Original Masters
"At a time when the classical record industry is regularly castigated for greed, short-sightedness and superficiality, the Original Masters project ... testifies to cultural commitment of the highest order."
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Julian Bream plays Dowland and Bach
Edith Steinbauer (treble viol), Beatrice Reichert (alto viol), Frieda Litschauer (tenor viol), Ernst Knava (bass viol), Julian Bream (lute/guitar)
The Golden Age Singers, Margaret Field-Hyde
…Bream's genius transcends all. Whether it's in the astonishing intensity of Dowland's Melancholy Galliard and Forlorn Hope Fancy or in the finely proportioned sense of pace and drama in Bach's... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2008, Re-issue of the Month
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Wilhelm Furtwängler
RecommendedBerliner Philharmoniker & Wiener Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwängler
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Building a Library, December 2007, First Choice
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Building a Library, April 2018, Recommended Recording
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Rostropovich, Gilels and Kogan - Piano Trios
RecommendedLeonid Kogan (violin), Emil Gilels (piano), Rudolf Barshai (viola), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
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Building a Library, December 2011, First Choice
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Special offer. Ernest Ansermet - Decca Recordings 1953-1967
Suzanne Danco (soprano), Marie-Lise de Montmollin & Pauline Martin (mezzo-sopranos), Michel Hamel (tenor) & Stéphane Audel (narrator)
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Choeur des Jeunes de l'église National Vaudoise, Ernest Ansermet
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Finalist - Historic Reissue
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Grace Bumbry
The 3-CD box includes her magnificent Verdi recital, as well as extracts from her rare Westminster recordings of Handel – the latter all first time releases on CD
Grace Bumbry (mezzo-soprano), Rolf Peter Schroeder (videoscripteditor), Volker Martin (videoscripteditor), Joachim Niss (videoscripteditor), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Erik Werba (piano), Sebastien Peschko (piano), Utah Symphony, London Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Deutsche...
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2005, Re-issue of the Month
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Special offer. Clifford Curzon - Decca Recordings Volume 2
RecommendedClifford Curzon (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra and Concertgebouw Orchestra, Josef Krips and Eduard van Beinum
it is the Brahms and Schubert Sonatas that sum up perfectly all that is uniquely cherishable in Curzon's art. The playing has great humanity and freshness. Both interpretations are totally spontaneous-sounding;... —
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Building a Library, May 2006, First Choice
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Eugen Jochum
RecommendedBeethoven - Complete Symphonies & other works
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Chor & Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Eugen Jochum
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Building a Library, July 2005, Historic Budget Choice
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Hans Rosbaud - The Complete Recordings on DG
Wolfgang Schneiderhan (violin), Robert Casadesus (piano), Julian von Karolyi (piano), Gerty Herzog (piano)
including Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Berliner Philharmoniker, Hans Rosbaud
Hans Rosbaud was one of the unsung heroes of mid-20th-century music, who alongside Scherchen, Bour and Maderna, gave thoroughly rehearsed and assimilated performances and premieres of the widest... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Best-kept Secrets
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Pierre Fournier - Aristocrat of the Cello
RecommendedA treasure trove of great and rare recordings
Pierre Fournier (cello)
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Building a Library, June 2012, First Choice
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