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Pierre Boulez: Young Composer & conductor
Josephine Nendick (soprano), Barry McDaniel (baritone), Louis Devos (tenor), Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
BBC Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Orchestre du Domaine musicale, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
the performances have the clarity and precision that became so typical of Boulez’s conducting. — More…
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Shostakovich: Three Last Works
Sergei Kopcak (bass)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Radio-TV USSR Symphony, Eduard Serov, Frantisek Vajnar, Arvid Jansons
you can hear the wonderful chamber sound of this late symphony where Shostakovich reinvents himself … a very decent recording. — More…
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R. Strauss: Don Juan, Till Eulenspiegel, Four Last Songs & Tod und Verklärung
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Otto Ackermann
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A Tribute to Rafael Kubelík
Julia Hamari (soprano), Rose Wagermann (mezzo), David Rendall (tenor), Grace Hoffmann (contralto), Herta Töpper (mezzo) & Inge Borkh (soprano), Herbert Schachtschneider (tenor), Kieth Engen (baritone)
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Rafael...
Kubelik was a great Mahlerian, and for specialists his two-part Das klagende Lied is a significant addition to the discography. For others, the off-air recording may be unappealing. — More…
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Falla: El Amor Brujo
Victoria de Los Angeles (soprano), Marina de Gabarain (mezzo-soprano), Robert Veyron Lacroix (harpsichord), Lopez del Cid (flute), Servando Serrano (oboe), Leocadio Parra (clarinet), Luis Anton (violin), Carlos Baena (cello), Ataulfo Argenta Alicia de Larrocha (piano), Gonzalo Soriano (piano)
Orchestre...
this compilation of material offers a slice of the Falla discography in the late mono/early stereo era. The transfers are good. — More…
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French Music
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Hallé Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli, Charles Munch
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In Memoriam Maureen Forrester
Maureen Forrester (contralto) & Heinz Rehfuss (bass)
RIAS-Sinfonie Orchester, Berlin & Orchestra of the Vienna Festival, Ferenc Fricsay & Felix Prohaska
The distinguished Heinz Rehfuss shares Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn with the great contralto Maureen Forrester, an exceptional performer of this repertoire. — More…
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