Decca
-
Schoenberg: Gurrelieder
RecommendedSiegfried Jerusalem, Susan Dunn, Brigitte Fassbaender, Hermann Becht, Peter Haage, Hans Hotter
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Städtischer Musikverein Düsseldorf, Riccardo Chailly
This vast cantata, a direct descendant of Wagnerian music-drama, was for the turn-of-the- century musical scene the ultimate gorgeous sunset. Schoenberg's forces are, to put it mildly, extravagant.... — More…
Awards:
-
Building a Library, February 2005, First Choice
-
Building a Library, March 2017, Also Recommended
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Bartók: Duke Bluebeard's Castle, Sz. 48, Op. 11
RecommendedWalter Berry (Bluebeard), Christa Ludwig (Judith)
London Symphony Orchestra, István Kertész
Kertész shapes the music admirably, and Walter Berry makes an appropriately compassionate Bluebeard (as opposed to Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau on DG, who is altogether too menacing); but neither... — More…
Awards:
-
Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1960s
-
Presto Favourites, Christa Ludwig - Our Top 10 Recordings
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
they know for certain how to put on a show! In whatever union, they sail through this Gershwin celebration with wit and style, — More…
CD
$15.50Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
Respighi: Pines of Rome, Fountains of Rome & Roman Festivals
RecommendedOrchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit
Awards:
-
Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1980s
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Freire's kind of artistry raises [the repertoire] to an entirely different level. There's plenty of flair and soul, yet the playing is always crystalline and precise, perfectly pedalled, the... — More…
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, November 2012, Editor's Choice
-
BBC Music Magazine, December 2012, Instrumental Choice
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Puccini: La Bohème
RecommendedMirella Freni (Mimi), Luciano Pavarotti (Rodolfo), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Colline), Elizabeth Harwood (Musetta), Rolando Panerai (Marcello), Gianni Maffeo (Schaunard), Michel Sénéchal (Alcindoro/Benoit), Gernot Pietsch (Parpignol)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan
Pavarotti's Rodolfo is perhaps the best thing he has ever done: not only the finest recorded account of the role since Björling's on the Beecham set, but adding the honeyed Italianate warmth... — More…
Awards:
-
Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1970s
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
British Music Collection - Gerald Finzi
RecommendedAndrew Marriner (clarinet), Piers Lane (piano)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields, English Chamber Orchestra, Neville Marriner, Nicholas Daniel
Andrew Marriner is a flexible interpreter who brings out both the light and the shade in this work. The Eclogue, here played by a sensitive Piers Lane, is the wistfully pastoral middle movement... — More…
Awards:
-
Building a Library, December 2006, First Choice
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Shostakovich: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
RecommendedAlisa Weilerstein (cello)
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Pablo Heras-Casado
Shostakovich’s two cello concertos present such different challenges, it’s a rare cellist who shines as brightly in both. Alisa Weilerstein is well-matched to the First Concerto: fierce, tight... — More…
Awards:
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Awards:
-
BBC Music Magazine, April 2017, Opera Choice
-
ECHO Klassik Awards, 2017, Winner
-
Opera, April 2017, Recording of the Month
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Awards:
-
Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1960s
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -