ica classics
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Coming soon. Vaughan Williams, Butterworth & Moeran
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult
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Special offer. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 & Kabalevsky: Colas Breugnon Overture
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Constantin Silvestri
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Special offer. Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro
Recorded live in the Royal Festival Hall 6th February 1961
Carlo Maria Giulini
This is a concert, not a theatre performance, and it is highly enjoyable. The BBC recording, in mono of course, is excellently balanced…Master and man are well matched Corena…is a fully rounded... —
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Diapason d’Or, October 2019, Collectionneur
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Special offer. Quartetto Italiano
Royal Festival Hall, London, 22 February 1965
Quartetto Italiano: Paolo Borciani (violin I), Elisa Pegreffi (violin II), Piero Farulli (viola) & Franco Rossi (cello)
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Special offer. Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1
Shura Cherkassky (piano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, Norman Del Mar
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Special offer. Rudolf Kempe conducts Mahler, Wagner & Mendelssohn
Joan Alexander (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Rudolf Kempe
a performance [of the Mahler] that is characteristic of a notable conductor in prime professional condition. —
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Berlioz: Grande Messe des Morts, Op. 5 (Requiem)
Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
Chor des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Kölner Rundfunkchor & Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Dimitri Mitropoulos
[a] deeply felt Requiem, still high-voltage despite mono sound. —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2012, Re-issue of the Month
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Special offer. Shura Cherkassky
Shura Cherkassky (piano)
Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Zdenek Macal
the pianist’s irrepressible spirit shines through in Prokofiev’s Seventh Sonata and the Stravinsky pieces. —
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Special offer. Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1
Julius Katchen (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Rudolf Kempe
Every bar of Chopin's Third Ballade is illuminated by his stylistic luxuriance and audacity (try the tumultuous rush and glitter in the final bars) and even when almost engulfed by his own virtuosity,... —
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Special offer. Bruno Walter - Richard Itter Collection
Mahler · Wagner · Haydn · Brahms
Bruno Walter
this is a stirring performance verging on greatness. —
