Naxos
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Ron Goodwin: Drake 400 Suite; 633 Squadron: Theme; New Zealand Suite - British Light Music, Vol. 11
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Ron Goodwin
The orchestra plays very well for the composer, and the sound quality is good... With any genre of music, quality is immediately recognisable and will stand the test of time. Ron Goodwin’s music... —
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Special offer. Leroy Anderson - Orchestral Works Volume 4
Kim Criswell (soprano), Kim Criswell (soprano) & William Dazeley (baritone)
BBC Concert Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin
On Volume 4 of this Naxos series, only the delightful Summer Skies falls into the familiar format of Anderson orchestral miniature. The rest constitutes arrangements, including Anderson's exquisitely... —
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Special offer. Leroy Anderson - Orchestral Music Volume 5
Kim Criswell (soprano) & William Dazeley (baritone)
BBC Concert Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin
Criswell is joined by baritone William Dazeley, the two of them proving fine exponents of some appealing material. Slatkin and the BBC players do sterling work throughout, including in the... —
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Taken from 78s, the restored sound captures Moiseiwitsch's wonderful light and shade, alchemical pedalling, searching poetry, and vast technique. The 24 Preludes are exceptional. —
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Special offer. Enrico Caruso - Complete Recordings, Vol. 4
Selected arias for tenor and other voices by Buzzi-Peccia, Verdi and more
Enrico Caruso (tenor), Louise Homer (mezzo-soprano), Johanna Gadski (soprano), Frances Alda (soprano), Marcel Journet (bass)
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Saint-Saëns: Violin Concertos Nos. 1-3
Fanny Clamagirand (violin)
Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä, Patrick Gallois
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Ascanio is barely known today, but its ballet music contains the most delicious Renaissance pastiches, This, alongside a miscellany of other orchestral bits and bobs, makes for a delightful... —
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Jascha Heifetz Miniatures Volume 2
Recorded 1944-1948
Jascha Heifetz (violin), Milton Kaye (piano), Emanuel Bay (piano)
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra, Donald Voorhees
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Intonation is impeccable, their ensemble generally flawless, and both individually and collectively they produce an attractive sound. —
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It’s a joy to hear Magnard’s music once more. Beautiful as it is – and it really is – his style was soon to be superseded by the Impressionist movement. Finely wrought playing. —
