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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) |
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 ] |
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GUSTAV HOLST
Holst: Orchestral Works Volume 3 [incls 'The Mystic Trumpeter, Op. 18'] Susan Gritton (soprano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 7/Oct/2013 ] "A superb release, in excellent sound. By far the best recording of the Choral Symphony available." (MusicWeb Nov 2013) |
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) |
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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 ] |
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Reger, Max
Hiller-Variation op. 100, Eine Ballettsuite op. 130 Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Colin Davis [ ORFEO / CD - released 16/Aug/1984 ] |
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Mendelssoh
Ouverture "Sommernachtstraum", Symph. No. 3 "Schottische" Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Colin Davis [ ORFEO / CD - released 16/Aug/1984 ] |
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Mendelssoh
Symphonien 4 & 5 Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Colin Davis [ ORFEO / CD - released 29/Aug/1988 ] |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Harold en Italie (Harold In Italy) / Ballet Music from Les Troyens Tabea Zimmermann, viola; London Symphony Orchestra; Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live / CD - released 4/Aug/2003 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1801-1850) - "The feverish opening of the symphony's last movement which alternates the jagged orchestral writing with the more reflective viola. Themes are introduced and dismissed one after the... |
DELIUS / ELGAR / HOLST / MOERAN / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
The Lark Ascending Tasmin Little (violin) BBC Philharmonic, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 15/Nov/2013 ] "A sumptuous offering all round!" Gramophone Editor's Choice Jan 2014... |
COLERIDGE -TAYLOR / DELIUS / WOOD
Tasmin Little plays British Violin Concertos Tasmin Little (violin) / BBC Philharmonic, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Nov/2015 ] "Little plays (the Delius) just as much careful attention as the other two equally unfamiliar works on her disc." (Guardian) |
FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: Violin Concerto / Double Concerto / Cello Concerto Tasmin Little (violin) Paul Watkins (cello) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Oct/2011 ] "Spellbinding performances of three concertos of languid beauty." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb Nov 2011) |
SIR EUGENE GOOSSENS
Sir Eugene Goossens: Orchestral Works, Vol.3 Tasmin Little (violin), Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 7/Feb/2020 ] "For those not familiar with the other volumes in the series and encountering Goossens' music fresh, this compelling release will steer the aspiring supplicant on the right path." MusicWeb |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Violin Concerto / Polonia / Crown of India: Interlude Tasmin Little (violin) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] "Little...finds an element of wit in the fast-moving figuration [of the finale], leading to a more tender treatment of the lyrical contrasting sections." Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine Dec 2010 |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Coronation Ode, Op.44 / The Spirit of England, Op.80 Teresa Cahill (sop) Anne Collins (alto) Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Sep/1992 ] "Gibson's performances combine fire and panache, and the recorded sound has an ideal Elgarian expansiveness, the choral tone rich and well focused, the orchestral brass given plenty of weight." Penguin Guide |
MOZART
Symphonies Nos. 39 & 41 The English Baroque Soloists / Sir John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / CD - released 14/Apr/2011 ] "Unlike so many 'live' recordings, this one captures the essence of pure music-making and re-creative energy. Period instruments and historical information are means to glorious ends here...[Gardiner] and his musicians take risks within the context... |
Timothy West (Narr), Samuel West, Dominic Matham, Sinfonia 21, Sir Edward Downes
Prokofiev - Eugene Onegin (Melodrama in sixteen scenes) [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 28/Nov/2003 ] Incidental music to the play |
