Browse: Critics' Choice (series)
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It is the flavour of this Concerto for Orchestra that wins the day. Just sample the subtle portamento that spices the string line at bars 52-3 (2'36'') of the first movement, and the sombre colouring... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2005, Editor's Choice
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Building A Library, January 2022, Recommended Recording
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Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana RecommendedElena Souliotis (Santuzza), Mario del Monaco (Turiddu), Tito Gobbi (Alfio), Stefania Malagù (Lola), Anna Di Stasio (Lucia)
Orchestra e Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Silvio Varviso
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Building a Library, April 2001, First Choice
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Bruch: Scottish Fantasy, Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante, Hindemith: Violin Concerto
David Oistrakh (violin), Igor Oistrakh (viola)
Moscow Philharmonic and London Symphony Orchestra, Kyrill Kondrashin and Jascha Horenstein
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Wagner: Highlights from The Ring Helen Donath (Woglinde), Edda Moser (Wellgunde), Anna Reynolds (Flosshilde), Donald Grobe (Froh), Gundula Janowitz (Sieglinde), Helga Dernesch (Brünnhilde), Jess Thomas (Siegfried), Thomas Stewart (Wotan)
Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan
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Building A Library, July 2021, Also Recommended
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Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection'
RecommendedJo Vincent (soprano), Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
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Building a Library, January 2000, Historic Choice
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Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
RecommendedNational Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
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Building a Library, December 1999, First Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Mendelssohn - Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Herbert Blomstedt
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Gramophone Magazine, Editor's Choice
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Gibbons: Church Music
RecommendedThe Choir of King's College Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks & Boris Ord
The artistry of the performers perfectly matches Gibbons's demands in this Critics' Choice disc. Limpid clarity, sensitivity to text and earnest delivery reveal the subtleties of the composer's... — More…
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Building a Library, Also Recommended
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