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20th Century Classics
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Messiaen - Turangalîla Symphony
RecommendedMichel Beroff, Jeanne Loriod, Yvonne Loriod, Wolfgang Meyer, Christoph Poppen & Manuel Fischer-Dieskau
London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn
Newly reissued, Previn's 1977 account dragged Turangalîla to mainstream attention. Previn excels at combing through Messiaen's thick layers, and the LSO are on fine form - am exhilarating souvenir... —
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Building a Library, February 2023, Recommended recording - Turangalila
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Prokofiev - Concertos
RecommendedEfrem Kurtz, Walter Susskind, Martha Argerich, Frank Peter Zimmermann, Michel Béroff & János Starker
Philharmonia Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Berliner Philharmoniker, Simon Rattle, Charles Dutoit, Lorin Maazel & Riccardo Muti
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Building a Library, January 2019, Also Recommended
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Schoenberg - Verklärte Nacht
Phyllis Bryn-Julson
Artemis Quartet, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group & English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate & Sir Simon Rattle
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Gramophone Awards, 1995, Winner - Orchestral
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Falla - Spanish Songs, Noces en los jardines de Espana & Concerto
RecommendedVictoria de los Angeles (soprano), Victoria de los Angeles (soprano) & Gonzalo Soriano (piano), with Gonzalo Soriano, Gonzalo Soriano, Michel Debost, Robert Casier, André Boutard, Pierre Nérini & Robert Cordier, Annie Challan & Jean-Claude Gérard
Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre...
With Victoria de los Angeles startlingly authentic in rough-edged cante jondo style, and conductors like Giulini and Frühbeck de Burgos, this is a superb Falla sampler. —
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Building a Library, June 2009, First Choice (1925 version)
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Tavener - The Protecting Veil
RecommendedRecorded: 24-28 January 1994, Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire
Steven Isserlis (cello), Iain Simcock (handbells), Solveig Kringelborn, William Kendall, Donald Sweeney, Gavyn Wright, Maciej Rakowski, Boguslav Kostecki, Ben Cruft, Jackie Shave & David Dunnett
London Symphony Orchestra, Chilingirian Quartet, Winchester Cathedral Choir, Gennadi Rhozdestvensky,...
Excellent accounts of some of the best of Tavener's Orthodox/Byzantine-influenced works, full of mystery and serene faith. —
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Gramophone Awards, 1992, Winner - Contemporary
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Orff - Der Mond & Die Kluge
Gottlob Frick, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Hans Hotter & Peter Lagger
Philharmonia Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch
These classic accounts of music-theatre pieces based on Grimm still sound fresh —
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Walton: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2
Nigel Kennedy (violin), Paul Tortelier (cello)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, André Previn, Paavo Berglund, Louis Frémaux
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Henze - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 9
Ian Bostridge (tenor) & Julius Drake (piano)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Rundfunkchor, Berlin & Berliner Philharmoniker, Simon Rattle, Ingo Metzmacher
Listening to these compelling performances one can understand why the composer was attracted to Bostridge's unique vocal qualities and timbre. —
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Bartók: Concertos
Tabea Zimmermann (viola), Katia Labèque, Marielle Labèque, Silvio Gualda & Jean-Pierre Drouet
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Simon Rattle, Eugene Ormandy, David Shallon
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