Since you are interested in Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Capriccio Italien (with Beethoven-Wellington's Victory), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
DOUGLAS LILBURN
Lilburn: The Three Symphonies New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / James Judd [ Naxos / CD - released 2/May/2002 ] "There's a freshness and enthusiasm in Judd's readings, and he takes care with the music, observing every detail. Throughout all three symphonies there is a greater breadth and warmth of emotion than we've heard before." - Sunday Star Times (May 2002 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Pavarotti Forever (Includes: 'Nessun dorma', 'Panis angelicus' & 'Mamma') Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) with various orchestras, conductors and guests [ Decca Music Group / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2007 ] This outstanding collection of popular opera arias and duets, sacred songs and Neapolitan favourites is drawn from the finest recordings Luciano Pavarotti has made during an unparalleled career. |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake / Nutcracker / Sleeping Beauty (Ballet Suites) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich. [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / CD - released 5/May/2001 ] 'Rostropovich's trypich of Tchaikovsky ballets is very special. The remastering, always outstanding. Now approaches demonstration standard. 69 minutes of sheer joy.' - Rosette (highest rating) Penguin Guide |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No.1 in D major Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Originals / CD - released 25/Mar/2007 ] 'The Chicago players give Solti everything he asks for in sonority, power, and rhythmic attack...as an interpreter of this symphony Solti has lost little of his old flair and insight.' Gramophone October 1984 |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No 8 'Symphony of a Thousand' Heather Harper, Lucia Popp, Arleen Auger, Rene Kollo / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Originals / CD - released 10/Apr/2006 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "Here is a version from Solti which ... conveys the feeling of a great occasion ... so overwhelming is the build-up of tension." Gramophone |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C minor 'Resurrection' Heather Harper (sop) Helen Watts (cont) / London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Originals / CD - released 20/Jun/2007 ] "... the new Decca stereo recording has special points of excellence all its own. The most striking thing in the whole performance, for me, is the first movement, in which Solti penetrates to the inner significance of the unusual structure with an... |
LEOS JANACEK
Janacek: Kata Kabanova (complete opera) Elisabeth Saderstram, Petr Dvorsky, Nedezda Kniplova, Vladimir Krejcik / Wiener Philharmoniker / Sir Charles Mackerras [ Decca Originals / 2 CD Box Set - released 11/Apr/2006 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "... Charles Mackerras's ... long knowledge of the score has flowered into the richest account of it he has yet given ... he draws wonderful playing from the Vienna Philharmonic." |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: War Requiem (plus Rehearsal sequences bonus) (Rec 1963) Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano) Peter Pears (tenor) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) / London Symphony & chorus, Benjamin Britten, with Simon Preston [ Decca Originals / 2 CD - released 12/Mar/2006 ] 1001 Classical Recordings you must hear before you die (1951 - present). "This superb recording, definitive in so many ways, speaks to us as powerfully today as it ever did" (MusicWeb Bargain of the Month Sept 2006) |
GUSTAV HOLST
Holst: The Planets Montreal Symphony Orchestra / Charles Dutoit [ Decca Records / CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "an highly successful version, both rich and brilliant, and recorded with an opulence to outshine almost all rivals. *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo. |