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HANDEL / BEETHOVEN / BACH / VERDI / ROSSINI / DELIBES / GOUNOD / etc/
Joan Sutherland: Oratorios & Recitals Dame Joan Sutherland, with Sir Peter Pears, Marilyn Horne, Kenneth McKellar, Barry Tuckwell, Richard Bonynge and others [ Decca / 37 CD Box Set - released 19/Jul/2024 ] The first set comprises Sutherland's complete Recitals and Oratorio recordings for Decca, ranging from the 1959 operatic recital recorded in Paris, with Nello Santi (has Verdi's "Santo di patria" ever rung out with greater thrill?). |
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MOZART / BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / SCHUBERT / etc
Lili Kraus: The Complete Parlophone, Ducretet- Thomson & Discophiles Français recordings [1933-1958] Lili Kraus (piano), with Willi Boskovsky (violin) Gilbert Coursier (horn) Francois Etienne (clarinet) [ Erato / Warner Classics / 31 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2015 ] While the outstanding reputation of the Hungarian-born pianist Lili Kraus was built on a comparatively narrow repertoire of Viennese classics (Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert), her experience as a musician and as a human being was of... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: The Great Edition Daniel Adni, Martha Argerich, Wayner Marshall, Marie-Claire Alain, Emmanuel Pahud, Maxim Vengerov, Victoria de los Angeles, Janet Baker, Sabine Meyer [ Warner Classics / 40 CD Box Set - released 16/Feb/2024 ] A child prodigy, Felix Mendelssohn is considered one of Europe's greatest composers. A virtuoso conductor and pianist, he was a respected all-round musician for whom Robert Schumann had great friendship and admiration. |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: The complete piano sonatas, variations, etc Daniel Barenboim (piano) [ Warner Classics / 9 CD Box Set - released 26/Aug/2022 ] "His crispness of detail and clarity of partwriting and texture are everywhere admirable, his sheer nimbleness and dexterity are often a joy." Gramophone |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor" [LP] Daniel Barenboim (piano), New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer [ Warner Classics LP / LP - released 16/Jun/2023 ] The German-born conductor Otto Klemperer, a towering figure in the musical history of the 20th century, died at the age of 88 on July 8th 1973, so 2023 will mark the 50th anniversary of his death. His complete recordings on Warner Classics catalogue... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Complete Symphonies & Concertos Daniel Barenboim (piano), New Philharmonia Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Sir John Barbirolli [ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 17/Mar/2023 ] The music of Brahms held an important place in Sir John Barbirolli's repertoire, and these recordings of the symphonies, made with the Vienna Philharmonic in 1966 and 1967, stand as one of the peaks of his discography. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas, Cello Sonatas, String Trios, Piano Trios Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Lynn Harrell (cello), Pinchas Zukerman (violin) Itzhak Perlman (violin), Daniel Barenboim (piano) [ Warner Classics / 11 CD Box Set - released 5/Oct/2019 ] "The result is music-making of rare concentration, spontaneity and warmth." (Penguin Guide) |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 9, 19, 20, 21, 23 & 24 (LP) Daniel Barenboim (piano/conductor), English Chamber Orchestra [ Warner Classics LP / 4 LP - released 11/Jun/2021 ] Barenboim conducts from the piano, leading the English Chamber Orchestra in performances of breathtaking passion and verve. Mozart's most famous Piano Concertos in the bestselling version from EMI then Warner catalogue since its release in the late... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Complete Piano Concertos (Recorded 1967 - 1974) Daniel Barenboim (piano/conductor), English Chamber Orchestra [ Warner Classics / 10 CD Box Set - released 12/Aug/2016 ] "Barenboim is assured and broadly enjoyable in both these concertos, but also perhaps a little idiosyncratic in such a way that we sometimes seem to be invited to listen to him for himself rather than simply to experience Mozart through him."... |
CÁRDENAS / DURÁN / FREIRE / GUEVARA / ZYMAN
Flauta Andina - 20th Century Andean Music for Flute and Piano Daniel Velasco (Flute) Ellen R. Sommer (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Aug/2022 ] The rich variety of colours and rhythms in South American culture and music are an essential feature of this programme, which focuses largely on music by composers from the Ecuadorian Andes. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Aida / La Traviata / Rigoletto (complete operas recorded 2002 - 2006) Royal Opera, Teatro Real, Liceu Opera / Daniela Dessi, Elisabetta Fiorillo, Norah Amsellem, Renata Bruson, Christine Shafer, Marcelo Alvarez, etc [ Opus Arte DVD / 5 DVD Box Set - released 20/Dec/2014 ] "José Antonio Gutiérrez's production is, by definition, ultra-traditional, but everything looks beautiful thanks to Cabanes's feeling for colour - ochres and blues dominate - and perspective." (BBC Music on Aida) |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: 48 Piano Sonatas (8CD Box Set) Daniel-Ben Peinaar (piano) [ Avie / CD Box Set - released 25/Aug/2023 ] Autumn 2020 offered Daniel-Ben Pienaar an opportunity, not because the world was in lockdown but rather for the benefit it provided. A professor at London's Royal Academy of Music, Daniel-Ben was allowed overnight access to the RAM's Angela Burgess... |
JAN PIETERSZOON SWEELINCK
Sweelinck: Complete Harpsichord and Organ Music Daniele Boccaccio [harpsichord / organ] [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 10/Apr/2020 ] Daniele Boccaccio is one of Italy's foremost keyboard players. A scholar as well, he did extensive research into historic sources. He plays 3 different historic organs and a copy of a Flemish harpsichord. |
TCHAIKOSVKY / CHOPIN / SCHUBERT / LISZT/ MUSSORGSKY
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 1 & piano works (2 LP) Daniil Trifonov (Piano) / Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev [ Mariinsky LP / LP - released 20/Oct/2017 ] Daniil Trifonov's classic Mariinsky Label album is now available on vinyl. Originally released in 2012, this album includes Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 alongside a unique selection of recital repertoire, including Trifonov's interpretation of... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Symphonies Danish National Concert Choir, Danish Chamber Orchestra, Ádám Fischer [ Naxos / 5 CD Box Set - released 19/Jul/2019 ] "I find these performances utterly fascinating, though it would be next to impossible to offer a comprehensive catalogue of the various colourful twists and turns that characterise Fischer's performances (there are far too many of them)." Gramophone |
SERGEI RACHMANIMOV
Destination Rachmaninov: Departure - Piano Concertos 2 & 4 (LP) Daniil Trifonov (piano) / Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin [ Deusche Grammophon / 2 LP - released 26/Oct/2018 ] Grammy winner Daniil Trifonov presents a cycle of Sergei Rachmaninov's highly virtuosic Piano Concertos. Recorded with Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra, the orchestra most closely associated with the composer with which... |
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS
Villa-Lobos: Complete String Quartets Danubius Quartet [ Marco Polo / 6 CD - released 9/Sep/2022 ] This year marks 200 years since the proclamation of Brazil's independence, by Dom Pedro I in September 1822. Developed in collaboration with the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The 'Music of Brazil' series presents around 100 orchestral,... |
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
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. |
