Charles Mackerras on CD: five of the best recordings

At home in everything from Handel to Gilbert & Sullivan, Mackerras was a man of exceptionally wide-ranging musical sympathies. Here are my favourite discs – what are yours?Few great conductors of the last 50 years had wider musical sympathies than Charles Mackerras. His repertoire spanned more than three centuries, from Bach and Handel to Benjamin Britten. This selection of a few of his recordings is intended to show something of that exceptional range. It's by no means a comprehensive list of...

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