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The Melos Quartet's reputation is second to none, and it's no surprise that this Penguin Rosette-winning recording is characterful and convincing. —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Building A Library, March 2022, Recommended Recording
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Erich Korngold was the pioneer composer of the Hollywood film score during the 1930s and 40s. Errol Flynn starred in the films whose scores are featured on this CD, playing assorted dashing... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2002, Disc of the Month
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Grammy Awards, 45th Awards (2002), Best Classical Crossover Album
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The Liszt especially is scintillating. From the opening octaves Li seems to throw caution to the wind, which is really the only way to play this concerto, fusing electrifying spontaneity with... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2007, Editor's Choice
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Stravinsky: 3 Dances from Petrushka, Bartók: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
RecommendedMaurizio Pollini (piano)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
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Gramophone Awards, 1979, Winner - Concerto
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Grammy Awards, 22nd Awards (1979), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Beethoven - Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3
RecommendedMartha Argerich (piano)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
The Third Concerto's great Largo is as deeply expressive as it needs to be...Argerich's account of Beethoven's outrageous cadenza for No. 2 is spellbinding, and she dispatches the finale with... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2005, Disc of the Month
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Grammy Awards, 48th Awards (2005), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Patricia Petibon's choice of arias by the three greatest of late 18th-century opera composers is tailor-made to display her range, in terms of both drama and sheer vocal compass. …her debut... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2009, Opera Award Winner
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Verdi: Falstaff
RecommendedBryn Terfel (Falstaff), Thomas Hampson (Ford), Adrianne Pieczonka (Alice Ford), Danill Shtoda (Fenton), Dorothea Röschmann (Nannetta), Larissa Diadkova (Mistress Quickly), Stella Doufexis (Meg Page), Enrico Facini (Dr Cajus)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Claudio Abbado
Terfel gives a vital, three-dimensional reading as one might expect...the final fugue at a very fast tempo is thrillingly precise, thansk to a team of leading singers who respond brilliantly... —
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Building a Library, April 2016, Also Recommended
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Gramophone Awards, 1984, Winner - Instrumental
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Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri
RecommendedAgnes Baltsa (Isabella), Ruggero Raimondi (Mustafà), Enzo Dara (Taddeo), Frank Lopardo (Lindoro), Patrizia Pace (Elvira), Anna Gonda (Zulma), Alessandro Corbelli (Haly)
Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
Baltsa's imperious, piquant Isabella is a delight, especially when sparring with Enzo Dara's bumbling Taddeo and Ruggero Raimondi's formidable Mustafà. The onomatopoeic finale of Act One - in... —
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