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a newer 2016 release with barcode 028947892625 (possibly with Decca cat # 478 9262) is available at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B018FCVK8U/ (released Jan 15, 2016, referred to from https://www.deccaclassics.com/us/cat/4789262 )

Annotation last modified on 2018-03-03 07:12 UTC.

Tracklist

1CD: Ansermet · Falla: El sombrero de tres picos / Debussy: Images
2CD: Argenta · España / Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
3CD: Ashkenazy · Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto 3 / Piano Sonata
4CD: Ashkenazy · Sibelius 1 / Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
5CD: Bartoli · Italian Songs
6CD: Bell · Barber & Walton Concertos
7CD: Blomstedt · R. Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie
8CD: Böhm · Bruckner 4
9CD: Boskovsky · New Year’s Day Concert, 1979
10CD: Britten · War Requiem
11CD: Chailly · Messiaen: Turangalîla‐sinfonie
12CD: Chung · Bruch & Mendelssohn Concertos
13CD: Curzon · Mozart: Piano Concertos 20 & 27
14CD: Dohnányi · Schoenberg / Berg / Webern
15CD: Dorati · Stravinsky: L’Oiseau de feu / Le Sacre du printemps
16CD: Dutoit · Ravel: Ma Mère l’Oye / Boléro
17CD: Fleming · Opera Scenes
18CD: Freire · Brahms: Piano Concerto 1 / Schumann: Carnaval
19CD: Haitink · Shostakovich 4 & 9
20CD: Hogwood · Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
21CD: Jansen · Britten & Beethoven Violin Concertos
22CD: Karajan · Holst: The Planets
23CD: Katchen · Bartók / Prokofiev: Piano Concerto 3 / Ravel: Piano Concerto
24CD: Kertész · Dvořak: New World Symphony / Symphony 8
25CD: King’s College Choir & St John’s College Choir · Haydn: Nelson Mass & Paukenmesse
26CD: Larrocha · Granados: Goyescas / Falla: Noches en los jardines de España
27CD: Lemper · Berlin Cabaret Songs
28CD: Lupu · Beethoven: Moonlight, Pathétique & Waldstein Sonatas
29CD: Maag · Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream / Symphony 3
30CD: Maazel · Respighi: Feste romane / Pini di Roma / Rimsky‐Korsakov
31CD: Mackerras · Janáček: Sinfonietta / Taras Bulba / The Cunning Little Vixen Suite
32CD: Marriner · Tchaikovsky: Serenade for strings / Souvenir de Florence
33CD: Martinon · Ibert: Divertissement / Borodin 2
34CD: Mehta · Varèse / Ives 2
35CD: Monteux · Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé / Elgar: Enigma Variations
36CD: Münchinger · Bach: Magnificat / Cantatas 10 & 140
37CD: Nilsson / Solti · Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (great scenes)
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1Das Rheingold: “Schwüles Gedünst schwebt in der Luft”
engineer:
James Brown (Decca engineer, 1960s) and Gordon Parry (engineer)
producer:
John Culshaw
baritone vocals:
Eberhard Wächter (baritone)
solo baritone vocals [Donner]:
Eberhard Wächter (baritone) (from 1958-09 until 1958-10)
solo tenor vocals [Froh]:
Waldemar Kmentt (tenor) (from 1958-09 until 1958-10)
tenor vocals:
Waldemar Kmentt (tenor)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (from 1958-09 until 1958-10)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (from 1958-09 until 1958-10)
recorded at:
Sofiensaal in Landstraße, Wien (Vienna), Austria (from 1958-09 until 1958-10)
partial recording of:
Das Rheingold: Scene IV (from 1958-09 until 1958-10)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1853-11-01 until 1854-09-25)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Das Rheingold, WWV 86A
Richard Wagner3:13
2Das Rheingold: “Abendlich strahlt der Sonne Auge”
engineer:
James Brown (Decca engineer, 1960s) and Gordon Parry (engineer)
producer:
John Culshaw
bass-baritone vocals:
George London (bass-baritone)
solo bass-baritone vocals [Wotan]:
George London (bass-baritone) (from 1958-09 until 1958-10)
solo mezzo-soprano vocals [Wellgunde]:
Hetty Plümacher (mezzo-soprano) (from 1958-09 until 1958-10)
solo soprano vocals [Fricka]:
Kirsten Flagstad (soprano) (from 1958-09 until 1958-10)
solo tenor vocals [Loge]:
Set Svanholm (tenor) (from 1958-09 until 1958-10)
soprano vocals:
Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)
tenor vocals:
Set Svanholm (tenor)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (from 1958-09 until 1958-10)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (from 1958-09 until 1958-10)
recorded at:
Sofiensaal in Landstraße, Wien (Vienna), Austria (from 1958-09 until 1958-10)
partial recording of:
Das Rheingold: Scene IV (from 1958-09 until 1958-10)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1853-11-01 until 1854-09-25)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Das Rheingold, WWV 86A
Richard Wagner4:50
3Das Rheingold: “Rheingold! Rheingold! Reines Gold!”
