Testament
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Wilhelm Furtwängler conducts Strauss & Wagner
RecommendedKirsten Flagstad
Philharmonia Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler
The world premiere of Four Last Songs in its best transfer ever, plus some previously unissued Wagner from the same concert. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th March 2007
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Finalist - Historic Archive
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2007, Editor's Choice
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Gérard Souzay
RecommendedGérard Souzay (baritone), Jacqueline Bonneau (piano)
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Edouard Lindenberg
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Building a Library, October 2006, Historic Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2004, Winner - Historic Reissue
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Canciones populaires espanolas could not be sung with greater feeling...it has lost none of its ability to enchant and remains one of the most eloquent of Souzay's song records. — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Victoria de los Angeles
RecommendedVictoria de los Angeles, soprano (Manon) - Henri Legay, ténor (Chevalier des Grieux) - Michel Dens, baryton (Lescaut) - Jean Borthayre, basse (Comte des Grieux)
Choeurs et Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra-Comique, Radcliffe Choral Society, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux,...
Recorded in mono in 1955, the set fell at a unique point in the opera's history on disc.
Previous recordings from the 78rpm era had captured the special Opéra-Comique spirit for posterity, but... — More…Awards:
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Building a Library, December 2000, Historic Choice
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Building a Library, March 2018, Also recommended
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Elgar: Cello Concerto & Sea Pictures - Vinyl Edition
Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli
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Ida Haendel - Bravissima! Favourite Violin Encores - Vinyl Edition
Ida Haendel (violin), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
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Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo), Francisco Araiza (tenor)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini
Fassbaender's sound may not be the most beautiful mezzo, but the way she invests every phrase with point and purpose is remarkable, while Araiza's lyrical, almost bel canto sound is worlds away... — More…
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Kathleen Ferrier - Mahler: Symphony No. 3 and Kindertotenlieder
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult, Otto Klemperer
Boult's forthright approach to the music generates an epic grandeur that impresses in its own right. Then enter Kathleen Ferrier. Her singing of the fourth movement's 'Night Song' is wondrously... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Finalist - Historic Archive
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To my mind, these previously unreleased BBC broadcasts from the late 1950s and early ‘60s contain some of Pears’s most alluring singing on record: highlights include an elegant ‘Hark, hark the... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2018
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