Browse: Masters (series)
EMI Masters is a collection of legendary performances comprising definitive recordings by the twentieth century's greatest artists. All titles have been digitally remastered from the original master tape at EMI's Abbey Road Studios. These are landmark recordings in beautifully presented packaging.
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There is a feeling of one-ness between orchestra and conductor which is the hallmark of a great recording. But it is surely the adagio that will convert the listener with Jack Brymer's clarinet... — More…
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Building a Library, February 2012, First Choice
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Building a Library, June 2012, First Choice
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1970s
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Building A Library, June 2022, Also Recommended
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Elgar: Violin Concerto & Introduction and Allegro RecommendedNigel Kennedy (violin)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley
Kennedy's first recording of the Elgar Concerto is aflame with a young man's passionate inspiration, though never lacking subtler nuance, while Handley simply breathed Elgar like no-one else. — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1985, Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 1985, Winner - Concerto
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1980s
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Building a Library, March 2016, First Choice
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Sir Adrian Boult conducts Elgar & Holst London Symphony Orchestra, The Geoffrey Mitchell Choir & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult
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Beethoven: Triple Concerto
RecommendedDavid Oistrakh (violin), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) & Sviatoslav Richter (piano), David Oistrakh (violin) & Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Cleveland Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan, George Szell
The warm, expansive music-making confirms even more clearly than before that the old view of this as one of Beethoven's weaker works is quite wrong. The three Soviet soloists revel in the multiplicity... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 13th Awards (1970), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Verdi: Requiem & Four Sacred Pieces RecommendedElisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Nicolai Gedda (tenor) & Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus, Carlo Maria Giulini
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1960s
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These superbly remastered recording are among the most timeless and inspiring ever made. Essential listening. — More…
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...a very special recording, made in his youthful prime. — More…
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Mozart: Requiem RecommendedHelen Donath (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo), Robert Tear (tenor), Robert Lloyd (bass), Barbara Hendricks (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Carlo Maria Giulini, Neville Marriner
Giulini's first account of Mozart's Requiem is grand and solemn, employing modern instruments and choice soloists. Barbara Hendricks shines in the early motet under Marriner. — More…
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Grammy Awards, 23rd Awards (1980), Best Choral Performance
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Barbirolli’s famous 1969 version on any count is one of the greatest, most warmly affecting performances ever committed to disc, expansive, yet concentrated in feeling: the Adagietto is very... — More…
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