Testament
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'
RecommendedAase Nordmo-Løvberg, Christa Ludwig, Waldemar Kmentt, Hans Hotter
Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
…Otto Klemperer's energy and momentum come not from his tempos but from the way the rhythms are articulated. In the first movement and Scherzo the heroic, teeth-gritted determination are physically... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st February 2010
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Building a Library, December 2009, First Choice
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Elgar: Cello Concerto & The Dream of Gerontius
RecommendedPaul Tortelier (cello), Heddle Nash, Gladys Ripley, Dennis Noble, Norman Walker
Huddersfield Choral Society, Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent
This pioneering set of Gerontius has come up newly minted in these superbly engineered transfers taken from 78rpm masters. That only enhances the incandescence and fervour of the reading itself,... — More…
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Building a Library, October 2006, Historic Choice
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Building a Library, December 2017, Also Recommended
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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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Carlo Maria Giulini conducts Rossini, Gabrielli & Geminiani
Nadia Stefan-Savova (soprano), Julia Hamari (mezzo-soprano), Veriano Luchetti (tenor) & Ruggero Raimondi (bass)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Kammerchor Ernst-Senff & Ernst-Senff-Chor, Carlo Maria Giulini
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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66
recorded live at Coventry Cathedral, May 1962
Heather Harper (soprano), Peter Pears (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Melos Ensemble, Coventry Festival Choir, Boys of Holy Trinity, Leamington and Holy Trinity, Stratford, Meredith Davies (CBSO), Benjamin Britten (Melos)
Taken from a BBC recording, this single CD preserves the historic first performance in all its messy glory...[Harper] is at her peak, all gleaming beauty and commanding authority; and Peter... — 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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Otto Klemperer conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker
Wilma Lipp (soprano), Eberhard Wächter (baritone)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Otto Klemperer
Klemperer always declared that the Vienna Philharmonic was his favourite orchestra. On the strength of these performances, most of them recorded on his last visit to the Austrian capital, the... — More…
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