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BRITTEN / ELGAR / BEETHOVEN / HAYDN / BRAHMS / DVORAK / CHOPIN / etc
Jacqueline du Pre - The Complete Warner Recordings (special price 23 CD set) Jacqueline du Pre (cello) with various accompaniments and orchestras [ Warner Classics / 23 CD Box Set - released 3/Jun/2022 ] This new box set draws together the entirety of Jacqueline du Pré EMI Classics catalogues, assembled over her short 12-year career. The whole content has been NEWLY REMASTERED in 192Hz/24bit and from ORIGINAL TAPES. |
Jade String Quartet
Melencolia [ Rattle Records / CD - released 18/Oct/2025 ] String quartets have long been the preferred choice for composers seeking to express their most personal thoughts and expand their musical voice. For Anthony Ritchie, the string quartet medium is one of the most challenging in classical music,... |
JAN ANTONIN LOSY
Losy: Note d'oro - Lute Music Jakob Lindberg (lute by Sixtus Rauwolf, Augsburg c. 1590) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 2/Jan/2020 ] "The quality of Losy's music and the superb interpretations by Jakob Lindberg are further enhanced by a third factor - the instrument he plays. He employs a unique instrument with a beautiful and distinctive sound." MusicWeb Recommended |
CAVALLI / BORETTI / BONONCINI / Orlandini / HANDEL / etc
Jakub Józef Orliński: Facce d'Amore (LP) Jakub Józef Orliński (counter-tenor) / Il pomo d'oro, Maxim Emelyanychev [ Warner Classics Vinyl / LP - released 1/Jun/2020 ] "It's music by Luca Antonio Predieri (a nearcontemporary of Handel's) that really hits the mark. Predieri's gentle lyricism and clean lines suit Orliński's soft-grained voice well." Gramophone |
PIAZZOLLA
Song of the Angel James Crabb (classical accordian) Benjamin Martin (piano) Australian Chamber Orchestra. Richard Tognetti [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 8/Dec/2003 ] 'Accordion wizard and company delight in a seductive and exuberant sound world.' Gramophone |
James Rhodes (piano)
Fuck Digital (LP) [ Signum / LP - released 16/Nov/2018 ] A special release showcasing James Rhodes's most popular performances on 180g vinyl for the very first time. |
MARTIN LODGE
Toru: chamber music James Tennant, Richard Nunns, Peter Scholes, William Dowdall, Edward King, Jeremy Mayall, etc [ Atoll Records / CD - released 1/Apr/2012 ] Brilliantly performed chamber works by Martin Lodge |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Complete Nocturnes (2 LP) Jan Lisiecki (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 24/Feb/2023 ] For his latest Deutsche Grammophon album, Polish-Canadian pianist Jan Lisiecki has chosen to return to the music of Frédéric Chopin, featuring profoundly personal interpretations of some of the most beautiful and best-loved pieces ever written for... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphonies 1, 5, 6, 9, Kindertotenlieder, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Ruckert-Lieder Janet Baker (mezzo) / Halle & New Philharmonia Orchestras, Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir John Barbirolli [ Warner Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 28/Aug/2021 ] "Barbirolli's famous 1969 version on any count is one of the greatest, most warmly affecting performances ever committed to disc, expansive, yet concentrated in feeling: the Adagietto is very moving … A classic version." Penguin Guide (5th Sym] |
FRANK BRIDGE
Bridge: Complete Songs Janice Watson (soprano), Louise Winter (mezzo soprano), Jamie MacDougal (tenor), Gerald Finley (baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Aug/2014 ] "These two CDs, finely recorded and thoughtfully presented, are a most timely and valuable addition to the catalogue" Gramophone Magazine |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Hodie / Fantasia on Christmas Carols Janice Watson (soprano) Peter Hoare (tenor) Stephen Gadd (baritone) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Hilary Davan Wetton [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Nov/2007 ] "The performances are distinctive and good. That Naxos chose two of the composer's works which are not so popular or well known today is to be applauded." (MusicWeb Dec 2007) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
It Ain't Necessarily So: violin favourites from classical to jazz. Jascha Heifetz (violin) [ DG / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2006 ] Heifetz (1901-1987) has regularly been dubbed 'The Violinist of the Century', and there is no doubt he set standards of technical perfection and virtuosity that all violinists look up to. |
BACH / MOZART / SIBELIUS / TCHAIKOVSKY / GLAZUNOV / etc
Icon: Jascha Heifetz- The Master Violinist (6 CD set) Jascha Heifetz (violin) with various orchestras, conductors & accompaniments [ Warner Classics / EMI Icon / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2008 ] Jascha Heifetz was a Jewish Lithuanian-born American violin virtuoso who was born in 1901 and died in 1987. His father was a professional violinist who started to give him lessons when Heifetz was only three-years-old. He then went on to further... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV988 (LP) Jean Muller (piano) [ Hänssler / LP - released 29/Sep/2017 ] In 1741, at the height of his creativity, Bach published one of his pioneering works under the modest title "Keyboard exercise comprising an ARIA with diverse variations for harpsichord with two manuals". The title "Goldberg Variations" has attached... |
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Complete Piano sonatas Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) [ Chandos / 11 CD Box Set - released 3/Nov/2023 ] This boxed-set of the complete Haydn piano sonatas performed by Jean-Efflam Bavouzet is presented in a clam-shell box, retailing at eleven discs for the price of five. Recorded between 2009 and 2021, this mammoth project has consistently drawn the... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano / director); Karin Egardt (oboe); Kevin Spagnolo (clarinet); Mikael Lindström (bassoon); Terése Larsson (horn) [ Chandos SACD / 3 Hybrid SACD - released 4/Sep/2020 ] Following his acclaimed recording of sonatas by contemporaries of Beethoven, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet further celebrates the great composer's anniversary year with this set of the complete Piano Concertos. |
TELEMANN / LECLAIR / LALANDE / COUPERIN / RAMEAU / etc
French Baroque Music Jean-François Paillard Chamber Orchestra, Jean-François Paillard, with Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute), Pierre Pierlot (oboe), Maurice Andre (trumpet), etc [ Erato / 14 CD Box Set - released 26/Aug/2022 ] A founding member of Erato, Jean-François Paillard always placed French Baroque music at the heart of his orchestra's repertoire and maintained it in a privileged position despite the growth of musical range and number of concerts. |
MOZART / TARTINI / TELEMANN / C.P.E. & J. S. BACH / MERCADANTE / VIVALDI / etc
Jean-Pierre Rampal: Famous Flute Concertos Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute) with various orchestras & soloists [ Erato / 12 CD Box Set - released 25/Aug/2023 ] Legendary flautist Jean-Pierre Rampal devoted just as much effort to establishing the masterpieces in their rightful place as to unearthing countless works from the baroque, classical and romantic eras. As far as concertos are concerned, cornerstones... |
JEAN-DANIEL BRAUN
Braun: Sonatas for Flute & Bass Continuo Jed Wentz (flute) / Musica ad Rhenum [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 10/Mar/2020 ] Very little is known about Jean-Daniel Braun (ca 1703-before 1740). He seems to have been a flutist of some renown, and he worked for the Duke d'Épernon. He published several books of Sonatas for the traverse flute and basso continuo, which are... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Perfect Piano: Best loved classical piano music Jenö Jandó, Idil Biret, Einar Steen-Nøkleberg, François-Joël Thiollier, Benjamin Frith, Boris Giltburg [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Feb/2020 ] For those who are new to an instrument, the first question is often: where to start? The 'Best Loved' series offers an easy answer to that question and a perfect introduction to the wonderful, varied world of classical music. Spotlighting individual... |
