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Claudio Arrau plays Beethoven Piano Sonatas
Swedish Radio Studios, Stockholm, 5 April 1960
Claudio Arrau (piano)
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Emil Gilels plays Brahms, Debussy & Prokofiev
Emil Gilels (piano)
Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Mario Rossi
The characteristics of the [Brahms] performance are nobility and breadth...Despite the existence of the Jochum, this Rossi-conducted performance is still a worthwhile acquisition for Gilels... — More…
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Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Ladies of the BBC SO Chorus & BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Rozhdestvensky's affinity with British music is evident in this marvellously airy, epic Planets and sprightly Variations. Plain broadcast recording sound, but too enjoyable to be merely historic. — More…
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Evgeny Svetlanov conducts Stravinsky & Tchaikovsky
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Evgeny Svetlanov
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BBC Legends, Volume 4
Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Clifford Curzon (piano), Nadia Boulanger, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano), John Ogdon (piano), Dennis Brain (horn), Paul Tortelier (cello), Rudolf Serkin (piano)
Klaus Tennstedt, Constantin Silvestri, Sir John Barbirolli,...
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Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38
Dame Janet Baker (The Angel), John Shirley Quirk (The Priest & The Angel of the agony) & Peter Pears (Gerontius)
London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir, Sir Adrian Boult
Boult’s handling of the Prelude, and his masterly accompaniment – especially to Janet Baker’s radiant final benediction – is so beautiful, so magisterial in its intensity, that it feels as though... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2016, DVD of the Month
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Not only is it a privilege to witness a seasoned outfit playing with such opulent tone, unbounded musicality and selfless application, the dynamic yet ever watchful Solti directs proceedings... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2013, DVD of the Month
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David Oistrakh plays Bach, Mozart & Brahms
Igor Oistrakh (violin) & David Oistrakh (violin), Igor Oistrakh (violin) & David Oistrakh (viola), David Oistrakh (violin)
English Chamber Orchestra, Moscow Philharmonic, Colin Davis, Yehudi Menuhin, Kirill Kondrashin
you'd be hard-pressed to find a more unanimous pair of soloists [in the Bach] than the Oistrakhs. The camerawork allows us to see them in action with little distraction, and phrasing, dynamics... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Shortlisted - DVD Performance
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Munch was noted for his performances of French music and the [Franck] is treasure indeed...searing, warm-blooded and slightly brisker than Monteux's benchmark recording made the same year with... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Shortlisted - DVD Performance
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Szymanowski: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4
Live From The Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, Warsaw, 19 November 2009
Rafał Bartmiński (tenor), Jan Krzysztof Broja (piano)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit
Wit captures the hothouse atmosphere of Szymanowski's Rumi-inspired Third Symphony and the folkloric inflections of the Fourth. Excellent soloists too in another outstanding film from the Warsaw... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2011, DVD of the Month
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