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Tippett - Orchestral Music
RecommendedLondon Symphony Orchestra, Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Colin Davis & Neville Marriner
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Building a Library, First Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Antal Doráti: The Mercury Masters
RecommendedThe Mono Recordings
Antal Dorati, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
this is a special release because of the importance of these Mercury recordings in the history of symphonic music in America. The majority of the material (22 of the 31 CDs) has never been released... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Shortlisted - Box Set of the Year
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Historical
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31 CDs
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This set gives an invaluable historical cross-section of Antipodean singers in both commercial and rare archive recordings. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2017, Re-issue of the Month
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4 CDs
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Ruth Slenczynska - Complete American Decca Recordings
Ruth Slenczynska (piano)
Wiener Symphoniker, Symphony of the Air, Carl Melles, Henry Swoboda
I’d rather listen to Ruth Slenczynska playing Chopin than just about anyone else. Three specific characteristics are her rhythmic acuity, razor-sharp precision in chord playing and rapid passagework,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2021, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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This is surely among the most tempting collections of its kind on the current market. I'd snap it up while you're able. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2026, Archive Issue of the Month
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14 CDs
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Alicia de Larrocha plays Fauré, Ravel, Franck
RecommendedAlicia de Larrocha (piano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Lawrence Foster, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos
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Grammy Awards, 18th Awards (1975), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Liszt: Tone Poems & Hungarian Rhapsodies
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra de Paris, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti, Iván Fischer
Fischer’s idiomatic foray into this well-worn repertoire is distinguished by tonal lustre and high spirits … Charm is in generous supply everywhere … There is plenty of power, too, with meaty... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2012, Re-issue of the Month
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2 CDs
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Schoenberg: Gurrelieder
Siegfried Jerusalem (Waldemar), Sharon Sweet (Tove), Marjana Lipovšek (Wood Dove), Hartmut Welker (Peasant), Philip Langridge (Klaus the Jester) & Barbara Sukowa (Speaker)
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
… Abbado's interpretation, is the most Expressionistically detailed of all. The textures shimmer and then glint to reveal Schoenberg's' own sea-change in orchestral writing over a decade … Abbado... — More…
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Fergus-Thompson’s Scriabin charts the composer’s stylistic journey with an all-encompassing palette both pellucid and full-blooded. — More…
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Building A Library, February 2022, Also Recommended
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