GREAT RECORDINGS OF THE CENTURY

Reviews of this series on Musicweb Main Index A-B C-L M-R S-Z Collections Click on the CD cover to access the review and purchasing links.   Joseph CANTELOUBE (1879-1957) Chants d'Auvergne Victoria de los Angeles Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux/Jean-Pierre Jacquillat rec. 1982/3 5669782 Frederic CHOPIN (1810-49) Piano Concerto No. 1, Nocturnes op. 15 & 27 Ballade No. 1, Polonaise No. 6 Maurizio Pollini Philharmonia Orchestra/Paul Kletzki. 5675482 Piano Sonata 3, Fantasy Claudio Arrau rec. 1960 5628842 Préludes, Berceuse, Impromptus, Barcarolle Alfred Cortot rec. 1933-49 3615412 Claude DEBUSSY (1862-1918) Pelléas et Mélisande Richard Stilwell, Frederica von Stade Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/Herbert von Karajan rec. 1978 5670572 String Quartet in G minor Alban Berg Quartett rec. 1984 5675502 La Mer, Nocturnes Philharmonia Orchestra/Carlo Maria Giulini rec. 1962 5627462 Pelléas et Mélisande Jacques Jansen, Irene Joachim Yvonne Gouverné Orchestre Symphonique/Roger Désormière rec. 1941 Mélodies Maggie Teyte, Alfred Cortot rec. 1936 Excerpt from Pelléas et Mélisande; Ariettes oubliées Mary Garden, Claude Debussy rec. 1904 3457702 Leo DELIBES (1836-1891) Lakmé Mady Mesplé, Charles Burles, Roger Soyer Chorus and Orchestra of the Théâtre National de I'Opéra Comique/Alain Lombard rec. 1971 5677422 Frederic DELIUS (1862-1934) Brigg Fair, Dance Rhapsody no. 2, A Song before Sunrise On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring, Irmelin Prelude Summer Night on the River, Sleighride, Summer Evening Intermezzo: Fennimore and Gerda, Florida Suite: Dance Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Thomas Beecham rec. 1956/7 5675522 Maurice DURUFLÉ (1902-1986) Requiem Janet Baker, Choir of King’s College, Cambridge/Sir Philip Ledger rec. 1980 3799942 Henri DUTILLEUX (b. 1916) Tout un monde lointain (Cello Concerto) Mstislav Rostropovich Orchestre de Paris/Serge Baudo rec. 1974 5678672 Antonin DVORAK (1841-1904) Piano Concerto Sviatoslav Richter Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Carlos Kleiber rec. 1977 5668952 Cello Concerto Mstislav Rostropovich London Philharmonic Orchestra/Carlo Maria Giulini rec. 1977 5675932 Edward ELGAR (1861-1934) Violin Concerto Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’) Yehudi Menuhin London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Albert Hall Orchestra/Edward Elgar rec. 1926/32 5669792 Violin Concerto, Introduction and Allegro Nigel Kennedy London Philharmonic Orchestra/Vernon Handley rec. 1983/4 3457922 Introduction and Allegro, Serenade, Elegy, Sospiri Sinfonia of London, New Philharmonia Orchestra/ Sir John Barbirolli rec. 1962/66 5672402 Cockaigne, Cello Concerto, Sea Pictures Jacqueline du Pré, Janet Baker Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra/Sir John Barbirolli rec. 1962/65 5628862 Variations on an Original Theme ('Enigma') London Symphony Orchestra/Adrian Boult rec. 1970 5677482 Manuel de FALLA (1876-1946) La vida breve, Seven Popular Spanish Songs, The Three Cornered Hat, Love, The Magician, Soneto a Córdoba. Psyché Victoria de los Angeles Philharmonia Orchestra/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Carlo Maria Giulini rec. 1962-69 5675872 Gabriel FAURÉ (1845-1924) Requiem Victoria de los Angeles, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Choeurs Elisabeth Brasseur, Orchestre de la Société Concerts du Conservatoire/André Cluytens rec. 1962 5668942 Requiem, Pavane Choir of King’s College, Cambridge New Philharmonia Orchestra/Sir David Willcocks rec. 1967 3799942 George GERSHWIN (1898-1937) Rhapsody in Blue, Concerto in F, An American in Paris London Symphony Orchestra/André Previn rec. 1971 5668912 Porgy and Bess Willard White, Cynthia Haymon, Harolyn Blackwell, Damon Evans, Bruce Hubbard, Cynthia Clarey Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle rec. 1988 4768362 Alexander GLAZUNOV (1865-1936) Violin Concerto Jascha Heifetz London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir John Barbirolli rec. 1934 3615902 Karel GOLDMARK (1830-1915) Violin Concerto Itzhak Perlman Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra/André Previn rec. 1977 5096762 Charles GOUNOD (1818-1893) Faust Nicolai Gedda, Victoria de los Angeles, Boris Christoff Chorus and Orchestra of the Théàtre National de l’Opéra/André Cluytens rec. 1958 5679672 Enrique GRANADOS (1867-1916) Goyescas: Book 1 Alicia de Larrocha rec. 1962/3 3615142 Edvard GRIEG (1843-1907) Piano Concerto Sviatoslav Richter Orchestre National de l’Opéra de Monte Carlo/Lovro von Matacic rec. 1974 5679822 Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809) Cello Concertos 1 & 2 Jacqueline du Pré English Chamber Orchestra/Daniel Barenboim London Symphony Orchestra/Sir John Barbirolli rec. 1967 5668962 Cello Concertos 1 & 2 Mstislav Rostropovich Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Rostropovich rec. 1975 5672342 Gustav HOLST (1874–1934) The Planets Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra/Adrian Boult rec. 1978 5677482 The Perfect Fool, Egdon Heath London Symphony Orchestra/André Previn rec. 1973/4 5626152 Paul HINDEMITH (1895-1963) Horn Concerto, Concert Music for Brass and Strings Dennis Brain Philharmonia Orchestra/composer rec. 1956 5677822 Engelbert HUMPERDINCK (1854-1921) Hänsel und Gretel Elisabeth Grümmer, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Philharmonia Orchestra/Herbert von Karajan rec. 1953 5670612 Leoš JANÁČEK (1854-1928) Sinfonietta, Glagolitic Mass Philharmonia Orchestra/Simon Rattle rec. 1982/3 5669802 Jerome KERN (1885-1945) Show Boat Frederica von Stade, Jerry Hadley, Teresa Stratas London Sinfonietta/John McGlinn rec. 1987 3615432 Aram KHACHATURIAN (1903-1978) Violin Concerto David Oistrakh Philharmonia Orchestra/Aram Khachaturian rec. 1954 3615702 Erich KORNGOLD (1897-1957) Violin Concerto Itzhak Perlman Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra/André Previn rec. 1980 5096762 Franz LEHÁR (1870-1948) Die lustige Witwe Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Eberhard Wächte, Nicolai Gedda Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra/Lovro von Matacic rec. 1962 5673702 Franz LISZT (1811-96) Ten Hungarian Rhapsodies Georges Cziffra rec. 1972-75 5675542 Carl LOEWE (1796-1869) Lieder Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gerald Moore rec. 1967 3919902 Witold LUTOSLAWSKI (1913-1994) Cello Concerto Mstislav Rostropovich Orchestre de Paris/Witold Lutoslawski (Lutoslawski). rec. 1974 5678672     Error processing SSI file

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