Bob Dylan
Original Album Classics (3CD) [ Sony / 3 CD - released 28/Jun/2013 ] The three Dylan albums collected here are 1985's Empire Burlesque, 1988's Down in the Groove, and 1990's Under the Red Sky. |
Gil Scott-Heron
3CD Original Album Classics [ Sony / 3 CD - released 24/Jan/2011 ] |
BIZET / VERDI / MASSENET / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / SAINT-SAENS / etc
Anita Rachvelishvili Anita Rachvelishvili (mezzo-soprano) / Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Giacomo Sagripanti [ Sony Classics / CD - released 19/May/2018 ] "This is a must-have CD for not just all lovers of great vocalism, but for anyone who relishes a singing actress in the first flush of her youthful triumph." Opera Now Five Stars |
TCHAIKOVSKY / RACHMANINOV / TOSTI / DUPARC / FALLA
Anita Rachvelishvili - Elegie Anita Rachvelishvili (mezzo-soprano) Vincenzo Scalera (piano) [ Sony Classics / CD - released 16/Jul/2021 ] "Élégie" is the second Sony release from Anita Rachvelishvili, showcasing her in the song repertoire to which she has a special connection despite being best known as a star of the world's greatest opera houses. |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Partitas Nos. 2, 3 & 4 Murray Perahia (piano) [ Sony Classics / CD - released 13/Feb/2009 ] BBC Music Magazine - Instrumental Choice - June 2008 / BBC Music Magazine Awards 2009 - Instrumental Finalist |
J. S. BACH / GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Bach & Telemann: Arias Valer Barna-Sabadus (counter-tenor), Julia Schröder (violin) / Basel Chamber Orchestra, Julia Schröder [ Sony Classics / CD - released 19/Feb/2021 ] In 2013, Valer made his debut at the Aix-en-Provence Festival as Menelao in Cavalli's opera Elena. Since 2014, he has been under contract with the major label Sony. At the Händel-Festspiele Karlsruhe and at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruh |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: The Cello Suites (Nos. 4, 5 & 6) Anner Bylsma (Violoncello Stradivarius) [ Sony Classics / CD - released 20/Mar/1999 ] Anner Bylsma plays the Servais Stradivarius from the collection of Smithsonian instruments |
J. S. BACH
Bach; English Suites 1, 3 + 6 Murray Perahia (piano) [ Sony Classics / CD ] |
MENDELSSOHN / BRUCH / BARTOK / SCHUBERT / BEETHOVEN / etc
Yehudi Menuhin - The Complete American Victor Recordings Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Wanda Landowska, with Robert Merrill, Theodore Saidenberg / Pierre Monteux, Charles Munch, Antal Dorati [ RCA Red Seal / Sony Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2019 ] Yehudi Menuhin - The Complete American Victor Recordings, a 6-CD set bringing together legendary early recordings by this violin legend. Gems from this set include the first ever releases in any format of two previously unpublished items. |
Various Artists
Back In The Day - Hip Hop Classics [ Sony / CD - released 8/Aug/2014 ] |
Various Artists / Score Composed and Conducted by Michael Kamen
Band of Brothers (Original Soundtrack) [ Sony Classics / CD - released 28/Aug/2001 ] This American imported CD is the stirring orchestral soundtrack to the epic 10-part World War II mini-series. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven for Three: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 5 Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Emanuel Ax (piano) [ Sony Classics / CD - released 4/Mar/2022 ] "I wasn't expecting to be absolutely bowled over by Colin Matthews's arrangement of the Fifth Symphony, but I was - and still am...Matthews has done a most impressive job." Gramophone |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 4 / Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat major 'Archduke' Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Emanuel Ax (piano) [ Sony Classics / CD - released 6/Apr/2024 ] Like the artists' two previous Beethoven for Three releases, this new recording challenges the traditional distinction between chamber and orchestral repertoire, pairing the unforgettable Archduke trio with one of the composer's most internally... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 6 "Pastorale" / Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Emanuel Ax (piano) [ Sony Classics / CD - released 20/Jan/2023 ] "Kavakos, Ma and Ax play with profound sensitivity throughout, and the symphony's many magical moments lose next to nothing in translation." Gramophone |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven Journey: Piano Concerto No 5 / Choral Fantasy Leif Ove Andsnes (piano & director) / Mahler Chamber Orchestra [ Sony Classics / CD - released 10/Feb/2015 ] The celebrated Norwegian pianist continues his multi-annual journey in collaboration with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, dedicated to Beethoven´s five piano concertos. Andsnes is not only playing the piano but also directing the orchestra. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven Journey: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5 / Choral Fantasia Op 80 Leif Ove Andsnes (piano & director) / Mahler Chamber Orchestra [ Sony Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Dec/2014 ] "One of the pleasures of these splendid performances is the rapport between the soloist/conductor and his musicians. They play as one." (Sunday Times) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major, Op. 106 'Hammerklavier' Grigory Sokolov (Piano) [ Sony Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2016 ] "Sokolov's voicing of textures throughout the sonata is a marvel in itself…there is certainly a massive self-belief and artistic presence here" Gramophone |
BEETHOVEN / SCHUMANN / CHOPIN / SCHUBERT / LISZT / RAVEL
Emanuel Ax - The Complete RCA Album Collection Emanuel Ax (piano) with Isaac Stern, Jaime Laredo, Yo-Yo Ma, Guarneri Quartet, Håkan Hagegård, etc [ Sony Classics / 23 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2018 ] Emanuel Ax has been classed among the master pianists ever since his victory at the inaugural Arthur Rubinstein Competition in 1974. His long association with RCA began the very next year, with a spellbinding disc of Chopin and Liszt transcriptions... |
Being Julia
[ Sony Pictures Classics / DVD - released 16/May/2018 ] In the role that brought her amazing critical acclaim, an Academy Award nomination, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, Annette Bening plays a beautiful and beguiling actress who finds herself bored with her role as the toast of the town in... |
BELLINI / MERCADANTE / DONIZETTI / VERDI / etc
Bel Canto from Monteverdi to Verdi Simone Kermes (soprano) / Concerto Köln, Christoph-Mathias Mueller [ Sony Classics / CD - released 15/Nov/2013 ] With her new album Simone Kermes presents her dedication to bel canto. Despite the title the Baroque soprano hasn't suddenly switched from one voice type to another but is simply following her own interpretation of this term, arguing that bel canto... |