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Charles Ives - An American Journey
RecommendedThomas Hampson (baritone)
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas
Tilson Thomas has managed the impossible: a totally satisfying overview of Ives's genius on one sixty-five minute cd. Songs, symphonies, psalms and tone poems - they're all represented, and... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2002, Editor's Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Beethoven Trilogy 2: Childhood
See Siang Wong (piano, cadenza)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Roger Norrington
[See Siang Wong] he is a fine player, and clearly cared greatly for the music in this project. His playing here is marked by exceptionally clean and articulated lines and great dexterity. — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Building a Library, November 2012, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2002, Winner - Orchestral
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Building A Library, March 2022, Also Recommended
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Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45
Genia Kühmeier (soprano) & Thomas Hampson (baritone)
Arnold Schoenberg Choir & Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Tempos are slow, sometimes even stolid, yet Harnoncourt achieves effects of extraordinary intensity...the superb Arnold Schoenberg Choir respond willingly to his every demand...Genia Kühmeier... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2011, Editor's Choice
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Verdi: Il Trovatore
RecommendedLeontyne Price (Leonora), Placido Domingo (Manrico), Sherrill Milnes (Il Conte di Luna), Fiorenza Cossotto (Azucena), Bonaldo Giaiotti (Ferrando), Elizabeth Bainbridge (Ines), Ryland Davies (Ruiz)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Zubin Mehta
The Leonora of Leontyne Price is the high point of the Mehta recording: her velvety, sensuous articulation of what's certainly an 'immenso, eterno amor' is entirely distinctive and dramatically... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Shostakovich - Cello Concerto No. 2 & Cello Sonata
Sol Gabetta (cello), Michaela Urzuladea (piano)
Münchner Philharmoniker, Marc Albrecht
The Second Concerto can seem an oddly diffuse work in lesser hands and it is to Sol Gabetta's credit that she offers a distinctive, introspective approach, daringly spacious at times, deliberately... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 34th Awards (1991), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Barber: Orchestral Works
RecommendedJohn Browning (piano), Kyoto Takezawa (violin), Steven Isserlis (cello), Leonard Slatkin (piano)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch, Leonard Slatkin
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Building a Library, June 2006, Budget Choice
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Grammy Awards, 7th Awards (1964), Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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Grammy Awards, 34th Awards (1991), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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On paper it seems an unlikely pairing. On disc, however, it is something of a triumph, a recording that is far more than a mere souvenir d'occasion of a memorable night in Carnegie Hall. Intriguingly,... — More…
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Building a Library, April 2010, First Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2006, Editor's Choice
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