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Sullivan: Pineapple Poll & Favourite Overtures
Royal Philharmonic & Pro Arte Orchestra, Charles Mackerras & Malcolm Sargent
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Verdi: Requiem
Christine Brewer (soprano), Stuart Neill (tenor), Karen Cargill (mezzo soprano), John Relyea (bass)
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Colin Davis
Slightly woolly and hefty sound at times (especially the chorus), but the soloists are appropriately operatic. Plenty of drama and grandeur from Colin Davis and the LSO. —
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Szymanowski & Hindemith Violin Concertos
David Oistrakh (violin)
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Kurt Sanderling, Paul Hindemith
Oistrakh mines the expressive core of these elusive scores with scintillating flair, partnered dazzlingly by Kurt Sanderling, Paul Hindemith and pianist Vladimir Yampolsky. — -
Pletnev brings fierce life and commitment to Tchaikovsky’s Grand Sonata. It’s not a masterpiece, but the Russian pianist convinces otherwise. The charming miniatures of the Children’s Album... —
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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons & Baroque Favourites
Jaime Laredo (violin/director)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Superlatively engineered by John Boyden and Tony Faulkner, beautifully played by Scottish CO and Jaime Laredo, these modern-instrument accounts from the early days of CD radiate warmth and joy. —
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Holst: Hymn of Jesus & Egdon Heath
Keith Swallow (piano)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Northern Singers, Sir Adrian Boult & Stephen Wilkinson
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The sound quality really does interfere with this recording, but both performances featuring Sviatoslav Richter remain remarkable for their no-holds-barred intensity. —
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Magnificent, no-nonsense Beethoven from the first and best of Herbert von Karajan’s three recorded sets with the Berlin Philharmonic, with a masterful Fifth Symphony, at once thrilling and unrushed. —
