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Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (Version for 2 Pianos)
Peter Ritzen (piano), Werner Pelinka (piano)
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Special offer. Banfield, R: Lord Byron’s Love Letter
Astrid Varnay (The Old Woman), Gertrude Ribla (The Spinster, Ariadne), Nicoletta Carruba (The Matron) & Mario Carlin (The Husband)
Academy Symphony Orchestra of Rome, Nicola Rescigno
1950s rarity (on a libretto by Tennessee Williams) provides a vehicle for sopranos Astrid Varnay and Gertude Ribla - who's also impressive in a pioneering recording of excerpts from Berg's Wozzeck. —
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Kevin Mallon and his Toronto-based period instrument group again prove themselves talented performers of 18th Century music. The recording and notes are both first class. —
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Special offer. Krouse: Nocturnes
Vladimir Chernov (baritone), Movses Pogossian (violin), Guillaume Sutre (violin), Richard Yongjae O'Neill (viola), Antonio Lysy (cello), Christopher Hanulik (double bass), Jessica Rivera (soprano), Maryanne Kim (piano)
This is one of the most gratifying discs of new music that I have come across in a long time. Krouse is enough in tune with tradition that only the most conservative listeners will have difficulty... —
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Alwyn - Elizabethan Dances (1956-7)
Jonathan Small (oboe) & Eleanor Hudson (harp)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones
Choosing between this Oboe Concerto and the sumptuous Nicholas Daniel/Richard Hickox version on Chandos is hard, but David Lloyd-Jones and Jonathan Small bring a degree of more nervous intensity... —
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Special offer. Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana
Zinka Milanov, Jussi Björling, Robert Merrill, Margaret Roggero, Carol Smith
The Robert Shaw Chorale, RCA Victor Orchestra, Renato Cellini
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The Naxos recording is outstanding...truly a bargain. —
