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The Tippett Collection
RecommendedTippett produced works in all the important forms: sonata, symphony, concerto and opera. This set brings together those instrumental and orchestral recordings made for Decca and Philips
Paul Crossley (piano), György Pauk (violin), Nobuko Imai (viola), Ralph Kirschbaum (cello), Heather Harper (soprano), Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Barry Tuckwell Horn Quartet & Lindsay String Quartet
Academy of St Martin in the Fields, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the Royal Opera...
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Building a Library, May 2008, First Choice
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this exquisite recital finds Janine Jansen at her most seductive...what impresses is the beauty of Jansen's hushed playing. The last movements of both [sonatas] fizz and crackle, but these performances... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2011, Chamber Choice
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Strauss, J, II: Die Fledermaus
RecommendedHilde Güden (Rosalinde), Eberhard Wächter (Eisenstein), Giuseppe Zampieri (Alfred), Rita Streich (Adele), Gerhard Stolze (Orlofsky), Peter Klein (Blind), Walter Berry (Falke), Erich Kunz (Frank), Josef Meinrad (Frosch), Elfriede Ott (Ida)
Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker,...
The most luxuriantly Viennese of all Fledermice, with Karajan and the Philharmonic at their most effervescent and a delectable Staatsoper cast, plus a gala of 1950s Decca stars including Björling,... — More…
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Building a Library, September 2022, Also Recommended
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Juan Diego Flórez: Italia
RecommendedJuan Diego Flórez (tenor), Avi Avital (mandolin), Ksenija Sidorova (accordion), Craig Ogden (guitar)
Filarmonica Gioachino Rossini, Carlo Tenan
The sun shines brightly out of Flórez’s open-hearted singing, capturing the carefree élan of Neapolitan songs...Mandolin, guitar and accordion add a piquant flavour to some bubbly orchestrations.... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Here's almost two and a half hours of bliss. These are recordings to set aside for the time when, as the prayer says, 'the busy world is hushed'. Asked to characterise Fauré's and Duruflé's... — More…
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Building a Library, March 2003, First Choice
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Bruch: Scottish Fantasy, Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante, Hindemith: Violin Concerto
David Oistrakh (violin), Igor Oistrakh (viola)
Moscow Philharmonic and London Symphony Orchestra, Kyrill Kondrashin and Jascha Horenstein
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Messiaen: Turangalîla Symphony
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), Takashi Harada (ondes martinot)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly
Chailly gets jiggy with it, in a performance that's interested in the carnal desire underpinning Messiaen's piece. It may be over the top for some tastes, but the orchestral playing is unbelievably... — More…
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