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Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Symphony No. 3
Svjatoslav Richter (piano)
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Yevgeny Mravinsky
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With the Vienna Philharmonic, the great conductor performs music not normally associated with him. Some elicit wonderful results (Gluck, Cherubini, and – with the Philharmonia and Fischer-Dieskau... — More…
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The Times Records of the Year, 2018
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Brahms: String Sextets Nos. 1 & 2, Op. 18 & 36
RecommendedPetr Holman (viola) & Vladimír Fortin (cello)
Quatuor Prazak
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Building a Library, October 2016, Also Recommended
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 4
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler
[The Wiener Philharmoniker] plays beautifully for him in this live 1951 recording of the Bruckner (Haas edition). There are many more tempo fluctuations than a purist would approve of, but it... — More…
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The Times Records of the Year, 2017
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Saint-Saëns: Concertos
Emil Gilels (piano), Isaac Stern (violin), Msistlav Rostropovitch (cello), Arthur Grumiaux (violin)
Societe des concerts du Conservatoire de Paris, Philadelphia Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Concerts Lamoureux, André Clutyens, Eugene Ormandy, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Jean Fournet
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Richter's technical feats make his Liszt playing extraordinary, while his sense of near-demonic possession in these live performances, recorded at various points in the 1950s, is hair-raising. — More…
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Victoria de los Angeles in Paris
Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) & Henriette Puig-Roget (organ), Carole Smith (contralto), Claude Monteux (flute)
Choeurs Elisabeth Brasseur, Orchestre des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris, Radcliffe Choral Society, Boston Symphony, Charles Munch,...
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The Prazak Quartet is good at the sad and intimate nature of these works… They can be ferocious, with unrelenting intensity, and as the work becomes increasingly a succession of solos the playing... — More…
