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Most impressive throughout the disc is McCawley’s command of subtle nuance and rubato without ever sounding self-conscious or mannered. The impression, so artfully mediated, is that the music... —
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Sir Adrian Boult conducts Berg, Stravinsky & Vaughan Williams
Heinrich Nillius, Suzanne Danco, Parry Jones, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Noel Mewton Wood (piano), Royal Opera House Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult
If none of these performances could ever be recommended as a “library” version, then the set as a whole does throw fascinating new light on a conductor whose important role in British music... —
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Prokofiev Milestones, Volume 1
Lana Trotovšek (violin), Boris Bizjak (violin/flute), Maria Canyigueral (piano)
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Stanford: Cushendall, Irish Song Cycles
Sharon Carty (mezzo-soprano), Benjamin Russell (baritone), Finghin Collins (piano)
[Carty and Russell] are ideal exponents of these ballads, singing with a touching warmth and charm that is mirrored in the sensitive accompaniment of Finghin Collins. It all sounds fresh and... —
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These are distinctive, fully achieved works by a composer with a profoundly serious artistic purpose. They’re each worth hearing, and the Dante Quartet go at them with red-blooded gusto and... —
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Beecham conducts Wagner
Previously unissued recordings
Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham
Beecham communicated exceptionally well with both Tristan and Flagstad, a relationship here extended into a sensitive and thrilling reading of the Wesendonck songs. Conductor and orchestra are... —
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The Beecham Collection Volume 22
Alan Civil (horn), Rosina Raisbeck (soprano)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham
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Special offer. Berlioz: Les Troyens
Marisa Ferrer (Cassandre/Didon), Jean Giraudeau (Enée), Charles Cambon (Chorèbe/Le Spectre de Chorèbe), Yvonne Corke (Hécube), Irene Joachim (Ascagne), Scott Joyant (Priam), Franz Vroons (Iopas), Colin Cunningham (Hylas)
BBC Theatre Chorus & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham
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