ica classics
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Vladimir Ashkenazy plays Schubert & Schumann
22 June 1987, Studio A, Glasgow
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
This is a monumental performance [of the Wanderer] and brings together sensitive phrasing and formidable technical skill...the camera-work is well-judged, with a variety of close-up and panning... — More…
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Garrick Ohlsson plays Chopin, Brahms & Liszt
Garrick Ohlsson (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, James Loughran
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Some of the most expert playing here comes in the Beethoven Symphonies, in which strings demonstrate effortless synchronisation and winds pass phrases between one another seamlessly....[Munch]... — More…
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Observing Wand at the head of the Fifth is like seeing an elderly man in love; virtually every phrase inspires a prior response...The BBC Symphony Orchestra deliver magnificently and the performance... — More…
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Hérold: La Fille mal gardée
Nadia Nerina (Lise), David Blair (Colas), Stanley Holden (Widow Simone), Leslie Edwards (Thomas) & Alexander Grant (Alain)
The Covent Garden Orchestra, John Lanchbery
Featuring the original cast of Ashton's heart-warming romance, this 1962 black and white film is a treasure. Nerina and Blair are sprightly, and there's a touch of genius to Grant's Alain. — 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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André Previn conducts Rachmaninov & Prokofiev
Sheila Armstrong, Robert Tear & John Shirley-Quirk
London Symphony Orchestra, with London Symphony Chorus, André Previn
Previn produces a blazing account of Rachmaninov's The Bells for its 1973 Proms premiere. A sparkling Lieutenant Kije and effervescent Candide Overture too. — More…
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Sir Georg Solti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
2 February 1985, Royal Festival Hall, London
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Captured in satisfyingly full-blooded 'enhanced mono' sound (with just an occasional patch of pre- and post-echo) both symphonies receive top-class advocacy...What an enviably secure and commandingly... — More…
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High-powered, boldly etched, larger-than-life, impassioned 1980s performances — More…
