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Anne-Sophie Mutter, Roger Federer, John Williams, Daniel Barenboim, Andre Previn, Jorg Widmann, Lambert Orkis, Steve Cohen
Anne-Sophie Mutter: Vivace (Blu-ray) [ SWR Classics / Blu-ray - released 29/Sep/2023 ] Anne-Sophie Mutter is one of the greatest musicians of our age and for the last five decades has appeared at the world's leading concert venues. In addition to premiering 31 new works from leading composers, she is an inspiring mentor, has promoted... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 3 & 5 (LP) Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon Vinyl / LP - released 25/Feb/2022 ] "...no one can deny the sheer beauty that this pair lovingly conjures." ClassicalNet |
ANDRE PREVIN / SEBASTIAN CURRIER
American Tunes #1 (LP) Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Knut Johannessen, Roman Patkoló, Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Lambert Orkis (piano), Mutter's Virtuosi [ Alpha Classics / 2 LP - released 21/Aug/2026 ] In this second volume of the ASM Forte Forward series, Anne-Sophie Mutter performs works by two composers close to her heart. First, André Previn (1929-2019), to whom the violinist was married for several years, and with whom she remained close... |
EDOUARD LALO / PABLO SARASATE
Lalo: Symphonie espagnole / Sarrasate: Zigeunerweisen (LP) Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Orchestre National de France, Seiji Ozawa [ Warner Classics LP / LP - released 10/May/2024 ] "...pure intonation, the sweet tone and the warmly emotional and committed treatment that this much admired young artist gives the work." Gramophone |
W. A. MOZART / BEETHOVEN / SCHUMANN / LISZT / BARTOK / SCHUBERT
Annie Fischer: The Complete London Studio Recordings Annie Fischer (piano) Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Otto Klemperer, etc [ Warner Classics Icon / 8 CD Box Set - released 23/Aug/2014 ] 'I can find no praise too high for Annie Fischer's playing, for she makes every phrase a delight. Sawallisch partners his soloist to perfection. Everybody has here combined to produce something really outstanding among recordings of Mozart... |
TRADITIONAL
On Yoolis Night: Medieval Carols & Motets for Christmas Anonymous 4 [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 12/Nov/2012 ] "A truly superior recording…a sound of uncommon purity and beauty." CD Review |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Decca Conductors' Gallery Ansermet, Van Beinum, Bernard, ·Blech, Celibidache, Coates, Coppola, Desormiere, Enescu, Fitelberg, Furtwangler, Harty, Van Kempen, Kleiber, Knapperts [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / 21 CD Box Set - released 25/Aug/2023 ] An A-Z of 23 conductors in a feast of classic recordings from Decca's early years - 1929-1949 - including the golden age of its 'ffrr' technology. Newly remastered from the best available sources. |
BARTOK / TCHAIKOVSKY / BEETHOVEN / MENDELSSOHN / BRAHMS / etc
Antal Doráti: The Mercury Masters Vol 2 - Antal Dorati in London Antal Doráti, London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Festival Chamber Orchestra [ Australian Eloquence Mercury Living Presence / 28 CD Box Set - released 18/Apr/2025 ] Volume 2 of Antal Doráti's London recordings for Mercury covers sessions between June 1960 (Tchaikovsky's Pathétique Symphony) and August 1966 (Tchaikovsky's Orchestral Suites). By way of a bonus, the set concludes with a rarity issued on Philips and... |
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / RACHMANINOV / DEBUSSY / MENDELSSOHN / RESPIGHI / TCHAIKOVSKY/ MOZART / etc
Antal Doráti: The Mercury Masters - The Mono Recordings Antal Doráti, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra [ Australian Eloquence Mercury Living Presence / 31 CD Box Set - released 26/May/2023 ] A tour de force of thrilling orchestral playing and brilliant audio engineering, Antal Doráti's mono recordings are collected for the first time. Newly remastered, this collection comprehensively documents a golden era in American classical recording |
PROKOFIEV / LISZT / BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / DVORAK / SIBELIUS / etc
Antal Doráti: The Mercury Masters Vol 1 - Antal Dorati in London Antal Doráti, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Hungarica, Byron Janis, Henryk Szeryng [ Australian Eloquence Mercury Living Presence / 29 CD Box Set - released 7/Mar/2025 ] Covering recordings from July 1956 to July 1961, here are early stereo spectaculars on Mercury, under the inspired baton of Antal Dorati: classic albums of Haydn, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky and many more in a new 'Original Jackets' Limited... |
