Latest Updates - George Butterworth

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Comment by Gill Sans SUBS:

This fine set has received glowing reviews, which I fully endorse. The Gramophone Music Guide says
"There's a boldness about Terfel's art that could be perilous, but which, as exercised here, is marvellously well guided by musicianship, intelligence and the genuine flash of inspiration. Malcolm Martineau's playing is also a delight: his touch is as sure and illuminating as the singer's"

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Comment by Gill Sans SUBS:

It should be possible eventually to identify all the CDs from which these tracks were taken.
For a start I have found these:
Richard Ayers: Composers' Voice Portrait
John Eliot Gardiner: Matthäus-Passion
Herbert von Karajan: Beethoven Triple Concerto

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Comment by Gill Sans SUBS:

Esa-Pekka Salonen And James Jolly discuss the works of Igor Stravinsky, with illustrations from recordings conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen. There are also the Editor's choice from the releases of the month, followed by a competition to identify these "greatest recordings ever" and spot the odd one out.
Track 13: Puccini - Tosca, Act II; Maria Callas, Tito Gobi, Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Victor di Sabato.
Track 14: Beethoven - Symphony No.7 in A Major, Op. 92, Vienna Philharmonic, Carlos Kleiber.
Track 15: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 - Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner.
Track 16: Otello, Act II, Jon VickersOrchestra e Coro dell'opera di Roma, Tullio Serafin.
Track 17: Victoria - Requiem, Peter Philips and the Tallis Scholars.
Track 18: Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano, Sviatoslav Richter, David Oistrakh, Herbert von Karajan.

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Comment by Gill Sans SUBS:

Baritone James Newby was a BBC "New Generation Artist": his records live up to that early promise, as in this Ivor Gurney song:
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