SIBELIUS / NIELSEN / GRIEG / SVENDSEN / STENHAMMAR / ALFVEN
Nordic Symphonies Berliner Sinfonie‐Orchester, Kurt Sanderling / Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra, Theodore Kuchar / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Bjarte Engset / etc [ Brilliant Classics / 10 CD Box Set - released 2/Feb/2024 ] This generous 10 CD set presents a comprehensive collection of symphonies written by Nordic composers. Their Symphonies hold a unique place in music history, blending lush melodies with the evocative power of nature. |
DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE
Buxtehude: Organ Works Bernard Foccroulle (organ) [ Ricercar / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2011 ] "What better way to mark the 300th anniversary of Buxtehude's death in 1707 than with this wonderful box-set? What a central figure Buxtehude was to subsequent generations of Northern European organists working in the German Lutheran tradition" Gramo |
Boris Giltburg; Mateusz Borowiak; Lukáš Vondrá?ek; Alberto Ferro
Queen Elisabeth Competition: Piano 2013 & 2016 [ Queen Elisabeth Competition / 4 CD - released 12/May/2023 ] This 4CD box set includes mostly unreleased performances of the First Prizes and winners of the audience prizes from the Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition in 2013 and 2016. You will find: Boris Giltburg (First Prize and Canvas-Klaraprijs 2013);... |
BEETHOVEN
String Quartets [complete on 8 CDs] Borodin Quartet [ Chandos / 8 CD Box Set - released 10/Apr/2012 ] "Anyone who doesn't know these masterpieces should, and anyone who does will welcome this eight-disc set by the revered Borodin Quartet…" (Observer) |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Bernstein Conducts Stravinsky Boston Symphony, London Symphony, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein [ Sony Classical / 6 CD Box Set - released 21/May/2021 ] "Bernstein was an incomparably great Stravinsky interpreter, certainly a better conductor than the composer himself, and this set of his complete recordings for Sony has more than it's share of reference versions." ClassicsToday |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies 1 - 9 (5 CD set) Boston Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 20/May/2012 ] "The recording is atmospheric in the Boston manner, and with Dynagroove makes even small machines give an impression of opulence." (Gramophone on the LP release) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Late String Quartets Brodsky Quartet [ Chandos / 3 CD - released 7/Feb/2020 ] "There is no shortage of outstanding recordings of these summits of the quartet repertory... they certainly have their own distinctive virtues...Technically, these performances are immaculate" Guardian |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: String Quartets [complete] (recorded 2016) Brodsky Quartet [ Chandos / 6 CD Box Set - released 16/Oct/2016 ] This new box set with the Brodsky Quartet features Shostakovich's fifteen string quartets at a special price. |
SHOSTAKOVICH
String Quartets [complete] Brodsky Quartet [ Teldec Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 27/Oct/2003 ] "If you do not presently own a version of these quartets, then the Brodsky would be a very good one as a first set." (Bargain of the Month MusicWeb January 2004) |
LISZT/ MUSSORGSKY / PROKOFIEV / RACHMANINOV / SCHUMANN / TCHAIKOVSKY
Byron Janis The Mercury Masters (9 CDs plus Blu-ray audio) Byron Janis (piano) / Various orchestras conducted by Antal Dorati, Kirill Kondrashin, Herbert Menges, etc [ Decca Mercury Living Presence / 10 CD Box Set - released 7/Mar/2023 ] The legendary American pianist Byron Janis, who turned 95 in March 2023, was the first pupil of another iconic pianist - Vladimir Horowitz. Horowitz famously told Janis 'I don't want you to be a 'second Horowitz' I want you to be a 'first Janis'.'... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Symphonies [5 CD plus Blu-ray Audio plus Book] Camilla Nylund, Gerhild Romberger, Klaus Florian Vogt, Georg Zeppenfeld / Wiener Philharmoniker [Vienna Philharmonia], Andris Nelsons [ Deutsche Grammophon / 6 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 18/Oct/2019 ] The Nelsons Beethoven cycle is presented in a specially commissioned deluxe box featuring the nine works on five CDs and a single Blu-ray Audio disc in TrueHD sound quality. