Eloquence
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A real treat of a release...these are joyous performances which show with unforced style why chamber music is the prince of musical genres. — More…
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Virtuoso Violin
Wolfgang Schneiderhan (violin) & Albert Hirsh (piano), Tibor Bisztriczky (violin) & Felix Schröder (piano)
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Birgit Nilsson sings Wagner
Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Helge Brilioth (Siegmund), Helge Brilioth (Parsifal), Norman Bailey (Amfortas), Grace Hoffmann (Brangäne)
Leif Segerstam, Sir Colin Davis, Hans Knappertsbusch
Even allowing for the fact that these were demonstration records when they first appeared, the sound on this CD is astonishing in its lifelike presence and its warmth. As nobody has surpassed... — More…
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Vladimir Ashkenazy conducts Mahler & Schoenberg
Iris Vermillion (mezzo-soprano)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Staats-und Domchor Berlin, Knabenchor an der Hochscule der Künste Berlin & Frauen des Rundfunkchors Berlin, Vladimir Ashkenazy
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20th-Century Portraits: Falla, Bartók & Stravinsky
Grace Bumbry (mezzo-soprano)
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Berliner Philharmoniker, Lorin Maazel
Maazel secures astonishing orchestral brilliance and panache, but with a dislikeable, hard-edged relentlessness. Bartok's rarely heard Two Pictures emerge best. — More…
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Strauss, R: Der Rosenkavalier (highlights)
Régine Crespin (Marschallin), Elisabeth Söderström (Octavian), Heinz Holecek (Faninal), Hilde Gueden (Sophie)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Silvio Varviso
impassioned and youthful sounding [Söderström] … sensuous charm exerted by singers … superlative recording … I was nearly consumed by the burning flames of eroticism that Silvio Varviso kindles... — More…
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Elgar: Cockaigne, Cello Concerto, Wand of Youth Suites & Elegy
Anthony Pini (cello)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum
Spiky, rebarbative performances, idiomatically conducted by Van Beinum. Pini's Cello Concerto combines sappy tone with nerveless intonation, in a toughly argued interpretation. — More…
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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 13 & 20 & Six German Dances, KV 509
Julius Katchen (piano)
New Symphony Orchestra of London, London Symphony Orchestra, Peter Maag
Nobody really plays Mozart like this today. Recorded in the 1950s, the Concertos are full-toned and dramatic; K415 emerges larger and more serious than usual. — More…
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Mendelssohn: Motets & Psalms
Gillian Weir (organ) with Felicity Palmer (soprano), Gillian Weir (organ)
Heinrich Schütz Choir and Chorale, Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Roger Norrington, Stephen Cleobury
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