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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 'Choral' - Vinyl Edition
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Marga Höffgen (mezzo-soprano), Ernst Haefliger (tenor), Otto Edelmann (bass)
Chor der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Wien, Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan
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Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
RecommendedChrista Ludwig (Leonore), Jon Vickers (Florestan), Walter Berry (Don Pizarro), Gottlob Frick (Rocco), Ingeborg Hallstein (Marzelline), Gerhard Unger (Jaquino), Franz Crass (Don Fernando)
Philharmonia Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
Whilst I love the dramatic energy of Karajan’s (thrilling but rough-round-the-edges) 1962 Fidelio, Ludwig sounds more secure in terms of diction and intonation on this studio recording from... —
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Presto Favourites, Christa Ludwig - Our Top 10 Recordings
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Liszt: Piano Concertos & Totentanz
Yoav Levanon (piano), Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Michael Sanderling
The 20-year-old Israeli-French pianist is one of the latest generation of pianists who can generate remarkable amounts of sound from a keyboard, and boy does he unleash demons in Liszt’s First... —
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2025, Concerto Choice
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Levanon is undaunted by Liszt’s Sonata, giving a performance of heroic sweep. A powerful player, the 18-year-old is nimble and articulate in the virtuoso passages, dramatic with the rhetorical... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Young Talent
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Brahms: Violin Concerto - Vinyl Edition
RecommendedItzhak Perlman (violin)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini
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Grammy Awards, 21st Awards (1978), Classical Album of the Year
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Bruckner: Complete Symphonies
RecommendedBerlin Philharmonic Orchestra & Male voices of the Rundfunkchor Berlin, Ernst-Senff-Chor, Daniel Barenboim
Daniel Barenboim and the Berlin Philharmonic have given us one of the finest (and certainly the best-recorded) Bruckner Sixths of all time – this represents a major landmark in Brucknerian discography. —
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Building a Library, November 2009, First Choice
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Building A Library, March 2022, Also Recommended
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Quiet City
RecommendedAlison Balsom (trumpet), Tom Poster (piano), Nicholas Daniel (cor anglais), Britten Sinfonia, Scott Stroman
Revisiting the improvisatory practice of jazz icons with highly idiosyncratic techniques can fall flat, but Balsom and the Britten Sinfonia make it work. They are entirely idiomatic and wonderfully... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th August 2022
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Young has crafted a serious, complex and beautiful work (indeed a ‘Symphony of Horror’) that grabs the listener by the throat with its broad brushstrokes, vivid musical imagination and visceral... —
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2025, Screen Choice
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Verdi: La Traviata
Maria Callas (Violetta), Giuseppe di Stefano (Alfredo), Ettore Bastianini (Giorgio), Silvana Zanolli (Flora), Luisa Mandelli (Annina), Giuseppe Zampieri (Gastone), Arturo La Porta (Baron Douphol), Antonio Zerbini (Marchese d'Obigny), Silvio Maionica (Dottore Grenvil)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro...
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Record Review, 19th October 2019, Also Recommended
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