Testament
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Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
RecommendedSena Jurinac (Leonore), Jon Vickers (Florestan), Gottlob Frick (Rocco), Hans Hotter (Pizarro), Elsie Morison (Marzelline), John Dobson (Jaquino), Forbes Robinson (Fernando), Joseph Ward (First Prisoner), Victor Godfrey (Second Prisoner)
Covent Garden Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Otto Klemperer
Here is the first night of Otto Klemperer's legendary 1961 Fidelio, from the Royal Opera House, to challenge his noted studio set from a year later.This confirms the Achilles' heel of Walter... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
2 CDs
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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, Carol...
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
3 CDs
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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Final of the 1958 Tchaikovsky Competition (Previously unpublished)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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Bizet: L'Arlesienne Suites 1 & 2 - Vinyl Edition
L'Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, André Cluytens
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Carlo Maria Giulini conducts Dvorak & Tchaikovsky
Kyung Wha Chung (violin)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini
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The Great Violinists
Recordings from 1900-1913
Joseph Joachim, Eugène Ysaÿe, Pablo de Sarasate, Stanislaw Barcewicz, Bernhard Dessau, Paul Viardot, Arnold Rosé, Henri Marteau, Fritz Kreisler, Jan Kubelík, Willy Burmester, Jacques Thibaud, Marie Hall, Franz von Vécsey, Joseph Szigeti, Karol Gregorowicz (violins)
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Carlo Maria Giulini conducts Schubert, Debussy, Franck & Rossini
Berliner Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini
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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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