Great Recordings of the Century
(Following text from EMI promotional leaflet, Oct 98)
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5 66890 2 Schubert: String quintet in C Alban Berg Quartet Heinrich Schiff |
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'a record I can safely recommend ...
unusually vigorous playing and the sound is excitingly real
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5 66891 2 Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, Piano concerto & An American in Paris André Previn, LSO |
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'the disc has great virtues ... Previn
plays well, as you would expect, and there is virtuoso playing from the
LSO' Gramophone |
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5 66892 2 Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde Christa Ludwig, Fritz Wunderlich Philharmonia & New Philharmonia Orchestras, Otto Klemperer |
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'not likely to be outshone for a long
time... the most accomplished account vocally and the orchestra is on
superb form' Gramophone |
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5 66893 2 Brahms: Violin sonatas Itzhak Perlman Vladimir Ashkenazy |
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'an essential set... fine performances
of sureness and flawless confidence' Gramophone |
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5 66894 2 Fauré: Requiem Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Victoria de los Angeles André Cluytens |
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'de los Angeles has the purity of tone
which her lovely solo demands and Fischer-Dieskau gives a beautiful
performance' Gramophone |
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5 66895 2 Dvorák: Piano concerto Schubert: Wanderer fantasie Sviatoslav Richter Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Carlos Kleiber |
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'this Schubert is something very special...
athletic playing, overpowering in effect' Gramophone |
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5 66896 2 Haydn & Boccherini: Cello concertos Jacqueline du Pré, ECO & LSO Daniel Barenboim, Sir John Barbirolli |
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'very much recommended ... the variety
of playing is a delight' Gramophone |
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5 66897 2 Mozart: Clarinet concerto, Sinfonia concertante in E flat K.297b Sabine Meyer Staatskapelle Dresden, Hans Vonk |
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'the concerto is expertly played. The
sinfonia is most agreeable and the performance equally
attractive' Gramophone |
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5 66898 2 Mozart: Horn concertos Nos 1-4 & Quintet K.452 Dennis Brain, Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan, Colin Horsley & Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble |
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'A supreme Mozartian testament... uniquely
inspirational music-making' Gramophone |