Testament
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Berg: Violin Concerto & Lyric Suite
RecommendedLouis Krasner, Galimir String Quartet
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Anton Webern
The strong emotions that soloist and conductor doubtless felt within six months of the composer's death ensure that there is more than enough raw and authentic feeling to counter any purely... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Collection
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Building a Library, October 2004, Historic Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 1991, Winner - Historic non-vocal
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Tchaikovsky & Rachmaninov - Piano Concertos
Final of the 1958 Tchaikovsky Competition (Previously unpublished)
Van Cliburn (piano)
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Kyrill Kondrashin
Here, published for the first time, are the performances that sealed the Texan's first prize in the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition, earning him a ticker-tape welcome back... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2009, Editor's Choice
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Jacqueline du Pré was 20 when she recorded Elgar's Cello Concerto with Barbirolli and the LSO August 1965 – an interpretation universally acclaimed for its profound expressiveness (see above).... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2006, Disc of the Month
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Klaus Tennstedt conducts Bach & Bruckner
RecommendedThomas Brandis (violin)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Klaus Tennstedt
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Building a Library, February 2011, Featured
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Building a Library, September 2001, First Choice
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Beethoven & Mozart: Quintets for Piano and Wind
RecommendedWalter Gieseking, Dennis Brain
Philharmonia Wind Quartet, Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan
There have never been any doubts about these performances. The horn playing in the Sinfoniaconcertante is unsurpassable and in the quintets Gieseking's lightness and his clarity and sense of... — More…
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Building a Library, April 2007, Historic Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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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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Eugene Ormandy conducts Prokofiev, Beethoven & Sibelius
Artur Rubinstein (piano)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy
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Solomon plays Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 & Handel Variations
Solomon (piano)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Rafael Kubelík
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Clifford Curzon plays Mozart & Schubert
Recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall & Usher Hall, September 1961
Clifford Curzon (piano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult
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