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah (complete with bonus CD) Carolyn Sampson (soprano) Catherine Wyn-Rogers (contralto) Mark Padmore (tenor) Christopher Purves (bass) / The Sixteen / Harry Christophers [ Coro / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Oct/2008 ] "a Messiah of splendid vitality and authority, a summation of Christophers's and The Sixteen's Handelian enterprise." International Record Review |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Symphonies Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Paavo Berglund, conductor [ Ondine / 3 CD Box Set - released 25/Feb/2013 ] This triple CD contains the complete symphonies of Brahms, performed by the Chamber Orchestra of Europe under the direction of Finnish conductor Paavo Berglund. These recordings were made live at the Baden-Baden Festival Hall in May 2000. |
IGNAZIO SPERGHER
Spergher: Organ and Harpsichord Music Chiara Minali (organ and harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2019 ] "..this recording should give Spergher's compositions much more prominence. This music deserves to be more widely known by performers and audiences alike." Choir & Organ |
ANONYMOUS
Konrad Ruhland Conducts Gregorian Chant Choralschola of the Niederaltaicher Scholaren, Capella Antiqua Munchen Choralschola, Konrad Ruhland [ Sony Classical / 4 CD Box Set - released 25/Feb/2018 ] "The hypnotic beauty of Gregorian Chant intoned in high-vaulted churches and cathedrals has found widespread popularity in recent decades through countless recordings. Some of the most distinguished of them were made in the 1970s, 80s and 90s by the... |
TCHAIKOVSKY / NIGG / FRANCK / BACH / BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / etc
Christian Ferras Edition Christian Ferras (violin) with Ernest Lush, Shuku Iwasaki, Pierre Barbizet, etc (piano) / various conductors [ Deusche Grammophon Australian Eloquence / 19 CD Box Set - released 17/Feb/2023 ] This Limited Edition original-jackets collection brings together the Decca and Deutsche Grammophon recordings of Christian Ferras, supplemented by those he made for these labels' French and Japanese divisions. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Complete four hand piano music Christian Koehn (piano) Silke-Thora Matthies (piano) [ Naxos / 18 CD Box Set - released 10/Jun/2022 ] To make his works more accessible to the general public, Johannes Brahms produced a raft of arrangements for piano four hands and two pianos. These included his symphonic and orchestral music, as well as concertos, chamber works, and more. |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: 'Elias', Op. 70 / 'Paulus', Op. 36 (Rec 1994) Christine Schafer (soprano) Cornelia Kallisch (alto) / Andreas Schmidt (bass) Czech Philharmonic / Helmuth Rilling [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 14/Aug/2005 ] "Is this a Bargain of the Month? That's for the Editor to decide. For my money, this is set fair to be a Bargain of the Year. Urgently recommended." (MusicWeb April 2003) |
FERDINAND RIES
Ries: Piano and Orchestra Works (complete) Christopher Hinterhuber (piano) / Gavle Symphony Orchestra, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Uwe Grodd [ Naxos / 5 CD Box Set - released 28/Jan/2022 ] Ferdinand Ries' works for piano and orchestra stand alongside those of Hummel as the finest and most important of their kind from the early decades of the 19th century. |
BERLIOZ / DEBUSSY / RAVEL / POULENC
Berlioz, Debussy, Ravel, Poulenc Claire Chevalier (piano), Claire Chevallier (piano) & Jos van Immerseel (piano), Katerina Chrobokova & Jos van Immerseel (harpsichord) Anima Eterna Br [ Alpha / 5 CD Box Set - released 16/Oct/2015 ] Happy Birthday, Mister Jos! Jos Van Immerseel is celebrating his 70th birthday with three important releases that will punctuate the end of the year at Alpha: a symphonic programme (Janacek, Dvorak), a chamber music programme (Schubert) and a set... |