Building a Library, Early 20th Century (era)
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The Symphonic Eric Coates
Recommendedfeaturing the complete orchestral phantasies
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Rumon Gamba
This Chandos CD is arguably the finest single-CD collection of Coates's music before the public. It is a joy to hear his imaginatively coloured orchestration on a full-size orchestra with an... — More…
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Building a Library, June 2011, Featured
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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British Music Collection - William Walton - The Centenary Edition RecommendedRobert Cohen (cello), Tasmin Little (violin), Paul Neubauer (viola), Bryn Terfel (baritone)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton
Decca's four-disc Walton Edition offers consistently fine versions of all the composer's most important orchestral works, some of them unsurpassed, in full, brilliant sound. Andrew Litton, the... — More…
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Building a Library, March 2002, Budget Choice
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Building a Library, October 2013, First Choice
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Boult conducts Coates
RecommendedLondon Philharmonic Orchestra & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Adrian Boult
As ever, Coates's music has great craftsmanship as well as good tunes and, lightweight though it is, it lies firmly within the English tradition. Here Boult finds its affinities with Elgar in... — More…
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Building a Library, June 2011, Featured
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2007, Editor's Choice
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Janine Jansen RecommendedJanine Jansen (violin)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth
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Building a Library, October 2022, Recommended Recording
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As an example of Naxos's daring these days, for only its second disc of Schoenberg, it has headed for the Second Chamber Symphony - a work begun in 1906 but not completed after 1939 - rather... — More…
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Building a Library, February 2002, Runner-Up
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Sergei Prokofiev - Favourite Orchestral Suites
RecommendedAcademy of St Martin in the Fields and Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, Neville Marriner and Bernard Haitink
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Building a Library, June 2023, Also Recommended
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Schoenberg: A Survivor from Warsaw, Op. 46, etc.
RecommendedAlessandra Marc, John Tomlinson
Staatskapelle Dresden, Giuseppe Sinopoli
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Building a Library, February 2005, Also Recommended
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Building a Library, September 2019, Recommended Recording
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Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34, etc. RecommendedNetherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Antál Dorati
Sean Connery makes the most of his Bond persona in his story telling, staying true to the spirit of Prokofiev's original while keeping a smile on our faces: 'There was a dumb duck, and a pussycat'. — More…
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Building a Library, December 2006, Mid-Price Choice
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