Orchestral, Symphonies, Boccherini (composer)
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Special offer. Berio: Sinfonia & Calmo
Virpi Räisänen (mezzo-soprano)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
Any singer must exorcise the ghost of Cathy Berberian in this and other vocal works of Berio and...Virpi Räisänen has the measure of it...In Hannu Lintu's marvellous new recording I hear and... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2015, Editor's Choice
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The London Mozart Players's strings are outstanding. —
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Antonio Janigro - The rare Cello Recordings
RecommendedAntonio Janigro (cello), Gunhild Stappenbec, Paul Badura-Skoda (piano), Jean Fournier (violin), Jan Natermann (piano), Stefano Passaggio (viola), Jörg Demus (piano), Milton Preves (viola), John Weicher (violin), Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI, Zagreb Soloists, Orchestra Alessandro Scarlatti...
Janigro was a key figure in the musical life of the Balkans. He didn’t have Tortelier’s expressive sound, but was clearly a great energiser – witness the tracks recorded with the Zagreb Soloists,... —
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Building A Library, September 2024, Recommended Recording (Don Quixote)
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From the age of 25 Boccherini lived in Spain… and Spanish elements lend distinctive colours to his music. Bubbling high spirits from composer and performers alike produce a most entertaining... —
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By her own admission, Gaillard takes liberties in her realisation of this repertory, some of which perhaps are more successful than others…[She] comes into her own in the two concertos and sonata,... —
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101 Classical: The Best Classical Music Ever!
Barbara Jane Gilby (violin), David Stanhope (piano), Dimity Hall (violin), Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin), Daniel Yeadon (cello), Sally-Anne Russell (mezzo-soprano), Sara Macliver (soprano), Nicole Forsyth (viola), Maxime Bibeau (double bass), Paul Stanhope (chamber organ), Aiko Goto (violin), Helena...
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Special offer. Sir Thomas Beecham - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Richard Itter Collection
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham
His mercurial personality was almost invariably at its most beguiling live in concert. One sense an extra degree of imperativeness in gripping performances of Haydn’s symphonies Nos 99 and 101,... —
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Special offer. A tribute to Rudolf Barshai
Rudolf Barshai (viola), Vladimir Shraibman (piano), Semyon Stuchevsky (piano), Alexander Korneev (flute), Olga Erdeli (harp), Rudolf Barshai (viola/direction), Tatyana Nikolayeva (piano), Leonid Kogan (violin), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Emil Gilels (piano), Rostislav Dubinsky (violin), Nina...
Barshai’s death five years ago robbed the world of an influential figure and inspiring musician: violist, conductor, administrator, powerhouse. Through the energy and devotion of his widow Elena... —
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The Glory of Rostropovich
80th birthday tribute
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Alexandre Stein & Martin Derungs, Martin Derungs, Catherine Cantin, Heinz Holliger & Yvonne Loriod, Rudolf Serkin, Martha Argerich, Leon Spierer & Eberhard Finke
Orchestra of the Collegium Musicum, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker,...
…my star item from the whole set is the Schumann Cello Concerto with the Leningrad Philharmonic under Rozhdestvensky: here Rostropovich generates a natural impetus while bringing subtle nuance... —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2007, Orchestral Choice
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Berlin, City of Music
Including works by Weber, Bach, Brahms, Weill and Eisler
May/Prey/
Petersen Quartett/Deutsches SO Berlin
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