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Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin, Hungarian Peasant Songs & other folk dances
RecommendedBudapest Festival Orchestra, Hungarian Radio Chorus, Iván Fischer
As Mandarins go, they don't come more miraculous than this – a vivid, no-holds-barred performance. Everything tells: the flavour is right, the pacing too, and the sound has a toughened, raw-edged... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1998, Winner - Orchestral
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Building A Library, December 2023, Recommended Recording
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It is masterly, wonderfully paced and finely detailed. The Berlin Philharmonic has never sounded like this since the 1980s. — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1984, Winner - Orchestral
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Gramophone Awards, 1984, Recording of the Year
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1980s
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Holst: The Planets, Op. 32
RecommendedOrchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Women of the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal Chorus, Charles Dutoit
The Planets is Holst's most famous work, and its success is surely deserved.
The musical characterisation is as striking as its originality of conception: the association of 'Saturn' with old... — More…Awards:
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Gramophone Awards, 1987, Winner - Engineering
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Bartók - Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 RecommendedMaurizio Pollini (piano), Shlomo Mintz (violin)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
Bartók and Pollini were made for one another - the bite and energy and odd restraint of these masterworks is ideally caught. Mintz does full justice to the Two Portraits. — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1979, Winner - Concerto
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Grammy Awards, 22nd Awards (1979), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Building a Library, November 2000, Runner-Up
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Gramophone Awards, 1989, Winner - Early Music - Baroque
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Tippett: Triple Concerto and Concerto for Orchestra
RecommendedLondon Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
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Gramophone Awards, 1982/3, Winner - Concerto
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Gramophone Awards, 1982/3, Recording of the Year
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The Sound of the Trumpet
RecommendedPeter Hurford (organ), Alan Stringer (trumpet), Gwynne Howell (bass), John Wilbraham (trumpet), Philip Jones (trumpet), Leslie Pearson (organ)
The Michael Laird Brass Ensemble, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, London Festival Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner, Elgar...
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 'Organ Symphony'
RecommendedJean Guillou (organ)
San Francisco Symphony, Edo de Waart
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Building A Library, February 2024, Recommended Recording
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Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante RecommendedItzhak Perlman (violin), Pinchas Zukerman (viola), Pinchas Zukerman (violin)
Israel Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Janacek: Sinfonietta, Taras Bulba & Concertino RecommendedBavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik
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Building a Library, April 2005, Also Recommended
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Building a Library, July 2017, Also Recommended
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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