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Mahler: Kindertotenlieder and 3 Rückert Lieder and Brahms: Vier ernste Gesänge
RecommendedKathleen Ferrier
Vienna Philharmonic, Bruno Walter
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Yehudi Menuhin: The Great Violin Concertos
Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
Bath Festival Chamber Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Rudolf Kempe, Constantini Silvestri, Walter Susskind, Efrem Kurtz, Sir Edward Elgar
He was a child prodigy whose early virtuosity blossomed into genius, unmatched throughout his life by any of his contemporaries……...He was one of the greatest violinists of the century. —
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Offenbach: Orphée aux Enfers
RecommendedAndre Dran, Jean Mollien, Claudine Collart, Lucien Mans, Janine Lindenfelder
Paris Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra, Rene Leibowitz
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Building a Library, July 2016, Also Recommended
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Sullivan, A: HMS Pinafore
Muriel Harding (Josephine), Leonard Osborn (Ralph), Martyn Hill (Sir Joseph Porter), Darrell Fancourt (Dick Deadeye), Ella Halman (Buttercup), Joan Gillingham (Hebe), Leslie Rands (Captain Corcoran), Richard Walker (Boatswain’s Mate)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Co., Chorus & Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
Harding is a clear-toned soprano and portrays her role as Josephine with lyrical charm and good phrasing...Martyn Green is D’Oyly Carte’s key patter man (Sir Joseph Porter) of this period and... —
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This one’s pretty easy to sum up: vividly colorful music, sprightly lively playing that does it full justice, breezy speeds, fairly antiquated sound...Alfred Brendel and Walter Klien are just... —
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Gilbert And Sullivan: Vintage Favourites
Classic D'Oyly Carte songs including For The Merriest Fellows We Are, A Wandering Minstrel I and more
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
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Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Ettore Bastianin & Giulietta Simionato
Chorus & Orchestra La Scala, Milan, Gianandrea Gavazzeni
This set comes from live performances at La Scala in the mid-1950s when the diva was at the height of her powers. Callas gives here an even more vital performance than on her studio recorded... —
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Victoria de los Angeles: The Modest Prima Donna
Victoria de los Angeles, Giannella Borelli & Giuseppe di Stefano
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Great Cathedral Organs of England Volume 1
Timothy Farrell (organ of Westminster Abbey), Christopher Dearnley (organ of St Paul Cathedral), Barry Rose (organ of Guildford Cathedral), Allan Wicks (organ of Canterbury Cathedral), Francis Jackson (organ of York Minster), Noel Rawsthorne (organ of Liverpool Anglican Cathedral)
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Inevitably set up as a rival to Callas, Tebaldi specialised in the lirico-spinto repertory that suited her creamy tone. Heard here at her best period, she shines in the verismo roles and the... —
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