Great Choral Classics
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Label: ICA Classics
Cat No: ICAB5127
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 5
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 2nd June 2014
Contents
Works
Missa solemnis in D major, op.123Grande Messe des Morts (Requiem), op.5
The Fiddler's Child
Das klagende Lied (original version)
Guillaume Tell
Artists
Heather HarperJulia Hamari
Sven Olof Eliasson
Peter Meven
Nicolai Gedda
Galina Vishnevskaya
Nina Isakova
Vladiimir Ivanovsky
Ivan Petrov
Teresa Cahill
Janet Baker
Robert Tear
Gwynne Howell
Kolner Rundfunkchor
State Academy Chorus
BBC Symphony Chorus
Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestre National de l’ORTF
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductors
William SteinbergDimitri Mitropoulos
Igor Markevitch
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Works
Missa solemnis in D major, op.123Grande Messe des Morts (Requiem), op.5
The Fiddler's Child
Das klagende Lied (original version)
Guillaume Tell
Artists
Heather HarperJulia Hamari
Sven Olof Eliasson
Peter Meven
Nicolai Gedda
Galina Vishnevskaya
Nina Isakova
Vladiimir Ivanovsky
Ivan Petrov
Teresa Cahill
Janet Baker
Robert Tear
Gwynne Howell
Kolner Rundfunkchor
State Academy Chorus
BBC Symphony Chorus
Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestre National de l’ORTF
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductors
William SteinbergDimitri Mitropoulos
Igor Markevitch
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
About
ICA Classics are offering a fantastic bargain: four choral masterpieces under the baton of some of the greatest conductors of the 20th century: William Steinberg, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Igor Markevitch and Gennadi Rozhdestvensky.
Here we have Beethoven’s Missa solemnis, one of the most awe-inspiring and supreme masterworks of the 19th century, conducted with great intensity by William Steinberg returning to Cologne, the city of his birth after his acclaimed years leading the Boston Symphony.
The monumental Berlioz Requiem is a sonic showpiece combining grandeur, emotion and theatre. Here it is directed by a conductor known for all these qualities, Dimitri Mitropoulos, whose electricity on the podium is palpable in every facet of this marvellous performance.
Igor Markevitch returned to Russia to give a blazing performance of Verdi's Requiem, one of the most popular and frequently performed choral works, starring Galina Vishnevskaya amongst others, and here sung with enormous tone and power by the Russian choirs assembled for the occasion.
A rarity, but one of Mahler's early masterpieces, Das klagende Lied, here featuring Dame Janet Baker, is given a wonderfully atmospheric and tautly directed performance by Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, one the highlights of the 1981 Royal Albert Hall Proms.
Contents:
ICAC5054
William Steinberg
BEETHOVEN: Missa solemnis
Heather Harper/Julia Hamari/Sven Olof Eliasson/Peter Meven/Kölner Rundfunkchor
Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester (1973)
‘A grand, noble and exalted Missa solemnis’ - Fanfare
ICAC5075
Dimitri Mitropoulos
BERLIOZ: Requiem
Nicolai Gedda/Kölner Rundfunkchor
Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester (1956)
‘A remarkable performance’ - Gramophone (Reissue of the Month)
ICAC5068
Igor Markevitch
VERDI: Requiem
Galina Vishnevskaya/Nina Isakova/Vladiimir Ivanovsky/Ivan Petrov/State Academy Chorus
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra (1960)
‘One of the great interpretations’ - The Guardian
ROSSINI: Six Overtures
Orchestre National de l'ORTF (1957)
ICAC5080
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
MAHLER: Das klagende Lied
Teresa Cahill/Janet Baker/Robert Tear/Gwynne Howell
BBC Symphony Chorus & Orchestra (1981)
‘A splendid CD’ - Classical Recordings Quarterly
JANÁCEK: The Fiddler's Child
BBC Symphony Orchestra (1979)
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