Warner Classics

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Cherubini: Medea (Warner Classics)

(Déjà Review) The set should be heard for its documentation of an extraordinary musical meeting [CH]

Verdi: Falstaff (Warner Classics)

(Déjà Review) Truly one of the ‘Great Recordings of the Century’ [CF]

Tchaikovsky: Symphonies & Overtures (Warner Classics)

Slava’s unjustly overlooked early Tchaikovsky symphony cycle reissued in fine sound [LD]

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Bruckner: Symphony No 7 (Warner Classics)

A grand, majestic performance catching all the requisite light and shade of Bruckner’s most popular and accessible symphony [RMo]

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Schubert: Lieder Vol 2 (Warner Classics)

(Déjà Review) Bostridge is surely worthy of a position in the same illustrious gallery as Fischer-Dieskau, Janet Baker and a few others [TB]

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Bridge: Orchestral Works (Warner Classics)

(Déjà Review) An authoritative introduction to Bridge’s orchestral music … an ideal place to start [JQ]

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Fatma Said (soprano) (Warner Classics)

A ravishing debut album that heralds a great future for this artist [MP]

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Otto Klemperer (conductor): The Remastered Edition (Warner Classics)

Klemperer consolidated; his full Warner legacy in best-yet transfers [JW]

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Mussorgsky: Songs and Dances of Death (Warner Classics)

(Déjà Review) Anyone who wants this particular coupling need not hesitate [GF]

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Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) Ravel & Carter (Warner Classics)

(Déjà Review) Aimard positively revels in complexities, eating up fistfuls of notes and spitting them out with ease [TH]

Mozart: …che cosa è amor… (Warner Classics)

(Déjà Review) I have derived much pleasure from this disc and I expect many opera lovers will like it too [GF]

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Beethoven & Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos (Warner Classics)

(Déjà Review) These performances will leave you marvelling anew at the music itself [CH]

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La Divina Maria Callas in all her roles (Warner Classics)

A magnificent and comprehensive testament to the supremacy of the greatest singing actress of the 20C [RMo]

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Sabine Meyer (clarinet) French Works (Warner Classics)

(Déjà Review) An outstanding achievement [MC]

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Massenet: Werther (Warner Classics)

(Déjà Review) This issue will be prized by admirers of the two principals, but there are drawbacks [CH]

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Schoenberg: Gurrelieder (Warner Classics)

(Déjà Review) Recorded just a week after 9/11, this stunning performance heralds a new era for Rattle in Berlin [CT]

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Puccini: Turandot (Warner Classics)

Great sound, conducting, choral singing and orchestral playing, but only one principal singer who really comes up to scratch [RMo]

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Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique (Warner Classics)

(Déjà Review) One of the classic performances of this symphony [CH]

Mahler: Symphony 10 (Warner Classics)

(Déjà Review) Rattle is always a compelling guide to this work [TD]

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Bach: St Matthew Passion (Warner Classics)

(Déjà Review) One of the great recordings of the century – the Bach tradition represented by Klemperer has much to tell us about this music [TB]

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Puccini: Turandot (Warner Classics)

(Déjà Review) The pleasure that Caballé’s beautiful tone and imaginative approach gives is enormous [JS]

Claudio Arrau (piano) The Complete Warner Classics Recordings (Warner Classics)

Aristocratic, authoritative and poetic performances [SG]

Barrueco: Complete Recordings (Warner Classics)

A goldmine for guitar aficionados, and general music lovers, too; the excellence of the playing can be taken for granted [GF]

Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1-5 (Warner Classics)

(Déjà Review) A revelation of what can still be revealed by dedicated musicians [RB]