engineer:
James Brown (Decca engineer, 1960s) and Gordon Parry (engineer)
producer:
John Culshaw
bass-baritone vocals:
George London (bass-baritone)
contralto vocals:
Ira Malaniuk (contralto)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Hetty Plümacher (mezzo-soprano)
solo bass-baritone vocals [Alberich]:
Gustav Neidlinger (German bass-baritone) (from 1958-09 until 1958-10)
solo contralto vocals [Flosshilde]:
Ira Malaniuk (contralto) (from 1958-09 until 1958-10)
solo mezzo-soprano vocals [Wellgunde]:
Hetty Plümacher (mezzo-soprano) (from 1958-09 until 1958-10)
solo soprano vocals [Woglinde]:
Oda Balsborg (soprano) (from 1958-09 until 1958-10)
solo tenor vocals [Mime]:
Paul Kuën (tenor) (from 1958-09 until 1958-10)
soprano vocals:
Oda Balsborg (soprano)
tenor vocals:
Set Svanholm (tenor)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (from 1958-09 until 1958-10)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (from 1958-09 until 1958-10)
recorded at:
Sofiensaal in Landstraße, Wien (Vienna), Austria (from 1958-09 until 1958-10)
partial recording of:
Das Rheingold: Scene IV (from 1958-09 until 1958-10)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1853-11-01 until 1854-09-25)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Das Rheingold, WWV 86A
Richard Wagner3:39
4Die Walküre: “Hojotoho! Hojotoho!” (Walkürenritt)
contralto vocals:
Vera Little and Helen Watts (contralto)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo-soprano)
soprano vocals:
Helga Dernesch (Austrian soprano and mezzo‐soprano), Claudia Hellmann (contralto), Berit Lindholm (soprano), Vera Schlosser and Marilyn Tyler (soprano)
vocals:
Vera Schlosser (in 1965-11)
orchestra:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Vienna Philharmonic) (in 1965-11)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (in 1965-11)
partial recording of:
Die Walküre, WWV 86B: Akt III, Scene I "Hojotoho! Hojotoho!" (in 1965-11)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1854-06-28 until 1856-03-23)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Die Walküre, WWV 86B: Akt III
Richard Wagner8:26
5Die Walküre: “Loge, hör! Lausche hieher!” (Feuerzauber)
vocals:
Hans Hotter (German operatic bass-baritone) (in 1965-11)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (in 1965-11)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (in 1965-11)
partial recording of:
Die Walküre, WWV 86B: Akt III, Scene III "War es so schmählich, was ich verbrach" (in 1965-11)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1854-06-28 until 1856-03-23)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Die Walküre, WWV 86B: Akt III
Richard Wagner4:55
6Siegfried: “Notung! Notung! Neidliches Schwert!” …
tenor vocals [Siegfried]:
Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor) (in 1962-10)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (from 1962-05 until 1962-10, in 1962-10)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (from 1962-05 until 1962-10)
partial recording of:
Siegfried, WWV 86C: Akt I, Scene III "Verfluchtes Licht!" (in 1962-10)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1856-09 until 1869-02-23)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Siegfried, WWV 86C: Akt I
Richard Wagner8:28
7Siegfried: “Hoho! Hoho! Hohei! Schmiede, mein Hammer, ein hartes Schwert!” (Schmiedelied)
vocals:
Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor) (in 1962-10)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (from 1962-05 until 1962-10, in 1962-10)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (from 1962-05 until 1962-10)
partial recording of:
Siegfried, WWV 86C: Akt I, Scene III "Verfluchtes Licht!" (in 1962-10)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1856-09 until 1869-02-23)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Siegfried, WWV 86C: Akt I
Richard Wagner5:44
8Siegfried: “Aber wie sah meine Mutter sohl aus?” (Waldweben)
tenor vocals:
Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor) (in 1962-10)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (in 1962-10)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (in 1962-10)
Richard Wagner5:08
9Götterdämmerung: Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt
recording engineer:
