Warner Classics
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Beethoven Cello Sonatas and Variations
RecommendedJacqueline du Pré (cello), Daniel Baremboim (piano)
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Building A Library, December 2021, Recommended Recording
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Rachmaninoff: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 31
Choir of King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury
This recording may well consolidate its place in the repertoire, for it's a triumph. Compared with the Vigil the writing is generally sober, though there are unforgettable moments such as the... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2004, Editor's Choice
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Heavenly Voices
(Corina Belcea, violin)
The Boys of King's College Choir, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2004, Editor's Choice
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Elgar: Violin Concerto & Enigma Variations
RecommendedYehudi Menuhin (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra & Royal Albert Hall Orchestra, Sir Edward Elgar
a passing of the musical baton from one generation to the next if ever there was one, and a very moving one at that. Elgar's reading is an aptly broad, reflective one, while Menuhin's playing... —
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Building a Library, July 2001, Historic Choice
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Building a Library, June 2011, Featured
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These accounts of two of Schubert's wonderful quartets, recorded in 1936 and 1938, will never be equalled, for range of expression and depth of insight. The sound is amazingly good, and on... —
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Building a Library, March 2012, Historic Choice
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Wagner: Die Walküre: excerpts, etc.
RecommendedChrista Ludwig (mezzo-soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
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Building a Library, September 2017, Also Recommended
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These… splendid works… bridge the gap between Hummel's early teacher Mozart, and Mendelssohn, whom Hummel briefly taught in turn, and show classical restraint, Italian lyricism and great clarity... —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2006, Chamber Choice
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Tavener - The Protecting Veil
RecommendedRecorded: 24-28 January 1994, Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire
Steven Isserlis (cello), Iain Simcock (handbells), Solveig Kringelborn, William Kendall, Donald Sweeney, Gavyn Wright, Maciej Rakowski, Boguslav Kostecki, Ben Cruft, Jackie Shave & David Dunnett
London Symphony Orchestra, Chilingirian Quartet, Winchester Cathedral Choir, Gennadi Rhozdestvensky,...
Excellent accounts of some of the best of Tavener's Orthodox/Byzantine-influenced works, full of mystery and serene faith. —
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Gramophone Awards, 1992, Winner - Contemporary
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From Beijing to Wimbledon, this is consummate guitar playing from a lady with no equal. —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2008, Editor's Choice
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