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Reinhold Glière
Symphony No. 3 op. 42
“Ilya Murometz”
Sir Edward Downes, BBC Philharmonic
1991
,
New Broadcasting House
,
Manchester
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Giacomo Puccini
Tosca: 'E lucevan le stelle' (Cavaradossi, Act 3)
Sir Edward Downes, Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
℗
2019
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Giuseppe Verdi
Don Carlo: 'Ella giammai m'amò' (Filippo, Act III)
Sir Edward Downes, Nicolai Ghiaurov, London Symphony Orchestra
℗
1963
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Modest Mussorgsky
Boris Godunov: 'Proshchai, moi syn! Umiraiu' (Farewell, my son!) (Boris Godunov, Act IV)
Sir Edward Downes, Linda McLeod, Paata Burchuladze, English Concert Orchestra, The London Opera Chorus
℗
1985
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Ottorino Respighi
Concerto gregoriano for Violin and Orchestra P 135
Sir Edward Downes, Lydia Mordkovitch, BBC Philharmonic
May
1993
,
New Broadcasting House, Manchester
,
Manchester
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Giacomo Puccini
La Bohème: 'Che gelida manina' (Rodolfo, Act 1)
Sir Edward Downes, Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
1966
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George Lloyd
Symphony No. 5 in B flat Major (1947)
Sir Edward Downes, Philharmonia Orchestra
April
1979
,
Kingsway Hall
,
London
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George Lloyd
Symphony No. 4 in B major (1946)
Sir Edward Downes, Philharmonia Orchestra
July
1981
,
London
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George Lloyd
Symphony No. 7 (1959)
“Proserpine”
Sir Edward Downes, BBC Philharmonic
September
1979
,
BBC Studio Recording Broadcast London
,
London
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Reinhold Glière
Symphony No. 2 in C minor op. 25
Sir Edward Downes, BBC Philharmonic
December
1991
,
Concert Hall of New Broadcasting House, Manchester
,
Manchester
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Giuseppe Verdi
Les vêpres siciliennes
Sir Edward Downes, BBC Philharmonic
1998
,
New Broadcasting House
,
Manchester
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Modest Mussorgsky
Boris Godunov: 'Proshchai, moi syn! Umiraiu' (Farewell, my son!) (Boris Godunov, Act IV)
Sir Edward Downes, Linda McLeod, Paata Burchuladze, English Concert Orchestra, The London Opera Chorus
℗
1985
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Ottorino Respighi
Sinfonia drammatica P 102
Sir Edward Downes, BBC Philharmonic
November
1992
,
Concert Hall of New Broadcasting House, Manchester
,
Manchester
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Ottorino Respighi
Poema autunnale P 146
Sir Edward Downes, Lydia Mordkovitch, BBC Philharmonic
May
1993
,
New Broadcasting House, Manchester
,
Manchester
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Carl Maria von Weber
Oberon J. 306: 'Ozean, du Ungeheuer' (Rezia, Act II)
Sir Edward Downes, Birgit Nilsson, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
℗
1963
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Reinhold Glière
Symphony No. 1 in E flat major op. 8
Sir Edward Downes, BBC Philharmonic
November
1992
,
Concert Hall of New Broadcasting House, Manchester
,
Manchester
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Reinhold Glière
Concerto for Horn and Orchestra in B flat major op. 91
Sir Edward Downes, Richard Watkins, BBC Philharmonic
March
1994
,
Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester
,
Manchester
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Nikolai Myaskovsky
Symphony No. 5 in D Major, Op. 18
Sir Edward Downes, BBC Philharmonic
September
1992
,
Derby
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George Lloyd
Symphony No. 6 (1956)
Sir Edward Downes, BBC Philharmonic
December
1980
,
BBC Studio Recording Broadcast London
,
London
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Giuseppe Verdi
Aida: Overture (Italian premiere, 1872; withdrawn)
Sir Edward Downes, BBC Philharmonic
1998
,
New Broadcasting House
,
Manchester
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Giuseppe Verdi
Rigoletto: 'Questa o quella per me pari sono' (Duca, Act I)
Sir Edward Downes, Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
℗
2019
Remastered
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Ottorino Respighi
Ballata delle Gnomidi P. 124
Sir Edward Downes, Lydia Mordkovitch, BBC Philharmonic
May
1993
,
New Broadcasting House, Manchester
,
Manchester
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Malcolm Lipkin
Symphony No. 2 (1975-1979)
“The Pursuit”
Sir Edward Downes, BBC Philharmonic
February
1983
,
BBC Studio 7
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Giuseppe Verdi
Luisa Miller: 'Quando le sere al placido' (Rodolfo, Act II)
Sir Edward Downes, Luciano Pavarotti, Wiener Opernorchester
1968
,
Sofiensaal
,
Wien
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Giacomo Puccini
La Bohème: 'Che gelida manina' (Rodolfo, Act 1)
Sir Edward Downes, Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
℗
2007
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Gaetano Donizetti
Il Duca d'Alba: 'Inosservato' – 'Angelo casto e bel' (Marcello, Act IV)
Sir Edward Downes, Luciano Pavarotti, Wiener Opernorchester
℗
1968
