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GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Il Campanello di Notte (complete opera recorded in 1983) Agnes Baltsa, Enzo Dara, Biancamaria Casoni, Angelo Romero / Wiener Symphoniker, Gary Bertini [ Sony RCA Classical Opera / CD Box Set - released 20/Mar/2017 ] "One of Donizetti's most charming short operas, with a Don Pasquale-like plot, and gorgeously performed by Agnes Baltsa and Enzo Dara, this is a nice way of spending 55 minutes." BBC Music |
ENRIQUE GRANADOS
Alicia de Larrocha plays Granados Alicia de Larrocha (piano) [ Sony / RCA Classical Masters / 3 CD Box Set - released 26/May/2017 ] "Larrocha shows herself still a pianist of the first rank, with a mastery of dynamics and tonal coloration, and she understands this music (which she imbibed from her teacher, Granados's favourite pupil) as few others do." Gramophone |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano sonatas 10, 11, 16 / Fantasia K475 / Rondo K511 Alicia de Larrocha (piano) [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 10/Dec/2012 ] "She is sharply responsive, to the variety of mood and texture in the opening variations of K331..her fine shading and shaping of detail in the Adagio variation where, as at other points on this disc, she adds her own discreet ornamentation in... |
ENRIQUE GRANADOS
Enrique Granados: The Collection Alicia de Larrocha (piano) Montserrat Caballe (soprano) Julian Bream, John Williams (guitar), National Orchestra of Spain, Ataúlfo Argenta, etc [ Sony / RCA Classical Masters / 7 CD Box Set - released 26/May/2017 ] Enrique Granados - nicknamed "the poet of the piano" and "the Chopin of Spain". The boxset celebrates the 150th birthday of Granados, who was born in the Catalonian town of Lérida. The centrepiece of this new collection is Granados's masterpiece, the... |
MOZART / MENDELSSOHN / MUSSORGSKY / LIEBERSON
Piano Pieces For Children Andre Previn (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 20/Aug/2016 ] "An attractively played collection" (BBC Music) |
CILEA / LEONCAVALLO / MASCAGNI / PUCCINI / VERDI
Summer Night Concert 2018 BLU-RAY Anna Netrebko (soprano) / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Valery Gergiev [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 25/Jul/2018 ] Anna Netrebko and Valery Gergiev reunite in the SommernachsKonzert 2018. Gergiev conducts the Vienna Philharmonic with Netrebko performing arias from Cilea, Puccini, and Leoncavallo. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT / KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
Schubert / Szymanowski: Piano Sonatas Lucas Debargue (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 10/Feb/2018 ] "The Schubert sonatas receive wistful, measured performances, closer to Sviatoslav Richter's approach, say, than to Alfred Brendel's...the first movement [of the Szymanowski] is launched with great determination, and the final fugue dispatched with a |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Artur Rubinstein: The Chopin Collection (10 CDs special price) Artur Rubinstein (piano) with New Symphony Orchestra & Symphony of the Air [ Sony Classical Masters / 10 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2011 ] "The florid gusto of Rubinstein's playing may not suit modern tastes, but he is clearly engaged with his material, rendering such considerations meaningless; and at his best, he is breathtaking." the Independent |
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IGOR STRAVINSKY
Pierre Boulez conducts Stravinsky [Incls Firebird Ballet, Pulcinella Suite & Le Sacre du Printemps] BBC Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Ensemble intercontemporain, Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez [ Sony Classical / 3 CD Box Set - released 3/Dec/2017 ] Conductor Pierre Boulez's lucid precision is perhaps the ideal perspective on Stravinsky's music, from the late Romantic sweep of the Firebird to the witty Neo-Classicism of the Pulcinella Suite. |
SCHUBERT / BRAHMS / REGER / WARLOCK / STRAUSS / WOLF
