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Sir Thomas Beecham
The Founding Years - Beecham [ Lpo / CD - released 3/Oct/2005 ] |
Sir Victor Uwaifo
Guitar Boy Superstar 1970-1976 [ Soundway Records / CD - released 18/May/2009 ] Nigerian legend, Sir Victor Uwaifo combined the rhythms and traditions of the historic culture of the Empire of Benin with the sounds of Highlife, Soul and Reggae to produce his own unique and culturally vital musical hybrid. |
Sir Was
Digging A Tunnel (LP) [ City Slang LP / LP - released 17/Mar/2017 ] "Blending Tame Impala-reminiscent vocals like a beam of light with playful yet melancholy electronic production" - Stereogum Sir Was' debut full length, Digging A Tunnel, is an album that constantly bucks trends and confounds expectations.... |
Sir Winston Churchill
Great Speeches [ Regis Records / CD - released 12/Jun/2007 ] This collection from one of the greatest orators of the 20th Century - Winston Churchill - is timeless. All his major speeches throughout the war years are featured on this disc. |
W.A. MOZART
Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) Highlights Soloists / Scottish Chamber Chorus / Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Sir Charles MacKerras [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 15/Feb/2006 ] This highlight disc contains the favorite arias and orchestral music from The Marriage of Figaro as the third installment in Telarc's opera series. |
W.A. MOZART
Favourite Arias from The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, Cosi fan tutte and The Magic Flute. Soloists. Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 20/Sep/2005 ] A richly-varied selection of favorite arias taken from four complete, celebrated Mozart operas on Telarc: The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, Cosi fan tutte and The Magic Flute |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Favourite Overtures [incls 'Ride of the Valkyries'] Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Opera Gala / CD - released 20/Jul/2016 ] Richard Wagner was one of the most revolutionary figures in the history of music, a composer who made pivotal contributions to the development of harmony and musical drama that reverberate even today. Indeed, though Wagner occasionally produced... |
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BERLIOZ
Overtures [Including Le Carnaval Romain & Benvenuto Cellini] Staatskapelle Dresden / Sir Colin Davis [ RCA Red Seal Classic Library / CD - released 1/Jun/2005 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1801-1850) - "Mercurial, full of vitality and poetic feeling, wonderfully light in articulation, and superbly played and recorded. A glorious issue, outstanding in every way, and now the best... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos 4 & 5 "Emperor" Stephen Kovacevich (piano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra / London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis [ Decca Virtuoso / CD - released 27/Oct/2011 ] "..beautifully-judged textures-limpid, clean and with a wide range of sonority and very sensitive pedalling...both performances are worthy of the very highest comparisons, from the majority of which they will emerge unscathed." (Gramophone) |
GRIEG / SCHUMANN
Piano Concertos Stephen Kovacevich (piano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis [ PHILIPS / CD - released 1/Jan/2008 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - "An excellent transfer brings the long-admired recording by Stephen Kovacevich and Colin Davis vividly back to life." (1001 Classical) |
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 4 Stephen Kovacevich (piano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 12/Apr/2005 ] "The solo piano enters and what a sound. It is like a magnificent, properly tuned piano! The overall sound is just right. And so it goes, with every release in this series." - Rad Bennett, Radical Sounds (April 1, 2003) |
W.A. MOZART
Stuart Burrows Stuart Burrows (tenor) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / London Symphony Orchestra / Sir John Pritchard [ Decca Classic Recitals / CD - released 1/Mar/2006 ] A timely reminder of the great Welsh tenor and outstanding Mozartian. Presents the complete recital on CD for the first time. |
HANDEL
Messiah (complete oratorio plus bonus DVD of highlights) Susan Gritton, Sara Mingardo, Mark Padmore, Alastair Miles / Tenebrae Choir / London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live SACD / 3 Hybrid SACD/DVD - released 17/Nov/2007 ] |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 in C Minor op. 67 & No. 6 in F Major op.68 SWR Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart; Sir Roger Norrington, Conductor [ Hanssler / CD - released 26/May/2003 ] "Norrington's thoughts and reappraisals always present plenty of fodder to chew on. Expect to be surprised, moved and, possibly, irritated." (Music Web) |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Symphony No. 1 (plus Wagner's Overture from Die Meistersinger) SWR Symphony Orchestra / Sir Roger Norrington [ Hanssler / CD - released 15/May/2006 ] Gramophone magazine had this to say: "An honest, intelligent Elgar First from an unexpected source…" |
GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: Requiem / Pelleas et Melisande Suite / Pavane / etc Sylvia McNair, Thomas Allen / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Jun/2019 ] "Marriner's pacing is ideal, and the clean choral attack is matched by superb singing from Sylvia McNair and Thomas Allen." (Three Stars Penguin Guide) |
BARTOK
Bluebeard's Castle (a filmed version of the complete opera) Sylvia Sass / Kolos KovAts / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Georg Solti [ Decca DVD / DVD - released 1/May/2008 ] G : - "If not anything, this is a fine opportunity to re-assess Bartók's dramatic acumen in an intimate environment. Sound and visuals are of the highest Decca standards. Highly recommended." (ClassicalNet April 2008) |
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Bruckner,
Symphonie No. 7 Symphonieorchester d. BR, Sir Colin Davis [ ORFEO / CD - released 7/Nov/1989 ] |
ELGAR / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Enigma Variations, Op. 36 / Symphony No. 6 in E minor Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Sir Colin Davis [ BR Klassik / CD - released 16/Dec/2010 ] |