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Giuseppe Verdi
Don Carlo: 'Ella giammai m'amò' (Filippo, Act III)
Sir Edward Downes, Paata Burchuladze, English Concert Orchestra
℗
1985
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George Lloyd
Symphony No. 8
Sir Edward Downes, Philharmonia Orchestra
July
1978
,
London
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Gaetano Donizetti
Il Duca d'Alba: 'Inosservato' – 'Angelo casto e bel' (Marcello, Act IV)
Sir Edward Downes, Plácido Domingo, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
℗
1968
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Gaetano Donizetti
Dom Sébastien, roi de Portugal: 'Deserto in terra sol' (Dom Sébastien, Act II, in Italian)
Sir Edward Downes, Luciano Pavarotti, Wiener Opernorchester
℗
1968
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Alexander Borodin
Knyaz' Igor' (Prince Igor): 'Greshno tait'. Ia skuki ne liubliu' (I hate the dreary life) (Galitsky, Act I)
Sir Edward Downes, Nicolai Ghiaurov, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra
℗
1995
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Fidelio op. 72: 'Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin?' (Leonore, Act I)
Sir Edward Downes, Birgit Nilsson, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
℗
1963
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Respighi
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Bach
Tre Corali P 167 (after J. S. Bach)
Sir Edward Downes, BBC Philharmonic
January
1994
,
New Broadcasting House, Manchester
,
Manchester
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Giacomo Puccini
La rondine (The Swallow): 'Ore dolci e divine' (Magda, Yvette, Bianca, Suzy, Act I)
Sir Edward Downes, Leontyne Price, New Philharmonia Orchestra
℗
1971
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Giacomo Puccini
Tosca: 'E lucevan le stelle' (Cavaradossi, Act 3)
Sir Edward Downes, Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
℗
2007
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Giuseppe Verdi
Don Carlo: 'Ella giammai m'amò' (Filippo, Act III)
Sir Edward Downes, Paata Burchuladze, English Concert Orchestra
℗
1985
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George Frideric Handel
Giulio Cesare in Egitto HWV 17: 'Svegliatevi nel core' (Sesto, Act I)
Sir Edward Downes, Plácido Domingo, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
℗
1968
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Giacomo Puccini
La Bohème: 'Addio' – 'Donde lieta uscì al tuo grido d'amore' (Mimì, Rodolfo, Act III)
Sir Edward Downes, Leontyne Price, New Philharmonia Orchestra
℗
1971
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Modest Mussorgsky
Boris Godunov: 'Dostig ia vysshei vlasti' (I have attained the highest power) (Boris Godunov, Act II)
Sir Edward Downes, Paata Burchuladze, English Concert Orchestra
℗
1985
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Giuseppe Verdi
Il trovatore: 'Tacea la notte placida' (Leonora, Act I)
Sir Edward Downes, Régine Crespin, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
℗
1963
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Sergei Prokofiev
Eugene Onegin, Incidental Music op. 71 (1936)
Sir Edward Downes, Niamh Cusack, Dominic Mafham, Helen McCarthy, Terrence Hardiman, Katherine Fuge, Sinfonia 21, The New Company
℗
1994
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Giacomo Puccini
La Bohème: 'Quando me'n vo' (Musetta, Act II)
Sir Edward Downes, Leontyne Price, New Philharmonia Orchestra
℗
1971
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Anton Rubinstein
The Demon: 'Ya tot kotoromu vnimala ty' (I am he whom you called) (Demon, Act III)
Sir Edward Downes, Nicolai Ghiaurov, London Symphony Orchestra
℗
1965
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Umberto Giordano
Andrea Chénier: 'Colpito qui m'avete' – 'Un dì all'azzurro spazio' (Chénier, Act I)
Sir Edward Downes, Bruno Prevedi, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
℗
1964
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Giuseppe Verdi
Un ballo in maschera: 'Morrò, ma prima in grazia' (Amelia, Act III)
Sir Edward Downes, Régine Crespin, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
℗
1963
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Modest Mussorgsky
Boris Godunov: 'Dostig ia vysshei vlasti' (I have attained the highest power) (Boris Godunov, Act II)
Sir Edward Downes, Paata Burchuladze, English Concert Orchestra
℗
1985
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Richard Wagner
Die Walküre WWV 86B: 'Der Männer Sippe saß hier im Saal' (Sieglinde, Act I)
Sir Edward Downes, Birgit Nilsson, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
℗
1963
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Richard Wagner
Die Walküre WWV 86B: 'So ist es denn aus mit den ewigen Göttern' – 'Du schufst ihm die Not' (Fricka, Act II)
Sir Edward Downes, Regina Resnik, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
℗
2003
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Giacomo Puccini
Edgar: 'Addio, mio dolce amor' (Fidelia, Act III)
Sir Edward Downes, Leontyne Price, New Philharmonia Orchestra
℗
1971
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Giuseppe Verdi
Les vêpres siciliennes: Overture
Sir Edward Downes, BBC Philharmonic
1998
,
New Broadcasting House
,
Manchester
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