Symphonic Music
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Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 8 "Unfinished" & 9 "The Great"
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Herbert Blomstedt
Symphonic Music - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 8 Jul 2022
Choc de ClassicaAt ninety-five years old, Herbert Blomstedt still seems to be in his prime. Just last year, in November 2021, he recorded Schubert’s last two symphoni ...
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Mahler: Symphony No. 4
François-Xavier Roth, Les Siècles, Sabine Devieilhe
Symphonies - Released by harmonia mundi on 26 Aug 2022
After a period-instrument reading of the Symphony No. 1 that received unanimous acclaim from the critics, François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles return ...
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Camille Saint-Saëns : Symphonic Poems
Orchestre National de Lille, Jun Märkl
Symphonic Poems - Released by Naxos on 1 Dec 2017
5 étoiles de Classica5 de DiapasonThe reputation of Camille Saint-Saëns is recovering from decades of self-serving modernist depredations, and it's becoming clear that much of his prol ...
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Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3, Isle of the Dead, Vocalise
Sinfonia Of London, John Wilson
Symphonies - Released by Chandos on 28 Oct 2022
Rachmaninoff’s tone poem The Isle of the Dead was composed in Dresden in 1908–1909, inspired by the 1880 painting of that name by the Swiss symbolist ...
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Hollywood Soundstage
Sinfonia Of London, John Wilson
Cinema Music - Released by Chandos on 9 Sep 2022
Sinfonia of London rose to fame in the 1950s as the leading recording orchestra of the day, appearing in the musical credits of more than 300 films, i ...
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Metamorphosen
Sinfonia Of London, John Wilson
Symphonies - Released by Chandos on 1 Apr 2022
John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London orchestra continue their musical journey around the world, dedicating this album to three German-language compo ...
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Mahler: Symphonies Nos. 1-9
Philharmonia Orchestra, Lorin Maazel
Symphonic Music - Released by Signum Classics on 7 Apr 2017
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Poulenc: Orchestral Works
The BBC Concert Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey
Symphonies - Released by Chandos on 4 Nov 2022
Diapason d'orWhen this album was recorded, in March 2022, no-one could have imagined that it would be Bramwell Tovey’s last recording. Chandos Records would like t ...
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Gershwin : Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris...
Symphonic Music - Released by Sony Classical on 19 Oct 2010
Diapason d'orAn historical album if there is one, with its iconic cover photo. Conducting from the piano in Rhapsody in Blue, Leonard Bernstein manages to capture ...
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Visions of Prokofiev
Lisa Batiashvili, The Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Symphonic Music - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 2 Feb 2018
Prise de Son d'Exception5 de DiapasonIn addition to Prokofiev’s two violin concertos – whose ample discography is brilliantly enriched by this interpretation of Georgian violinist Lisa Ba ...
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Dora Pejačević: Piano Concerto, Op. 33, Symphony in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 41
Peter Donohoe, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
Symphonies - Released by Chandos on 29 Apr 2022
Countess Mária Theodora (Dora) Paulina Pejacevic was born in September 1885 in Budapest. Young Dora grew up with all the advantages of an aristocrat: ...
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CPE Bach: Symphonies
Rebecca Miller, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment
Symphonic Music - Released by Signum Records on 12 Jan 2015
5 de DiapasonGramophone Editor's ChoiceThe 20 symphonies of C.P.E. Bach have been performed fairly often, but to have an entire concert or recording (the present release, recorded live in L ...
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Vaughan Williams: The Complete Symphonies
Symphonic Music - Released by Halle Concerts Society on 3 Jun 2022
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Brahms : The Four Symphonies
Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
Symphonies - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Mar 1965
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John Ireland: Orchestral Works
Sinfonia Of London, John Wilson
Symphonies - Released by Chandos on 10 Jun 2022
John Ireland was something of a child prodigy, entering the Royal College of Music at the age of fourteen. There he studied piano, organ and compositi ...
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 4
Sir Simon Rattle, London Symphony Orchestra
Symphonies - Released by LSO Live on 16 Sep 2022
The air shimmers and glows, and somewhere in the mists, a solitary horn gives a lonely call. The stuff of fairytales? The truth is, it’s impossible to ...
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Schumann: The Complete Symphonies
Münchner Philharmoniker, Pablo Heras-Casado
Symphonies - Released by harmonia mundi on 3 Jun 2022
Four symphonies were enough for Robert Schumann to leave his mark. Without allowing himself to be overawed by Beethoven’s shadow, he succeeded from th ...
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Couperin: Les Nations
Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
Symphonic Music - Released by Aparté on 30 Nov 2018
4F de TéléramaThe four Nations by François Couperin (also known as "Couperin the Great") consist of France, Spain, the Empire and Piedmont (Italy, therefore), thoug ...
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Saint-Saëns: Cello Concertos, Le Carnaval des Animaux, Africa & Wedding Cake
Neeme Järvi, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Truls Mørk, Louis Lortie, Hélène Mercier
Symphonies - Released by Chandos on 1 Jan 2016
The essence of Camille Saint-Saëns' music comes through perhaps most clearly in his music for solo instrument and orchestra, which exemplifies his ele ...
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Berg: Violin Concerto, Three Pieces for Orchestra
James Ehnes, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis
Symphonies - Released by Chandos on 30 Sep 2022
Born in 1885, Alban Berg was one of the most significant composers of the Second Viennese School, whose output proved tremendously influential in the ...
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Mozart in London
Symphonic Music - Released by Signum Records on 4 May 2018
5 étoiles de ClassicaGramophone Record of the MonthMozart and his family spent 15 months in London when the composer was eight years old. In London he wrote his first symphonies and first vocal works, ...
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