Testament
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2 CDs
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Klaus Tennstedt conducts Beethoven & Bruckner
Bruno Leonardo Gelber (piano)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Klaus Tennstedt
The real test of any performance of Bruckner's Fourth Symphony is the finale, which Tennstedt handles with special understanding: generously paced, shrewdly detailed and comprehensively of a... — More…
2 CDs
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John Browning plays Prokofiev
John Browning (piano), Erick Friedman (violin)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf
2 CDs
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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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André Cluytens conducts Wagner - Overtures, Preludes & Arias
Rita Gorr (mezzo-soprano)
Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris, André Cluytens
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5
and two Mozart sonatas
Solomon (piano)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert Menges
Solomon's performances celebrate a dedication to musical truth and a timeless purity that place him among the keyboard giants. This is great Beethoven playing. — More…
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The Hollywood String Quartet
Ann Mason Stockton (harp), Arthur Gleghorn (flute), Mitchell Lurie (clarinet)
Hollywood String Quartet, Concert Arts Strings, Felix Slatkin
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Berlioz: Les Troyens
RecommendedSung in English
Blanche Thebom (Didon), Jon Vickers (Enée), Amy Shuard (Cassandre), Jess Walters (Chorèbe), Lauris Elms (Anna), David Kelly (Narbal), Michael Langdon (Panthée), Joan Carlyle (Ascagne), Richard Verreau (Iopas), Forbes Robinson (Priam), Noreen Berry (Hécube), Dermot Troy (Hylas), Joseph Rouleau (L'Ombre...
It is difficult not to approach this historic broadcast without some feeling of awe. …Amy Shuard as Cassandra… was on the threshold of her international career… Blanche Thebom, as Dido, does... — More…
Awards:
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Winner - Historic Archive
4 CDs
$56.50 -
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Wagner: Götterdämmerung
RecommendedAstrid Varnay, Brünnhilde, Bernd Aldenhoff, Siegfried, Hermann Uhde, Gunther, Elisabeth Höngen, Waltraute, Heinrich Pflanzl, Alberich, Ludwig Weber, Hagen, Martha Mödl, Gutrune et troisième Norne, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Woglinde, Hanna Ludwig, Wellgunde, Hertha Töpper, Floßhilde, Ruth Siewert, Première...
Testament awakened this sleeping Brünnhilde after half a century in Decca's vaults, held there because of an age-old dispute over rights between that company and EMI. This is a fitting memorial,... — More…
Awards:
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Gramophone Awards, 2000, Special Achievement Award
4 CDs
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3 Vinyl Records
$72.75