Building a Library, Late 20th Century (era)
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Pilar Lorengar
RecommendedBerlin, 1959 - 1962
Pilar Lorengar, Richard Klemm (viola da gamba), Siegfried Behrend (guitar), Hertha Klust (piano)
RIAS-Kammerchor, RIAS-Orchester RSO Berlin & Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
[an] abundance of delights … if you want to revel in the beauty and freshness of one of the postwar era’s most lovable soprano voices in its youthful prime, this is a set to head for. — More…
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Building a Library, July 2019, Also Recommended
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Opera, September 2014, Recording of the Month
3 CDs
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Legendary Recordings: Josef Vlach & Czech Chamber Orchestra
RecommendedCzech Chamber Orchestra, Josef Vlach
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Building a Library, January 2018, Also Recommended
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Ligeti - Clear or Cloudy
RecommendedMatt Haimovitz, Jacques Zoon, Douglas Boyd, Richard Hosford, James Sommerville, Matthew Wilkie, Claudio Abbado, Helmut Franz, Gerd Zacher, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Håkan Hardenberger, Roland Pöntinen, Jacques Zoon & Douglas Boyd, Aloys Kontarsky, Alfons Kontarsky, Gianluca Cascioli, Pierre-Laurent...
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Building a Library, January 2018, Also Recommended
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2006, Orchestral Choice
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Very Best of English Song
RecommendedDame Janet Baker (mezzo), Gerald Moore (piano), Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), David Willison (piano), Ian Partridge (tenor), Janet Craxton (piano), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano), Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone), Roger Vignoles...
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Building a Library, June 2018, Also recommended
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Building a Library, January 2021, Recommended orchestral version (Songs of Travel)
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Offer,
Strauss, J, II: Die Fledermaus RecommendedHilde Güden (Rosalinde), Eberhard Wächter (Eisenstein), Giuseppe Zampieri (Alfred), Rita Streich (Adele), Gerhard Stolze (Orlofsky), Peter Klein (Blind), Walter Berry (Falke), Erich Kunz (Frank), Josef Meinrad (Frosch), Elfriede Ott (Ida)
Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker,...
The most luxuriantly Viennese of all Fledermice, with Karajan and the Philharmonic at their most effervescent and a delectable Staatsoper cast, plus a gala of 1950s Decca stars including Björling,... — More…
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Building a Library, September 2022, Also Recommended
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The Ligeti Project Volumes 1-5
RecommendedLigeti Project, Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Peter Masseurs (trumpet), Siegfried Palm (cello), Daniel Reuss (director), Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Katalin Károlyi (mezzo-soprano), Amadinda Percussion Group (percussion), Sybille Mahni (natural horn), Thomas Bernstein (natural horn), Simon...
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Building a Library, January 2018, First Choice
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Ligeti: Nonsense Madrigals & other vocal works
RecommendedPierre-Laurent Almard (piano), Irina Kataeva (piano)
The King's Singers, The Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen
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Building a Library, January 2018, Also Recommended
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Ligeti: Le Grand Macabre
RecommendedSibylle Ehlert, Laura Claycomb, Charlotte Hellekant, Jard van Nes
Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen
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Building a Library, January 2018, Also Recommended
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British Composers: A Celebration
RecommendedRichard Rodney Bennett (piano), Robert Tear (vocals), Ian Hare (piano), Bruce Russell (vocals), Sir Andrew Davis (piano), Richard Lewis (vocals), Monica Sinclair (vocals), Lewis Thomas (vocals), Geoffrey Walls (baritone), John Hauxwell (bass-baritone), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Wilfred Brown...
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Building a Library, June 2018, Also Recommended
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Bernstein conducts Bernstein
RecommendedPhilippe Entremont (piano), Jennie Tourel (mezzo), Lukas Foss (piano), Isaac Stern (violin), Felicia Montealegre (speaker) & Jennie Tourel (mezzo), Paul Bogart (alto), Benny Goodman (clarinet), Zino Francescatti (violin)
New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein
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Building A Library, July 2021, Recommended Recording
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2009, Re-issue of the Month
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