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    Great recordings

    Best recordings of your favourite works to have in your collection
    Monteverdi’s Vespers

    Monteverdi’s Vespers 1610: a guide to the sacred masterpiece and its best recordings

    Musorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition best recordings

    Pictures at an Exhibition (piano version): a guide to Musorgsky’s original piano masterpiece and its best recordings

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    The Walton Viola Concerto: a guide to his viola masterpiece and its best recordings

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    Brahms’s Clarinet Quintet: a guide to his chamber masterpiece and its best recordings

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    Nine unmissable recordings by Bernard Haitink

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    LLANDOVERY, WALES - JULY 02: Alis Huws, the new Official Harpist to HRH The Prince of Wales, poses for a photo during a musical evening hosted at The Prince and The Duchess’ official Welsh residence; Llwynywermod on July 02, 2019 in Llandovery, Wales. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

    Who is Alis Huws, the harpist playing at the coronation of King Charles?

    Antonio Pappano, who conducts the Coronation Orchestra at King Charles's Coronation

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    Who is Pretty Yende, the soprano performing at King Charles III coronation?

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    Who is Bryn Terfel, the opera singer singing at King Charles’s coronation?

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