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Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
RecommendedChrista Ludwig (mezzo-soprano) & Fritz Wunderlich (tenor)
New Philharmonia & Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
Ludwig recorded Mahler’s great ‘symphony for alto, tenor and orchestra’ several times (including for Bernstein and Karajan), but I always find myself returning to this 1964 Klemperer account... —
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Presto Favourites, Christa Ludwig - Our Top 10 Recordings
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Building A Library, June 2021, Also Recommended
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Building a Library, June 2018, Also Recommended
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J S Bach: St Matthew Passion
RecommendedPeter Pears (Evangelist), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Christus), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Christa Ludwig (alto), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Walter Berry (baritone)
Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Otto Klemperer
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Grammy Awards, 5th Awards (1962), Best Choral Performance
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Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos
RecommendedEmil Gilels (piano)
Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell
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Building A Library, January 2025, Recommended Recording (Piano Concerto No. 1)
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Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123
RecommendedElisabeth Söderström (soprano), Marga Hoffgen (alto), Waldemar Kmentt (tenor), Martti Talvela (bass)
New Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
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Building A Library, July 2022, Also Recommended
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Rarely did Emil Gilels sound as abandoned and fiery in the studio as here with Lorin Maazel and the New Philharmonia. Even the scaled-down Siloti edition of the Second Concerto emerges as convincing. —
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Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue & Piano Concerto
RecommendedAndré Previn (piano & conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1970s
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Prokofiev & Ravel: Piano Concertos
RecommendedAndrei Gavrilov (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle
Gavrilov seems either to be pummelling the keys into splinters or skimming them with featherlight virtuosity. As for Rattle, he does nothing wrong but has little opportunity to show his own... —
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Gramophone Awards, 1978, Winner - Concerto
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