VERDI
Opera Choruses (Incls The Chorus of Hebew Slaves) Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala / Claudio Abbado / etc [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / CD - released 2/Sep/2001 ] Classic recordings remastered |
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 |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Winterreise Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) Jarg Demus (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / CD - released 1/Jan/2006 ] "No list of great recordings could ignore Fischer-Dieskau and of his many versions of this work, this seems to balance vocal beauty and intellectual insight." (Gramophone) |
JOHNANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Liebeslieder-Walzer / 3 Quartette Op. 64 Edith Mathis, Brigitte Fassbaender, Peter Schreier, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Karl Engel & Wolfgang Sawallisch [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / CD - released 20/Nov/2010 ] "The rare elegance and stylishness of Karl Engel's and Wolfgang Sawallisch's piano-playing, too, lifts the Op. 52 way above the party pieces these can so often become; they energize the bolder variety of the Op. 65 group, and enhance the... |
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 |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Symphony No 3 Organ / Le Deluge op.45 / Bacchanale from Samson et Dalila / Danse macabre Gaston Litaize (organ) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Orchestre de Paris / Daniel Barenboim [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / CD - released 6/Oct/2003 ] "I certainly do not know a rival version to match this in its warmth, its power and its sumptuous sound" (Gramophone) |
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. |
DEBUSSY
Lieder Gerard Souzay (baritone) Dalton Baldwin (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / CD - released 1/Apr/2002 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - "This is one of the great Debussy song-recitlas of the age." (Penguin Guide) |
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) |
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 |
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... |
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. |
CHARLES GOUNOD
Gounod: St. Cecilia Mass (Cecilien-Messe) Irmgard Seefried, Gerhard Stolze & Hermann Uhde / Czech Philharmonic Chorus & Orchestra, Igor Markevitch [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / CD - released 11/Oct/2007 ] "In his straight-faced way Markevitch makes the incongruity of Gounod's jolly and vulgar tunes all the more delectable, and soloists, chorus and orchestra are all first rate." Penguin Guide |
BEETHOVEN / CHOPIN / SCHUMANN
Plays Beethoven, Chopin & Schumann Ivo Pogorelich, piano [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / CD - released 20/Nov/2010 ] "The brilliance, the daring the lofty role-playing in the Schumann, and the many unignorable moments of a rapt and surprising introspection are a sufficient lure [...] Pogorelich's love of the energy and beauty of Beethoven's music is wise enough,... |
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 ] |
CESAR FRANCK
Franck: Violin Sonata in A (with Szymanowski - Mythen) Kaja Danczowska (violin) / Krystian Zimerman (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / CD - released 18/Mar/2006 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - "There is a sense of rapture here that is totally persuasive, and Krystian Zimerman plays with a virtuosity and imagination that silence criticism. An indispensable... |
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. |
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) |
PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 4, 5 & 6 'Pathetique' Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra / Evgeny Mravinsky (Conductor) [ Deutsche Gramophon Originals / 2 CD - released 10/May/2006 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900). |