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Elgar: The Music Makers, Op. 69, etc.
RecommendedJanet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Richard Lewis (tenor), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-Soprano) & Kim Borg (bass)
London Philharmonic Choir & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Hallé Choir, Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus, Ambrosian Singers & Hallé Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult, John Barbirolli
The must-have Gerontius, recorded in the idealised soundscape so beloved of the 1960s, where choir and soloists are close-miked and crystal-clear. Richard Lewis's well-groomed, classic tones... —
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Building a Library, October 2006, First Choice
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Mozart: Requiem
RecommendedHelen Donath (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo), Robert Tear (tenor), Robert Lloyd (bass), Barbara Hendricks (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Carlo Maria Giulini, Neville Marriner
Giulini's first account of Mozart's Requiem is grand and solemn, employing modern instruments and choice soloists. Barbara Hendricks shines in the early motet under Marriner. —
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Grammy Awards, 23rd Awards (1980), Best Choral Performance
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...this boldly expansive performance exposes the dark, painfully beautiful heart of Britten's Concerto in as searing a reading as any I've heard. There's a vulnerable edge to Hope's sound that's... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Collection Winner
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Special offer. Bach - Brandenburg Concertos & Violin Concertos
Bath Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin
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Mozart - Piano Concertos Nos. 21 & 22
RecommendedAnnie Fischer (piano)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch
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Building a Library, May 2002, Budget Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2001, Editor's Choice
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Prokofiev: Ivan The Terrible, etc.
RecommendedIrina Arkhipova, Anatoly Mokrenko, Boris Morgunov, Anna Reynolds, Sheila Armstrong, Robert Tear & John Shirley-Quirk
Ambrosian Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, André Previn & Riccardo Muti
Coruscating orchestral bite in Muti's Ivan (with the fabulous Ambrosian Chorus) knocks Previn's rough and ready Nevsky into second league, though moments of diaphanous lyricism lift the heart... —
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Grammy Awards, 19th Awards (1976), Best Choral Performance
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Handel: Aci, Galatea e Polifemo
Sandrine Piau (soprano), Sara Mingardo (alto), Laurent Naouri (bass)
Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm
The cantata or serenata a 3 (for three), Aci,Galatea e Polifemo, dates from Handel's visit to Naples in 1708, and it has almost nothing in common, except for its subject matter, with his exquisite... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2003, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2001, Editor's Choice
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Bach: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Salvatore Accardo (violins)
English Chamber Orchestra
