National Symphony Orchestra
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New. Barber: Vanessa
Nicole Heaston (Vanessa), J'Nai Bridges (Erika), Matthew Polenzani (Anatol), Susan Graham (The Old Baroness), Thomas Hampson (The Old Doctor), National Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda
This new live Kennedy Center recording hits the mark. Noseda draws playing of real lustre from the National Symphony Orchestra. He is alert, too, to the score's unease...The more compelling... —
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Record Review, 30th May 2026, Record of the Week
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2026, Opera Choice
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Special offer. Sir Arthur Bliss: the Decca Originals
Eileen Joyce (piano), Alfredo Campoli (violin), Griller Quartet (string quartet), Sidney Griller (violin), Jack O'Brien (violin), Philip Burton (viola), Colin Hampton (cello), London Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Arthur Bliss, Muir Mathieson
This is a convenient, well-transferred compilation of some of the finest performances of music by a still-underrated composer. Bliss’s version of the Colour Symphony is better paced than many... —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2020, Reissues Choice
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Beethoven Nine Symphonies
National Symphony Orchestra, Rimma Sushanskaya, Jennifer Davis (soprano), Bethany Horak-Hallet (contralto), Sam Furness (tenor), Stephen Loges (baritone)
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In fact, this entire release—and no doubt the summer concerts from which it derives—has an air of joyful music-making. That would be a wonderful sign that the National Symphony is waking up... —
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Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 1-6, Manfred Symphony, Overtures, Rococo variations
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Maxim Vengerov (violin)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
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Special offer. Roger Desormiere: The Decca Recordings
Janine Michaeu (soprano), National Symphony Orchestra, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Roger Desormière
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Corigliano: Of Rage and Remembrance & Symphony No. 1
RecommendedNational Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin
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Grammy Awards, 39th Awards (1996), Classical Album of the Year
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 in G minor, Op. 103 'The year 1905'
RecommendedNational Symphony Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich
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Building a Library, March 2002, First Choice
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Special offer. The Definitive Eric Coates
London Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble, Light Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, New Symphony Orchestra, Concert Orchestra, Eric Coates Orchestra, New Symphony Orchestra of London, New Queen's Hall Orchestra,...
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Kathleen Ferrier sings J S Bach & Handel
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Jacques Orchestra, Adrian Boult, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Reginald Jacques
The style is not remotely historically informed and the recorded sound is decidedly dated, but even the hardest of hearts will melt on hearing Ferrier’s achingly beautiful performance of ‘All... —
