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Ataúlfo Argenta conducts Beethoven & Smetana
Orquesta Nacional de España, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Gran Orquesta Sinfónica, Ataúlfo Argenta
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Otto Klemperer conducts Beethoven & Mendelssohn
Käthe Möller-Siepermann (soprano) & Hanna Ludwig (mezzo)
Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Otto Klemperer
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this is a stirring performance verging on greatness. — More…
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Herbert von Karajan conducts Mozart, Ravel, Tchaikovsky
Recorded live in the Royal Festival Hall, 1955 & 1956
Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan
[In] Karajan’s supple, seductive version of Ravel’s Rhapsodie espagnole, the Philharmonia strings ideally responsive. A lean, driven Tchaikovsky 4 is phenomenally exciting; opening with a really... — More…
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what treasure-trove it comprises...Not only do the BBC SO play with heartfelt commitment...but the 88-year-old Boult directs with unerring grip and thrusting vigour...So where's the rub? Well,... — 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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BBC Legends, Volume 4
Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Clifford Curzon (piano), Nadia Boulanger, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano), John Ogdon (piano), Dennis Brain (horn), Paul Tortelier (cello), Rudolf Serkin (piano)
Klaus Tennstedt, Constantin Silvestri, Sir John Barbirolli,...
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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492
Erich Kunz (Figaro), Irmgard Seefried (Susanna), Paul Schöffler (Count), Lisa Della Casa (Countess), Sena Jurinac (Cherubino), Oskar Czerwenka (Bartolo), Rosette Anday (Marcellina), Murray Dickie (Basilio), Anny Felbermayer (Barbarina), Walter Berry (Antonio)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna...
The singers here are vocally pre-eminent and the performance is alert, theatrically motivated and (at times) moving…Despite Böhm’s efforts there is sometimes a struggle between the old portentous... — More…
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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,... — More…
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Cziffra's potent combination of gypsy-like abandon with absolute control of rubato and cumulative build-up makes for very exciting listening. — More…
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