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Wagner: Great Orchestral Works
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, Philharmonia Orchestra, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Württemberg State Orchestra Stuttgart, Fritz Lehmann, Hans Knappertsbusch, Otto Klemperer, Arturo Toscanini, Wilhelm Furtwangler, Ferdinand Leitner
A nice selection of recordings, mostly from the 1950s...Furtwängler (Parsifal prelude, Götterdämmerung excerpts) and Toscanini (Tristan prelude, Siegfried Idyll, Good Friday Music) stand out.... — More…
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Gilbert & Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance
Donald Adams, Thomas Round, Peter Pratt & Jean Hindmarsh
D’Oyly Carte Opera Company & The New Symphony Orchestra of London, Boston Promenade Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey, Arthur Fiedler
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Johann Strauss II: Great Nights in Vienna
Nicolai Gedda, Peter Anders, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Richard Tauber, Fritz Wunderlich
Sir John Barbirolli, Harry Blech, Herbert von Karajan, Clemens Krauss, Bruno Walter
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The Philharmonia, under Malko, play them with plenty of zip in this reissued 1951 recording and, with Kubelik, give a lively account of the two Smetana pieces. — More…
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Scandinavian Smörgåsbord
Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Halle Orchestra, Danish State Radio Symphony Orchestra, Copenhagen Symhpnoy Orchestra, Oivin Fjeldstad, Sir John Barbirolli, John Frandsen, Larvard Friisholm
a confident romp through innocent Scandinavian fare resuscitated from the 1950s-60s LP era. — More…
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Gilbert & Sullivan: The Mikado
Donald Adams, Thomas Round, Peter Pratt & Jean Hindmarsh
Pro Arte Orchestra, D’Oyly Carte Opera Company & The New Symphony Orchestra of London, Boston Promenade Orchestra, John Hollingsworth, Isidore Godfrey, Arthur Fiedler
The pleasure of hearing singers in this music who have both the voice and an understanding of the style is considerable...It is good to have these additional items. The synopsis is clear and... — More…
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Massenet: Operatic and Orchestral Favourites
Georges Thill, Germaine Cernay, Fanny Heldy, Dorothy Kirsten, Robert Merrill, Ninon Vallin, César Vezzani, Jeanne Guyla, Marcel Journet, Emma Luart, Gaston Micheletti, Bidú Sayão, Arthur Endrèze, Cesare Valletti, Rosa Ponselle (soprano), Alfred Lennartz (cello)
London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre...
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Gounod: Faust
Eugene Conley (Faust), Cesare Siepi (Méphistophélès), Eleanor Steber (Marguerite), Frank Guarrera (Valentin), Margaret Roggero (Siébel), Thelma Votipka (Marthe) & Lawrence Davidson (Wagner)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Fausto Cleva
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Chabrier: Orchestral, Vocal and Piano Works
Thomas Beecham, John Barbirolli, Wilhelm Schuchter & Eduard von Lindenberg
this is a fascinating collection which will have you going back to other recordings of these works to compare and contrast their approaches to the music of this most fascinating and surprising... — More…
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Verdi: Otello (highlights)
Mario del Monaco, Giovanni Martinelli, Jon Vickers, Giovanni Zenatello, Enrico Caruso, Ramon Vinay (Otello), Lawrence Tibbett, Tito Gobbi, Titta Ruffo (Iago), Renata Tebaldi, Eleanor Steber, Rosa Ponselle, Elisabeth Rethberg and Leonie Rysanek (Desdemona)
by the arrival of the conclusion of Niun Mi Tema, I was left nearly convinced that I had heard the work complete and had barely noticed any differences in the recorded sound...Inevitably the... — More…
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