Building a Library, Late 20th Century (era)
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Symphonic Psalms and Prayers
RecommendedBernstein • Schoenberg • Stravinsky • Zemlinsky
David Allsopp (countertenor)
Tenebrae, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Nigel Short
It’s good to hear Bernstein’s original design of the solo for a countertenor being respected for once. Allsopp makes much more of the words than most trebles, and there is an arresting immediacy... — More…
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Building A Library, July 2021, Also Recommended
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Bernstein Conducts Bernstein: Kaddish Symphony & Chichester Psalms
RecommendedFelicia Montealegre (speaker), Jennie Tourel (mezzo-soprano), John Bogart (alto)
New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein
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Grammy Awards, 7th Awards (1964), Classical Album of the Year
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Building A Library, July 2021, Recommended Recording
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Bernstein conducts Bernstein
RecommendedMontserrat Caballé (soprano), Michael Wager (narrator)
Vienna Boys' Choir, Vienna Jeunesse Choir, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein
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Building a Library, May 2004, First Choice
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Here's almost two and a half hours of bliss. These are recordings to set aside for the time when, as the prayer says, 'the busy world is hushed'. Asked to characterise Fauré's and Duruflé's... — More…
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Building a Library, March 2003, First Choice
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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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Opera, September 2014, Recording of the Month
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Building a Library, July 2019, 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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BBC Music Magazine, December 2006, Orchestral Choice
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Building a Library, January 2018, Also Recommended
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Messiaen Edition
RecommendedAn 18-CD set offering a comprehensive overview of Messiaen’s work in recordings made between 1963 and 2000.
Olivier Messiaen, Katia and Marielle Labeque, Yvonne Loriod (piano), Marie-Claire Alain (organ), Maria Oràn (soprano), Huguette Fernandez (violin), Guy Deplus (clarinet), Jacques Nielz (cello), Marie-Madeleine Petit (piano), pianos, Rachel Yakar (soprano), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Dominique...
Messiaen's own performance of the large organ cycle Méditations sur le mystère de la Sainte-Trinité is included amongst the goodies on offer here. …it is thoroughly compulsive listening, and... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 7th July 2008
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2005, Special Review
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Building a Library, March 2017, First Choice
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Duruflé: Requiem
RecommendedAnn Murray (mezzo soprano), Thomas Allen (baritone), Thomas Trotter (organ)
Corydon Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Matthew Best
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Building a Library, November 2002, First 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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Fauré & Duruflé: Requiem
RecommendedJohn Scott (Fauré), Thomas Trotter (Duruflé), organ
English Chamber Orchestra, Corydon Singers, Matthew Best
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Building a Library, November 2002, First Choice
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