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Mendelssohn & Bruch: Violin Concertos
RecommendedKyung Wha Chung (violin)
Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit, Rudolf Kempe
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1970s
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Martinu: Sinfonietta 'La Jolla', La revue de cuisine, etc.
RecommendedSt. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Hogwood
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Building a Library, September 2019, Recommended
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British Music Collection - William Walton - The Centenary Edition
RecommendedRobert Cohen (cello), Tasmin Little (violin), Paul Neubauer (viola), Bryn Terfel (baritone)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton
Decca's four-disc Walton Edition offers consistently fine versions of all the composer's most important orchestral works, some of them unsurpassed, in full, brilliant sound. Andrew Litton, the... — More…
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Building a Library, March 2002, Budget Choice
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Building a Library, October 2013, First Choice
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Janacek: Sinfonietta
RecommendedBell (flute/piccolo), Craxton (oboe), Pay (clarinet), Harris (bass clarinet), Gatt (bassoon), Eastop (horn), Paul Crossley (piano)
Vienna Philharmonic, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Sir Charles Mackerras, François Huybrechts, Neville Marriner,...
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Building a Library, April 2005, Modern Choice
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Building a Library, July 2017, Also Recommended
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Vivaldi: L'estro armonico - 12 concerti, Op. 3
RecommendedAcademy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner
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Building a Library, December 1999, Modern Instruments Choice
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15, etc.
RecommendedVladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti
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Grammy Awards, 16th Awards (1973), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Freire's sheer love of music, and of this music, is positively incandescent...This is playing of exceptional virility, entirely untainted by machismo posturing or narcissistic display. Chopin... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2015, Instrumental Choice
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He takes the view that a noble reticence suits Elgar’s emotional world just as well as the huge intensity of Jacqueline du Pré, whose early recording he cites as an inspiration. Often this approach... — More…
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Diapason d’Or, March 2020, Nouveauté
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Poulenc: Orchestral Works
RecommendedPascal Rogé (harpsichord)
Orchestre National de France, Charles Dutoit
I chose this disc from our Presto Print-On-Demand range primarily for the sparkling account of the 1947 Sinfonietta, which isn't desperately well represented on disc - but Charles Dutoit's take... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Corelli Variations
Vanessa Benelli Mosell (piano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Kirill Karabits
Mosell plays the Concerto wth verve and direction — More…
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