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MOZART / WEBER / BRAHMS
Chamber Music Melos Ensemble of London [ Decca ABC Eloquence / CD - released 20/May/2010 ] "(Mozart) ...a very satisfying performance of the Mozart Clarinet Trio... warranting the very strongest recommendation." Gramophone. |
JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Septet / Quintet (with Weber - Clarinet Quintet) The Melos Ensemble of London [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 15/Feb/2016 ] "One can see how Hummel charmed nineteenth-century audiences...The 1965 sound is warm, full and rich, and this is a vintage recording in every way. The coupling's a charmer too." (Penguin Guide) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
The Very Best Of Beethoven London Classical Player, Roger Norrington / François-René Duchâble / Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste / Dmitry Sitkovetsky / etc [ Virgin / Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 25/Aug/2019 ] "This reissue is greatly to be welcomed as it usefully collects together some very thought-provoking performances at an affordable price and in good, clear recorded sound." (MusicWeb) |
JOHN FIELD
Piano Concerto No 1 in E flat major; Piano Concerto No.2 in A flat major Michael O'Rourke (piano) / London Mozart Players / Matthias Bamert [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 15/Mar/2005 ] "The soloist is very persuasive, and he receives admirable support from Bamert and the London Mozart Players. First-class, natural balanced recording." (Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide) |
WEBER
Clarinet Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 & Concertino Michael Collins (clarinet & conductor) / City of London Sinfonia [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2011 ] On this disc, the exclusive Chandos artist, Michael Collins, plays the clarinet in three works for clarinet and orchestra by Weber, as well as conducting the City of London Sinfonia. The disc also includes Weber's horn concertino, featuring the... |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
An Introduction To Vaughan Williams (incls 'The Lark Ascending' & 'A London Symphony') Michael Davis (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Vernon Handley, Bryden Thomson [ Chandos Intro / CD - released 1/Aug/2006 ] "Thomson's mighty London risks creating a following. This is a magnificent performance which impresses more with each hearing" (MusicWeb bargain of the Month Sept 2006) |
GIUSEPPE VERDI / GAETANO DONIZETTI
Verdi / Donizetti Michael Fabiano (tenor), London Philharmonic Orchestra and London Voices [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 17/May/2019 ] American star tenor Michael Fabiano presents a spectacular set of scenes taken from late Donizetti and middle Verdi operas, revealing the strong ties between these two composers. The album documents a paradigmatic shift in Italian opera, from the... |
JOHN FIELD
Field: Piano Concerto No. 5 in C major, `L`incendie par l`orage`/ Piano Concerto No. 3 in E flat major Michael O'Rourke (piano) / London Mozart Players / Matthias Bamert [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 15/Mar/2005 ] "Excellent support throughout from Bamert, and first-class recording." (Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide) |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Grande Messe des Morts (Requiem) [recorded in St Paul's Cathedral, London, March 2019] Michael Spyres (tenor) / Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, London Philharmonic Choir, John Nelson [ Erato / Warner Classics / 3 CD/DVD - released 20/Sep/2019 ] "The recording, in general, has lovely brass tone and is most sensitive to Nelsons's wide dynamic range…If the text above all, and the atmosphere of an event contemplated, satisfies you, there are few better options around at the moment." Gramophone |
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NICCOLO PAGANINI
Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1 (with works by Tchaikovsky) [recorded 1987] Midori (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra / Leonard Slatkin [ Newton Classics / CD - released 16/Dec/2010 ] 'A splendid new version of Paganini's Violin Concerto in D, the most famous, because of the enticing lyrical theme of the first movement. Midori, an astonishingly accomplished 13-year-old, is fully equal to the work's formidable technical demands and... |
KHACHATURIAN / BARBER
Two Souls: Concertos Mikhail Simonyan (violin) / london Symphony Orchestra, Kristjan Jarvi [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] "Simonyan is a true virtuoso; his playing has a natural, unforced authority and, among other accomplishments, his clear, brilliant spiccato bowing is heard to great effect in the finales of both concertos." (Gramophone Feb 2012) |
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Orchestral Music Minnesota Orchestra, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski / London Symphony Orchestra, Louis Fremaux [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2015 ] This generously filled 2CD set offers the near-complete orchestral works by Maurice Ravel. Ravel's oeuvre is small but of an exceptionally high quality, crafted by a perfectionist. His orchestral works are set in extraordinary colours and timbres,... |
SAINT-GEORGES / STILL / COLERIDGE-TAYLOR / CORDERO / KAY / WALKER / etc
Black Composer Series - The Complete Album Collection Miriam Fried, Jaime Laredo, Sanford Allen (violins) Faye Robinson, Doralene Davis (sopranos) Juilliard String Quartet, London Symphony Orchestra, etc [ Sony Classical / 10 CD Box Set - released 18/Jan/2019 ] "The sound is in general typical of Sony at this period in time, close set with good spatial definition. Some journey, this, and I'd heartily recommend it." Gramophone |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3 / Violin Concerto / Suite No. 3 in G major / etc Mischa Elman (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris, Sir Adrian Boult [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 6/Mar/2020 ] This new collection invaluably gathers up all the Tchaikovsky recordings Adrian Boult made for Decca between 1952 and 1956. |
BRUCH / WIENIAWSKI / LALO / SAINT-SAENS
Violin Concertos / Cello Concertos (recorded 1953 & 1956) Mischa Elman (violin) Zara Nelsova (cello) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult [ Brilliant Classics Retrospective / 2 CD - released 8/Jun/2008 ] Mono recordings |
JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos 1-7, Kullervo, Pohjola's Daughter, The Oceanides Monica Groop (mezzo), Peter Mattei (baritone) / London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live SACD + Blu-ray audio / 6 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 14/Oct/2016 ] This digibox set of classic LSO Live recordings also features a Pure Audio Blu-ray, containing HD master audio, allowing listeners to experience this award-winning cycle in a whole new way. |
GOUNOD / MEYERBEER / BIZET / PUCCINI / CHARPENTIER /
French Opera Arias Monserrat Caballe (soprano) / New Philharmonia Orchestra London / Reynald Giovaninetti (with Placido Domingo, tenor) [ DG Spotlight / CD - released 24/Aug/2006 ] Domingo's original 'crossover' LP, re-presented as it was originally, complete with artist interview in the package and including an alternative cover on the inside! |
STRAVINSKY
Symphony of Psalms (with Boulanger - Psalms) The Monteverdi Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, John Elliot Gardiner [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 11/Sep/2002 ] 'A smooth but powerful reading of the Stravinsky that more than holds its own against stiff competition.' Gramophone |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream - Overture & Incidental Music Ceri-lyn Cissone (Hermia/Fairy/Titania); Alexander Knox (Lysander/Puck) / Monteverdi Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Eliot Gardiner [ LSO Live SACD + BLU-RAY AUDIO / 2 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Mar/2017 ] Continuing his award-winning cycle of works by Felix Mendelssohn, Sir John Eliot Gardiner leads the LSO, his Monteverdi Choir and three talented young actors from the Guildhall in a landmark performance of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. |
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PUCCINI / DONIZETTI / MOZART / VERDI / etc
An Evening with Montserrat Caballe Montserrat Caballa, soprano, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent garden, new Philharmonia Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, London Sympho [ Philips Eloquence / CD - released 25/Jan/2003 ] Eloquence - the specially priced quality label from Europe |
