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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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Kathleen Ferrier: Brahms, Mahler, Gluck
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Bruno Walter
The beloved English contralto is heard here in some of the core pieces from her repertory, her unflawed singing a testament to an outstanding artist at her best. — More…
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Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle & Cantata Profana
Judith Hellwigh (Judit), Endre Koréh (Bluebeard), Ernö Lorsy (Speaker, the Bard), Richard Lewis (tenor) & Marko Rothmüller (baritone)
New Orchestra of London and Chorus, Walter Susskind
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Mozart: Last Masonic Works
Orchestra of the Vienna Volksoper, New York Philharmonic, The Westminster Choir, Peter Maag, Bruno Walter
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Had Alfred Schnittke's Concerto for Choir been written in 1975 rather than '85, it would have necessarily been a different piece. Mikhail Gorbachev took office in 1985 and Schnittke, perhaps... — More…
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Pierre Boulez: Young Composer & conductor
Josephine Nendick (soprano), Barry McDaniel (baritone), Louis Devos (tenor), Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
BBC Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Orchestre du Domaine musicale, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
the performances have the clarity and precision that became so typical of Boulez’s conducting. — More…
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Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 & The Bells
Elizaveta Shumskaya (soprano), Mikhail Dovenmann (tenor) & Alexei Bolshakov (bass), Van Cliburn (piano)
Moscow Philharmonic & Russian Republic Capella, Symphony of the Air, New York, Kirill Kondrashin
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Shostakovich: The Pioneer (1921-1932)
Symphony Nos. 1-3 and other early works
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, Prague Radio Symphony, Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Moscow Philahrmonic, Suk Quartet, Dolezal Quartet, London Symphony Orchestra, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Leningrad Chamber Orchestra, Jiri Kout, Igor Blazhkov,...
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Nikolaï Golovanov conducts Tchaikovsky
Ludmilla Legistayeva (mezzo) & Daniel Damianov (baritone)
Moscow Radio Symphony Soloists & Choir, Nikolaï Golovanov
Archive recordings of Nikolai Golovanov. The mono sound is grainy, the performances combustible, with jerky tempo changes and sometimes scrappy playing. Variable, but interesting. — More…
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A Tribute to Rafael Kubelík
Julia Hamari (soprano), Rose Wagermann (mezzo), David Rendall (tenor), Grace Hoffmann (contralto), Herta Töpper (mezzo) & Inge Borkh (soprano), Herbert Schachtschneider (tenor), Kieth Engen (baritone)
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Rafael...
Kubelik was a great Mahlerian, and for specialists his two-part Das klagende Lied is a significant addition to the discography. For others, the off-air recording may be unappealing. — More…
