VERDI / CATALANI / PUCCIN
Soprano Arias From Italian Operas Miriam Gauci (soprano) / Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Rahbari [ Naxos / CD ] "For those interested in hearing a talented young soprano with serious potential for an important career, this is recommended" Fanfare |
DVORAK / SMETANA / LISZT
Symphony No 9 / Die Moldau / Les Preludes Berlin Philharmonic / Berlin Radio Symphony / Ferenc Fricsay [ DG The Originals / CD - released 22/Aug/2001 ] DG's originals continue |
BARTOK
Piano Concertos 1 - 3 Gaza Anda, piano, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. Ferenc Fricsay [ DG The Originals / CD - released 23/Jul/2004 ] "Anda seems ideally cast as soloist and Fricsay is an ideal Bartokian" - Penguin Guide |
EDWARD GRIEG
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2 / Lyric Suite / etc Helsinki Strings / Norwegian Radio Orchestra [ Apex / CD - released 26/Aug/2002 ] |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique Hungarian Radio & Television Orchestra. Charles Munch [ ABC Eloquence / CD - released 20/Sep/2005 ] The rarest amongst Charles Munch's many traversals of Symphonie fantastique (including those with the Boston and Paris Orchestras), this is an extraordinarily spacious reading of the first movement in particular, and will be much sought after by... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1 & Four Pieces for Piano Op. 119 Joseph Moog (piano), German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicholas Milton (conductor) [ Onyx / CD - released 23/Oct/2020 ] "Moog's first entry [is] clear and unfussy, with enough subtle rubato to give the music shape and direction. The pacing is always effective." BBC Music |
KARITA MATTILA
The Irresistible Karita Mattila (Incls 'Song to the Moon' & 'Round Midnight') Karita Mattila (soprano) with Ilmo Ranta (piano) / Turku Philharmonic Orchestra / Finnish Radio Symphony [ Ondine / CD - released 20/Apr/2010 ] Celebrated soprano Karita Mattila has proved herself to be irresistible in any musical genre. |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Coronation Mass / Missa Brevis in C major / Exsultate, jubilate / etc Edith Mathis, Tatiana Troyanos, Horst Laubenthal, Keith Engen / Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelík, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 20/Jul/2016 ] "Kubelik draws a fine, vivid performance of the Coronation Mass from his Bavarian forces and is no less impressive in the Missa brevis...Edith Mathis gives a first-class account of the Exsultate, jubilate as an encore." - Penguin Guide |
J. STRAUSS / SAINT-SAENS / VERDI / GODARD / ARDITI / FLOTOW / etc
Waltzes & Arias Rita Streich (soprano) / Radio-Symphonie orchester Berlin, RIAS-Symphonie Orchester Berlin [ Newton Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] "…she delights the ear from start to finish. Highly recommended, this true Original." (Gramophone) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Piano Concerto Nos. 3 & 4 Alicia de Larrocha (piano) / Radio-Symphonie-Orchester, Berlin, Riccardo Chailly [ Decca Eclipse / CD - released 27/Jan/1995 ] Recorded: June 1983 (No. 3); September 1984 (No. 4) |
ANTON BRUCKNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra. Riccardo Chailly, with Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo) [ Decca Eclipse / CD - released 21/Aug/1996 ] |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 (with Schumann-Introduction and Concert-Allegro) Idil Biret, Jeno Jando (pianos) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Antoni Wit (conductor) [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "Jeno Jando and his Polish colleagues strike me as getting the balance just about right" - Classic CD |
EDWARD GRIEG / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Grieg / Schumann: Piano Concertos (Rec 1989) Murray Perahia (piano) / Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 20/May/2011 ] "Murray Perahia's 1987 Schumann and Grieg concertos with Colin Davis remain the most recommendable digitally recorded pairing of these war-horses, and they bloom even more via Sony's Expanded Edition remastering." (ClassicsToday) |
TV on the Radio
Nine Types of Light [ Interscope / CD - released 14/Apr/2011 ] The smartest, funkiest, most imaginative band born out of the New York City rock renaissance of the early '00s, TV on the Radio return with 'Nine Types of Light', featuring lead single "Will Do". |
TV on the Radio
Nine Types of Light (Deluxe Edition) [ Interscope / CD - released 14/Apr/2011 ] TV on the Radio return with 'Nine Types of Light', featuring lead single "Will Do". This deluxe limited edition is specially packaged and includes three bonus tracks. |
TV On The Radio
Wolf Like Me [ 4AD / CD Single - released 25/Aug/2008 ] |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokofiev: Piano Concertos 1, 4 & 5 Vladimir Krainev (piano) / Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt, Dmitri Kitaenko [ Teldec Basic Edition / CD - released 18/Aug/2005 ] "The finest performances, I feel, are of the First, Fourth and Fifth Concertos, all of which have a splendid cut and thrust. Krainev revels in their extravagance." Gramophone |
WAGNER
Wolfgang Windgassen sings Wagner Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor) / Bamberger Symphoniker / MAnchner Philharmoniker / Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin [ Deutsche Grammophon Spotlight / CD - released 19/Mar/2007 ] To this day Wagner presents special challenges to every singer, and natural Wagner interpreters are rare. One such was the unforgettable Wolfgang Windgassen, the leading postwar Heldentenor, who sang all the major tenor roles - from Rienzi,... |
PUCCINI
Orchestral Music Radio-Symphonie-Orchester, Berlin / Riccardo Chailly [ Decca Originals / CD - released 20/Aug/2006 ] 'In a highly attractive collection of Puccinian juvenilia and rarities, Chailly draws opulent and atmospheric playing from the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, helped by outstandingly rich and full recording. This CD is of demonstration quality.' ***... |
WALDTEUFEL
The Best of Vol 4 (Incls 'Zig-zag polka' & 'Solitude Waltz') Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alfred Walter [ Marco Polo / CD - released 1/Jul/2009 ] Emile Waldteufel was born in Strasbourg on 9 December 1837, just seven weeks after the elder Johann Strauss gave his first concert on French soil in that very city. |