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Offer, Szymanowski: Concertos, Orchestral & Choral Works
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Iwona Sobotka, Timothy Robinson, Katarina Karnéus, Thomas Zehetmair (violin), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Elzbieta Szmytka, Jadwiga Rappé, Philip Langridge & Thomas Hampson, Florence Quivar, Jon Garrison & John Connell
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, with City of Birmingham...
Both these differing works [Song of the Night and Stabat Mater] are sensitively performed, giving the listener an excellent insight into the contrasting aspects of this composer's work. Rattle's... — More…
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4 CDs
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Puccini: La Rondine
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Angela Gheorghiu (Magda/Anna), Roberto Alagna (Ruggero/Roberto), William Matteuzzi (Prunier), Inva Mula (Lisette), Alberto Renaldi (Rambaldo)
London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano
An almost ideal account of Puccini's least-performed mature work, with both Alagna and Gheorghiu at their peak. Valuable extras from Alagna in Le Villi, too. — More…
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2 CDs
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Offer, Sir Colin Davis conducts Sibelius
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Hillevi Martinpelto (soprano), Karl-Magnus Fredriksson (baritone)
London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Sir Colin Davis
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7 CDs
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Puccini: La Rondine
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Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, Inva Mulla Tchako, William Matteuzzi
London Voices, London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano
It couldn't be more welcome when a recording transforms a work, as this one does, setting it on a new plane. Larondine ('The Swallow'), Puccini's ill-timed attempt to emulate Lehár in the world... — More…
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Bartok - Violin Sonatas
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Isabelle Faust (violin), with Ewa Kupiec (piano), with Florent Boffard (piano)
…outstanding…full of grit and fantasy — More…
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2 CDs
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George Dyson: The Canterbury Pilgrims
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Yvonne Kenny (soprano), Robert Tear (tenor) & Stephen Roberts (baritone)
London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox
This superb offering of a full-length cantata based on the Prologue to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales bears out its reputation as Dyson's masterpiece. It's a fresh, tuneful work, aptly exuberant... — More…
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2 CDs
$14.25
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Haydn: The Creation
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(sung in German)
Sylvia McNair, Donna Brown, Michael Schade, Gerald Finley & Rodney Gilfry
The Monteverdi Choir & The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
With Gardiner's first down-beat it's obvious that Chaos's days are numbered.
Not that 'days' (strictly speaking) are in question till the mighty words have been spoken, and then, in this performance,... — More…
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2 CDs
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Top billing goes to the Requiem, Ockeghem's most widely recorded work, and perhaps his most enigmatic piece, stylistically very wide-ranging and diverse. Aesthetic judgement is hard to pass,... — More…
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Szymanowski - Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
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Thomas Zehetmair (violin), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle