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Beethoven: Symphonies / Mackerras, et al

5 CD / Hyperion / 2007-09-11

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Symphony no 4 in B flat major, Op. 60; Symphony no 5 in C min...
Performers: Roth, Detlef; Skelton, Stuart; Watson, Janice; Wyn-Rogers, Catherine
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra; Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Sir Charles Mackerras leads an electrifying live reading of Beethoven's complete symphonies, vividly recorded at the 2006 Edinburgh Festival. The Scottish Chamber Orchestra is in...continue...

Beethoven: Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus / Charles Mackerras

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-05-10

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra

'Full of music which is not only immensely attractive but also highly original ... a splendid disc, strongly recommended' (CDReview)

'Highly recommended' (The Penguin Guide to...continue...

Schubert: Symphony no 10, etc / Mackerras, Scottish CO

1 CD / Hyperion / 1997-10-01

Works: Franz Schubert: Symphony in D major (sketch), D. 615; Symphony in D major (sketch), D. 708a; Symphony no 10 in D major (sketch), D. 936a
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra

"...This Tenth Symphony has about it the feeling of a new birth rather than the death and ending that it actually represents. All Schubertians owe...continue...

Arriaga, Vorísek: Symphonies in D / Mackerras, Scottish CO

1 CD / Hyperion / 1995-09-01

Works: Jan Václav Vorísek: Symphony in D major; Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga: Los Esclavos Felices, overture (for a lost opera); Symphony in D major
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Weber: Piano Concertos / Demidenko, Mackerras, Scottish

1 CD / Hyperion / 1995-03-01

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Concerto for Piano no 1 in C major, J. 98 (Op. 11); Concerto for Piano no 2 in E flat major, J. 155 (Op. 32); Konzertstück for Piano and Orchestra in F minor, Op. 79
Performers: Demidenko, Nikolai
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra

'Superlative performances' (The Scotsman)

'Brilliant performances' (Classic CD)

'Scintillating performances' (Piano International)

'Unmitigated joy ... I haven't enjoyed a conc...continue...