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Presto CD - 50 classic vocal, choral and Christmas discs from Decca
We're focusing on the vocal side of things with this week's batch of re-issues, ranging from legendary Mahler from Kirsten Flagstad and Kathleen Ferrier and classic Christmas collections from Cambridge to a surprisingly-cast My Fair Lady with Kiri Te Kanawa, Jeremy Irons, Jerry Hadley and Warren Mitchell, and a vintage Mikado from the D'Oyly Carte's glory-days. There are also eight discs of Pavarotti in his glory-days, and rare coloratura fireworks from Sumi Jo and Joan Sutherland.
You can browse through the full range of Presto CDs here.
Sir David Willcocks conducts the Choir of King's College Cambridge.
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Arias from the St Matthew Passion, Messiah, Samson and Judas Maccabeus, with the London Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Adrian Boult.
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Janet Baker, Robert Tear and John Shirley-Quirk are the soloists, with the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields under Neville Marriner.
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Tatiana Troyanos, Plácido Domingo, Kiri Te Kanawa and José van Dam star on Sir Georg Solti's 1975 recording with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Peter Pears is the soloist in all three works, directed by the composer and with Barry Tuckwell in the Serenade and Nocturne.
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David Willcocks conducts the Choir of King's College Cambridge.
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Kiri Te Kanawa is the soloist, with the English Chamber Orchestra under Jeffrey Tate.
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Elisabeth Söderström and Vladimir Ashkenazy perform songs including The Maiden's Wish, Handsome Lad and The Double End.
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Stephen Cleobury directs the Choir of King's College, Cambridge and The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble in works including Quem Vidistis pastores and O Magnum Mysterium.
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Coro Gregoriano de Lisboa perform the Liturgy of Saint Anthony.
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Charles Dutoit conducts the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, with Eva Randová and Sergei Leiferkus among the soloists.
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Kiri Te Kanawa, Jeremy Irons, Jerry Hadley and Warren Mitchell star on John Mauceri's recording with the London Symphony Orchestra.
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Kirsten Flagstad sings Kindertotenlieder and Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen under Sir Adrian Boult, and the Wesendonck-Lieder under Hans Knappertsbusch.
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Pilar Lorengar, Lucia Popp, Teresa Berganza, Brigitte Fassbaender and Nicolai Ghiaurov are among the soloists.
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Stephen Cleobury conducts the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra with soloists including Ann Murray, Rogers Covey-Crump and David Wilson-Johnson.
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Herbert Blomstedt conducts the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, with soloists Lynne Dawson, John Daniecki and Kevin McMillan.
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Charles Dutoit conducts the Orchestre National de France and the R.T.F. Choeur de Radio France, with soprano Françoise Pollet in the Gloria.
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István Kertész conducts the London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, with soloists Pilar Lorengar, Yvonne Minton, Luciano Pavarotti, and Hans Sotin.
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A cast of D'Oyly Carte veterans is led by John Reed (celebrating his twentieth anniversary with the company here in 1973), Valerie Masterson as Yum-Yum, and Lyndsie Holland as Katisha; Royston Nash conducts.
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Carlo Franci conducts the Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in the Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves, Anvil Chorus and more.
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Joan Sutherland, Carlo Bergonzi and Robert Merrill lead the cast on John Pritchard's 1962 recording with the Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.
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Sutherland also sings Violetta on Richard Bonynge's 1980 recording with the National Philharmonic Orchestra, with Luciano Pavarotti as Alfredo and Matteo Manuguerra as Germont.
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David Willcocks conducts the Choir of King's College Cambridge and the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields in Vivaldi's Gloria and Magnificats by both composers.
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Sir Georg Solti conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker in highlights including the Ride of the Valkyries and Siegfried's Funeral March.
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Riccardo Chailly conducts the London Sinfonietta, with Peggy Ashcroft and Jeremy Irons as the narrators in the Walton.
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Riccardo Chailly conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, with soloists Alessandra Marc, Håkan Hagegård and Willard White.
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Joan Sutherland, Barry Tuckwell and Richard Bonynge perform rarities by Berlioz, Kücken, Lahchner, Massenet and more.
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Includes music from Fidelio, Madama Butterfly, Lohengrin, Norma and Boris Godunov.
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The great contralto sings Brahms's Alto Rhapsody, Vier ernste Gesänge and songs with viola, and three songs from Mahler's Rückert-Lieder (conducted by Bruno Walter).
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With Bruno Walter at the piano, the programme includes music by Brahms and Schubert as well as a complete performance of Frauenliebe und -leben.
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Kathleen Ferrier sings favourite folksongs including The Keel Row, O Waly, Waly and Down by the Salley Gardens*, as well as music by Roger Quilter.
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Sumi Jo sings showpieces by Balfe, Boieldieu, Massé, Messager and more, with Richard Bonynge conducting the English Chamber Orchestra.
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Marilyn Horne joins the English Chamber Orchestra under Carl Davis for a programme of songs by Copland, Stephen Foster, Irving Berlin and others.
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With Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra, Kiri Te Kanawa sings songs by Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers, Kurt Weill, Irving Berlin and more.
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Kiri te Kanawa and Roger Vignoles sing music by Granados, Liszt, Obradors, Purcell, Rachmaninov and Ravel.
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Leontyne Price joins the Wiener Philharmoniker under Herbert von Karajan for festive favourites including O Holy Night, Silent Night and We Three Kings.
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Joan Sutherland sings arias from Attila, L'Africaine, I Capuleti and more, with the Orchestra of Welsh National Opera under Richard Bonynge.
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The Spanish soprano sings opera arias by Bizet, Dvorak, Mozart, Puccini and Wagner, and songs by Granados and Turina.
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Arias from Andrea Chenier, Mefistofele, Tosca, Guglielmo Tell, Un ballo in maschera and more.
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Opera arias by Donizetti, Flotow and Verdi, and songs by Legrenzi, Scarlatti, Stradella, Schubert and Tosti, with John Wustman at the piano.
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Arias from Carmen, Tosca, Werther, Aida and La Fille du Régiment, and songs by Bixio, di Capua, Denza and Tosti.
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Pavarotti sings arias from Faust, Carmen, Martha, Tosca, La Bohème, Turandot and more.
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Pavarotti sings favourites including O sole mio, Funiculì-Funiculà, Torna a Surriento and Marechiare.
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Kurt Herbert Adler conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in music by Berlioz, Cilea, Curtis, Donizetti, Puccini and Verdi.
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Pavarotti sings songs by di Capua, Cardilla, Falvo, Nardella, Valente and others.
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Pavarotti sings sacred music by Adam, Berlioz, Guck, Gounod, Rossini, Schubert, Stradella and Verdi.
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Kiri te Kanawa joins the Philharmonia Orchestra and London Voices under Carl Davis for festive favourites including White Christmas, Winter Wonderland, Silver Bells and Mary's Boy Child.
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Stephen Cleobury conducts the Choir of King's College, Cambridge in carols including O Little Town of Bethlehem, Away in a Manger, O come, all ye faithful and Silent Night.
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John Rutter conducts the Choir and Orchestra of Clare College Cambridge in traditional carols and settings by Darke, Poston, Praetorius, Tchaikovsky and Rutter himself.
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Richard Bonynge conducts the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
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