Testament
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The Hollywood String Quartet play Schoenberg and Schubert
RecommendedAlvin Dinkin, Kurt Reher
The Hollywood String Quartet
This 1951 mono recording set the benchmark for many years, and so it probably did much to establish the current, questionable norms of tempo. But it's superb performance, played with skill... — More…
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Building a Library, February 2002, First Choice
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Building a Library, October 2007, Historic Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 1994, Winner - Historic non-vocal
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Wilhelm Furtwängler conducts Strauss & Wagner
RecommendedKirsten Flagstad
Philharmonia Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler
The world premiere of Four Last Songs in its best transfer ever, plus some previously unissued Wagner from the same concert. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th March 2007
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Finalist - Historic Archive
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2007, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, October 2006, Historic Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Building a Library, November 2011, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2002, Winner - Historic Reissue
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'
RecommendedAase Nordmo-Løvberg, Christa Ludwig, Waldemar Kmentt, Hans Hotter
Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
…Otto Klemperer's energy and momentum come not from his tempos but from the way the rhythms are articulated. In the first movement and Scherzo the heroic, teeth-gritted determination are physically... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st February 2010
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Building a Library, December 2009, First Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Rostropovich & Britten
RecommendedRecorded live at the 1961 Aldeburgh Music Festival - Previously unpublished
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) & Benjamin Britten (piano), Peter Pears (tenor)
this Testament release of Rostropovich in his debut at the Aldeburgh Festival catches the cellist somewhere near his early and all-conquering best — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th April 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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