RCA
Beethoven: Piano Concertos No 1 & 5 (RCA)
(Déjà Review) This disc enjoys the privilege of being one of the worst I have heard for many a moon [CC]
Koechlin: The Jungle Book (RCA)
A most welcome reissue for an essential recording of Koechlin’s complete Jungle Book settings [PCG]
Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos 1-9 (RCA)
Over fifty years on, this set is still holding up pretty well, despite a few negligible flaws [RMo]
Satie: Piano Works (RCA)
(Déjà Review) Remarkably subtle, giving due weight where required without missing any sense of fun [TH]
Weber: Oberon (RCA)
Weber’s magical score is lovingly presented on this fine set [MP]
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, Carnival Overture; Smetana: The Bartered Bride Overture (RCA)
(Déjà Review) Ebullient and powerful and the finale sweeping but not overdone, and with tremendous inner rhythm [JW]
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 (RCA)
Harnoncourt’s remarkable vision of this great symphonic master [TB]
Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel (RCA)
Christa Ludwig’s amazing Witch is the crowning achievement of this still essential recording [MP]
Messiaen: Vingt Regards sur L’Enfant-Jésus (RCA)
(Déjà Review) A recording notable for Serkin’s deep understanding of the composer’s sound-world and its emotional extremes [BH]
Prokofiev & Khachaturian (RCA Victor)
(Déjà Review) A classic recording restored in its best sound [TD]
Copland: The Populist (RCA)
(Déjà Review) An essential recording which should please a wide musical constituency [GSD]
Cherubini: Medea (RCA)
(Déjà Review) A mouth-watering cast gives a memorable performance [CF]
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique (RCA)
(Déjà Review) If you don’t have a favorite recording already, this is a disc that you should consider [PG]
Verdi: Messa da Requiem (RCA)
A great soprano soloist and a fine choir and orchestra, very well directed, still cannot save this account from mediocrity [RMo]
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 (RCA)
A legendary, visionary version of the sonata, but don’t make this your only version of the concerto [CH]
Wagner: Orchestral Selections from Der Ring des Nibelungen (RCA/Sony)
It would be hard to find a more sumptuously played and superbly recorded Wagner disc than this one [MB]
Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 (RCA)
(Déjà Review) Distinction and commitment, sonorous and urgently compelling [TB]
Strauss: Works for Cello (RCA)
(Déjà Review) Isserlis’s truly heartfelt performance expresses the Don’s humour, gravity, irony and pathos with marvellous subtlety [SF]
Heifetz reDiscovered (RCA)
(Déjà Review) A disc of drama, excitement and real historical and musical value [JW]
Mozart: Overtures (RCA)
(Déjà Review) Davis cleaves to traditional values with his superlative orchestra, splendidly recorded [JW]
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