Apr 2, 2021 | Recording Soundbites
Colin Davis’s Beethoven, recorded-in-London for Philips, now branded Decca, is handsomely gathered here, with either the BBC Symphony Orchestra (mostly) or the LSO. Symphonies 1-8 (plus a ‘Choral’ Ninth with Bavarian Radio forces), a selection of Overtures, the Five...
Jan 3, 2021 | Recording Soundbites
Dipping-in to this alluring collection celebrating the recently late Ida Haendel’s artistry is to find a previously unpublished recording of Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending, from 1997 with the London Philharmonic and Roger Norrington, something known about for...
Dec 23, 2020 | Christmas Crackers 2020 and then for all seasons, Recording Soundbites
Having gifted us a bumper Barbirolli box, Warner now releases a slender Szell set (fourteen CDs, another Christmas/New Year present contender). Slender because the bulk of Szell’s indispensable discography is here:...
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Dec 1, 2020 | Christmas Crackers 2020 and then for all seasons, Recording Soundbites
The multitalented Danny Kaye (1911-87) steals the show with the eight-ditty sequence “Hans Christian Andersen” (recorded during August 1952 in Los Angeles), words and music by Frank Loesser for the same-name film – superior song-writing – the first number, in which...
Nov 30, 2020 | Christmas Crackers 2020 and then for all seasons, Recording Soundbites
Christmas sentiment to the fore in this 100-minute collection featuring a galaxy of celebrated talent from yesteryear (recorded between 1941 and 1949), six beautifully told tales by those detailed on the cover, add to which, whether speaking or making music, Charles...
Nov 24, 2020 | Christmas Crackers 2020 and then for all seasons, Recording Soundbites
Not that Sir John (1899-1970) knew he was recording for Warner – HMV and Pye, yes, all here in this 109-CD set covering JB’s glorious art between 1928 and the year of his death. An ideal gift for Christmas. He is most associated with the Manchester-based Hallé...
