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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5, The Sleeping Beauty Op. 66 (Excerpts) & Francesca da Rimini - Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, USSR Symphony Orchestra, Arvīds Jansons
To these ears, then as now, Jansons was in essence a loyal ambassador for Mravinsky’s interpretation and the Leningraders followed him every step of the way. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2024, Archive/Reissue of the Month
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4 & Symphony No. 11
BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
I’d put this Fourth at the top of my pile for sheer belligerence and daring...this is a must-hear album and no mistake – and the Fourth is as good as it gets. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2022, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 & Kabalevsky: Colas Breugnon Overture
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Constantin Silvestri
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Holst: The Planets
Works By Vaughan Williams, Walton and Butterworth
BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult
the pick of the present generous collection comprising his thrillingly powerful traversal with the BBC SO from the 1973 Proms of Holst’s The Planets. With Boult at the helm of the orchestra... — More…
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 - Balakirev: Islamey
New Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Sanderling, Kirill Kondrashin
The way we hurtle towards the roaring declamation of the DSCH monogram in the central climax is wonderfully defiant. — More…
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this live Fifth Symphony from 1975 is luminous and beautiful in a way that sets it apart. Boult’s ability to evoke a captivating mood is remarkable here, in a work that often feels too placid... — More…
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Hans Rosbaud 50th Anniversary Edition
Saal 1, Funkhaus, Cologne, 22 October 1951
Kölner Rundkunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Hans Rosbaud
I detect no lack of feeling or expressiveness in Rosbaud’s reading and he is not afraid to deploy a judicious amount of portamento. It’s good to hear a straightforward approach to this music...The... — More…
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this is a stirring performance verging on greatness. — More…
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Guido Cantelli conducts Debussy & Schumann
Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 9 September 1954
Philharmonia Orchestra, Guido Cantelli
The symphonic fragments from Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien – erotic almost to the point of indecency – are an absolute knockout, while La Mer is darkly turbulent...The Philharmonia's playing... — More…
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