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RecommendedAnniversary Collectors Edition
George Maran, Ivor Newton (piano), Betty Dolemore (soprano), Robert Speaight (narrator), Harry Gabb (organ)
London String Quartet, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Luton Choral Society, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult, Sir Henry Wood
The sole CD premiere is the 1955 On Wenlock Edge by George Maran, a German-based American tenor - pleasant-toned enough but distinctly previous in enunciation, no match for Pears/Britten, or... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 ‘Babi Yar’ & Incidental Music for King Lear, Op. 58a
Vitaly Gromadsky (bass), Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Kirill Kondrashin, St. Petersburg Chamber Orchestra, Edward Serov
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Górecki: Symphony No.3 'Sorrowful Songs' & Pieces in Olden Style & Totus Tuus
Stefania Woytowicz (soprano), Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Wlodzimierz Kamirski, Krakow Philharmonic, Roland Bader, Krakow Choral Society,
Malgorzata Orawska
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Eleven Famous Cathedral Organs
David Hill (organ of westminster cathedral, organ of winchester cathedral), Noel Rawsthorne (organ of coventry cathedral, organ of liverpool anglican cathedral), David Halls (organ of salisbury cathedral), Roy Massey (organ of hereford cathedral), Francis Jackson (organ of york minster), Stephen...
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Szymanowski: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4 & Stabat Mater
RecommendedDenis Matsuev (piano), Kostas Smoriginas (bass-baritone), Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo-soprano) & Sally Matthews (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Valery Gergiev
The hot-house Scriabinesque chromaticism of Szymanowski’s Second Symphony seems tailor-made for Valery Gergiev’s impulsive interpretation. Unfortunately, the Barbican’s dry acoustic undermines... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd June 2013
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Taneyev: At the Reading of a Psalm (Cantata No.2, Op.36)
St. Petersburg Cappella Choir, Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev
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The expressive qualities of Weelkes' madrigals is well conveyed by The Consort of Musicke. There is much attention to the text, and the declamatory elements are also brought out convincingly.... — More…
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Rachmaninoff: Vespers, Op. 37
Irina Arkhipova (mezzo-soprano) & Victor Rumyantsev (tenor)
USSR Ministry of Culture Choir, Valeri Polyansky
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