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The Magginis… display a more subtle variety of vibrato, generally lightening the texture but tightening the screw more effectively at moments of tension. — More…
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Everything's very well done here: the first movement unforced in its melodic flow, the Adagio calm, and clear in the outer sections and powerful in the middle, the Scherzo lively and the trio... — More…
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Building a Library, October 2007, Budget Choice
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Gounod: Faust
RecommendedRoger Bourdin, Georges Nore, Roger Rico
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, Thomas Beecham
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Building a Library, April 2005, Historic Choice
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Tavener: Song for Athene, Svyati & other choral music
St. John's College Choir, Cambridge, Christopher Robinson
If John Tavener's reputation were to rest solely on his unaccompanied choral music and nothing else, then his stature as one of the most striking and original composers working today would be... — More…
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Bizet: Clovis et Clotilde & Te Deum
Katarina Jovanovic (soprano), Philippe Do (tenor) & Mark Schnaible (bass), Katarina Jovanovic (soprano) & Philippe Do (tenor)
Orchestre National de Lille, Choeur Régional Nord – Pas-de-Calais, Jean-Claude Casadesus
Bizet's cantata, which won him the Prix de Rome in 1857, contains some lovely moments and a few characteristic things...It shows Bizet the orchestrator far beyond the apprentice stage...Jovanovic... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2011, Editor's Choice
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Václav Talich conducts Dvorak's Slavonic Dances
Recorded on 27th and 28th November, 1935 in EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Václav Talich
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2009, Re-issue of the Month
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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... — More…
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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
RecommendedKirsten Flagstad, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Eilidh McNab, Arda Mandikian, Sheila Rex, Anna Pollak, Thomas Hemsley & David Lloyd
The Mermaid Singers and Orchestra, Geraint Jones
[On the original release in January 1953] At last we have a really satisfactory recording of Dido. — More…
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Building a Library, November 2019, Also Recommended
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The players of Spectrum Concerts Berlin… demonstrate complete mastery of these challenges in performances (captured in richly integrated recorded sound) that constantly dazzle and beguile. — More…
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