Browse: Alto (label)
This page lists all recordings from the label Alto.
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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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Six Trumpet Concertos
RecommendedCrispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), Neil Black & James Brown (oboes)
English Chamber Orchestra, Anthony Halstead
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Building a Library, October 2015, First Choice
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he Britten Quartet was a musical force of nature...Britten’s quartets are easy to admire, but are often played as though they are fascinating objets d’art rather than flesh-and-blood emotional... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2022, Reissue/Archive Choice
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Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 2 & Souvenir de Florence (sextet)
Recommendedwith Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) & Genrikh Talalyan (viola)
Borodin Quartet
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Building a Library, March 2019, Recommended Recording
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Immense, yet light-fingered keyboard power from Richter, whose mastery opens out great vistas of space around the music. — More…
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Building a Library, January 2020, Recommended Recording
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The 'troubadour of the keyboard' offers a steel-fingered, characterful readings of Bartók's First and Second Concertos and atmospheric magic in the Third. — More…
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Building a Library, February 2020, Also Recommended
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Art of the Prima Donna
RecommendedJoan Sutherland (soprano)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
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Grammy Awards, 4th Awards (1961), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Tchaikovsky & Sibelius Violin Concertos
David Oistrakh (violin), with Vladimir Yampolsky (piano)
Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy
When did David Oistrakh perform the Tchaikovsky Concerto and not conjure magic? From the first penetrating note, it’s impossible to tear oneself away. His Sibelius is equally compelling, despite... — More…
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Svetlanov and his Moscow musicians are at their best in these red-blooded and characterful performances of three colourful scores, with Tamara – dramatic and luscious – the best available. — More…
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