Search Results for: paul+godfrey
Blow/Purcell: Operas (Opus Arte)
A delightful baroque double bill in an enjoyable period production and setting [PCG]
Szymanowski: Hagith (Polish Ministry of Culture)
A reissue of a unique and valuable recording undermined by catastrophic failures of presentation [PCG]
Barber: The Complete Songs (Brilliant Classics)
What should have been an important and innovative release ruined by basic failures of presentation [PCG]
Wagner: Golden Ring (Decca)
A sampler for the newly remastered Decca/Solti Ring demonstrates that the improvements are more than simply cosmetic [PCG]
Verdi: Rigoletto (Opus Arte)
An imaginative and involving production, but flawed by some intrusive and insensitive vulgarities [PCG]
Joyce: Caravan Suite (Naxos)
An interesting compilation of music by the “English waltz king” who outlived his era by half a century [PCG]
Vaughan Williams: Symphonies 6 & 9 (Pristine)
Pristine remastering of the first Boult cycle of Vaughan Williams symphonies reaches a triumphant conclusion [PCG]
Egk: Columbus (Orfeo)
An operatic rarity returns to the catalogue, and remains a worthwhile encounter [PCG]
Vaughan Williams: Symphonies 7 & 8 (Pristine)
Another triumph for Pristine’s re-masterings of the Boult/Decca cycle [PCG]
Rodgers: Oklahoma! (Chandos)
A ground-breaking recording of a ground-breaking American musical [PCG]
Britten: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Opus Arte)
A superior reissue of Peter Hall’s other superlative Britten production from Glyndebourne [PCG]
Kõrvits: The Sound of Wings (Ondine)
A beautiful new work from Estonia which will add to the growing reputation of the composer [PCG]
Jonathan Tetelman (tenor) The Great Puccini (DG)
A star Is born! Let’s hope he will resist overexposure [GF]
Britten: Noye’s Fludde (Pristine Audio)
Fine historical performances indispensable to any Britten collection [WH]
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (Opus Arte)
Sir Bryn Terfel triumphs in Mussorgsky’s original vision of his conscience-stricken Tsar [PCG]
Rossini: Il turco in Italia (C Major)
A delightfully entertaining modern take on Rossini brings overtones of Fellini to the action [PCG]
Herrmann: Wuthering Heights (Chandos)
Cathy finally comes home in Herrmann’s magnum opus superbly performed [NB]
Herrmann: Wuthering Heights (Chandos)
Extracts from an almost unknown superb opera raise hopes for a new complete recording [PCG]
Britten: Noye’s Fludde (Pristine Audio)
Two world première Britten recordings remastered by Pristine make an enticing offering [PCG]
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