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The RPO revels in the swift changes of instrumentation and the brief, quiet solos are brought off tenderly. — More…
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Great Soloists from the Richard Itter Archive
David Oistrakh (violin), Ida Haendel (violin), Gioconda De Vito (violin), Alfredo Campoli (violin), André Navarra (cello), Zara Nelsova )cello), Monique de la Bruchollerie (piano), Dennis Brain (horn)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Rome Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony...
Hearing these distinguished performances on the wing makes for an invigorating listen. There are no surprises in Oistrakh’s consummate mastery in the Tchaikovsky, but the tight orchestral playing,... — More…
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Annie Fischer plays Beethoven & Schumann
Annie Fischer (piano)
Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Joseph Keilberth
you are made aware once more of Fischer's robust poetry, of her economical, never inflated or exaggerated style. Less mercurial than, say Moiseiwitsch, less vertiginous than Argerich in the... — More…
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Berlioz: Romeo Et Juliette - Scriabin: Le Poeme de l'Extase
Bbc Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky
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In contrast with lithe, clean recordings by modern maestros, this Brahms First Symphony comes with dirt under the fingernails and an undeniable halo of majesty. From the apocalyptic opening... — More…
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Shura Cherkassky plays Chopin Piano Concertos
Shura Cherkassky (piano)
BBC Scottish SO, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Adey, Richard Hickox
Maddening or enchanting - Cherkassky could veer from one to the other...And here, in performances dating from 1981 and 1983, when Cherkassky was in his seventies, there is a characteristic if... — More…
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 in D minor ‘Wagner Symphony'
BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, Kurt Sanderling
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Rudolf Kempe conducts Mahler, Wagner & Mendelssohn
Joan Alexander (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Rudolf Kempe
a performance [of the Mahler] that is characteristic of a notable conductor in prime professional condition. — More…
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Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem
Elisabeth Grümmer (soprano) & Hermann Prey (baritone)
Kölner Rundfunkchor & Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Otto Klemperer
Klemperer underlines the grand architectural proportions of the German Requiem while piercing close to its spiritual heart...the performance itself builds in monumental intensity from a fairly... — More…
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the pianist’s irrepressible spirit shines through in Prokofiev’s Seventh Sonata and the Stravinsky pieces. — More…
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