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Leopold Stokowski (conductor) BBC Legends Recordings 1963-74 (ICA Classics)

A collection of Stokowski’s live performances from the end of his career is inevitably something of a mixed bag [PCG]

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé (Chandos)

An enthusiastic welcome for a newly edited score of Ravel’s balletic masterpiece [PCG]

Barber: The Complete Songs (Brilliant Classics)

What should have been an important and innovative release ruined by basic failures of presentation [PCG]

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Wagner: Siegfried (Decca)

Triumph! Rejoice! Victory! Solti’s Ring, at last, as Wagner intended! [PCG]

Cavalli: L’Egisto (Château de Versailles Spectacles)

A welcome sound première recording for one of Cavalli’s more dramatically involving operas [PCG]

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Rachmaninov: Symphonies (Naxos)

Slatkin’s cycle emphasises the composer’s structural mastery [PCG]

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Blow/Purcell: Operas (Opus Arte)

A delightful baroque double bill in an enjoyable period production and setting [PCG]

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Szymanowski: Hagith (Polish Ministry of Culture)

A reissue of a unique and valuable recording undermined by catastrophic failures of presentation [PCG]

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Elfman: Violin Concerto (Naxos)

A clever coupling by Falletta and Naxos [PCG]

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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]

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Vaughan Williams: Symphonies 6 & 9 (Pristine)

Pristine remastering of the first Boult cycle of Vaughan Williams symphonies reaches a triumphant conclusion [PCG]

Jonathan Tetelman (tenor) The Great Puccini (DG)

A star Is born! Let’s hope he will resist overexposure [GF]

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Vaughan Williams: Symphonies 7 & 8 (Pristine)

Another triumph for Pristine’s re-masterings of the Boult/Decca cycle [PCG]

2023 MWI Recordings of the Year

The twenty-first year that MusicWeb International’s reviewing team has nominated their recordings of the year.

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Egk: Columbus (Orfeo)

An operatic rarity returns to the catalogue, and remains a worthwhile encounter [PCG]

Corigliano: The Lord of Cries (Pentatone)

An astounding new opera from John Corigliano receives a benchmark performance [PCG]

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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]

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Kõrvits: The Sound of Wings (Ondine)

A beautiful new work from Estonia which will add to the growing reputation of the composer [PCG]

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé (Chandos)

Wilson and Co triumph yet again [DMD]

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Britten: Noye’s Fludde (Pristine Audio)

Fine historical performances indispensable to any Britten collection [WH]

Listening Studio Report

by John Quinn