Building a Library, Early 20th Century (era)
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Stravinsky: Symphony No. 1, Symphony in C and other orchestral works
RecommendedNash Ensemble, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Simon Rattle, Sir Alexander Gibson, Neeme Jarvi
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Building a Library, April 2006, First Choice
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Stravinsky - Symphony of Psalms
RecommendedBerliner Philharmoniker, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Pierre Boulez
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Building a Library, November 2019, Also Recommended
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Building A Library, May 2022, Also Recommended
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Stravinsky conducts Stravinsky
RecommendedSymphonies and Concertos
Isaac Stern (violin)
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
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Grammy Awards, 4th Awards (1961), Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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Grammy Awards, 5th Awards (1962), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Building a Library, November 2019, Recommended Recording
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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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Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67, etc.
Recommendednarrated by Sting
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado
There's a real sense that Sting is enjoying being part of the music-making, adding to the drama with his quaking grandfather voice… and sending shivers down our spine as the wolf appears. There's... — More…
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Building a Library, December 2006, First Choice
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Building a Library, June 2023, Recommended Recording
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Still in his mid-twenties, Jakub Hrusa is a conductor to look out for. A pupil of Jiri Belohlavek, he has built up a
formidable career in Europe and America. Here he draws superb playing from... — More…Awards:
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Building a Library, January 2018, First Choice
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Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Stravinsky
RecommendedPaul Crossley (piano), Cho-Liang Lin (violin), Yvonne Kenny (soprano), John Aler (tenor), Anne Sofie von Otter (Jocasta), Vinson Cole (Oedipus), Nicolai Gedda (Shepherd), Hans Sotin (Tiresias), Simon Estes (Messenger), Patrice Chéreau (narrator)
Philharmonia Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Los...
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Building a Library, May 2018, Also Recommended
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Building a Library, July 2019, Recommended Recording
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Building a Library, July 2023, Recommended Recording (The Rite of Spring)
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This disc offers an hour of some of the most wonderful music, wind or otherwise, you will ever hear. — More…
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Building a Library, January 2002, First Choice
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Leroy Anderson - Orchestral Works Volume 3
RecommendedAlasdair Malloy (solo typewriter) & Catherine Moore (solo trumpet)
BBC Concert Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin
This volume has its quota of favourites – Plink,Plank, Plunk!, Sandpaper Ballet, Sleigh Ride, TheTypewriter and The Syncopated Clock among them, though there are also several pieces never before... — More…
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Building a Library, June 2011, Featured
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Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music, The Lark Ascending & other favourites
RecommendedNew Philharmonia Orchestra, London Philharmonic, Sir Adrian Boult
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Building a Library, October 2001, Budget Choice
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