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Bernstein: Candide
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Jerry Hadley (Candide), June Anderson (Cunegonde), Adolph Green (Dr. Pangloss/Martin), Christa Ludwig (Old Lady), Nicolai Gedda (Governor/Vanderdendur/Ragotski)
London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein
an irreplaceable treasure...Jerry Hadley is an ideal Candide (what a good career as a Broadway lead he might have had in another era), June Anderson is a grand opera Cunegonde with high wattage... — More…
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Tippett - Orchestral Music
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London Symphony Orchestra, Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Colin Davis & Neville Marriner
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Mozart: Flute & Harp Concerto in C major, K299, etc.
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Nicanor Zabaleta (harp), Karlheinz Zoeller (flute)
Berlin Philharmonic, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ernst Marzendorfer
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If you know that feeling of expectancy, of vast potential energy, at the outset of a great symphony, you'll surely respond to the opening of Simpson's Ninth – and be wholly engrossed. You'll... — More…
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This is the finest debut guitar recital we have heard for some years.... The Naxos recording has good ambiance and is present yet not too closely balanced. Unforgettable. — More…
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Offer, Rubbra: Symphony No. 9, Op. 140 'Sinfonia Sacra', etc.
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Lynne Dawson (soprano), Della Jones (contralto), Stephen Roberts (bass)
BBC National Chorus & Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox
The Ninth (1973) is Rubbra's most visionary utterance, and its stature has so far gone unrecognised.
(This is its only recording.) Its subtitle, Sinfoniasacra, gives a good idea of its character.... — More…
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Offer, French Ballet Music of the 1920s
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L’Éventail de Jeanne, ballet in one act by ten French composers; Les Mariés de la Tour Eiffel, ballet in one act by members of the group Les Six
Philharmonia Orchestra, Geoffrey Simon
The zany exuberance of Les mariés, concocted by five of Les Six in the 1920s, is infectiously captured in this colourful reissue, as is L'éventail, a contemporaneous ten-composer collaboration. — More…
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Lloyd, G: A Symphonic Mass
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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Brighton Festival Chorus, George Lloyd
And finally, another important choral work from this century, perhaps George Lloyd’s best work yet: varied in color, elegiac and triumphant, introspective, and celebratory all at the same time — More…
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Lloyd, G: Requiem, etc.
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Stephen Wallace (counter-tenor), Jeffrey Makinson (organ)
Exon Singers, Matthew Owens
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A classic release in which Warren-Green and his colleagues play with such passion and commitment that any Minimalist doubters will be swept along with them. Spotlessly engineered. — More…