ANTHONY RITCHIE
Ritchie: A Bugle Will Do New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Tecwyn Evans [ Atoll Records / CD - released 12/Mar/2012 ] "A hugely enjoyable and rewarding disc of a composer well worth exploring further." (MusicWeb Recording of the Month Nov 2012) |
ANTHONY RITCHIE
Remember Parihaka Alexa Still (flute) Katherine Hebley (cello) Andrew Uren (bass clarinet) Sam Hunt (poet) / Auckland Chamber Orchestra / Peter Scholes [ Atoll Records / CD - released 12/Oct/2009 ] For their debut disc ACO and Music Director Scholes have recorded four of Anthony Ritchie's smaller-scale orchestral works. |
VAUGHAN WILLAIMS
The Best of (Incls The Wasps Overture & Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis) Anthony Rolfe-Johnson (tenor) David Greed (violin) / Bournemouth Symphony / English Northern Philharmonia / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / etc [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] One of the leading English composers of his generation, Vaughan Williams went some way towards creating a specifically English musical idiom, influenced by his interest in folk-song yet underpinned by a personal vision and language. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
On modes (LP) Anthony Romaniuk [ Alpha Classics / 2 LP - released 13/Mar/2026 ] For his third solo album for Alpha, keyboard polyglot Anthony Romaniuk returns to the piano, exploring the seven modes: derived from the major scale, the basis of ancient Greek music but nowadays endemic in folk, jazz and beyond, each one containing... |
HAYDN / MOZART / BOCCHERINI / DVORAK / BEETHOVEN / KELEMEN / etc
Antonio Janigro: the rare Cello Recordings Antonio Janigro (cello), with Gunhild Stappenbec, Paul Badura-Skoda (piano) / Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI, Zagreb Soloists, etc [ Profil Hanssler / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Mar/2020 ] "Janigro was one of those all-round musicians who excel in anything they turn their hands to. This welcome release showcases his artistry to the full, and it receives my wholehearted recommendation." MusicWeb |
ANTOINE DE LHOYER
Lhoyer: Complete Guitar Duos Antonio Rugolo, Angelo Gillo (guitars) [ Brilliant Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/2021 ] Antoine de Lhoyer was born at Clermont-Ferrand, in the heart of France. Although he developed his apparent musicality with excellent teachers in Paris he nevertheless embarked upon a military career and entered the Kings Guards at Versailles shortly... |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Stabat Mater (LP) Antwerp Symphony Orchestra & Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe [ PHI / 2 LP - released 9/Mar/2018 ] For its second vinyl release, PHI has chosen to reissue one of Philippe Herreweghe's most masterly interpretations: Antonín Dvořák's ineffable Stabat Mater, for which the conductor and his ensembles, the Collegium Vocale Gent and the Royal Flemish... |
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TRADITIONAL
Sacrum Mysterium: A Celtic Christmas Vespers [CD & DVD] Jeannette Sorrell (harpsichord & conductor) & Meredith Hall (soprano) / Apollo's Fire [ Avie / 2 CD/DVD - released 5/Nov/2012 ] "This type of fusion is increasingly popular, and Apollo's Fire do it enthusiastically, if perhaps without the final degree of finessed musicality that other ensembles bring to this type of project" (BBC Music) |
CHARPENTIER
Noels and Christmas Motets Aradia Ensemble / Kevin Mallon [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Oct/2009 ] "The Canadian vocal and instrumental Aradia Ensemble, under its director Kevin Mallon, performs stylishly and with sensibility." - Classic FM, Jan 2000 |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphonies 1-10 (complete) Arleen Auger, Janet Baker / City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus & Orchestra / Berlin Philharmonic / Vienna Philharmonic / Simon Rattle [ Warner Classics / 12 CD Box Set - released 4/Aug/2017 ] "There's no doubt that Rattle has inspired all concerned to an achievement which joins his groundbreaking readings of the Third, Seventh and Tenth Symphonies in the Mahlerian heaven." ***** BBC Music Magazine, May 2005, on Mahler 8 |
