MENDELSSOHN
Symphonies 3 "Scottish" & 4 "Italian" Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / CD - released 20/Jul/2012 ] Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Sinfonia concertante KV 297b / Sinfonia concertante KV 364 Thomas Brandis (violin) Giusto Cappone (viola) Karl Steins (oboe) Karl Leister (clarinet) etc / Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Karl Bo [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / CD - released 5/May/2003 ] "The account of the Sinfonia concertante (K297b) is of superlative quality, sounding amazingly idiomatic and well blended, with the balance between soloists and orchestra nicely managed. This is altogether refreshing." Penguin Guide to Compact Discs |
GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI da PALESTRINA / GREGORIO ALLEGRI / etc
Palestrina - Missa Papae Marcelli / Allegri - Miserere / etc Choir of Westminster Abbey, Simon Preston [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv Originals / CD - released 11/May/2016 ] This was at the time and still remains a fascinating CD of an Anglican choir tackling Italian Renaissance vocal music completely outside its normal tradition. It is available for the first time at a special price. |
DAVID & IGOR OISTRACH
Music of Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Benda, Wieniawski, Sarasate David and Igor Oistrach [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / CD - released 16/Mar/2000 ] Originals - Classic DG recordings remastered |
W. A. MOZART
Piano Concerto No 27 KV 595 / Concerto for 2 pianos KV 365 (with Schubert - Fantasy) Emil & Elena Gilels (pianos) / Wiener Philharmoniker [Vienna Philharmonic], Karl Bohm [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / CD - released 22/Aug/2001 ] DG's originals continue |
BLOCH / BRUCH / LALO / SAINT-SAENS
Works for cello and orchestra Pierre Fournier (cello) / Orchestre Lamoureux, Berlin Philharmonic, Jean Martinon, Alfred Wallenstein [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / CD - released 20/Jan/2009 ] "Fournier is impassioned and eloquent [in the Lalo]...expressive in the slow movement and rhythmic in the delightful Allegro presto dance section […] the Bruch is played with dignity and without undue emotionalism" Gramophone |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Concerto No 2 (with Grieg - Piano Concerto) Gaza Anda (piano) / Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / CD - released 16/Mar/2004 ] Géza Anda and Herbert von Karajan have recorded their first LP together, finding a perfectly unified approach to Brahms's Second Piano Concerto that explores its mood swings, its sweetness and bitterness, its lyricism and drama. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Quintet Op 34 Maurizio Pollini (piano) / Quartetto Italiano [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / CD - released 16/Mar/2004 ] [Gramophone Award 1980] "In this recording I am confident you will find an exceptional degree of inspiration in both the music and in the way it is played. [... ] all four movements have an almost mesmeric tension, a positively creative musicality;... |
BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 3 & 4 Maurizio Pollini (piano) / Wiener Philharmoniker / Karl Bohm [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / CD - released 1/Feb/2008 ] "Of all piano concertos, Beethoven's Fourth perhaps best suits Pollini's qualities. His tone is exceptionally beautiful in quiet passages, rich and full at loud moments. [...] a performance of the highest quality, one of the very best on record."... |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Scenes from Salome / 5 Lieder (plus Boito's prologue from Mefistofele) Nicolai Ghiaurov / Montserrat Caballe / Wiener Philharmoniker / Leonard Bernstein [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / CD - released 25/Mar/2006 ] "This disc offers Leonard Bernstein in some quite rare (at least for him, on disc) operatic repertoire." www.classicstoday.com |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto / Flute Concerto No.1 / Bassoon Concerto Alfred Prinz (clarinet) Werner Tripp (flute) Dietmar Zeman (bassoon) / Vienna Philharmonic, Karl Bohm [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / CD - released 21/Feb/2009 ] "These are meltingly beautiful accounts. All three soloists perform with the utmost distinction" (Penguin Guide) |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Sonatas KV 310 - KV 331 / Fantasias KV 397 - KV 475 Wilhelm Kempff (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / CD - released 25/Mar/2006 ] "Kempff's disarming simplicity of style hides great art. This is a wonderful record, in a class of its own and not to be missed on any account. The performance of the mature Fantasy, K.475, is surely one of the most beautiful pieces of Mozart-playing... |
BEETHOVEN
Violin Concerto (with Mozart-Violin Concerto No 5) Wolfgang Schneiderhan (violin) Berliner Philharmoniker / Eugen Jochum [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / CD - released 24/May/2004 ] "Schneiderhan's stereo verion of the (Beethoven) Violin Concerto is among the greatest recordings of this work." - Penguin Guide |
PROKOFIEV / WEBERN / BOULEZ / STRAVINSKY
20th Century Piano Music Maurizio Pollini (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / CD - released 1/Jan/2006 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "An astounding a collection of virtuoso piano-playing as when the LP version appeared. Pollini is complete master of these immensely challenging pieces." (Gramophone) |
BRAHMS / SIBELIUS
Violin Concertos [with Beethoven - Romance No 1 in G] Pinchas Zukerman (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / CD - released 5/Sep/2014 ] "I think the performance is superb and Barenboim's evident enthusiasm for the music, allied to the splendid orchestral playing and a flawless recording, all add up to a desirable record." Lionel Markson, Records and Recording, October 1975 (Sibelius) |
BRAHMS
Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 [SOLD OUT!!!] Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) & Rudolf Serkin (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / CD - released 5/Sep/2014 ] "With playing of this calibre, with both artists wonderfully attuned to each other's responses, every nuance tells and Brahms's bold melodic lines soar out from the speakers to capture the listener's imagination, and provide an enthralling musical |
RACHMANINOV
Piano Concertos nos. 2 (with Tchaikovsky-Piano Concerto No 1) Sviatoslav Richter (piano) / Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra / Stanislaw Wislocki / Wiener Symphoniker / Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / CD - released 1/Jan/2002 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "Svyatoslav Richter, one of the greatest pianist of the 20th century who was largely self-taught, had survived traumatic events and restrictions on his concert tours during the... |
SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN
Piano Sonata in A minor D845 / Piano Sonata Op 11 Maurizio Pollini (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / CD - released 25/Oct/2002 ] Maurizio Pollini was born in Milan. His father is the architect Gino Pollini, one of the leading representatives of Italian rationalism and also an expert violinist. His mother, Renata Melotti, studied piano and singing and is the sister of the... |
MOZART / REINECKE / RODRIGO
Harp Concertos Nicanor Zabaleta (harp) / Berlin Philharmonic / Ernst MANrzendorfer [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / CD - released 22/Aug/2001 ] "This is an attractive work, Zabaleta's performance is an outstanding one, and is truthfully recorded. If the couplings are suitable this is a highly recommendable disc." (Penguin Guide on the Reinecke) |
W.A. MOZART
Concert Arias Gundula Janowitz (soprano) / Vienna Symphony / Wilfred Boettcher [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / CD - released 11/Sep/2007 ] "This selection of concert arias demands much flexibility and Mozart expert Gundula Janowitz at her very best rises to the challenge with glorious singing. Wilfried Boettcher directs the orchestra vividly while The excellent 1966 recording was... |