Browse: Philips (label)
This page lists all recordings from the label Philips.
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Kocsis gives arguably the finest account available of the original version of Rachmaninov's Second Sonata. In the Preludes and Etudes he is thrillingly uncompromising. — More…
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Building a Library, March 2006, First Choice
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Kodály: Háry János Suite, etc.
RecommendedBudapest Festival Orchestra, Children's choir Magnificat, Budapest, Children's choir Miraculum, Kecskemét, Iván Fischer
Iván Fischer and his Hungarian band join the most august company in this wonderful repertoire.
As both sets of dances amply demonstrate, Fischer's Budapest Festival Orchestra is no less virtuosic... — More…Awards:
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Building a Library, April 2017, First Choice
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Mozart: Piano Concerto Nos. 22 & 27
RecommendedAlfred Brendel (piano)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras
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Building a Library, May 2002, First Choice
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Berlioz: Requiem
RecommendedRonald Dowd (tenor) & Denis Wick (trombone)
London Symphony Chorus, Wandsworth School Boys' Choir, John Alldis Choir & London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
Obsequies don't come much grander than this coupling under the attentive direction of a consummate Berlioz champion. There are choral strains but the orchestral detail is superb. — More…
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Grammy Awards, 14th Awards (1971), Best Choral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 14th Awards (1971), Best Engineered Album, Classical
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5
RecommendedStephen Kovacevich (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Berlioz: Grande Messe des Morts, Op. 5 (Requiem), etc.
RecommendedRonald Dowd (tenor)
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, John Alldis Choir, Wandsworth School Boy's Choir, Sir Colin Davis
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Grammy Awards, 14th Awards (1971), Best Choral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 14th Awards (1971), Best Engineered Album, Classical
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Rachmaninov - Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra
RecommendedRafael Orozco
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Edo de Waart
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Building a Library, January 2003, First Choice
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Building a Library, July 2019, Proms BaL Recommendation
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Haydn Masses Vol. 2
Donna Brown (soprano), Sally Bruce-Payne (mezzo-soprano), Peter Butterfield (tenor), Gerald Finley (bass)
English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner
Another fine performance. True to form, Gardiner exults more fiercely than anyone in Gloria, with hungry rhythms and extreme dynamic contracts, and brings a unique hushed tension to the 'Crucifixus'. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2003, Disc of the Month
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English Recorder Concertos
RecommendedMichala Petri and Ian Watson
Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Kenneth Sillito
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride
RecommendedDiana Montague, John Aler, Chesney Allen
Orchestre de l'Opera de Lyon, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner
The Monteverdi Choir is on blistering form, and there's some stylish playing from the modern instruments of Lyon Opera. Thomas Allen brings extraordinary dignity to Orestes. — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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