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Special offer. Sir Adrian Boult conducts Elgar & Brahms
George Thalben-Ball (organ)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult
These performances would surpass all superlatives under any circumstance, but what makes them especially incredible is that, despite Boult being in his nineties, they sound like the interpretations... —
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Special offer. Sir Georg Solti conducts Mendelssohn & Brahms
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Not only is it a privilege to witness a seasoned outfit playing with such opulent tone, unbounded musicality and selfless application, the dynamic yet ever watchful Solti directs proceedings... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2013, DVD of the Month
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Special offer. Charles Munch conducts Wagner, Franck & Fauré
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch
Munch was noted for his performances of French music and the [Franck] is treasure indeed...searing, warm-blooded and slightly brisker than Monteux's benchmark recording made the same year with... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Shortlisted - DVD Performance
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Special offer. Szymanowski: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4
Live From The Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, Warsaw, 19 November 2009
Rafał Bartmiński (tenor), Jan Krzysztof Broja (piano)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit
Wit captures the hothouse atmosphere of Szymanowski's Rumi-inspired Third Symphony and the folkloric inflections of the Fourth. Excellent soloists too in another outstanding film from the Warsaw... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2011, DVD of the Month
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Special offer. David Oistrakh plays Bach, Mozart & Brahms
Igor Oistrakh (violin) & David Oistrakh (violin), Igor Oistrakh (violin) & David Oistrakh (viola), David Oistrakh (violin)
English Chamber Orchestra, Moscow Philharmonic, Colin Davis, Yehudi Menuhin, Kirill Kondrashin
you'd be hard-pressed to find a more unanimous pair of soloists [in the Bach] than the Oistrakhs. The camerawork allows us to see them in action with little distraction, and phrasing, dynamics... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Shortlisted - DVD Performance
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Special offer. Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38
Dame Janet Baker (The Angel), John Shirley Quirk (The Priest & The Angel of the agony) & Peter Pears (Gerontius)
London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir, Sir Adrian Boult
Boult’s handling of the Prelude, and his masterly accompaniment – especially to Janet Baker’s radiant final benediction – is so beautiful, so magisterial in its intensity, that it feels as though... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2016, DVD of the Month
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Ingrid Jacoby plays the Complete Beethoven Concertos
Ingrid Jacoby (piano)
Sinfonia Varsovia, Jacek Kaspszyk
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The RPO revels in the swift changes of instrumentation and the brief, quiet solos are brought off tenderly. —
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Special offer. Great Soloists from the Richard Itter Archive
David Oistrakh (violin), Ida Haendel (violin), Gioconda De Vito (violin), Alfredo Campoli (violin), André Navarra (cello), Zara Nelsova )cello), Monique de la Bruchollerie (piano), Dennis Brain (horn)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Rome Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony...
Hearing these distinguished performances on the wing makes for an invigorating listen. There are no surprises in Oistrakh’s consummate mastery in the Tchaikovsky, but the tight orchestral playing,... —
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Special offer. Great Symphonies
Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Rosette Anday (mezzo-soprano), Anton Dermota (tenor), Paul Schöffler (bass-baritone)
Orquesta Nacional de España, Wiener Singakademie, Wiener Philharmoniker, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande,...
