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Vladimir Jurowski: Tchaikovsky’s The Sleeping Beauty
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Jurowski's interpretation is based on his view that Acts 1 & 2 inhabit a Romantic sound world and then between Act 2 & 3, the sound changes completely becoming drier with much sharper outlines. He has said that if it were not for Tchaikovsky's untimely death, he would have developed a similar style of composition to Stravinsky between 1917 and 1928, around the time of Pulcinella. The Sleeping Beauty recorded here is performed complete. This release includes notes by David Nice and an interview with Jurowski about his interpretation.
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Great Italian Operas
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This set features two classic performances from the golden age of the Covent Garden Opera Company and a sparkling Falstaff from the Edinburgh Festival, combining masterworks of Italian opera by Puccini, Verdi and Rossini into one outstanding collection. Carefully remastered and restored, the recordings feature a stellar cast of Italian singers and conductors, including renowned soprano Renata Tebaldi, said by Toscanini to possess ‘the voice of an angel’.
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Great Choral Classics
MP3 Album:
WILLIAM STEINBERG
BEETHOVEN Missa solemnis – 1973
ICAC 5054
IGOR MARKEVITCH
VERDI Messa da Requiem – 1960
ROSSINI Overtures – 1957
ICAC 5068 (2CD)
DIMITRI MITROPOULOS
BERLIOZ Requiem (Grande Messe des morts) – 1956
ICAC 5075
GENNADI ROZHDESTVENSKY
MAHLER Das klagende Lied – 1981
JANÁCEK The Fiddler’s Child – 1979
ICAC 5080
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Dimitri Mitropoulos
MP3 Album:
Berlioz: Requiem
Nicolai Gedda
Chor des Norddeutschen Rundfunks
Kölner Rundfunkchor
Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester
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Yuri Bashmet
MP3 Album:
Brahms: Symphony No.3
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6 ‘Pathétique’
Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra
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Renata Tebaldi
MP3 Album:
Puccini: Tosca
Ferruccio Tagliavini / Tito Gobbi / The Covent Garden Opera Chorus / The Covent Garden Orchestra / Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
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Dimitri Mitropoulos
MP3 Album:
Mahler: Symphony No.3
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Debussy: La Mer
Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester / Lucretia West