SACD, Praga (label)
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With the Vienna Philharmonic, the great conductor performs music not normally associated with him. Some elicit wonderful results (Gluck, Cherubini, and – with the Philharmonia and Fischer-Dieskau... — More…
Awards:
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The Times Records of the Year, 2018
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Süsskind & Boult conduct Dohnanyi
Janos Starker (cello), Ernö Dohnanyi (piano)
RPO, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult, Walter Süsskind
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The Prazak Quartet is good at the sad and intimate nature of these works… They can be ferocious, with unrelenting intensity, and as the work becomes increasingly a succession of solos the playing... — More…
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Janacek: Amarus
Live performances from Czech Radio, Smetana Hall, Prague
Vera Soukupová & Vilém Pribyl
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Václav Neumann, František Jílek
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Victoria de los Angeles in Paris
Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) & Henriette Puig-Roget (organ), Carole Smith (contralto), Claude Monteux (flute)
Choeurs Elisabeth Brasseur, Orchestre des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris, Radcliffe Choral Society, Boston Symphony, Charles Munch,...
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Kathleen Ferrier: Brahms, Mahler, Gluck
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Bruno Walter
The beloved English contralto is heard here in some of the core pieces from her repertory, her unflawed singing a testament to an outstanding artist at her best. — More…
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Prokofiev: Humoresque Scherzo, Classical Symphony & other works
Czech Nonet, Prague Wind Quintet, Martin Hrsel (piano) & Irina Kondratenko (piano)
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Dinu Lipatti: The definitive programme
Dinu Lipatti (piano)
Philharmonia Orchestra & Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan
This collection includes two concertos, his 1948 studio Schumann (brilliant, though not ideally balanced, with timpani far too distant) and a fine Mozart K467, live from the 1950 Lucerne Festival. — More…
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Falla: El sombrero de tres picos & other works
Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano), Clara Haskil (piano)
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Concerts Lamoureux, Ernest Ansermet, Igor Markevitch
