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Special offer. Elgar: Symphony No. 1 & In the South
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
Pappano is nothing if not dynamic and wholehearted in his approach to this wonderful piece…the swagger of the Italians can be irresistible and the euphoric close of the symphony elicits a suitably... —
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Special offer. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5, The Sleeping Beauty Op. 66 (Excerpts) & Francesca da Rimini - Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, USSR Symphony Orchestra, Arvīds Jansons
To these ears, then as now, Jansons was in essence a loyal ambassador for Mravinsky’s interpretation and the Leningraders followed him every step of the way. —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2024, Archive/Reissue of the Month
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Special offer. 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... —
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Special offer. Evgeny Svetlanov conducts Rachmaninov & Prokofiev
Daniil Shtoda (tenor), Elena Prokina (soprano) & Sergei Leiferkus (baritone), Alfreda Hodgson (mezzo-soprano)
BBC Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Evgeny Svetlanov
[Svetlanov's] right on top of his game in this performance and so too are the Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra.The music leaps out of the loudspeakers right from the start...This is a tremendous,... —
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Special offer. Britten, Brahms, Elgar & Sibelius: Violin Concertos
Ida Haendel (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Paavo Berglund, Sir Adrian Boult, Sir Andrew Davis
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Historical
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Special offer. Klaus Tennstedt conducts Mahler
Waltraud Meier (mezzo)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Eton College Boys Choir & London Philharmonic Choir, Klaus Tennstedt
This is not the spick and span, vibrato-lite Mahler somewhat in vogue today...yet something special is going on, especially when the stick is discarded for much of the long-breathed, old-world,... —
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Special offer. Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
These are thoroughly Romantic interpretations of Schumann’s Second and Fourth Symphonies – and certainly none for the worse for that. The Santa Cecillia orchestra offers fine playing throughout. —
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Special offer. Emil Gilels plays Tchaikovsky & Beethoven
Emil Gilels (piano)
Hallé Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli, Kirill Kondrashin
Breathtaking pianism from Gilels: Tchaikovsky's Concerto No. 2 is titanic and tender by turns, and his opening phrase of Beethoven Four is near-miraculous. Ropey sound quality, but worth it. —
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Special offer. Otto Klemperer conducts Beethoven, Mozart & Bach
Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Otto Klemperer
The music benefits from that all-important sense of live engagement...the only reason I was reminded that these are 'old' recordings was through the quality of the performances: love then or... —
