Penguin Rosettes, Classical (era)
-
an essential recommendation for any collection. These are performances which seem to present a Beethoven 'for the ages', a distillation of a long interpretative tradition, without concern for... —
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, 100 Greatest Recordings
-
Building a Library, October 1999, First Choice
-
Building a Library, October 2007, First Choice
-
Building a Library, January 2016, First Choice
-
Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
-
Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1970s
-
Penguin Guide, Rosette
-
-
By common consent, Mitsuko Uchida is among the leading Mozart pianists of today, and her recorded series of the piano sonatas won critical acclaim as it appeared and finally Gramophone Awards... —
Awards:
-
Gramophone Awards, 1989, Winner - Instrumental
-
Penguin Guide, Rosette
-
-
These are among the finest Haydn quartet recordings heard in years, performances which will quickly establish themselves as classics. They are consistently a degree more refined in texture and... —
Awards:
-
Building a Library, February 2000, First Choice
-
Penguin Guide, Rosette
Purchase product
Downloads
Audio formats guide -
-
Awards:
-
Penguin Guide, Rosette
-
-
Treasures of Baroque Opera
RecommendedJanet Baker, Teresa Berganza, Catherine Bott, Luciano Pavarotti
Awards:
-
Penguin Guide, Rosette
-
-
The Sound of the Trumpet
RecommendedPeter Hurford (organ), Alan Stringer (trumpet), Gwynne Howell (bass), John Wilbraham (trumpet), Philip Jones (trumpet), Leslie Pearson (organ), The Michael Laird Brass Ensemble, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, London Festival Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner, Elgar...
Awards:
-
Penguin Guide, Rosette
-
-
Mozart - The Great Piano Concertos, Volume 1
RecommendedAlfred Brendel (piano)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner
Brendel's incomparable 1974 version [of K491] with Neville Marriner and the ASMF still ranks among the finest ever recorded. Brendel's unassailable mastery is attended by his laser-like intellectual... —
Awards:
-
Building a Library, March 2013, CD Choice
-
Penguin Guide, Rosette
-
-
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 27
RecommendedClifford Curzon (piano)
English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
Awards:
-
Penguin Guide, Rosette
-
-
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K620
RecommendedRené Pape (Sarastro), Erika Miklósa (Königin der Nacht), Dorothea Röschmann (Pamina), Christoph Strehl (Tamino), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (Papageno), Julia Kleiter (Papagena), Georg Zeppenfeld (Sprecher), Kurt Azesberger (Monostatos), Caroline Stein (Erste Dame), Heidi Zehnder (Zweite Dame), Anne-Carolyn...
This is certainly the most desirable version using modern instruments to appear since Solti's second recording in 1990. That said, its characteristics are rather nearer William Christie's 1995... —
Awards:
-
Gramophone Awards, 2006, Finalist
-
BBC Music Magazine, June 2006, Disc of the month
-
Record Review, December 2006, Critics Disc of the Year
-
Gramophone Magazine, June 2006, Editor's Choice
-
Penguin Guide, Rosette
Purchase product
Downloads
Audio formats guide -
-
A superb achievement. It's nigh-on impossible to imagine better 'big-band' Haydn than you encounter here on Colin Davis's four well-filled CDs. His direction has exemplary sparkle and sensitivity.... —
Awards:
-
Penguin Guide, Rosette
-
