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Grechaninov: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom No. 4
Russian Orthodox Chant
Cantus Sacred Music Ensemble, Ludmila Arshavskaya
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 & Moscow Cantata
N.Derbina & A.Polyakov
Large Symphony Orchestra of the Ministry of Culture, Russian Federation, Choir & Large Symphony Orchestra & Moscow Radio, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, Gennadi Cherkasov
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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492 (highlights)
Cesare Siepi (Figaro), Hilde Gueden (Susanna), Alfred Poell (Count), Lisa Della Casa (Countess), Hilde Rössl-Majdan (Marcellina), Fernando Corena (Dr. Bartolo) & Suzanne Danco (Cherubino)
Vienna State Opera Chorus & Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Erich Kleiber
another of the classics of the gramophone, beautifully played by the VPO, conducted with poise and vitality and a real sense of the drama unfolding through the music. It's very much a Viennese... —
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 in G minor, Op. 103 'The year 1905'
London Symphony Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich
Rostropovich’s ultra-spacious, sometimes ultra-slow way with this symphony takes ten minutes longer than the recorded average, but impresses nonetheless. Powerful LSO playing. —
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Sibelius: Incidental Music for Theatre
Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Enrique Bátiz, Loris Tjeknavorian
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A wonderful reminder of the stir Vladimir Ashkenazy’s arrival caused. Virtuosity is allied with poetry. The crystalline staccato in Rachmaninov’s Corelli Variations recalls the Master himself. —
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