Tag: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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Dvorak & Schumann Cello Concertos
(Dvořák) “No praise can be too high for Rostropovich’s performance; not only for its actual playing, technically, but for the poetry, the true inwardness of his expressiveness … I may perhaps be allowed now to say that no performance I have ever heard has given me deeper enjoyment.” (Schumann) “nothing detached or remote about Rostropovich’s…
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Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites; Piano Concerto
“in imagination and delicacy of feeling, combined with natural authoritative brilliance, this … performance is unsurpassed….moment of magic…natural spontaneous flow…consistently disarming…one of the great bargains of the catalogue” (Penguin Rosette 1998 re Concerto/Lyric Pieces) “I urge you to buy it,….. for the concerto is very special and will certainly be a candidate for my “Critics’…
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Borodin: Symphony No. 2; Polovtsian Dances; In the Steppes of Central Asia
“Too long neglected on disc, (his excellent Nielsen symphonies now also ALTO) Ole Schmidt and the Royal Philharmonic, with ideal couplings, offers an outstanding version at budget price of the Second Symphony….beautifully played and recorded in vivid, open sound, one of the very finest at any price” (c) Penguin Guide, 3 stars “rich, open orchestral…
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Bizet: Symphony in C; Carmen Suites 1 & 2; Jeux d’Enfants
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GLIERE: Symphony No. 3 (‘Ilya Muromets’); Cello Concerto
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Richard Strauss Tone Poems: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Don Juan; Till Eulenspiegel
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Grieg & Sibelius Favourites
I enjoyed this (Mackerras) record very much indeed, for its excellent performances, and for its variety, sensibly arranged to afford the greatest enjoyment -a good blend of the very familiar and the less well known….Mackerras is as sympathetic to such things as the Grieg Elegiac Melodies as he is effective with Finlandia. Sibelius’ beautiful Elegy…
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Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5
“eminently recommendable account of Sibelius’s Second…. good, well-chosen tempos and no want of tenderness at the Andante sostenuto theme…. Mackerras holds the structure together“ -Gramophone “Sibelians need this disc. Schmidt’s Fifth could easily stand as the only version in someone’s collection” Rob Barnett, MusicWeb International “Ole Schmidt’s excellent Nielsen symphonies cycle long made me want…
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Khachaturian: Famous Ballet Suites
Aram Khachaturian’s ballet scores were among the most successful of the Soviet era, and the ballet suites also found enormous popularity in the concert hall. The famous Sabre Dance from Gayne found its way into Western popular culture in the 1950s. Yuri Simonov conducts the most famous selections from Khachaturian’s three most popular ballets in…