ica classics
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Sir Adrian Boult conducts Vaughan Williams
Royal Festival Hall, London, 12th October 1972
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult
Classic performances - a treasurable recording of a moving occasion — More…
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Margot Fonteyn & Michael Somes
Margot Fonteyn & Michael Somes
Royal Opera House Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, John Lanchbery, Robert Irving, Hugo Rignold
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Some of the most expert playing here comes in the Beethoven Symphonies, in which strings demonstrate effortless synchronisation and winds pass phrases between one another seamlessly....[Munch]... — More…
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Observing Wand at the head of the Fifth is like seeing an elderly man in love; virtually every phrase inspires a prior response...The BBC Symphony Orchestra deliver magnificently and the performance... — More…
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Sir Georg Solti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
2 February 1985, Royal Festival Hall, London
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Captured in satisfyingly full-blooded 'enhanced mono' sound (with just an occasional patch of pre- and post-echo) both symphonies receive top-class advocacy...What an enviably secure and commandingly... — More…
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Benjamin Britten conducts Mozart & Britten
Fairfield Halls, Croydon, London, 20th December 1964
Peter Pears (tenor)
English Chamber Orchestra
from the very opening bars of the Mozart it's evident that the conductor is absolutely in control, delivering wonderfully instinctive melodic phrasing, and inspiring the English Chamber Orchestra... — More…
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Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Ives, Sibelius & Wagner
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas
This vintage music-making, captured in slightly faded colour, limited camera angles (big on music stands) and sound officially described as 'enhanced mono', is well worth exploring. — More…
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André Previn conducts Rachmaninov & Prokofiev
Sheila Armstrong, Robert Tear & John Shirley-Quirk
London Symphony Orchestra, with London Symphony Chorus, André Previn
Previn produces a blazing account of Rachmaninov's The Bells for its 1973 Proms premiere. A sparkling Lieutenant Kije and effervescent Candide Overture too. — More…
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Hérold: La Fille mal gardée
Nadia Nerina (Lise), David Blair (Colas), Stanley Holden (Widow Simone), Leslie Edwards (Thomas) & Alexander Grant (Alain)
The Covent Garden Orchestra, John Lanchbery
Featuring the original cast of Ashton's heart-warming romance, this 1962 black and white film is a treasure. Nerina and Blair are sprightly, and there's a touch of genius to Grant's Alain. — More…