Gordon Parry (engineer)
producer:
John Culshaw
choir vocals:
Wiener Staatsopernchor (Wiener Staatsoper Choir) (in 1964-11)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (in 1964-11)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (in 1964-11)
recorded at:
Sofiensaal in Landstraße, Wien (Vienna), Austria (in 1964-11)
partial recording of:
Excerpt from Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D: Vorspiel: Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt (in 1964-11)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1869-10-02 until 1873-12-24)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D: Vorspiel
Richard Wagner6:00
10Götterdämmerung: Trauermarsch
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (in 1964-11)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (in 1964-11)
recording of:
Excerpt from Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D: Akt III, Scene II. Trauermusik beim Tode Siegfrieds (Funeral March) (in 1964-11)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1869 until 1874, from 1872-01-04 until 1874-11-21)
part of:
Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D: Akt III, Scene II "Hoiho?" - "Hoiho!"
Richard Wagner7:48
11Götterdämmerung: “Schweigt eures Jammers jauchzenden Schwall” …
recording engineer:
Gordon Parry (engineer)
producer:
John Culshaw
choir vocals:
Wiener Staatsopernchor (Wiener Staatsoper Choir) (in 1964-11)
vocals:
Birgit Nilsson (soprano) (in 1964-11)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (in 1964-11)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (in 1964-11)
recorded at:
Sofiensaal in Landstraße, Wien (Vienna), Austria (in 1964-11)
partial recording of:
Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D: Akt III, Scene III "War das sein Horn?" (in 1964-11)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1872-01-04 until 1874-11-21)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D: Akt III
part of:
Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D: Akt III
Richard Wagner3:45
12Götterdämmerung: “Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort” …
recording engineer:
Gordon Parry (engineer)
producer:
John Culshaw
choir vocals:
Wiener Staatsopernchor (Wiener Staatsoper Choir) (in 1964-11)
vocals:
Birgit Nilsson (soprano) (in 1964-11)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (in 1964-11)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (in 1964-11)
recorded at:
Sofiensaal in Landstraße, Wien (Vienna), Austria (in 1964-11)
partial recording of:
Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D: Akt III, Scene III "War das sein Horn?" (in 1964-11)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1872-01-04 until 1874-11-21)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D: Akt III
part of:
Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D: Akt III
Richard Wagner8:55
13Götterdämmerung: “Mein Erbe nun nehm’ ich zu eigen” …
recording engineer:
Gordon Parry (engineer)
producer:
John Culshaw
choir vocals:
Wiener Staatsopernchor (Wiener Staatsoper Choir) (in 1964-11)
vocals:
Birgit Nilsson (soprano) (in 1964-11)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (in 1964-11)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (in 1964-11)
recorded at:
Sofiensaal in Landstraße, Wien (Vienna), Austria (in 1964-11)
partial recording of:
Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D: Akt III, Scene III "War das sein Horn?" (in 1964-11)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1872-01-04 until 1874-11-21)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D: Akt III
part of:
Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D: Akt III
Richard Wagner2:32
14Götterdämmerung: “Fliegt heim, ihr Raben!” (Brünnhildes Schlussgesang)
recording engineer:
Gordon Parry (engineer)
producer:
John Culshaw
choir vocals:
Wiener Staatsopernchor (Wiener Staatsoper Choir) (in 1964-11)
vocals:
Birgit Nilsson (soprano) (in 1964-11)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (in 1964-11)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (in 1964-11)
recorded at:
Sofiensaal in Landstraße, Wien (Vienna), Austria (in 1964-11)
partial recording of:
Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D: Akt III, Scene III "War das sein Horn?" (in 1964-11)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1872-01-04 until 1874-11-21)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D: Akt III
part of:
Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D: Akt III
Richard Wagner8:38
38CD: Carreras / Domingo / Pavarotti · In Concert, 1990
39CD: Pavarotti ・ Puccini: Turandot (highlights)
40CD: Pickett · Susato: Dansereye
41CD: Rogé · Saint‐Saëns: Piano Concertos 2, 4 & 5
42CD: Rousset · Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
43CD: Schiff · Bach: Goldber Variations
44CD: Solti · Romantic Russia / Suppé: 4 Overtures
45CD: Solti · Mahler 8
46CD: Sutherland / Horne / Pavarotti · Live from Lincoln Center
47CD: Takács Quartet · Beethoven: Quartets opp. 95, 130 & 133
48CD: Tebaldi / Del Monaco · Puccini: La fanciulla del West (highlights)
49CD: Wiener Oktett · Mendelssohn: Octet / Beethoven: Septet
50CD: Winchester / Terfel · Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast

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includes:A Midsummer Night’s Dream / Symphony no. 3 “Scottish” by Felix Mendelssohn (composer); Peter Maag (conductor)
Arcana / Intégrales / Ionisation by Edgard Varèse (composer); Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta (conductor)
Barber: Violin Concerto / Walton: Violin Concerto / Bloch: Baal Shem by Barber (American composer), Walton (British composer and conductor), Bloch (Swiss-American composer); Joshua Bell (violinist), Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman (conductor)
Bartók: Piano Concerto no. 3 / Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major by Bartók (Béla Bartók, composer), Ravel (Maurice Ravel, French composer); Julius Katchen (pianist), London Symphony (London Symphony Orchestra), István Kertész (conductor)
Berlin Cabaret Songs by Ute Lemper
Dansereye (1551) by Tielman Susato (Flemish Renaissance composer); New London Consort, Philip Pickett (musician)
Daphnis et Chloé by Ravel (Maurice Ravel, French composer); London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux (conductor)
Eine Alpensinfonie / Don Juan by Richard Strauss (German composer); San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt (conductor)
España by Argenta (pianist and conductor), The London Symphony Orchestra (London Symphony Orchestra)
Goldberg Variations (1982 recording) by Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician); András Schiff (pianist)
Goyescas: Volumes 1 & 2 / El pelele by Granados (composer); Alicia de Larrocha (pianist)
Ibert: Divertissement / Bizet: Jeux d’enfants / Saint‐Säens: Danse macabre / Le rouet d’omphale by Ibert (French composer), Bizet (French composer), Saint‐Saëns (composer); Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Jean Martinon (French conductor and composer)
In Concert by Carreras (Spanish tenor), Domingo (tenor), Pavarotti (tenor), Mehta (Zubin Mehta, conductor)
Italian Songs by Beethoven (Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer), Schubert (Franz Schubert, composer), Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, classical composer), Haydn (composer); Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo‐soprano), András Schiff (pianist)
La fanciulla del West (1958 studio cast) by Puccini (Italian composer); Tebaldi (soprano), del Monaco (tenor), MacNeil (American baritone), Tozzi (operatic bass), Orchestra (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia) e Coro dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma (Chorus of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia), Franco Capuana (conductor)
Le Sacre du printemps / L’Oiseau de feu by Stravinsky (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer); Antal Doráti (conductor)
Ma Mère l’Oye / Pavane pour une infante défunte / Le Tombeau de Couperin / Valses nobles et sentimentales by Ravel (Maurice Ravel, French composer); Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (Montreal Symphony Orchestra), Charles Dutoit (conductor)
Magnificat in D major / Cantata no. 10 by Bach (Johann Sebastian Bach, German Baroque period composer & musician); Ameling (soprano), Van Bork (soprano), Watts (contralto), Krenn (tenor), Rintzler (Romanian operatic bass), Krause (bass-baritone), Wiener Akademiechor (Vienna Chamber Choir, choir), Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Karl Münchinger (German conductor)
Mendelssohn Octet / Beethoven Septet by Mendelssohn (Felix Mendelssohn, composer), Beethoven (Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer); Wiener Oktett
New Year's Day Concert in Vienna 1979 by Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic), Willi Boskovsky (violinist and conductor)
Piano Concertos No. 20 K.466 & No. 27 K.595 by Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, classical composer); Clifford Curzon (classical pianist, knighted in 1977), English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
Piano Concertos nos. 2, 4 & 5 by Saint‐Saëns (composer); Pascal Rogé (pianist), Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976), Charles Dutoit (conductor)
Piano Sonata op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight” / Piano Sonata op. 13 “Pathetique” / Piano Sonata op. 53 “Waldstein” by Beethoven (Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer); Radu Lupu (Romanian concert pianist)
Respighi: Feste romane / Pini di Roma / Rimsky‐Korsakov: Le Coq d’or (suite) by Respighi (composer), Rimsky‐Korsakov (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer); The Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel (conductor)
Serenade for Strings / Souvenir de Florence by Tchaikovsky (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer), Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner (conductor)
Signatures: Great Opera Scenes by Renée Fleming (soprano), Sir Georg Solti (conductor), London Symphony Orchestra
Sinfonietta / Taras Bulba / The Cunning Little Vixen Suite by Janáček (Czech composer); Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic), Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
Stabat Mater / Salve Regina by Pergolesi (composer); Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Barbara Bonney (soprano), Christophe Rousset (French harpsichordist & conductor), Les Talens Lyriques (French classical musical ensemble)
Symphonie no. 8 (1971 recording) by Mahler (composer); Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti (Sir Georg Solti, conductor)
Symphony no. 4 by Bruckner (Austrian composer); Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Vienna Philharmonic), Karl Böhm (Austrian conductor)
Symphony no. 9 in E minor, op. 95 “New World” by Dvořák (Antonín Dvořák, composer); Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Vienna Philharmonic), István Kertész (conductor)
The Planets by Holst (Gustav Holst, composer); Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic), Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
The Three-cornered Hat / La Vida Breve - Interlude and Dance by Falla (Spanish composer); Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano), L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR), Ernest Ansermet (conductor)
Turandot (1972 studio cast) by Puccini (Italian composer); Sutherland (soprano), Pavarotti (tenor), Caballé (soprano), Ghiaurov (operatic bass), Krause (bass-baritone), Pears (tenor), John Alldis Choir (The John Alldis Choir), London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra), Zubin Mehta (conductor)
Turangalîla‐Symphonie by Olivier Messiaen (composer and organist); Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (conductor), Jean‐Yves Thibaudet (pianist), Takashi Harada (Harada Takashi, ondes Martenot player)
Violin Concertos / Scottish Fantasia by Mendelssohn (Felix Mendelssohn, composer), Bruch (composer and conductor); Kyung Wha-Chung (Kyung-Wha Chung, violinist), Kempe (conductor), Dutoit (conductor)
Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast / Coronation Te Deum / Parry: I Was Glad / Jerusalem by Walton (British composer and conductor), Parry (English composer); Bryn Terfel (bass‐baritone opera singer), Waynflete Singers, Winchester Cathedral Choir, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor)
War Requiem by Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist); Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Peter Pears (tenor), Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau (baritone)