Naxos
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Martyn Brabbins and the BBC Symphony Orchestra remain excellent guides to the score's closely-worked wonders…you can only regret that life didn't allow Chagrin any time for a Symphony No. 3 —
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Special offer. Strauss, R: Capriccio
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Countess Madeleine), Eberhard Wächter (Count), Nicolai Gedda (Flamand), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Olivier), Hans Hotter (La Roche), Christa Ludwig (Clairon), Anna Moffo (Italian Singer)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch
In the role of the Countess in Strauss's last opera, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf has no equals on CD...a peerless performance from her, full of magical detail both in the pointing of words and in... —
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James Whitbourn: Living Voices
Jeremy Powell (soprano saxophone) & Ken Cowan (organ)
Westminster Williamson Voices, James Jordan
Tonal, tuneful, technically accessible, harmonically palliative: James Whitbourn's music ticks many of the boxes beloved by choral societies...James Jordan directs the Princeton-based choir... —
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Ysaÿe: String Trio ‘Le Chimay’
Henning Kraggerud & Bård Monsen (violins), Lars Anders Tomter (viola) & Ole-Eirik Ree (cello)
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this disc offers delights aplenty, not least thanks to Jean-Luc Tingaud's stylish and alert conducting...The word that springs to mind is 'punctilio', defined by Chambers as 'exact observance... —
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Fauré: Orchestral Works
Pierre Fouchenneret (violin), Martin Johnson (cello), Catriona Ryan (flute), RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Jean-Luc Tingaud
A victim of Fauré’s hectic work schedule, his Violin Concerto was never finished, but the first movement, heard here, gives glimpses of what might have been – gently melodious and blessed with... —
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The Gigli Edition 4
Camden and New York Recordings 1926-27 - Puccini, Verdi, Mascagni, Ponchielli, Boito & Toselli
Beniamino Gigli (tenor), Titta Ruffo (baritone), Giuseppe De Luca (baritone)
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Penderecki: Trumpet Concertino, Double Concerto for Violin & Cello & Symphony No. 6
David Guerrier, Aleksandra Kuls, Hayoung Choi, Jarosław Bręk, Hsiao-ling Hsin, Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit
A distinguished Penderecki interpreter, Antoni Wit – who has recorded more of the composer’s music than anyone else – now adds the Symphony No. 6 to his otherwise complete set of the symphonies,... —
