Decca
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Britten: War Requiem
Recommended2023 remastering
Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Peter Pears (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) & Simon Preston (organ), London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Melos Ensemble, Highgate School Choir & The Bach Choir, Benjamin Britten
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Shortlisted - Technical Achievement
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Origins
Lucie Horsch (recorder, flute), Carel Kraayenhof (bandoneon), Dani Luca (cimbalom), Sean Shibe (guitar), Bao Sissoko (lute), Fuse, LUDWIG Orchestra
Horsch harnesses no less than nine different instruments, bringing a kaleidoscopic range of colours to the repertoire...The transcriptions, including several by Horsch herself, are an enchanting... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2022, Concerto Choice
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An ideal background to sipping a café crème and nibbling a croissant. —
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Wagner: Götterdämmerung
RecommendedBirgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde), Wolfgang Windgassen (Siegfried), Gottlob Frick (Hagen), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Gunther), Claire Watson (Gutrune), Christa Ludwig (Waltraute)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Shortlisted - Technical Achievement
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Verdi: Requiem
and Quattro Pezzi Sacri
Joan Sutherland (soprano), Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) & Martti Talvela (bass)
Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Chicago Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
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Building A Library, May 2024, Recommended Recording - The Firebird
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Dream Songs - The Essential Joe Hisaishi
London Symphony Orchestra (orchestra/member), Joe Hisaishi (piano, melodica), Roman Simovic (orchestra leader), New Japan Philharmonic World Dream Orchestra (orchestra/member), Yasushi Toyoshima (orchestra leader), Joe Hisaishi Ensemble, Alexander Balanescu (violin), Thomas Pilz (violin), Chris Pitsillides...
For fans of Japanese Anime films, much of this is beloved music; for the uninitiated it’s a bit of a revelation…Hisaishi is seemingly Elmer Bernstein, Michel Legrand and Ryuichi Sakamoto rolled... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2020, Screen Choice
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There's a sense of rock-solid communication between soloist and conductor - and, as a result, with the orchestra, here the Philharmonia. The orchestral colours are fresh, the ensemble tight.... —
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Dvořák: Rusalka, Op. 114
RecommendedRenée Fleming (Rusalka), Ben Heppner (Prince), Dolora Zajick (Jezibaba), Eva Urbanová (Foreign Princess), Franz Hawalta (Water Goblin)
Kühn Mixed Choir, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Mackerras
Renée Fleming's tender and heartwarming account of Rusalka's Invocation to the Moon reflects the fact that the role of the lovelorn water nymph, taken by her in a highly successful production... —
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Gramophone Awards, 1999, Recording of the Year
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British Music Collection - Gerald Finzi
RecommendedAndrew Marriner (clarinet), Piers Lane (piano)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields, English Chamber Orchestra, Neville Marriner, Nicholas Daniel
Andrew Marriner is a flexible interpreter who brings out both the light and the shade in this work. The Eclogue, here played by a sensitive Piers Lane, is the wistfully pastoral middle movement... —
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Building a Library, December 2006, First Choice
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