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J. S. BACH
Bach: Keyboard Concertos BWV 1052, 1055, 1056 & 1058 (LP) David Fray (piano) [ Erato Classics Vinyl / 2 CD - released 26/Aug/2022 ] 'Fray's debut is marked by an imaginative collation, Bach and Boulez, played with vibrant imagination. He pushes the boundaries but resists the merely quirky. Impeccable technique allows him to speak from the heart with deceptive ease.' BBC Music... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: TheComplete Symphonies, Ovetures, Haydn Variations, Violin Concerto, Requiem & Alto Rhapsody David Oistrakh, Christa Ludwig, Elizabeth Schwarkopf, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion, Otto [ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 23/Aug/2024 ] Klemperer and Brahms had much in common, which may go some way to explaining the empathy with which Klemperer conducts the works of the composer. Richard Osborne says 'no detail was insignificant, yet none was allowed to subvert the larger whole'. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
David Oistrakh Volume 1 (LP) David Oistrakh (violin) Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Kondrashin [ Melodiya / LP - released 8/Oct/2014 ] "The world had one of the greatest violinists in the person of David Oistrakh", wrote the prominent conductor Eugene Ormandy. His other fellow musicians - violinists, pianists, composers and conductors - spoke about Oistrakh with as much admiration.... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Triple Concerto (LP) David Oistrakh (violin), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan [ Warner Classics / LP - released 15/May/2020 ] The absolutely iconic recording from Beethoven's Triple Concerto: a first-class cast gathering three legendary Russian soloists: violinist David Oistrakh, cellist Mstislav Rostropovich and pianist Sviatoslav Richter. |
BEETHOVEN / SZYMANOWSKY / SHOSTAKOVICH / FRANCK / MOZART / BRAHMS / etc
David Oistrakh - The Warner Remastered Edition David Oistrakh (violin), with Lev Oborin , Vladimir Yampolsky (piano), Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Borodin Quartet, various orchestras & conductors [ Warner Classics / 61 CD/DVD Box Set - released 18/Oct/2024 ] "For many, Oistrakh remains the violinistic ideal...his winning combination of tonal sumptuousness, clear interpretative focus, musical humility and effortless technical poise across a broad repertoire remains unmatched to this day." The Strad |
FERRUCCIO BUSONI
Busoni: Doktor Faust Davide Livermore (director), Wilhelm Schwinghammer, Dietrich Henschel (baritone), Martin Piskorski, Marian Pop, Łukasz Konieczny, Dominic Barberi, Dan [ Naxos / 3 CD - released 8/Nov/2024 ] Doktor Faust, which Busoni considered a personal creative drama and which occupied him for over twelve years, was left incomplete on his death at the age of 58. He had searched for a dramatic subject that he hoped would represent the apex and... |
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Madrigals [Books 1 - 9] Delitiæ Musicæ, Marco Longhini [ Naxos / 15 CD Box Set - released 24/Jul/2020 ] The editions used in these recordings are the most authentic and uncut, and, in keeping with 17th-century practice, employ male voices only. Praised as 'compelling, simultaneously controlled and imaginative' (American Record Guide) |
FRANCIS POULENC
Georges Pretre plays Francois Poulenc Denise Duval, Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Maurice Durufle (organ), Gabriel Tacchino (piano) / Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire, Georges Pretre [ Erato / 7 CD Box Set - released 13/Sep/2024 ] Composer Francis Poulenc, who celebrated the 125th anniversary of his birth in 2024, placed his deepest trust in conductor Georges Prêtre. |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Complete Symphonies / Vocalise / Isle of the Dead / Symphonic Dances Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Mar/2023 ] "Slatkin is with Rachmaninov, all the way. He revels in the first movement's restless shifts, pitting the brute power of full ensemble against woodwind detail and soaring cellos." (William Dart NZ Herald on Symphony No. 3) |
ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD
Korngold: Das Wunder der Heliane (complete opera recorded in 2018) BLU-RAY Deutsche Oper Berlin / Sara Jakubiak, Brian Jagde, Josef Wagner, Okka von der Damerau, Derek Welton / Christof Loy [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 7/Jun/2019 ] "Marc Albrecht and his orchestra are familiar, so their excellence is no surprise. But the three lead singers are relative unknowns-and their stupendous performances leave you wondering why." Fanfare |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: The Bedbug / Love and Hate Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Mark Fitz-Gerald [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] Shostakovich was still a young composer when he was hired to provide incidental music for The Bedbug, a surreal and farcical satire on Communist utopian dreams and bourgeois corruption and vulgarity. He produced a terrifically knockabout score that... |
BRUCKNER
Kent Nagano Conducts Classical Masterpieces 5 - Symphony No. 8 in C minor Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Kent Nagano [ Arthaus / DVD - released 1/Dec/2007 ] Exclusive 52 min documentary with Kent Nagano talking about Bruckner, then a complete performance of Symphony No. 8 in C minor. |
GABRIEL PIERNE
Pierne: Complete Piano Works / Chamber, Orchestral & Vocal Music Diane Anderson, Jean Hubeau (piano) Lily Laskine (harp) Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute) / Jean-Baptiste Mari, Andre Cluytens, etc [ Warner Classics / 10 CD Box Set - released 17/Mar/2023 ] Gabriel Pierné - composer, pianist, organist, and conductor - This edition presents his compositions in dazzlingly diverse performances, with the composer himself at the piano and baton, inviting the listener on an exciting exploration of his career |
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concertos nos 1 & 2 Diedre Irons (piano) Christchurch Symphony / Marc Taddei [ Trust / CD - released 8/Dec/2003 ] Diedre Irons was born in Winnipeg, Canada. A child prodigy, she made her first solo appearance with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra at the age of twelve playing Schumann's Piano Concerto. |
SCHUBERT / BEETHOVEN / LOEWE / BRAHMS / GRIEG / MAHLER / WPLF / R. STRAUSS / etc
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: Lieder & Songs on Warner Classics Dietrich Fischer- Dieskau (baritone), Gerald Moore (piano), Karl Engel (piano), etc [ EMI Classics Signature Collection / 79 CD Box Set - released 16/May/2025 ] One of the 20th century's most questing and influential singers, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau is celebrated above all for his extraordinary skill and insight in lieder. This complete collection of lieder and songs recorded for HMV, EMI Electrola, Teldec... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Winterreise (recorded 1979) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) / Alfred Brendel (piano) [ Arthaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 23/Jun/2011 ] In this recording made for the Sender Freies Berlin in January 1979, we see two of the leading musicians of their day in the prime of their lives and at the very peak of their art and experience appearing together in the service of Schubert's... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Complete String Quartets Diogenes Quartet [ Brilliant Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 22/Apr/2016 ] This set presents the complete string quartets by Franz Schubert, including the completion of two unfinished movements, by Christian Starke. |
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Dj Mclyntock
Classical Lounge:chamber [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] |
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Dj Mclyntock
Classical Lounge:opera [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] |
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Dj Mclyntock
Classical Lounge:voices [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] |
