Penguin Rosettes, Late 20th Century (era)
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Special offer. American Classsics - Copland
RecommendedBuffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta
Some discs are recommendable just because they present appealing, well-played programs in good sound at a great price. In such cases, comparisons are not the issue; we can enjoy them as a concert... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Messiaen: La Transfiguration de Notre-Seigneur Jesus-Christ
RecommendedOrchestre Philharmonique et Choeur de Radio France, Myung-Whun Chung
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2002, Editor's Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Bernstein: Candide, Act I, etc.
RecommendedJerry Hadley (Candide), June Anderson (Cunegonde), Adolph Green (Dr. Pangloss/Martin), Christa Ludwig (Old Lady), Nicolai Gedda (Governor/Vanderdendur/Ragotski)
London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein
an irreplaceable treasure...Jerry Hadley is an ideal Candide (what a good career as a Broadway lead he might have had in another era), June Anderson is a grand opera Cunegonde with high wattage... —
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Gramophone Awards, 1992, Winner - Music Theatre
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1980s
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Grammy Awards, 34th Awards (1991), Best Engineered Album, Classical
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Grammy Awards, 34th Awards (1991), Classical Album of the Year
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Special offer. Rubbra: Symphony Nos. 3 & 7
RecommendedBBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox
For some years the Third Symphony was a repertory piece, at least on BBC programmes, but it fell out of favour in the late 1950s. Commentators have noticed a certain Sibelian cut to its opening... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. George Rochberg: Symphony No. 5
RecommendedSaarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Lyndon-Gee
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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This is the finest debut guitar recital we have heard for some years.... The Naxos recording has good ambiance and is present yet not too closely balanced. Unforgettable. —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Tippett: The Midsummer Marriage
RecommendedJoan Carlyle (Jenifer), Elizabeth Harwood (Bella), Helen Watts (Sosostris), Elizabeth Bainbridge (She-Ancient), Stuart Burrows (Jack), Alberto Remedios (Mark), Raimund Herincx (King Fisher), Stafford Dean (He-Ancient), David Whelan (Half-Tipsy Man), Andrew Daniels (Dancing Man)
Chorus &...
the recording needs no defending, with singers, chorus and orchestra in full and lively presence, the soloists in excellent balance with the accompaniment...this issue is a life-enhancing creation... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Spanish Guitar Favourites
RecommendedWorks by Boccherini, Falla, Romero, Sor and Torroba
Los Romeros
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Tippett - Orchestral Music
RecommendedLondon Symphony Orchestra, Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Colin Davis & Neville Marriner
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Building a Library, First Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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If you know that feeling of expectancy, of vast potential energy, at the outset of a great symphony, you'll surely respond to the opening of Simpson's Ninth – and be wholly engrossed. You'll... —
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Gramophone Awards, 1989, Winner - Contemporary
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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