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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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The BPO plays [the Schubert] extremely well though without the intensity they brought to bear in the very different performances given by their regular conductor. Lehmann’s is altogether a more... —
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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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Egk: Die Zaubergeige (The Magic Fiddle): highlights
Marcel Cordes (Kaspar), Erika Köth (Gretl), Elisabeth Lindermeier (Ninabella), Richard Holm (Amandus), Max Proebstl (Guldensack)
Bavarian State Chorus and Orchestra, Louis de Froment
The cast includes many of the best known German singers of the immediate post-war period, all giving what appear to be admirably well characterised performances. With the composer conducting... —
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Mahler: Symphony No. 4
Margaret Ritchie (soprano)
Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, Eduard Van Beinum
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The Prof and the Showgirl
Rudolf Christ, Ruthilde Boesch, Emmy Funk & Toni Niessner
Berlin Philarmonic Orchestra, Akademie Kammerchor & Grosse Funkorchestra Radio Wien, Eduard Künneke, Heinz Sandauer
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Dame Moura Lympany plays Rachmaninov
Dame Moura Lympany (piano)
Philharmonia Orchestra, New Symphony Orchestra of London, Nikolai Malko, Anthony Collins
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Grieg Favourites
Walter Gieseking (piano)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Staatsoper Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, George Weldon, Karl Munchinger, Otto Dobrindt, Nikolai Malko
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Gounod: Faust
Eugene Conley (Faust), Cesare Siepi (Méphistophélès), Eleanor Steber (Marguerite), Frank Guarrera (Valentin), Margaret Roggero (Siébel), Thelma Votipka (Marthe) & Lawrence Davidson (Wagner)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Fausto Cleva
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