Sir Charles Mackerras
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Special offer. Music for the Royal Fireworks
RecommendedPro Arte Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Charles Mackerras
Over the night of 13-14 April 1959 in St Gabriel's Church, Cricklewood, a recording session took place, historic in every way, when the young Charles Mackerras conducted a band of 62 wind players... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Building a Library, November 2002, First Choice
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Asrael encompasses formal experiment, superb orchestration, a magnificent grasp of scale and, above all, an unerring feel for catharsis...Charles Mackerras's performance encapsulates all of... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st March 2011
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Finalist - Orchestral
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2011, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2011, Editor's Choice
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Mackerras doesn't short-change us on the tenderness and often painful lyricism… nor is he afraid to relax the tempo as a festive or belligerent motif gives way to a gentler one, with the strings…... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2008, Orchestral Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2009, Disc of the Year & Orchestral Award Winner
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Building a Library, February 2020, Also Recommended
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New. Gustav Holst: Sāvitri; the Planets; the Perfect Fool Ballet Suite
Arda Mandikian (soprano), Peter Pears, Thomas Hemsley, English Opera Group Chorus and Orchestra, Michael Jefferies, Honor Sheppard, Nona Liddell, Pauline Stevens, Ian Partridge, Purcell Singers, Bbc Symphony Orchestra, Nbc Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra & Women’s Chorus, Sir Charles...
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Mozart - Symphonies Nos. 29, 31, 32, 35 & 36
RecommendedScottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras
Clarity prevails, and animation. These are the kind of performances that make it difficult for the listener to sit still. One is impelled to pace or even dance around, to gesture and nod...when... — More…
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Building a Library, October 2015, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Finalist - Orchestral
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Building a Library, October 2022, Also Recommended
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Janacek - The Operas
RecommendedElisabeth Söderström (Jenufa), Eva Randova (Kostelnicka), Petr Dvorsky (Steva), Vaclav Zitek (Sterek), Marie Mrazova (Starenka), Dalibor Jedlicka (Rychtar), Wieslaw Ochman (Laca), Lucia Popp (Karolka), Lucia Popp (Vixen), Eva Randová (Fox), Dalibor Jedliaka (Forester), Dalibor Jedlicka (Gorjancikov),...
Charles Mackerras's partnership with soprano Söderström produced definitive and superbly recorded studio performances of Kát'a Kabanová, Jenůfa and The Makropulos Case. A must for Janáček fans. — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1984, Winner - Opera
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Gramophone Awards, 1982/3, Winner - Opera
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Gramophone Awards, 1980, Recording of the Year
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1980s
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Gramophone Awards, 1977, Recording of the Year
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Grammy Awards, 24th Awards (1981), Best Opera Recording
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Special offer. Life with Czech Music - Janacek & Martinu
RecommendedElisabeth Söderström (soprano), Drahomira Drobkova (contralto), Frantisek Livora (tenor), Richard Novak (bass), Jan Hora (organ), Kvetoslava Nemeckova (soprano), Leo Marian Vodicka (tenor), Vaclav Zitek (baritone), Josef Ruzicka (piano), Jan Bouse (timpani), Eva Urbanova (soprano), Bernarda Fink...
Even the recording acoustic is warm, enough sometimes to curl the music’s edges and smudge away little details. But Mackerras’s handling of this repertoire is so fresh, so responsive to the... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1986, Winner - Choral
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Special offer. Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9
RecommendedJanice Watson (soprano), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano), Stuart Skelton (tenor) & Detlef Roth (bass)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra & Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Sir Charles Mackerras
A decisive interpretation, reinforced by a near-flawless and totally committed performance, and driven by an energy and vitality that conductors half the age of the venerable octogenarian Mackerras... — More…
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Building a Library, March 2014, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Finalist - Orchestral
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Special offer. Life with Czech Music - Smetana & Dvorak
RecommendedCzech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras
Mackerras extols the Czech Philharmonic’s “national” sound. And that’s what we get, with rustic woodwinds, the brass a little tart, and passionate, light-fingered strings. Nothing is bland...they... — More…
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Building a Library, November 2023, Recommended Recording - Dvorak 9
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