Testament
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The Czechs take a startlingly brisk pace in the Adagio, more than twice as fast as some, and so need to speed up only slightly for a searing middle section. The velvety sound is a delight. — More…
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Building a Library, October 2007, Special Mention
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Building a Library, November 2017, Also Recommended
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Building a Library, May 2006, Historic Choice
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Building a Library, March 2019, 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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Carl Schuricht conducts Bruckner & Mozart
Previously unpublished
Berliner Philharmoniker, Carl Schuricht
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2015, Re-issue of the Month
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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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Solomon plays Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 & Handel Variations
Solomon (piano)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Rafael Kubelík
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Eugene Ormandy conducts Prokofiev, Beethoven & Sibelius
Artur Rubinstein (piano)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy
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The playing is of the highest quality. In the Chopin coupling the pianist is Firkusny and, leaving aside the Rostropovich-Argerich set on DG, this has an unsurpassed eloquence. — More…
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