Since you are interested in Symphonies No. 6 Pastorale & Leonore Overture No. 3, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Night on Bald Mountain The Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 14/Sep/2007 ] "The sound is among the most opulent I have ever heard...'Night on Bald Mountain' is as good as they come...it is highly recommended." -Sensible Sound |
BEETHOVEN
Overtures (Incls Leonore Nos. 1-3 & Coriolan) Atlanta Symphony Orchestra / Yoel Levi [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 20/Jul/2007 ] …"the most available desirable collection currently available." - Fanfare |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 'Choral' Carol Vaness, Janice Taylor, Siegfried Jerusalem, Robert Lloyd / Cleveland Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnanyi [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 21/Oct/2003 ] "This is a wonderful performance. The first movement truly moves. It is overwhelming, which is what it should be...As for the great Ode, chorus and soloists-conductor and orchestra-all are magnificent." -High Performance Review |
DOHNANYI
Violin Concerto No. 2,Op. 43 in C minor / Concertino for Harp and Chamber Orchestra, Op. 45 / Piano Concerto No. 2,Op. 42 in B minor James Ehnes (violin) Clifford Lantaff (harp) Howard Shelley (piano) / BBC Philharmonic .Matthias Bamert, conductor [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 5/Oct/2004 ] "These beautifully crafted compositions offer tangible proof that a true master could breath new life into late Romanticism decades after the style had apparently fallen out of fashion. As always the recording has a rich ambiance, which serves... |