Sir Charles Mackerras
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Janacek & Kodaly: Choral Works
RecommendedTina Kiberg (soprano), Randi Stene (contralto), Peter Svensson (tenor), Ulrik Cold (bass), Per Salo (organ)
Copenhagen Boys` Choir, Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra & Choir, Sir Charles Mackerras
The added rhythmic complexities of this original version as interpreted idiomatically by Mackerras encourage an apt wildness which brings an exuberant, carefree quality — More…
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Building a Library, June 2019, Also Recommended
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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
4 CDs + DVD Video
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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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Handel Gold
RecommendedKiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), Cecilia Bartoli, Plácido Domingo, Joan Sutherland, Anne Sofie von Otter, Luciano Pavarotti, Renée Fleming, Rolando Villazón, Joyce DiDonato, Russell Oberlin, Nigel Robson, Kathleen Ferrier, Bryn Terfel, Janet Baker, Magdalena Kozena, Grace...
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Classic FM at The Movies
Patricia Sullivan (unknown), Klaus Badelt, Bill Liston (unknown), Brad Warnaar (unknown), Jenny O'Grady (unknown), Nick Wollage (unknown), Elizabeth Finch (unknown), Rob Williams (unknown), James McKee Smith (unknown), Geoff Zanelli (unknown), Bart Hendrickson (unknown), Rick Wentworth (unknown),...
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British Music Collection - Arthur Sullivan
Stuart Burrows, The Eric Rogers Chorale & Orchestra, Felicity Palmer, John Constable
The Ambrosian Singers, The Philharmonia Orchestra, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Eastman Wind Ensemble, Wyn Morris, Sir Charles Mackerras, Royston Nash, Frederick Fennell
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Her dark, distinctive timbre, expressive colouring and fast-moving vibrato are heard at their best in Schubert, Mahler, Wolf and Brahms, although she also sings splendidly in Purcell’s Sound... — More…
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Diapason d’Or, May 2018, Réédition
11 CDs
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British Composers: A Celebration
RecommendedRichard Rodney Bennett (piano), Robert Tear (vocals), Ian Hare (piano), Bruce Russell (vocals), Sir Andrew Davis (piano), Richard Lewis (vocals), Monica Sinclair (vocals), Lewis Thomas (vocals), Geoffrey Walls (baritone), John Hauxwell (bass-baritone), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Wilfred Brown...
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Building a Library, June 2018, Also Recommended
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Mackerras conducts Schubert & Mozart
Recorded in the Frauenkirche in Dresden
Genia Kuhmeier (soprano), Christa Mayer (alto), Timothy Robinson (tenor), Oliver Ringelhahn (tenor II) & Matthew Rose (bass)
Choir of State Opera Dresden & Staatskapelle Dresden, Sir Charles Mackerras
…Mackerras directs an energetic, exultant performance of the Solemn Vespers… Orchestral detail registers clearly, with Mackerras coaxing a dancing lightness from the Dresden violins. …Mackerras... — More…
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