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Chabrier: Orchestral, Vocal and Piano Works
Thomas Beecham, John Barbirolli, Wilhelm Schuchter & Eduard von Lindenberg
this is a fascinating collection which will have you going back to other recordings of these works to compare and contrast their approaches to the music of this most fascinating and surprising... —
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Verdi: Otello (highlights)
Mario del Monaco, Giovanni Martinelli, Jon Vickers, Giovanni Zenatello, Enrico Caruso, Ramon Vinay (Otello), Lawrence Tibbett, Tito Gobbi, Titta Ruffo (Iago), Renata Tebaldi, Eleanor Steber, Rosa Ponselle, Elisabeth Rethberg and Leonie Rysanek (Desdemona)
by the arrival of the conclusion of Niun Mi Tema, I was left nearly convinced that I had heard the work complete and had barely noticed any differences in the recorded sound...Inevitably the... —
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Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Favourites
London Symphony Orchestra, Halle Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra & Band Of HM Grenadier Guards, Kenneth Alwyn, Sir John Barbirolli
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The Philharmonia, under Malko, play them with plenty of zip in this reissued 1951 recording and, with Kubelik, give a lively account of the two Smetana pieces. —
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Gilbert & Sullivan: The Mikado
Donald Adams, Thomas Round, Peter Pratt & Jean Hindmarsh
Pro Arte Orchestra, D’Oyly Carte Opera Company & The New Symphony Orchestra of London, Boston Promenade Orchestra, John Hollingsworth, Isidore Godfrey, Arthur Fiedler
The pleasure of hearing singers in this music who have both the voice and an understanding of the style is considerable...It is good to have these additional items. The synopsis is clear and... —
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Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel
Rita Streich (Gretel), Gisela Litz (Hänsel), Marianne Schech (Gertrud), Horst Günter (Peter), Res Fischer (Die Knusperhexe), Elisabeth Lindermeier (Sandmännchen), Bruno Brückmann (Taumännchen), Hermann Prey (baritone), Elizabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano)
Bavarian Radio Choir & Munich Philharmonic...
Tempi are flexible and what we hear of the orchestra, well balanced within itself, is very characterful. The singers adopt a similar approach, especially Rita Streich, on top of her form...Res... —
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Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5
Tossy Spivakovsky (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonia of London, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Stockholm Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tauno Hannikainen, Anthony Collins, Sixten Ehrling
The Everest transfers sound very good indeed. Bear in mind that these are LP transfers and there is some residual background noise and end of side distortion...Magdalen should be applauded for... —
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Massenet: Operatic and Orchestral Favourites
Georges Thill, Germaine Cernay, Fanny Heldy, Dorothy Kirsten, Robert Merrill, Ninon Vallin, César Vezzani, Jeanne Guyla, Marcel Journet, Emma Luart, Gaston Micheletti, Bidú Sayão, Arthur Endrèze, Cesare Valletti, Rosa Ponselle (soprano), Alfred Lennartz (cello)
London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre...
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Scandinavian Smörgåsbord
Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Halle Orchestra, Danish State Radio Symphony Orchestra, Copenhagen Symhpnoy Orchestra, Oivin Fjeldstad, Sir John Barbirolli, John Frandsen, Larvard Friisholm
a confident romp through innocent Scandinavian fare resuscitated from the 1950s-60s LP era. —
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Wagner: Great Orchestral Works
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, Philharmonia Orchestra, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Württemberg State Orchestra Stuttgart, Fritz Lehmann, Hans Knappertsbusch, Otto Klemperer, Arturo Toscanini, Wilhelm Furtwangler, Ferdinand Leitner
A nice selection of recordings, mostly from the 1950s...Furtwängler (Parsifal prelude, Götterdämmerung excerpts) and Toscanini (Tristan prelude, Siegfried Idyll, Good Friday Music) stand out.... —
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