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Special offer. Hans Rosbaud conducts Debussy & Sibelius
Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Hans Rosbaud
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Special offer. Wolf, H: Italienisches Liederbuch
Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone) & Steuart Bedford (piano)
no typical Italianisches Liederbuch, this. Neither Janet Baker nor John Shirley-Quirk was particularly known for this repertoire - though they've both so convincing that one can't guess why...I... —
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Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
Arthur Rubinstein (piano)
Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Christoph von Dohnányi
The Chopin items are chaste and tender perfection, every phrase caressed and yet totally without self-indulgence; and the Falla Ritual Fire Dance is a thrillingly unbridled encore. —
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Special offer. Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Ladies of the BBC SO Chorus & BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Rozhdestvensky's affinity with British music is evident in this marvellously airy, epic Planets and sprightly Variations. Plain broadcast recording sound, but too enjoyable to be merely historic. —
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Special offer. Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Op. 55 'Eroica' - Schubert: Symphony No. 9, D. 944 'The Great' - Brahms: St Anthony Variations, Op. 56a
London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Welsh Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult
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this live Fifth Symphony from 1975 is luminous and beautiful in a way that sets it apart. Boult’s ability to evoke a captivating mood is remarkable here, in a work that often feels too placid... —
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Special offer. Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20, Symphony No. 39, 9 Variations On A Minuet By Duport
Clara Haskil (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan
Despite the presence of Karajan and the Philharmonia Orchestra, this recording belongs to Clara Haskil, whose reading of Mozart’s D minor Concerto, familiar from her studio recording with Markevitch,... —
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Special offer. BBC Legends, Volume 4
Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Heather Harper (soloist), Clifford Curzon (piano), Nadia Boulanger, Ian Partridge (soloist), Bernadette Greevy (soloist), John Carol Case (soloist), Janet Price (soloist), Karl Engel, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (soloist), Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano), Peter Pears...
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Special offer. BBC Legends, Volume 3
Sena Jurinac (soloist), Christa Ludwig (soloist), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), John Mitchinson (soloist), Heather Harper (soloist), Peter Pears (tenor), Alfreda Hodgson (soloist), John Shirley-Quirk (soloist), Donald Mitchell, Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Marianne Häggander (soloist), Robert Tear (soloist),...
