Great Conductors
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The LSO plays out of its skin for the composer; Falstaff is brilliantly characterised, the Symphony has serious intensity. Fair sound for the vintage, with some harshness in the Symphony. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th February 2009
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Building a Library, October 2016, Historic Choice
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Special offer. Elgar conducts Elgar
RecommendedBeatrice Harrison (cello)
London Symphony Orchestra, New Symphony Orchestra, Edward Elgar
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th January 2008
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Special offer. 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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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Building a Library, July 2002, Historic Choice
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Building a Library, July 2005, Historic Choice
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Compelling and magisterial. The Bhrams Symhony is overwhelming, the Wagner excerpts tantalising. — More…
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Special offer. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Elisabeth Höngen (mezzo-soprano), Hans Hopf (tenor) & Otto Edelmann (bass)
Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler
Wilhelm Furtwängler's 1951 recording from the reopening of the Bayreuth Festival takes several minutes to reach full dramatic impetus, but after that it never flags for a moment. — More…
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Toscanini is a near-impossible act to follow. But then in a sense he was fortunate.
He didn't have a fat record catalogue full of Rostrum Greats to live up to and he wasn't under pressure to... — More…CD
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Special offer. Willem Mengelberg
Concertgebouw Orchestra, New York Philharmonic - Symphony Orchestra, Willem Mengelberg
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