CESAR FRANCK
Franck: Franch Plays Franck Elisabet Franch (flute), Albert Guinovart (piano) [ Sony Classics / CD - released 5/Aug/2022 ] Elisabet Franch debut album FRANCH PLAYS FRANCK, is a tribute that the acclaimed Catalan flutist dedicates to the composer César Franck, precisely in the year in which the bicentennial of the author's birth is commemorated. |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Keyboard Concertos Nos. 1-7 BWV1052-1058 Igor Kipnis (harpsichord) / London Strings, Sir Neville Marriner, with Janet Craxton (oboe) [ Sony Essential Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/1993 ] Original recordings from 1971 |
ANTONIN DVORAK
The Dvorak Album Jan Vogler (cello). Chad Hoopes (violin), Matthew Lipman (viola), Juho Pohjonen (Piano), Tiffany Poon (piano), Kevin Zhu (violin) [ Sony Classics / CD - released 23/Aug/2022 ] "The choice of pieces here gives us a nice array of DvoĆák chamber repertoire...selections like the Dumky are well-worth the listen." TheClassicReview |
WOLFGANG RIHM / JOHANNES BRAHMS / JOHN HARBISON
Brahms, Rihm, Harbison: Double Concertos Jan Vogler (violoncello). Mira Wang (violin) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra [ Sony Classics / CD - released 20/Jun/2018 ] The cellist Jan Vogler, who lives in New York and Dresden, has recorded three Double concertos for violin, cello and orchestra with his wife, the outstanding violinist Mira Wang, with the renowned Royal Scottish National Orchestra under direction of... |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Joshua Bell (violin) / Academy of St Martin In The Fields [ Sony Classics / CD - released 6/Oct/2008 ] |
JEAN SIBELIUS / KARL GOLDMARK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sibelius/Goldmark: Violin Concertos Joshua Bell (violin) / Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen [ Sony Classics / CD - released 17/Jan/2000 ] "the enormously talented Bell is an amazing player, confident and supple, and he infuses both works with a luminous energy. (If anything, I would have liked a bit less confidence in the first movement of the Sibelius; the work's desperate, desolate... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
For the Love of Brahms Joshua Bell (violin) & Steven Isserlis (cello) Jeremy Denk (piano) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields [ Sony Classics / CD - released 16/Oct/2016 ] "[Bell and Isserlis] are distinct musical personalities yet they work together extremely well in Brahms's interpretatively perilous Double Concerto - Bell's sweet-toned ardour is at once anchored and buoyed by Isserlis's gruffer, more ruminative styl |
MAX BRUCH
Bruch: Scottish Fantasy / Violin Concerto no 1 in G minor Joshua Bell (violin/director) / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields [ Sony Classics / CD - released 25/Jul/2018 ] "Very well recorded, and ideally partnered with his present team-mates, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Bell never short-changes the works' attractions and sometimes delivers more than you might expect." The Times |
GABRIEL FAURE / MAURICE DURUFLE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Faure: Requiem / Durufle: Requiem Kiri te Kanawa (soprano) Lucia Popp (soprano) Siegmund Numsgern (baritone) / Ambrosian Singers, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio De Almeida [ Sony Essential Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/1997 ] Recorded at All Saints' Church, Tooting Graveney, London: January & July, 1977 |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Vespro Della Beata (with Bach: Cantatas BWV131 & BWV198) Gloria Prosper, Adrienne Albert, Richard Levitt, Melvin Brown, Marni Nixon / Gregg Smith Singers, Texas Boys Choir, Columbia Baroque Ensemble, Robert [ Sony Essential Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 12/Mar/1996 ] Monteverdi recorded at the American Legion Hall, Hollywood, January 1967. Digitally remastered in 1996 |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV / BELA BARTOK
Prokofiev / Bartok: Piano Concertos [CD plus DVD documentary] Lang Lang (piano) / Berlin Philharmonic, Simon Rattle [ Sony Classics / 2 CD/DVD - released 1/Dec/2013 ] "this is a performance [of the Prokofiev] that glides by, impeccably beautiful and fleet, yet a trifle short of character. Still, Lang Lang's easy virtuosity is delicious; so is the absence of keyboard thumping...[the Bartok] offers genuine bite, whe |
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 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 |
KURT WEILL
MARBECKS COLELCTABLE: Weill: Der Dreigroschenoper [The Threepenny Opera] Lotte Lenya, Wolfgang Gruner, Inge Wolffberg, Erich Schellow / orchestra, Wilhelm Bruckner-Ruggeberg [ Sony Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/1982 ] Recorded at Afifo Studio, Tempelhof Berlin, January 11-15 1958. |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV / IGOR STRAVINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45, Vocalise / Stravinsky: Jeu de cartes Nelly Lee (soprano) / Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra, Arnold Kaz [ Sony St. Petersburg Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/1994 ] Recorded in 1984 & 1985. |
Nina Hagen
Original Album Classics (3CD) [ Sony / 3 CD - released 9/Jan/2012 ] Nina Hagen Band (1978), Nunsexmonkrock (1982) & Fearless (1983). |
GLINKA / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / RACHMANINOV / STRAVINSKY / SHOSTAKOVICH
Russian Light Olga Peretyatko (soprano) / Ural Philharmonic Orchestra, Dimitri Liss [ Sony Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2017 ] On her new album "Russian Light", Olga Peretyatko presents favourite arias and songs from her homeland Russia - by Glinka, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninov, Stravinsky and Shostakovich. Many of them are well known (Rachmaninov's Vocalise) but there are... |
GERSHWIN / GROFE / HAYDN / BEETHOVEN / STRAVINSKY / BERNSTEIN / MAHLER / DVORAK
Leonard Bernstein: 10 Album Classics Original New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein, Broadway Casts, Dietrich Fischer Dieskau (baritone) [ Sony Classical / 11 CD Box Set - released 7/Jul/2023 ] The re-masterings in this new collection are the best ever issued of these thrilling recordings by one of the last century's greatest musicians, selected from the vast Bernstein catalogue. |
MAURICE RAVEL / ANTONIN DVORAK / RICHARD STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Orchestral Works (3 CD set) Philadelphia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy / Munich Philharmonic, Rudolf Kempe [ Sony Essential Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2004 ] A definitive collection of nine favourite works from three of the world's greatest composers. 220 minutes. |