In Autumn / etc.
Ilse Hollweg (soprano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham
[ Warner Classics / CD - released 13/Feb/2012 ]
"Beecham showed a very special feeling for this score and to hear (these excerpts) under his baton is a uniquely rewarding experience. Ilse Hollweg makes an excellent soloist." Rosette - Penguin Stereo Guide
Cantatas Nos BWV140 & BWV147 cover
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J. S. BACH
Cantatas Nos BWV140 & BWV147
Ruth Holton (soprano) Michael Chance (alto) Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) / English Baroque Soloists / Sir John Elliot Gardiner
[ DG Archiv / CD - released 21/Oct/2000 ]
"The solo singing is by and large excellent. I very much enjoyed the unpretentious vocal quality of Ruth Holton" (Gramophone)
Die Schopfung (The Creation) [complete] cover
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JOSEF HAYDN
Die Schopfung (The Creation) [complete]
Sally Matthews (soprano) Ian Bostridge (tenor) Dietrich Henschel (baritone) / London Symphony chorus & orchestra / Sir Colin Davis
[ LSO Live SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Aug/2009 ]
"What is offered here is an unapologetically opulent-sounding large-scale performance." Sunday Times, 21st June 2009 ***