Benjamin Appl: Heimat Benjamin Appl (baritone), James Baillieu (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 20/Mar/2017 ] "The voice has a burnished, oaky beauty as well as considerable sweetness (well captured in Sony's natural engineering), while the interpretations are suffused with a gentle intelligence." Gramophone |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Paavo Järvi conducts Richard Strauss [Don Juan / Ein Heldenleben] NHK Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi [ RCA Red Seal / Sony Classical / CD - released 1/Jul/2017 ] "Supremely vivid Strauss, guided by the surest of conducting hands…[this] series - may it be all the symphonic poems - can only go from strength to strength. Amazing work." BBC Music Five Stars Recording of the Month - May 2017 |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Also Sprach Zarathustra / Don Juan / The Bourgeois Gentleman Suite (Rec 1954 & 1956) Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 20/May/2011 ] "Even if you have this classic recording don't hesitate to obtain this upgrade - sensational listening" (MusicWeb Dec 2004) |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Orchestral Songs Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, Kent Nagano (conductor) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 19/Aug/2013 ] "Admirers of Gerhaher's lieder singing won't need any encouragement to listen to this disc. They'll marvel once again at the astonishing range of colour and inflection he applies to every phrase" (Gramophone Award Nomination 2015 - Solo Recital) |
ANTONIO SALIERI / W. A. MOZART
Mozart versus Salieri: Rivalry Dagmar Williams (soprano) Prague Sinfonia Orchestra, Christian Benda [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 23/Apr/2019 ] The professional competition between Mozart and Salieri has been a well-documented topic. It even became subject of the Oscar-winning film Amadeus. Now, a new album of compositions by the two is here to provide a side-by-side comparison of the... |
JOSEF HAYDN
Emanuel Ax plays Haydn Emanuel Ax (piano) / Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra [ Sony Classical / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Jan/2018 ] "His interpretation always sounds as if it is felt from within the notes rather than applied to them..a performance of unusual beauty and grandeur." (Gramophone) |
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J. S. BACH
Glenn Gould plays Bach [6 CD set] Glenn Gould, piano [ Sony Classical Masters / 6 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2011 ] The famous Glenn Gould recording repackaged |
BACH / BEETHOVEN / BERNSTEIN / BARBER / MEYER / BRAHMS / etc
Hilary Hahn: The Complete Sony Recordings Hilary Hahn (violin) with various orchestras [ Sony Classical Masters / 5 CD Box Set - released 30/Oct/2015 ] "Spellbinding...there is mastery in every silken phrase, every poised lyrical phrase...an object lesson in beautiful violin playing." Chicago Tribune (for Mendelssohn / Shostakovich) |
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IGOR STRAVINSKY
Igor Stravinsky conducts Stravinsky - Symphonies and concertos [3 CD set] Isaac Stern (violin) Benny Goodman (clarinet) Charles Rosen, Philippe Entremont (piano) / CBC Symphony Orchestra, Columbia Symphony Orchest [ Sony Classical Masters / 3 CD Box Set - released 26/Jan/2016 ] Hearing a composer conduct their own work offers a fascinating interpretive insight into their oeuvre, all the greater when the composer in question is one of the biggest and most-influential names in 20th century music, Igor Stravinsky. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Isaac Stern plays Brahms Isaac Stern (violin), with Leonard Rose (cello), Emmanuel Ax (piano) Jamie Laredo (viola) / Philadelphia Orch, Eugene Ormandy / New York Philh, Zubin [ Sony / RCA Classical Masters / 5 CD Box Set - released 19/May/2018 ] "The Brahms Double Concerto impresses largely for the closeness of the rapport with Leonard Rose; the solo concerto has some wonderful things too - phrases that speak or passagework that flashes like swordplay." (Gramophone) |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 7/Nov/2011 ] "This 1989 performance of the Hungarian Rhapsodies that Liszt (and his assistants) orchestrated has stunning sonics; Mehta conjures highly idiomatic performances out of the Israel Phil." BBC Music |
