Historical - up to 35% off selected lines
Until 24th April 2024, we're offering up to 35% off over 3,500 selected historical recordings across a wide range of labels. Whenever possible we have managed to include downloads in this offer, selling all download formats at MP3 prices (with no reduction on MP3).
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Sir John Barbirolli conducts Sibelius, Schubert & Britten Saal 1, Funkhaus, Cologne, 7 February 1969
with Gerald English (tenor) & Hermann Baumann (horn)
Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie Orchester, Sir John Barbirolli
We don't think of Barbirolli as specially associated with Britten's music...His response to the Serenade for tenor, horn and strings's range of sounds and moods is memorable nonetheless...Sibelius's... — More…
2 CDs
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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 Phyllis Curtin (soprano), Nicholas Di Virgilio (tenor), Tom Krause (baritone)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf
Although visually showing its age, the stereo sound on this broadcast of the American premiere of the War Requiem sounds remarkably fresh and vivid, and Leinsdorf is authoritative. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2008, DVD of the Month
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Britten: War Requiem Recorded at the Dvořák Hall of the Rudolfinum, Prague, on January 13, 1966 (CD1), May 3, 1958 (CD2/1) and January 17, 1964 (CD2/2-13).
Naděžda Kniplová (soprano), Gerald English (tenor), John Cameron (baritone), Milada Šubrtová (soprano) & Věra Soukupová (alto), Beno Blachut (tenor)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, with Prague Philharmonic Choir & Kühn Children’s Chorus, Karel Ančerl
The Czech premiere of the War Requiem from 1966 is raw but urgent..Collectors will be pleased to encounter leading Czech singers Naděžda Kniplová and Beno Blachut among the soloists but this... — More…
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Benjamin Britten conducts Mozart & Britten Fairfield Halls, Croydon, London, 20th December 1964
Peter Pears (tenor)
English Chamber Orchestra
from the very opening bars of the Mozart it's evident that the conductor is absolutely in control, delivering wonderfully instinctive melodic phrasing, and inspiring the English Chamber Orchestra... — More…
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Tchaikovsky: Mstislav Rostropovich & Benjamin Britten Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Peter Pears (tenor)
English Chamber Orchestra, The Aldeburgh Fesitval Singers, Benjamin Britten
it is a joy to see the two musicians in partnership. Britten sympathetically accompanying with the ECO...The 'bonus' is a real treat: Britten conducting excerpts from Gloriana...both chorus and... — More…
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Legendary Recordings: Josef Vlach & Czech Chamber Orchestra RecommendedCzech Chamber Orchestra, Josef Vlach
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Building a Library, January 2018, Also Recommended
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Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem, Violin Concerto BBC Symphony Orchestra, Halle Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli, Ralph Holmes (violin)
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Julian Bream Live - A tribute, Vol. 3 Wenzel Joseph Thomas Kohaut; Fernando Sor; Mauro Giuliani; Richard Rodney Bennett; Benjamin Britten; Johann Sebastian Bach; Franz Schubert:
Bream/Pears
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2 CDs
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2 CDs
Original price ($23.75) Reduced price $19.00Downloads
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