Warner Classics
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Debussy: Images, Prélude à l'apres-midi d'un faune & Nocturnes
RecommendedPeter Lloyd (flute)
London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn
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Gramophone Awards, 1979, Winner - Engineering
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Gramophone Awards, 1979, Winner - Orchestral
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Bartók: Duke Bluebeard's Castle, Sz. 48, Op. 11
RecommendedAnne Sofie von Otter, John Tomlinson
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
Bernard Haitink's poetic axis is vividly anticipated in the rarely recorded spoken prologue where Sándor Elès bids us search beneath the story's surface. Elès's timing and his sensitivity to... —
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Building a Library, April 2010, First Choice
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Handel - Coronation Anthems
RecommendedSusan Gritton (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor), Michael George (bass)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Academy of Ancient Music, Stephen Cleobury
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2001, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, April 2023, Recommended Recording
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Britten: Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10, etc.
RecommendedPhilharmonia Orchestra, Herbert Von Karajan
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Szymanowski - Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
RecommendedThomas Zehetmair (violin), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle
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Gramophone Awards, 1997, Winner - Concerto
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Szymanowski: Songs of a Fairytale Princess, Hafiz' Love-Songs & Harnasie
Iwona Sobotka, Katarina Karnéus & Timothy Robinson
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle
…Harnasie is rooted in the folk mythology of Poland's Tatra mountains. As Szymanowski's most persuasive non-Polish champion, Rattle draws an intoxicating and punchy performance that could hardly... —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2006, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2006, Editor's Choice
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Karajan conducts Verdi’s Falstaff
RecommendedNan Merriman, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Fedora Barbieri, Tito Gobbi, Tomaso Spataro, Renato Ercolani, Nicola Zaccaria, Luigi Alva, Rolando Panerai & Anna Moffo
Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan
This Falstaff still stands (with Toscanini) peerless in the catalogue. At its centre stands Tito Gobbi, and his is a presence large enough to encompass both the lord and the jester, the sensuous... —
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Building a Library, February 2002, First Choice
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Paderewski: Piano Concerto & Stojowski: Symphonic Rhapsody
Polish Music for Piano and Orchestra
Jonathan Plowright (piano)
Iuventus Orchestra, Łukasz Borowicz
Stojowski’s Symphonic Rhapsody is a worthy addition to [Plowright 's] valuable and impressive discography of neglected music by Polish composers...Plowright is one of those pianists who can... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2017, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2018, Concerto Choice
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the physical impact here of maximum Berlin Philharmonic firepower is part of what the music itself calls for...Compared to the clotted cream sonorities in evidence here, Rattle's CBSO recording... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th May 2013
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2013, Orchestral Choice
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Brahms & Ligeti: Violin Concertos
Cadenzas written by Thomas Adès
Augustin Hadelich (violin)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Miguel Harth-Bedoya
In the Brahms, Hadelich proves a sensitive and technically secure guide to the score’s alternations of serenity and passion, subtly varying degrees of vibrato; Miguel Harth-Bedoya unfolds the... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Concerto
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Instrumentalist of the Year
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