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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 |
W. A. MOZART / JOSEF HAYDN / CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK
Classic Vienna: Mozart - Haydn - Gluck Lena Belkina (mezzo) / ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Andrea Sanguineti [ RCA / Sony Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2017 ] Mezzo-soprano Lena Belkina's first album garnered high praise: "She sings Desdemona's 'Willow Song' from Rossini's Otello with lyrical intensity... Nacqui all'affanno e al pianto" from La Cenerentola is sharp-witted and brilliant", opined Das... |
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... |
W. A. MOZART / SOLER / TRAEFTA / PAISELLO
Mozart+ Olga Peretyatko (soprano) / Sinfonieorchester Basel, Ivor Bolton [ Sony Classics / CD - released 10/Feb/2019 ] After the success of the award winning album Russian Lights (2017), internationally acclaimed soprano, Olga Peretyatko, returns with her stunning new album Mozart+ Mozart+ is a selection of some of Mozart's most beautiful concert and opera arias... |
BELLINI / GOUNOD / DONIZETTI / MEYERBEER
Dreams: Pretty Yende Pretty Yende (soprano) / Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Sagripanti [ Sony Classics / CD - released 3/Dec/2017 ] "What a lovely sound Pretty Yende makes! Yende is in the same company as, say, Anna Moffo...She's certainly a great asset to the world of opera." ClassicsToday |
MORRICONE / BONFA / PREVIN / BERNSTEIN / LEGRAND / etc
Itzhak Perlman - Cinema Serenade Itzhak Perlman (violin) / Pittsburg Symphjony Orchestra, John Williams [ Sony Classics / CD - released 8/Sep/2017 ] "...This disc contains arrangements of film scores for violin and orchestra. Perlman's playing is lovely, as always; the arrangements are pleasant and well played..." American Record Guide |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: The Complete Symphonies / Kindertotenlieder [12 CD set] Reri Grist, Lee Venora, Jennie Tourel / New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein, with Janet Baker (mezzo) [ Sony Classics / 12 CD Box Set - released 12/May/2017 ] "The orchestral playing is first rate and Mahler's textures are expertly sifted." The Guardian |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN / WIDMANN / HOLLIGER / COLL / RIHM
Sol Gabetta - Mendelssohn Sol Gabetta (cello), Bertrand Chamayou (piano) [ Sony Classics / 2 CD - released 19/Jan/2024 ] "We're privileged with a fine tribute not only to Mendelssohn and those inspired by his example, but to two exceptional players on top form." Gramophone Editor's Choice February 2024 |
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... |
Al Di Meola
Original Album Classics (5CD) [ Sony / 5 CD - released 25/Oct/2010 ] This excellent box set includes five albums, recorded between 1976 and 1981 and released on the Columbia label, by the great US guitarist / composer Al Di Meola: "Land Of The Midnight Sun", "Elegant Gypsy", "Casino", "Splendido Hotel" and "Electric.. |
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
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 |
BIZET / RACHMANINOV / LISZT / PROKOFIEV / MOZART / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Piano Transcriptions Arcadi Volodos (piano) [ Sony Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/1997 ] 'Sony's sound is superlative and this delectable recital makes one long for more substantial as well as glittering fare from a pianist who, as his producer puts it, "never loosens the reins of his guiding intellect".' Gramophone |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 20 & 3 Minuets Arcadi Volodos (piano) [ Sony Classics / CD - released 5/Nov/2019 ] Internationally acclaimed pianist, Arcadi Volodos returns with his sensationally recordings of Schubert's Piano Sonata D 959 and Minuets D 334, D 335, D 600. |
Aretha Franklin
Sunday Morning Classics (LP) [ Sony Music / 2 LP - released 12/Mar/2021 ] This collection of Aretha's most loved songs from her Columbia Records era includes timeless hits like "Just for a Thrill", "Maybe I'm a Fool", "Unforgettable", "Only the Lonely", "Until You Were Gone", "Blue Holiday" and more. Perfect for those... |
Carmen McRae
Sings Lover Man and Other Billie Holiday Classics [ Sony / CD - released 13/Feb/1997 ] Carmen McRae Sings Lover Man and Other Billie Holiday Classics is a 1962 studio album by Carmen McRae, recorded in tribute to McRae's idol, Billie Holiday, who had died two years previously (Wiki) |
SWEELINCK / MONTEVERDI / PRAETORIUS / SCHUTZ / de LASSO / de VICTORIA
Early Choral Music at Trinity College, Cambridge Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Richard Marlow [ Sony Classics Masters / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2016 ] Cambridge's renowned Trinity College Choir, conducted by Richard Marlow, is heard in a 6-CD compilation of acclaimed Renaissance and early Baroque recordings. In the compositions by Lassus, Victoria, Praetorius, Sweelinck, Monteverdi and Schütz heard... |
Dean Martin
Original Album Classics [ Sony / 5 CD - released 20/Mar/2015 ] DREAM WITH DEAN (1964) EVERYBODY LOVES SOMEBODY (1964) THE DOOR IS STILL OPEN TO MY HEART (1964) HOUSTON (1965) THE DEAN MARTIN TV SHOW (1966) |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Symphony No.5 / Scythian Suite Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Tugan Sokhiev [ Sony Classics / CD - released 12/Aug/2016 ] "This much sought-after maestro takes the first movement broadly enough to lend credence to what might seem mere ideological posturing...There are a few tank-like manoeuvres en route...but everything works in context." - Gramophone |
