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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Der glorreiche Augenblick / Choral Fantasia Claire Rutter (soprano) Matilde Wallevik (mezzo-soprano) Peter Hoare (tenor) & Stephen Gadd (bar) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Hilary Davan Wetton [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Aug/2012 ] "With first-rate recorded sound, the disc is strongly recommended." (BBC Music) |
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RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Scheherazade, Op. 35 / Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36 Clio Gould (violin) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit [ ONYX / CD - released 10/Mar/2011 ] "[Clio Gould] offers a ravishing account of the solo violin narrative thread linking the different episodes in the music. Her playing has a fragile beauty...the splendid performance of the Easter Festival Overture conjures up a heady atmosphere of... |
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JOHN IRELAND
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ireland: Piano Concerto in E flat / A London Overture / Mai-Dun - Symphonic Rhapsody / etc Colin Horsley (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Basil Cameron with Daniel Adni, Desmond Wright and the composer on piano [ EMI Classics / CD - released 3/Mar/1993 ] This release restores a classic of the catalogue, the Piano Concerto with Colin Horsley from 1957. |
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CHRISTOPHER GUNNING
Gunning: Concerto For Guitar and Orchestra, Concerto For Clarinet and String Orchestra, Concertino For Flute and Small Orchestra Craig Ogden (guitar), Michael Whight (clarinet), Catherine Handley (flute) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Christopher Gunning (conductor) [ Signum Classics / CD - released 11/Feb/2022 ] Christopher Gunning and the RPO present a series of 3 concertos, all written for friends and colleagues of the composer. In Gunning's own words "... in each case my aim has been to provide the soloist with something enjoyable yet technically... |
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VERDI
Attila (Complete opera recorded in 1973) Cristina Deutekom, Carlo Bergonzi, Ruggero Raimondi, Sherill Milnes, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Lamberto Gardelli [ Decca Grand Opera / 2 CD - released 20/Jun/2012 ] Blazing drama and thrilling singing from an all-star cast as Attila returns to the catalogue. |
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CHOPIN / BALAKIREV / RACHMANINOV / DOHNANYI / etc
Cyril Smith: The Complete Solo Recordings HMV & Columbia recordings Cyril Smith (piano) with Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent [ APR / 3 CD - released 10/Aug/2015 ] We tend to remember Cyril Smith (1909-1974) these days as the pianist who overcame the misfortune of a paralysing stroke to form a hugely successful duo for three hands with his wife, pianist Phyllis Sellick. Before then though, he had conquered the... |
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DANIEL BORTZ / INGVAR KARKOFF / FREDRIK OSTERLING
A Joker's Tales: 21st-century recorder works Dan Laurin (recorder) / Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra / Alan Gilbert; Ostgota Symphonic Wind Ensemble / Petter Sundkvist / Trio Paradox [ BIS / CD - released 26/Jan/2006 ] "A new CD of high quality, substantial and original new music has certainly done Bis no disservice" (MusicWeb March 2006) |
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BEETHOVEN / KREISLER
Legacy [incls Beethoven - violin concerto] David Garrett (violin) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Ion Marin [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 22/Mar/2012 ] "The Beethoven has some lovely episodes." (Gramophone) |
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TCHAIKOVSKY / BRAHMS
Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35 / Violin Concerto in D major, Op.77 (Rec 1960/61) David Oistrakh (violin) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Norman Del Mar; London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent [ BBC Legends / CD - released 7/Jan/2004 ] "The big tone, the generous gestures, the energy and the poetry, all are here, plus an extra shot of 'live' adrenalin" Gramophone |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony 4 & 5 / Romeo & Juliet / Piano Concerto No. 1 Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman / Horacio Gutierrez (piano) / Royal Philharmonic, Andre Previn [ Telarc Everybody's Classics / 2 CD - released 19/Sep/2008 ] "Zinman's is a refined...deftly paced account...Telarc's sound is resplendent." American Record Guide |
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W. A. MOZART / JOHANNES BRAHMS
Mozart/Brahms: Violin Concertos Gioconda De Vito (violin) / Berlin Deutsche Opera Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 26/Oct/2009 ] Violinist Gioconda De Vito was a key figure in the renaissance of Italian string playing after 1945. With her broad phrasing, ample tone and generous vibrato, she excelled in performances of Brahms's Violin Concerto using Joachim's cadenza, as in... |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
The Collection: Six CD set (Incls Piano Concertos, Symphonies 4-6 & Ballet Suites) Derek Han (piano) Vladimir Spivakov (violin) / Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Enrique Batiz [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 30/Apr/2008 ] Russian Peter Iljitch Tchaikovsky's romantic character may be heard in all his music: the symphonies no.'s 4,5 and 6, the 1st and 2nd piano concertos, the violin concerto, Serenade for Strings and music for his three large ballets: The Nutcracker,... |
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Dolora Zajick, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles MacKerras
The Art of Dramatic Mezzo-Soprano (Incls arias by Verdi, Gluck & Saint-Saens) [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 12/Aug/2000 ] This collection, amazingly enough, is Zajick's first solo recording! |
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CHABRIER / DEBUSSY / RAVEL
Iberia Domingo Hindoyan, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra [ Onyx / CD - released 31/Oct/2025 ] As France recovered from the shock of defeat to Prussian forces in 1870, the country began to boast again of its status as the centre of the world. Paris was the place to be for anyone interested in contemporary culture and the advance of modernity,... |
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ROBERTO SIERRA
Sierra: Symphony No.6, Sinfonietta for strings Domingo Hindoyan, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra [ Onyx Classcis / CD - released 28/Apr/2023 ] 'The works included on this album span 25 years of creative activity. While current projects are always my focus, looking back is not something I often do; however, this recording confronted me with compositions representing a good part of my... |
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Domingo Hindoyan, The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Verismo - Preludi e Intermezzi [ Onyx / CD - released 27/Oct/2023 ] An album of dramatic and passionate Preludes and Intermezzos from some of the most popular Italian operas, from Domingo Hindoyan and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Translations of works by early French and Russian realists, Stendahl,... |
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WOLF-FERRARI
Susanna's Secret / Serenata Dora Rodrigues, Marc Canturri / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko [ Avie / CD - released 20/Aug/2010 ] "This addictive entertainment was as much a showcase for Vasily Petrenko and the Liverpool Phil as it was for Canturri's incisive, handsome baritone and Rodrigues's smooth, well-focused soprano" The Independent on Sunday (on the live performance of... |
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EDWARD ELGAR / ANTONIN DVOARK
Elgar/Dvorak: Cello Concertos Maria Kliegel (cello) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Michael Halasz [ Naxos / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] "Her playing has great virtuosity, but it is her phrasing especially in the Elgar, which suggests a great musical intelligence" - Classic CD |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 4 / Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini Earl Wild (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Jascha Horenstein [ Chesky / CD - released 2/Dec/2007 ] Liszt was often called a "piano-centaur," so at one was he with the instrument. Earl Wild could be described in similar terms. The gift of absolute pitch revealed itself at age three as his avidity for the keyboard took prodigious strides. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Earl Wild Goes to the Movies (Incls Mozart' Piano Concerto No 21 & Slaughter on 10th Avenue) Earl Wild (piano) / London Promenade / RCA Symphony / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [ Ivory Classics / CD - released 26/Jan/2008 ] Born on November 26, 1915 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the young Wild displayed extraordinary musical ability from the age of three. By the time he was six years of age, he was reading music fluently and before his twelfth birthday, he was studying... |