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Special offer. Sir Colin Davis: The Philips Years
Stephen Kovacevich (piano), Claudio Arrau (piano), Ronald Dowd (tenor), Franco Tagliavini (tenor), Jessye Norman (soprano), Jon Vickers (tenor), Ingrid Haebler (piano), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Elizabeth Bainbridge (mezzo-soprano), Ryland Davies (tenor), Gwynne Howell (bass), Raimund Herincx (Faber),...
Special offer. Sir Colin Davis: The Philips Years
Stephen Kovacevich (piano), Claudio Arrau (piano), Ronald Dowd (tenor), Franco Tagliavini (tenor), Jessye Norman (soprano), Jon Vickers (tenor), Ingrid Haebler (piano), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Elizabeth Bainbridge (mezzo-soprano), Ryland Davies (tenor), Gwynne Howell (bass), Raimund Herincx (Faber),...
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Originally planned as an 85th birthday tribute, this set documents over 3 decades of exceptional artistry by the Sir Colin Davis, one of the musical pillars of the Philips label (now part of Decca Classics), who died Sunday 14th April 2013. He was a musician of incomparable integrity and class.
After signing to Philips exclusively in the mid-1960s, over more than three decades he then produced work for the label of the highest quality and range:-
• the first (and still greatest) Berlioz cycle
• pioneering Tippett,
• superb Haydn and Mozart,
• plus top-ranking Sibelius, Beethoven, Stravinsky, Dvorak and Britten, and much else.
His many recording orchestras included the English Chamber Orchestra, London Symphony, BBC Symphony, Royal Opera House, Royal Concertgebouw, Boston Symphony, Bavarian Radio and Dresden Staatskapelle, as well as the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonics.
His great Philips collaborators on disc include Stephen Kovacevich, Kiri Te Kanawa, Jon Vickers, José Carreras, Jessye Norman, Arthur Grumiaux and Claudio Arrau.
An extraordinary number of his recordings have achieved legendary status and are enduring staples of the catalogue. This set balances all his most important musical spheres as well as many of his most important artistic relationships with soloists, orchestras and opera houses around the world.
The booklet notes are in English, French and German with an excellent appreciation of his work for Philips by Jeremy Hayes.
Artists
Stephen Kovacevich (piano), Claudio Arrau (piano), Ronald Dowd (tenor), Franco Tagliavini (tenor), Jessye Norman (soprano), Jon Vickers (tenor), Ingrid Haebler (piano), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Elizabeth Bainbridge (mezzo-soprano), Ryland Davies (tenor), Gwynne Howell (bass), Raimund Herincx (Faber), Yvonne Minton (Thea), Jill Gomez (Flora), Josephine Barstow (Denise), Robert Tear (Dov), Thomas Carey (Mel), Thomas Hemsley (Mangus)
London Symphony Orchestra (Nos. 1 & 3), BBC Symphony Orchestra (No. 2), Staatskapelle Dresden, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Wandsworth School Boys' Choir, London Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Chorus, Berliner Philharmoniker, Frauenchor Des Rundfunkchores Berlin, London Symphony Chorus, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Colin Davis
Contents and tracklist
- Stephen Kovacevich (piano)
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Colin Davis
- Recorded: 1975-05-31
- Recording Venue: Brent Town Hall, Wembley, London
- Stephen Kovacevich (piano)
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Colin Davis
- Recorded: 1968-12-19
- Recording Venue: Wembley Town Hall, London
- Stephen Kovacevich (piano)
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Colin Davis
- Recorded: 1975-04-02
- Recording Venue: Watford Town Hall, London
- Staatskapelle Dresden
- Sir Colin Davis
- Recorded: 1992-09
- Recording Venue: Lukaskirche, Dresden
- Claudio Arrau (piano)
- Staatskapelle Dresden
- Sir Colin Davis
- Recorded: 1984-11-24
- Recording Venue: Lukaskirche, Dresden
- Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
- Sir Colin Davis
- Recorded: 1974-01-10
- Recording Venue: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
- Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
- Sir Colin Davis
- Recorded: 1979-11
- Recording Venue: Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- Ronald Dowd (tenor)
- Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Colin Davis
- Recorded: 1969-11-26
- Recording Venue: Westminster Cathedral, London
- Nicolas Kynaston (organ), Franco Tagliavini (tenor)
- Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Colin Davis
- Recorded: 1969-01-06
- Recording Venue: Watford Town Hall, London
- Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
- Sir Colin Davis
- Recorded: 1975-11-11
- Recording Venue: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
- Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
- Sir Colin Davis
- Recorded: 1977-11-08
- Recording Venue: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Colin Davis
- Recorded: 1965-01-17
- Recording Venue: Wembley Town Hall, London
- Berliner Philharmoniker, Frauenchor des Rundfunkchores Berlin
- Sir Colin Davis
- Recorded: 1988-11-13
- Recording Venue: Philharmonie, Berlin
- Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
- Sir Colin Davis
- Recorded: 1981-12-01
- Recording Venue: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
- Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
- Sir Colin Davis
- Recorded: 1979-05-24
- Recording Venue: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam