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Barber & Walton: Violin Concertos
RecommendedJoshua Bell (violin)
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman
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Gramophone Awards, 1998, Winner - Concerto
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I Want Magic!
RecommendedAmerican Opera Arias
Reneé Fleming
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
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Gramophone Awards, 1999, Winner - Recital
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Verdi: I Lombardi alla prima crociata
(complete opera)
June Anderson, Richard Leech, Luciano Pavarotti, Samuel Ramey
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus, James Levine
Pavarotti appeared at the Met production of ILombardi in 1993: this recording is the delayed result. He's in good voice and sings Oronte's aria with fine legato, binding the decorative turns... —
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British Music Collection - Benjamin Britten
RecommendedSviatoslav Richter (piano), Mark Lubotsky (violin)
English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
Just after Britten's performances were released on LP in 1971, the composer admitted with some pride that Sviatoslav Richter had learned his Piano Concerto 'entirely off his own bat', and had... —
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Building a Library, February 2010, First Choice
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a recording that has you an the edge of your seat...The grainy sound of the period instruments gives a lightness and transparency to the texture, and George Petrou keeps the music moving so... —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2014, Orchestral Choice
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Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment
Luciano Pavarotti (Tonio), Joan Sutherland (Marie), Spiro Malas (Sulpice), Monica Sinclair (La Marquise), Jules Bruyère (Hortensius), Eric Garrett (Caporale), Edith Coates (La Duchesse)
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
The comic role of Marie might not seem the most obvious vehicle for Joan Sutherland, but she sparkles and delights on this 1967 studio recording with her husband Richard Bonynge at the helm... —
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Lezhneva often scintillates. Using her instrument and extemporisations to breathe life into her characters —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Solo Recording (Opera Arias)
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Britten & Barber: Piano Concertos & Nocturnes
RecommendedElizabeth Joy Roe (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra, Emil Tabakov
Roe brings an incisive and well-articulated touch to the ebullient first movement of the Britten..Barber's complex and declamatory opening Allegro appassionato is satisfactorily dealt with,... —
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Building a Library, March 2018, Also Recommended
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