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Bellini: I Capuleti e I Montecchi
Janet Baker (Romeo), Beverly Sills (Giulietta), Robert Lloyd (Capellio), Nicolai Gedda (Tebaldo), Raimund Herincx (Lorenzo)
New Philharmonia Orchestra & John Aldis Choir, Giuseppe Patanè
Dame Janet Baker is Romeo to the Juliet of Beverly Sills, with Giuseppe Patanè conducting the New Philharmonic Orchestra; although there are now at least half a dozen other recordings; this... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Best-kept Secrets
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English String Music
RecommendedSinfonia of London & New Philharmonia Orchestra, with the Allegri String Quartet, Sir John Barbirolli
This is almost certainly the very finest recording of English string music...Moreover it might also be considered one of Barbirolli's very finest records —
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1960s
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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K620
Nicolai Gedda (Tamino), Gundula Janowitz (Pamina), Walter Berry (Papageno), Lucia Popp (Königin der Nacht), Gottlob Frick (Sarastro), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig, Marga Höffgen (Drei Damen), Ruth-Margret Pütz (Papagena), Gerhard Unger (Monostatos), Karl Liebl, Franz Crass (Zwei Geharnischten),...
The cast of Otto Klemperer's 1964 recording reads almost like a who's who of the opera world at the time...a Flute full of joy and wisdom, with characters who are both unearthly yet recognisably... —
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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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This disc is as beautifully played as you are entitled to expect from a soloist and ensemble drawn from the Berlin Philharmonic. Uncomplicated music delivered with high-level skill; this is... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2008, Editor's Choice
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Sibelius: Violin Concerto, Serenades & Humoreske No. 5
RecommendedIda Haendel (violin), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Berglund
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Building A Library, June 2021, Recommended Recording - Violin Concerto
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Mussorgsky & Rimsky Korsakov: Orchestral Works
RecommendedOslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Mariss Jansons
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Building a Library, July 2005, First Choice
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Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music, The Lark Ascending & other favourites
RecommendedNew Philharmonia Orchestra, London Philharmonic, Sir Adrian Boult
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Building a Library, October 2001, Budget Choice
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 in B flat minor, Op. 113 'Babi Yar'
RecommendedSergei Aleksashkin
Symphonieorchester Und Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons
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Grammy Awards, 48th Awards (2005), Best Orchestral Performance
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