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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Symphonies complete (budget price) Arleen Auger, Catherine Robbin, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Gregory Reinhart / The Academy of Ancient Music / Christopher Hogwood [ Decca Collectors Edition / 5 CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] "As befits Hogwood's performances, the L'Oiseau-Lyre recordings have a mingled size and clarity that tend to outshine not only Nimbus's obviously idiosyncratic sound but also the slightly grey sound of Norrington's EMI Seventh. Only time will tell... |
BRAHMS
Symphonies (complete) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Riccardo Chailly [ Decca Collectors Edition / 3 CD - released 20/Dec/2006 ] "The recording is outstanding, as is the playing of the full orchestra" The Classical Good CD Guide. |
BELA BARTOK
Bartok: Complete Solo Piano Music [8 CDs special price] Zoltan Kocsis (piano) [ Philips / Decca Collectors Edition / 8 CD Box Set - released 1/Mar/2011 ] "Kocsis penetrates to the very centre or soul of this music" The Penguin Guide to CDs |
POULENC
Complete Songs Vol. 3 John Mark Ainsley / Lorna Anderson / Sarah Fox / Jonathan Lemalu / Lisa Milne / Malcolm Martineau [ Signum / CD - released 20/Jan/2012 ] "Martineau's apparently limitless wisdom about the musicians, the music, and indeed the piano continues at full stretch. The uneasy postlude to 'Voyage', frmo Calligrammes, makes for one of his most breathtaking moments, but the level of intensity is... |