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In this famous 1967 performance of the Symphony the sound is superb, the playing magnificent. Klemperer lets Mahler’s score tell its own story and one cannot listen without remembering that... —
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Gardiner's architectural aspirations are lost on Campra's rather insubstantial music, though ebullience and drama go some way to compensate. —
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Mendelssohn - Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 2
Dmitri Makhtin (violin), Boris Berezovsky (piano) & Alexander Kniazev (cello)
Mendelssohn's two piano trios have been well served on CD, and these new versions can hold their own with some of the best. …the playing conveys all the ardour and passion of Mendelssohn's... —
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Mozart - Die Entführung aus dem Serail
and selected opera arias by Léopold Simoneau
Lois Marshall (Konstanze), Ilse Hollweg (Blonde), Léopold Simoneau (Belmonte), Gerhard Unger (Pedrillo), Gottlob Frick (Osmin) & Hansgeorg Laubenthal (Bassa Selim)
Beecham Choral Society & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham
Beecham made cuts and re-orderings for his 1956 recording that wouldn't do today, but his style is impeccable and both Léopold Simoneau's Belmonte and Gottlob Frick's Osmin remain impressive. —
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Puccini: Tosca
Renata Scotto (Tosca), Placido Domingo (Cavaradossi), Renato Bruson (Scarpia), John Cheek (Angelotti), Andrea Velis (Spoletta), Paul Hudson (Sciarrone), Dominick Martinez (Un pastore), Itzhak Perlman (Un carceriere)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus & St Clement Danes School Boys’ Choir, James Levine
Levine shows good theatrical instincts throughout this Tosca, with his central cast all experienced in and expert in their roles. The orchestral detail of the score is well captured. —
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Sharon Kam is a fine player with a deliciously dark tone, and partnered by Kurt Masur she finds greater depths in these works than many players. —
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Strauss, J, II: An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314, etc.
Johann Strauss Orchestra, Willi Boskovsky
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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K620 (highlights)
Siegfried Jerusalem, Lucia Popp, Wolfgang Brendel, Edita Gruberova
Bayern Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
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