Sir John Pritchard
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Special offer. Rawsthorne: Symphonic Studies
Malcolm Binns (piano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Pritchard, Nicholas Braithwaite
Without losing the necessary edge in the writing, Malcolm Binns (creating their stereo debut in 1979) brings out the expressiveness of the music...The LPO under Pritchard plays with evident... —
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Special offer. British Symphonies
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite, Vernon Handley, Adrian Boult, Myer Fredman, Norman Del Mar, John Pritchard, Lennox Berkeley, William Alwyn, Josef Krips
this is a very significant release which really deserves to be snapped up by everyone, not least those who still cling to the discredited belief that when it comes to composing symphonies, Britain... —
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Italian Opera Arias
Renata Scotto (soprano), London Symphony Orchestra, Renato Bruson (baritone), Elena Obraztsova (mezzo-soprano)
Gianandrea Gavazzeni
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Special offer. Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Nan Merriman, Lisa Otto, Léopold Simoneau, Rolando Panerai & Sesto Bruscantini
Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan
Schwarzkopf is in splendid voice as the sentimental Fiordiligi, Merriman equally good as the practical Dorabella, and Otto is a good Despina and very amusing in her assumed voices —
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Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
RecommendedJoan Sutherland (Lucia), Renato Cioni (Edgardo), Robert Merrill (Enrico), Cesare Siepi (Raimondo), Kenneth MacDonald (Arturo), Rinaldo Pelizzoni (Normanno), Ana Raquel Satra (Alisa)
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Sir John Pritchard
Sutherland enthusiasts will be thrilled, as indeed I am, by the sheer beauty and power of the singing, by the soprano's total command of the technical requirements the role calls for, and by... —
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1960s
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Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore
RecommendedIleana Cotrubas (Adina), Plácido Domingo (Nemorino), Geraint Evans (Dulcamara), Ingvar Wixell (Belcore), Lillian Watson (Giannetta)
Orchestra And Chorus Of The Royle Opera House‚ Covent Garden, Sir John Pritchard
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Building a Library, January 2018, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2000, Lifetime Achievement Award
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Joan Sutherland: Art of the Prima Donna (Deluxe Edition)
RecommendedJoan Sutherland (soprano)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Her incomparable technique, stylistic virtuosity and full-bodied tone were captured at their peak, without any trace of subsequent mannerisms. —
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Grammy Awards, 4th Awards (1961), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Joan Sutherland (Lucia), Renato Cioni (Edgardo), Cesare Siepi (Raimondo), Robert Merrill (Enrico), Kenneth MacDonald (Arturo), Ana Raquel Satra (Alisa), Rinaldo Pelizzoni (Normanno)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome, John Pritchard
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Searle: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 5, Zodiac Variations & Labyrinth
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Hallé Orchestra, Orchestra Nova of London, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, John Pritchard, Lawrence Leonard, Lawrence Foster, Louis Frémaux
[Labyrinth] is conveyed on the wings of some magnificent orchestration, the musical language unforgivingly atonal through the tone poetry achieved is extremely imposing…performance values are... —
