Decca
-
Liszt: A Faust Symphony
RecommendedChicago Symphony Chorus (chorus), Siegfried Jerusalem (tenor)
Sir Georg Solti
Awards:
-
Grammy Awards, 29th Awards (1986), Best Orchestral Performance
Purchase product
Downloads
Audio formats guide -
-
This enormously enjoyable debut solo recording from the Armenian mezzo comes courtesy of Decca’s ‘Mentored by Bartoli’ series, and Abrahamyan certainly shares the Roman diva’s effervescence... —
Awards:
-
Presto Editor's Choice, April 2021
Purchase product
Downloads
Audio formats guide -
-
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in Eb Major 'Romantic'
RecommendedVienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Böhm
... the superlative Böhm who has been hiding his light under a bushel in recent years as a Bruckner conductor. This interpretation is really breathtaking in its unhurried majesty, about as broad... —
Awards:
-
Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1970s
Purchase product
Downloads
Audio formats guide -
-
Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626
RecommendedEmma Kirkby, Carolyn Watkinson, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson & David Thomas
Chorus and Orchestra of The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
Awards:
-
Building a Library, February 2016, Also Recommended
Purchase product
Downloads
Audio formats guide -
-
Awards:
-
Building A Library, February 2022, Also Recommended
Purchase product
Downloads
Audio formats guide -
-
Sketches of China
RecommendedXuefei Yang (guitar), Weiliang Zhang (wooden flute), Sha Yuan (guzheng), Kenneth Kwan (work arranger), Roland Dyens (work arranger)
Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra, Renchang Fu
Truth, fantasy, boldness and delicacy. Listening to Chinese classical guitarist Xuefei Yang’s latest album is like watching a parade of exquisitely rendered beasts on a silk handscroll...If... —
Awards:
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
Purchase product
Downloads
Audio formats guide -
-
Schoenberg: Moses und Aron
Franz Mazura (Moses), Philip Langridge (Aron), Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Sir Georg Solti
Purchase product
Downloads
Audio formats guide -
Although entitled 'The Dance Album', interestingly only one of the items on this disc (The Bolt) is actually derived from music conceived specifically for dance. However, what the disc reveals... —
Purchase product
Downloads
Audio formats guide -
Varèse - The Complete Works
RecommendedSarah Leonard (soprano), Mireille Delunsch (soprano), François Kerdoncuff (piano), Jacques Zoon (flute)
Concertgebouw Orchestra, ASKO Ensemble, Men of the Prague Philharmonic Choir, Riccardo Chailly
Awards:
-
Gramophone Awards, 1999, Winner - 20th-Century Orchestral
Purchase product
Downloads
Audio formats guide -
-
These performances are polished, yet the many solo contributions from each of the players emerge with a strong personality. The Beaux Arts cellist brings lovely phrasing and a true simplicity... —
Awards:
-
Building a Library, May 2011, First Choice
Purchase product
Downloads
Audio formats guide -
