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) |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: 24 Preludes / Piano Sonata No 2 Op 25 Martha Argerich (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / CD - released 1/Apr/2002 ] "In this complete version of the Preludes, recorded twenty seven years ago, the tigress of the keyboard laid down one of her finest Chopin performances. A great Chopin disc" (MusicWeb, 2002) |
BRAHMS / BEETHOVEN / SCHUBERT
4 Balladen op. 10 / Piano Sonata No 4 Op 7 / Piano Sonata D537 Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / CD - released 24/May/2004 ] "Michelangeli plays an instrument made in the 1910s which produces a wonderfully blended tone and a fine mellow sonority. The Ballades are given a performance of the greatest distinction...there is no doubt that this is very fine playing, and it is... |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Also Sprach Zarathustra / Don Juan / etc Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / CD - released 20/Jul/2001 ] "The Berlin Philharmonic plays with great fervour (the timpani strokes at the very opening are quite riveting) and creates characteristic body of tone in the strings." (Penguin Guide) |
BACH / HANDEL / MOZART / STRAUSS / MAHLER / BERLIOZ / etc
The Art of Edith Mathis Edith Mathis (soprano) with Otto Wiener (bass), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Tatiana Troyanos (mezzo-soprano) etc [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / 7 CD Box Set - released 10/Jul/2019 ] 7 CDs celebrating Edith Mathis's 80th birthday (11 February 2018), through a selection of her most treasured recordings from 1960 to 1984, of opera, oratorio and Lied. |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Organ Works (Includes Preludes and Fugues, Trio Sonatas, Toccatas and Fugues) Karl Richter (organ) [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / 3 CD - released 19/Apr/2005 ] It is often forgotten that Karl Richter (1926-1981), besides being one of the foremost Bach conductors of his generation, was also a superb organist. |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Six (6) Suites for Solo Violoncello BWV 1007-1012 Pierre Fournier (cello) [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / 2 CD - released 24/May/2004 ] "Pierre Fournier gives memorably eloquent readings" - Gramophone |
ALBAN BERG / IGOR STRAVINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berg/Stravinsky: Violin Concertos Itzhak Perlman (violin) / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] "excellent sound: the spacious but not over-resonant acoustic and admirable balance between soloist and orchestra remain exemplary and appealing" Gramophone |
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 |
CARL ORFF
Carl Orff Edition Gundula Janowitz, Gerhard Stolze, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Berlin Opera, Eugen Jochum [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / 11 CD Box Set - released 10/Jul/2020 ] To celebrate the 125th birthday of one of Germany's most famous composers (July 10th 2020), Deutsche Grammophon presents The Carl Orff Edition 11-CD Original Jackets Collection - Complete Deutsche Grammophon Recordings of Carl Orff |
CARL ORFF
Orff: Carmina Burana Gundula Janowitz, Gerhard Stolze, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Berlin Opera, Eugen Jochum [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] "Jochum's 1968 recording of Carmina Burana has never sounded better than it does in this reissue in DG's 'Originals' series. The recording has a wide dynamic range and when the music blazes it has real spedour and excitement." (Penguin Stereo Guide) |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin - Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Krystian Zimerman (piano) / Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / CD - released 11/May/2016 ] "Immensely clear, lucid pianism and suave, beautifully moulded accompaniments from Giulini and the Los Angeles Philharmonic." (CDReview) |
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
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... |
LISZT / RAVEL / PROKOFIEV / BRAHMS / CHOPIN
Martha Argerich - Debut Album Martha Argerich (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / CD - released 1/Jan/2006 ] "This is a staggering first recording by any reckoning. Mercurial and marvellous." (Gramophone) |
WAGNER
Die Walkure (complete opera recorded in 1967) Jon Vickers, Martti Talvela, Thomas Stewart, Gundula Janowitz / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Jan/2013 ] |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Symphonies Nos 8 & 9 'From the New World' Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Rafael Kubelik [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / CD - released 10/Jul/2016 ] Gramophone Magazine - 100 Greatest Recordings |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: A German Requiem (Ein Deutsches Requiem) [rec 1964] Gundula Janowitz, Eberhard Wachter / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / CD - released 1/Apr/2002 ] "Beautifully refined performance" (Penguin Guide) |
J.S. BACH
Goldberg Variations BWV 988 / Italian Concerto BWV 971 Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord) [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / CD - released 18/Mar/2006 ] "this recording - which on CD captures evey sound (musical and otherwise) of the Ruckers instrument with the utmost fidelity - is pure pleasure." The Gramophone, August 1985 |
W. A. MOZART / BRAHMS / SCHUMANN / BARTOK / BEETHOVEN / etc
Géza Anda: Complete Deutsche Grammophon Recordings Geza Anda (piano) / Camerata Academica of the Salzburg Mozarteum, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / 17 CD Box Set - released 8/Oct/2021 ] D. G. celebrates one of the greatest pianists of our time, Géza Anda - the "troubadour of the keyboard" (Furtwängler) - in a limited edition 17-CD set. Anda was for the most part of his sadly too-short career a Deutsche Grammophon artists. |