This collection is billed as "a collection of the most popular works for cello performed by the greatest cellists of our time" and while one could quibble about the inclusion of, say, the Intermezzo from Granados' Goyescas and the exclusion of, say, any Brahms, or about the inclusion of Christina Walewska and the exclusion of Anner Bylsma, one ...
What can be said about Britten's War Requiem that hasn't already been said? That it is brilliantly composed, endlessly fascinating, and profoundly affecting? That it is lyrically heartrending, musically heartbreaking, and emotionally devastating? That it is the single most persuasive setting of the Requiem text of the twentieth century? That is ...
For the hardcore Britten fan on your list, the 10-disc set called Britten conducts Britten is the perfect gift solution. They'll no doubt already have the classic recording of Britten conducting the War Requiem, his choral-orchestral masterpiece. But unless they collect old LPs, they probably won't have most of the rest of the recordings on these ...
As Dennis Brain was the finest horn player in the United Kingdom in the '50s, so the Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble was the finest wind chamber ensemble in the United Kingdom in the '50s. Brain, of course, is well known for his recordings of Strauss and Mozart's Horn Concertos, recordings which remain the deepest, the strongest, and the most soulful ...
This disc is essentially self-recommending: anyone -- and that means anyone -- with an interest in the orchestral music and song cycles of the great twentieth century English composer Benjamin Britten will have to hear it. Why? Because it contains all the recordings Britten made of these works for Decca between 1954 and his death in 1976, and ...
With Milton's The Age of Gold as a title, this disc has a lot to live up to. But this BBC broadcast recital from January 28, 1953, performed by tenor Peter Pears accompanied by pianist Noel Mewton-Wood with guest hornist Dennis Brain, featuring works by Schubert, Beethoven, Hindemith, and Tippett, does indeed qualify as an authentic aesthetic ...
Decca is to be commended for reissuing the original 1959 recording of Peter Grimes, conducted by the composer and starring Peter Pears, who created the role. There have been a number of subsequent recordings of the opera, but this one, both as a document of the composer's intentions, and on its own musical merit, remains essential for any Britten ...
As long as there's an England, these performances of Schubert's "Arpeggione" Sonata, Schumann's Fünf Stücke im Volkston, and Debussy's Cello Sonata will always be available. Played by the great Russian cellist Mstislav Rostropovich and the English sometimes pianist and full-time great composer Benjamin Britten, these performances from 1961 and ...
Most listeners who know Sviatoslav Richter's recordings probably already know his famous performance of Schubert's final B flat major Sonata from the June 1964 Aldeburgh Festival. As one English critic said at the time, "it was a performance of lifetime" -- and the passing years have done nothing to diminish that judgment. As released here on BBC ...
Although there are other, later Richter recordings of Mozart Piano Concertos No. 22 and No. 27, they can't really touch these recordings from June 13, 1967, and June 16, 1965. The reason is not as much the pianist as the accompanist. Make no mistake, the pianist is quite wonderful -- Richter's way with Mozart is strong but subtle, soulful but ...
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