City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus
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Szymanowski: Król Roger & Symphony No. 4
RecommendedThomas Hampson, Elzbieta Szmytka, Ryszard Minkiewicz, Philip Langridge, Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle
King Roger is a ravishingly beautiful opera, but a very fragile one. With a shrill soprano or a less than ideally cast tenor it would be fatally flawed. Minkiewicz's Dionysiac Shepherd betrays... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2000, Winner - Opera
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Szymanowski: Concertos, Orchestral & Choral Works
RecommendedIwona Sobotka, Timothy Robinson, Katarina Karnéus, Thomas Zehetmair (violin), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Elzbieta Szmytka, Jadwiga Rappé, Philip Langridge & Thomas Hampson, Florence Quivar, Jon Garrison & John Connell
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, with City of Birmingham...
Both these differing works [Song of the Night and Stabat Mater] are sensitively performed, giving the listener an excellent insight into the contrasting aspects of this composer's work. Rattle's... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1997, Winner - Concerto
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Gramophone Awards, 1995, Winner - Choral
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Gramophone Awards, 1995, Winner - Engineering
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The Second Viennese School
RecommendedSchoenberg, Berg & Webern
Karita Mattila (Tove), Anne Sofie von Otter (Waldtaube), Thomas Moser (Waldemar), Philip Langridge (Klaus-Narr), Thomas Quasthoff (Bauer/Sprecher), Phyllis Bryn-Julson (soprano), Gidon Kremer (violin), Franz Mazura (narrator)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Rundfunkchor Berlin, MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig,...
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Gramophone Awards, 1995, Winner - Orchestral
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Building a Library, March 2017, First Choice
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Hector Berlioz – The Complete Works
Artists include Sir Roger Norrington, Sir Adrian Boult, André Previn, Louis Frémaux, Jean Martinon, Leonard Bernstein, Michel Plasson, Louis Langrée, John Eliot Gardiner, Sir John Barbirolli, Charles Dutoit, John Nelson, André Cluytens
Yes, all of Berlioz, including classic and historical recordings, rarities and rediscoveries, from a huge range of performers. The opening track is a breath of fresh air, the Francs-Juges overture... — More…
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Diapason d’Or, March 2019, Réédition
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019, Historical
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Simon Rattle Conducts Ravel
Cécile Ousset (piano), Peter Walden (french horn), Andrei Gavrilov (piano), Magdalena Kozená (mezzo-soprano), Sophie Koch (mezzo-soprano), Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto), José van Dam (bass-baritone), Annick Massis (soprano), François Le Roux (bass-baritone), Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (tenor), Mojca...
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Proms 2012 - Music from the 2012 Proms Season
Mireille Delunsch (soprano), Helene Jossoud (mezzo-soprano), Gerard Theruel (baritone), Manfred Fink (tenor), Ruxandra Donose (mezzo-soprano), Hasmik Papian (soprano), Claudio Otelli (bass-baritone), Simon Lindley (organ), Christopher Purves (baritone), John Cheek (bass), Claire Rutter (soprano),...
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The Great British Wedding Album
The King's Division Normandy Band, Ruby Philogene (mezzo-soprano), Janice Watson (soprano), Graham Jackson (organ), Christopher Allsop (organ), Richard Marlow (chorus master), Lesley Garrett (soprano), London Voices (vocal), Philip Rushforth (organ), City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus (vocal), Peter...
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Essential Britten
Heather Harper (soprano), Neil Mackie (vocals), John Tunnell (leader), Barry Tuckwell (french horn), John Tunnel (orchestra leader), Ida Haendel (lead vocals), Ian Hare (piano), Bruce Russell (vocals), Robert Tear (vocals), Sir Andrew Davis (piano), Julian Godlee (vocals), James Clark (vocals), Osian...
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Simon Rattle Conducts Beethoven
Lars Vogt (piano), Angela Denoke (soprano), Ion Tibrea (bass), Juliane Banse (soprano), Thomas Ebenstein (tenor), Rainer Trost (tenor), László Polgár (bass), Jon Villars (tenor), Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone), Barbara Bonney (soprano), Birgit Remmert (contralto), Kurt Streit (tenor), Thomas Hampson...
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The Power and the Glory
Moving and uplifting classical music.
Nancy Argenta, Dame Janet Baker, Teresa Berganza, Lesley Garrett, Dame Felicity Lott, Natasha Marsh, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa & Emily Van Evera
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Hallé Choir, Liverpool Cathedral Choir, Massed Choirs From Mersyside, Royal Choral Society, Winchester Cathedral...
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