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Special offer. Evgeny Svetlanov conducts Debussy & Brahms
Royal Festival Hall, London, 17 April 1975
Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra, Evgeny Svetlanov
His Brahms Third Symphony is idiomatic in a traditional German way, while his Debussy La Mer has a thrilling boldness that does not preclude many subtleties. Best of all is Janet Baker singing... —
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Special offer. Herbert von Karajan conducts Mozart, Ravel, Tchaikovsky
Recorded live in the Royal Festival Hall, 1955 & 1956
Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan
[In] Karajan’s supple, seductive version of Ravel’s Rhapsodie espagnole, the Philharmonia strings ideally responsive. A lean, driven Tchaikovsky 4 is phenomenally exciting; opening with a really... —
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William Steinberg
Heather Harper (soprano), Julia Hamari (alto), Sven Olof Eliasson (tenor), Peter Meven (bass), Wolfgang Marschner (violin)
Kölner Rundfunkchor & Sinfonie-Orchester, William Steinberg
In Steinberg's Gloria, the choir's accent on 'hominibus' is just right: quiet, not overdone...Steinberg hammers out 'consubstantialem Patri' in fine style...Peter Meven intones the the opening... —
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Special offer. Verdi: Falstaff
Fernando Corena (Sir John Falstaff), Juan Oncina, Kevin Miller (Fenton), Walter Monachesi (Ford), Dermot Troy (Dr. Caius), Daniel McCosham (Bardolpho), Marco Stefanoni (Pistola), Anna Maria Rovere (Alice Ford), Eugenia Ratti (Nanetta), Fernanda Cadoni (Meg Page) & Oralia Dominguez (Mistress Quickly)
Glyndebourne...
An ideal ensemble is headed by Corena's robustly restrained Falstaff and Giulini, livelier than in later years —
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A sense of delight permeates his performance of the Ravel waltzes; he digs into the scrunchy textures and lets the composer's lime-and-soda harmonies fizz and gleam...Shame about the sound quality,... —
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Special offer. Verdi: La Traviata
Maria Callas (Violetta), Cesare Valletti (Alfredo), Mario Zanasi (Giorgio Germont), Marie Collier (Flora), Forbes Robinson (Barone Douphol), Ronald Lewis (Marchese d'Obigny), Leah Roberts (Annina), Dermot Troy (Gastone), David Kelly (Dottore Grenvil)
Royal Opera House Orchestra & Chorus,...
though it has been issued on various labels, this ICA Classics recording is the best I have heard...after Act 1, in which [Callas] still does many wonderful things, her performance is on a level... —
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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 17 & 20
Ingrid Jacoby (piano)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
[Jacoby’s] playing is muscular and blends well with the Academy and Marriner, who have this music in their blood and play with their trademark urbanity and flexibility virtually throughout —
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Special offer. Gennadi Rozhdestvensky conducts Mahler
Bela Dekany (violin), Teresa Cahill (soprano), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Robert Tear (tenor) & Gwynne Howell (bass)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, with BBC Symphony Chorus & BBC Singers, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
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Special offer. Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 in D minor ‘Wagner Symphony'
BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, Kurt Sanderling
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Special offer. Gennadi Rozhdestvensky conducts Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky & Prokofiev
David Wilson-Johnson (bass-baritone)
BBCSO, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus & BBCSO, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
