Penguin Rosettes, Early 20th Century (era)
-
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
Offer,
Strauss, R: Die Frau ohne Schatten RecommendedHildegard Behrens (Die Färberin), Julia Varady (Die Kaiserin), Plácido Domingo (Der Kaiser), José van Dam (Barak), Reinhild Runkel (Die Amme), Sumi Jo (Stimme des Falken)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Georg Solti
This was the most ambitious project on which Strauss and his librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal collaborated. It's both fairy tale and allegory with a score that's Wagnerian in its scale and breadth.... — More…
Awards:
-
Gramophone Awards, 1992, Winner - Opera
-
Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1980s
-
Penguin Guide, Rosette
-
Grammy Awards, 35th Awards (1992), Best Engineered Album, Classical
-
Grammy Awards, 35th Awards (1992), Best Opera Recording
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Offer,
Britten: Peter Grimes RecommendedPeter Pears (Grimes), Claire Watson (Ellen Orford), James Pease (Balstrode), Jean Watson (Auntie), Geraint Evans (Ned Keene), Lauris Elms (Mrs Sedley), David Kelly (Hobson), Owen Brannigan (Swallow), Raymond Nilsson (Bob Boles), Marion Studholme, Iris Kells (Nieces)
Orchestra and Chorus of...
Almost 50 years on, Britten's own recording is still fresh. His conducting has great naturalness and the sound is amazing for 1958. — More…
Awards:
-
Gramophone Awards, 1986, Winner - Remastered CD
-
Penguin Guide, Rosette
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Mussorgsky-Stokowski: Pictures at an Exhibition
RecommendedBournemouth Symphony Orchestra, José Serebrier
Serebrier's own imposing, heavyweight style yields different results to the volatile Knussen… but it's always absorbing. Something of the Stokowski sound is filtered through the refined texturing... — More…
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2005, Disc of the Month
-
Penguin Guide, Rosette
CD
$13.50Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Fritz Reiner conducts Rimsky Korsakov & Stravinsky
RecommendedChicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner
Reiner's magnificent (1956) Scheherazade stands out among the many superb RCA recordings made in Chicago in the 1950s...Sidney Harth, the orchestral leader, naturally balanced, plays most seductively...The... — More…
Awards:
-
Penguin Guide, Rosette
-
Building A Library, October 2023, Also Recommended - Scheherazade
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Offer,
Puccini: La fanciulla del West RecommendedRenata Tebaldi (Minnie), Mario del Monaco (Dick Johnson), Cornell MacNeil (Jack Rance)
Orchestra e Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Franco Capuana
both Tebaldi and del Monaco were at their finest, and Tozzi as Jake Wallace proved another outstanding asset. The Decca producers, James Walker and Christopher Raeburn, again demonstrated Decca's... — More…
Awards:
-
Building a Library, December 2016, Also Recommended
-
Penguin Guide, Rosette
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Puccini: La Bohème
RecommendedAnna Netrebko (Mimi), Rolando Villazón (Rodolfo), Nicole Cabell (Musetta), Boaz Daniel (Marcello), Stéphane Degout (Schaunard), Vitalij Kowaljow (Colline), Kevin Connors (Parpignol), Tiziano Bracci (Benoit/Alcindoro)
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bertrand de Billy
As Rodolfo, Rolando Villazón is magnificent, by turns ardent and angry and there's a stream of bright golden tone in a ringing 'O soave fanciulla'. — More…
Awards:
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 5th May 2008
-
Gramophone Awards, 2008, Finalist - Opera
-
Gramophone Magazine, June 2008, Editor's Choice
-
Penguin Guide, Rosette
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Offer,
French Coloratura Arias RecommendedSumi Jo (soprano)
English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
Awards:
-
Penguin Guide, Rosette
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Awards:
-
Building a Library, March 2006, First Choice
-
BBC Music Magazine, April 2005, Disc of the month
-
Penguin Guide, Rosette
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Ravel: L'enfant et les Sortileges & L'heure Espagnole
RecommendedBerlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de la RTF, Berliner Philharmoniker, Lorin Maazel
The singing is delightful: neoclassical crispness of articulation goes with refined textures that convey the ripe humour of the one piece, the tender poetry of the other.The inclusion of [the... — More…
Awards:
-
Gramophone Awards, 1989, Winner - Remastered CD
-
Penguin Guide, Rosette
-
Building a Library, September 2018, Also Recommended
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -