Melos Ensemble
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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66
RecommendedGalina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Peter Pears (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) & Simon Preston (organ)
London Symphony Orchestra, Melos Ensemble, London Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Highgate School Choir & The Bach Choir, Benjamin Britten
Britten was writing personally for three muses who had all shared the wartime experience...His incandescent commitment to pacificism and horror at the failure of humanism blazes forth...As you... —
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Building a Library, November 2009, First Choice
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1960s
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Grammy Awards, 6th Awards (1963), Best Choral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 6th Awards (1963), Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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Grammy Awards, 6th Awards (1963), Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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Britten: War Requiem
Recommended2023 remastering
Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Peter Pears (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) & Simon Preston (organ), London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Melos Ensemble, Highgate School Choir & The Bach Choir, Benjamin Britten
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Shortlisted - Technical Achievement
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Franck, Debussy & Ravel: Violin Sonatas
RecommendedKyung-Wha Chung, Radu Lupu & Osian Ellis
The Melos Ensemble
Here we have masterpieces from the French tradition in excellent performances that have won the status of recording classics. Kyung-Wha Chung and Radu Lupu are a fine duo who capture and convey... —
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Building a Library, March 2001, First Choice
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Building a Library, March 2021, Also Recommended
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Ravel – The Complete Edition
RecommendedJean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), François-Joël Thiollier (piano), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Ivo Pogorelich (piano), Pascal Rogé & Denise-Françoise Rogé (piano), Alfons & Aloys Kontarsky (pianos), Jacques Février (piano), Vladimir Ashkenazy & Vovka Ashkenazy (pianos), Cecilia Bartoli...
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Building a Library, June 2014, Recommendation available as collected edition
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Weber: Clarinet Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 & Quintetto
David Glazer (clarinet), Gervase de Peyer (clarinet)
Württemburg Orchestra, Melos Ensemble, London Symphony Orchestra, Jörg Faerber, Colin Davis
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French Chamber Music for Harp & Ensemble
Osian Ellis (harp), Marie-Claire Jamet (harp)
Melos Ensemble, Orchestre de Chambre, Paul Kuentz de Paris
Another, always welcome reissue of a delightful clutch of French music. —
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Debussy & Ravel: String Quartets
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) & Benjamin Britten (piano), Osian Ellis (harp)
Borodin Quartet, Melos Ensemble
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Special offer. BBC Legends, Volume 4
Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Heather Harper (soloist), Clifford Curzon (piano), Nadia Boulanger, Ian Partridge (soloist), Bernadette Greevy (soloist), John Carol Case (soloist), Janet Price (soloist), Karl Engel, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (soloist), Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano), Peter Pears...
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Decca Sound: The Analogue Years 1969 – 1980
János Starker (Cello), Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano), Anita Priest (Organ), John Georgiadis (Violin), Kyung Wha Chung (Violin), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone), Elizabeth Harwood (Soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (Baritone), Meriel Dickinson (Contralto), Sir Peter Pears (Tenor), Jenny Hill (Soprano),...
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