Handel: Messiah (2002) more music like this

performed by Alfreda Hodgson (contralto), Felicity Lott (soprano), Philip Langridge (tenor), Ulrik Cold (bass), London Philharmonic Chorus (choir, chorus), London Philharmonic Orchestra, John Alldis (conductor)
composed by George Frederick Handel

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Orff: Carmina Burana (2001) more music like this

performed by Bo Skovhus (baritone), Jochen Kowalski (alto), Sumi Jo (soprano), London Philharmonic Chorus (choir, chorus), Southend Boys' Choir (choir, chorus), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta (conductor)
composed by Carl Orff

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Hymns Triumphant (2002) more music like this

performed by Malcolm Hicks (harpsichord), Malcolm Hicks (organ), London Philharmonic Chorus (choir, chorus)
composed by Lee Holdridge

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Simply the Best Classical Anthems more music like this

performed by English Chamber Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, François-René Duchâble (piano), I Solisti Veneti, Jean-François Paillard Chamber Orchestra, London Brass Virtuosi, Marie-Claire Alain (organ), Piero Toso (violin), Plácido Domingo (tenor)
composed by Aaron Copland, Antonio Vivaldi, Aram Khachaturian, Benjamin Britten, Camille Saint-Saëns, Carl Orff, Edvard Grieg, Edward Elgar, George Frederick Handel, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Gustav Holst, Hector Berlioz, Hubert Parry

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The Very Best of Jessye Norman (2003) more music like this

performed by Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Charles Burles (tenor), Colette Alliot-Lugaz (soprano), Dale Duesing (bass), Dalton Baldwin (piano), Gabriel Bacquier (baritone), Irwin Gage (piano), Jean-Philippe LaFont (baritone), Jessye Norman (soprano), John Aler (tenor)
composed by Francis Poulenc, Franz Schubert, Hector Berlioz, Jacques Offenbach, Johannes Brahms, Maurice Ravel, Richard Wagner

This is a fine introduction to Jessye Norman's work and expands on a couple of her earlier "best of" releases, but even so, it represents a limited portion of her wide repertoire. The first disc is all German Romantic works, beginning with scenes from Wagner that she recorded in the late '80s with the London Philharmonic and Klaus Tennstedt. The ...

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Shostakovich: The Symphonies [Box Set] more music like this

performed by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Elisabeth Söderström (soprano), Julia Varady (soprano), Marius Rintzler (bass), Ortrun Wenkel (contralto), Ryszard Karcykowski (tenor), London Philharmonic Chorus (choir, chorus)
composed by Dmitry Shostakovich

When Decca first issued Bernard Haitink's Shostakovich symphony cycle between 1977 and 1984, it was the first non-Soviet cycle of the works. When the cycle was re-released as a set in 2006, it was still only the third non-Soviet cycle -- Eliahu Inbal had completed a perfunctory cycle for Denon and Ladislav Slovak a lackluster cycle for Naxos in ...

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Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius; The Music Makers (1998) more music like this

performed by Helen Watts (contralto), Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Robert Lloyd (bass), John Alldis Choir (choir, chorus), London Philharmonic Chorus (choir, chorus), Adrian Boult (conductor)
composed by Edward Elgar

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Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos. 1-9 and Other Orchestral Works [Box Set] (2004) more music like this

performed by Amanda Roocroft (soprano), Felicity Lott (soprano), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Jonathan Summers (baritone), Sarah Chang (violin), Sheila Armstrong (soprano), Cantilena (Ladies' Choir of Colchester Institute of Music) (choir, chorus)
composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams

The question is not "Is Bernard Haitink's cycle of the symphonies of Vaughan Williams the best digital set of the symphonies?" The answer to that question is an emphatic yes. Haitink's technique is beyond reproach and his interpretations are not only overwhelmingly passionate, they are deeply poetic and profoundly musical. The London Philharmonic, ...

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Ralph Vaughan Williams: A Cotswold Romance; Death of Tintagiles (1998) more music like this

performed by Matthew Brook (baritone), Rosa Mannion (soprano), Thomas Randle (tenor), London Philharmonic Chorus (choir, chorus), London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox (conductor)
composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams

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Vaughan Williams, The Complete Symphonies (2000) more music like this

performed by Alfreda Hodgson (alto), Bernard Dickerson (tenor), Christopher Keyte (bass), Gloria Jennings (alto), Hugh Bean (violin), Ian Partridge (tenor), John Carol Case (bass), John Carol Case (baritone), John Noble (bass), Kenneth Bowen (tenor)
composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams

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Mahler: The Complete Symphonies [Box Set] (1998) more music like this

performed by David Hill (organ), Doris Soffel (mezzo-soprano), Edith Mathis (soprano), Edith Wiens (soprano), Elizabeth Connell (soprano), Felicity Lott (soprano), Hans Sotin (bass), Jorma Hynninen (baritone), Lucia Popp (soprano), Nadine Denize (contralto)
composed by Gustav Mahler

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Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos. 1-9 [Box Set] (2002) more music like this

performed by Adrian Boult (speech/speaker/speaking part), Harold Parfitt (violin), Isobel Baillie (soprano), John Cameron (baritone), John Gielgud (speech/speaker/speaking part), Margaret Ritchie (soprano), Ralph Vaughan Williams (speech/speaker/speaking part)
composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Spoken Word

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Beecham Conducts Balakirev, Rimsky-Korsakov & Borodin (2001) more music like this

performed by London Philharmonic Chorus (choir, chorus), Thomas Beecham (conductor)
composed by Alexander Borodin, Mily Balakirev, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

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Great Baroque Classics (1998) more music like this

performed by Bela Banfalvi (violin), Budapest Strings, Budapest Wind Ensemble, German Bach Soloists, New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig, London Philharmonic Chorus (choir, chorus)
composed by Antonio Vivaldi, George Frederick Handel, Johann Pachelbel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Tomaso Albinoni

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Mahler: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 8 (2006) more music like this

performed by David Hill (organ), Edith Wiens (soprano), Elizabeth Connell (soprano), Felicity Lott (soprano), Hans Sotin (bass), Jorma Hynninen (baritone), Lucia Popp (soprano), Nadine Denize (contralto), Richard Versalle (tenor), Trudeliese Schmidt (contralto)
composed by Gustav Mahler

What an odd coupling: Mahler's Fourth and Eighth symphonies. One can imagine the First and Second or the Fifth and Sixth or the Ninth and Tenth together, but the Fourth and Eighth stand apart in Mahler's symphonic canon -- apart from everything else and apart from each other. The Fourth is his most lightly scored symphony -- no trombones! -- while ...

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Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius; The Music Makers (2007) more music like this

performed by Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Kim Borg (bass), Richard Lewis (tenor), Ambrosian Singers (choir, chorus), Hallé Choir (choir, chorus), London Philharmonic Chorus (choir, chorus), Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus (choir, chorus)
composed by Edward Elgar

In 2007, EMI finally resolved the decades-old debate among collectors as to which is the better recording of Elgar's oratorio The Dream of Gerontius -- John Barbirolli's with the Hallé Orchestra from 1964 or Adrian Boult's with the New Philharmonia from 1975. It did this by releasing Barbirolli's Gerontius coupled with Boult's 1966 recording of ...

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40 Most Beautiful Classical Anthems (2007) more music like this

performed by Bryn Terfel (vocals), Marie-Claire Alain (organ), Piero Toso (violin), Plácido Domingo (vocals), Stuart Wilson (descant), Accademia di Santa Cecilia Chorus (choir, chorus), BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus (choir, chorus)
composed by Antonio Vivaldi, Aram Khachaturian, Arthur Wood, Camille Saint-Saëns, Carl Orff, Edward Elgar, Eric Coates, Fritz Spiegl, George Frederick Handel, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Gustav Holst, Henry J. Wood, Hubert Parry, Jean Sibelius

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Walton: Cello Concerto; Coronation Te Deum (2002) more music like this

performed by Ann Dowdall (soprano), Michael Wakeham (baritone), Pierre Fournier (cello), Robert Tear (tenor), Shirley Minty (contralto), London Philharmonic Chorus (choir, chorus), William Walton (conductor)
composed by William Walton

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Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony (1991) more music like this

performed by John Carol Case (baritone), Sheila Armstrong (soprano), London Philharmonic Chorus (choir, chorus), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult (conductor)
composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams

Adrian Boult recorded Ralph Vaughan Williams' A Sea Symphony twice, first for Decca in 1952, then for EMI in 1968. Both recordings are classics for their respective eras, and each has its devout admirers. The later stereo recording has enjoyed a steady run in reissues for EMI, since it has better sound quality than the earlier mono version, which ...

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Britten: War Requiem (2005) more music like this

performed by Anthony Dean Griffey (tenor), Christine Brewer (soprano), Gerald Finley (baritone), London Philharmonic Chorus (choir, chorus), Tiffin School Boys' Choir (boy's choir), London Philharmonic Orchestra
composed by Benjamin Britten

Kurt Masur had many competitors but only two real challengers in his 2005 recording of Britten's War Requiem: Britten's 1963 recording and his own 1998 recording. Britten, of course, was also the work's composer, and his powerful, soulful, and overwhelmingly moving recording remains the definitive realization of his intentions. Masur, while not ...

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Montserrat Caballé: Ultimate Collection (1999) more music like this

performed by Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Montserrat Caballé (soprano), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), London Philharmonic Chorus (choir, chorus), RCA Italiana Opera Chorus (choir, chorus)
composed by Charles Gounod, Francesco Cilea, Gaetano Donizetti, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Jules Massenet, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Vincenzo Bellini

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Haydn: The Creation (2006) more music like this

performed by Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Benjamin Luxon (baritone), Lucia Popp (soprano), London Philharmonic Chorus (choir, chorus), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt (conductor)
composed by Franz Joseph Haydn

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Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3; The Age of Gold more music like this

performed by London Philharmonic Chorus (choir, chorus), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor)
composed by Dmitry Shostakovich

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London Philharmonic Orchestra 75th Anniversary, Vol. 3: 1983-2007 (2007) more music like this

performed by Alfred Muff (bass), Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Birgit Remmert (contralto), Deon Van der Walt (tenor), Felicity Lott (soprano), Jane Eaglen (soprano), Lucia Popp (soprano), Michael George (baritone), René Pape (bass)
composed by Anton Bruckner, Dmitry Shostakovich, Franz Schubert, Ludwig van Beethoven, Richard Strauss, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Though there are good points to all three sets, probably the best of the three volumes of the London Philharmonic's 75th Anniversary edition is the third. For one thing, the choice of repertoire is stronger: instead of the first volume's excerpts and shorter works or the second volume's predominantly English fare, the third volume features mostly ...

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Elgar: Sea Pictures; The Music Makers (1992) more music like this

performed by Linda Finnie (contralto), Roderick Elms (organ), London Philharmonic Chorus (choir, chorus), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson (conductor)
composed by Edward Elgar

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