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 |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Volodos plays Brahms Arcadi Volodos (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 20/May/2017 ] "Comparisons become irrelevant in interpretations of such mesmerising honesty. An award-winner if ever I heard one." Gramophone Award WINNER 2018 - Instrumental |
Arroyo/Domingo/Raimondi/Veasey
Verdi: Requiem [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 17/May/2004 ] |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: 19 Nocturnes (rec 1965) Arthur Rubinstein (piano) [ Sony Classical Originals / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] "When we listen to Rubinstein at his finest, we come in contact with that rarest of rarities - a healthy, sanguine, affirmative genius. On disc, as it was in person, the playing is full-hearted and honest" Washington Post |
Arturo Toscanini
Various: The Complete Collecti [ Sony Classical / 84 CD - released 23/Apr/2012 ] |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Violin Concerto No. 1 (with Janacek-Violin Concerto) Baiba Skride (violin) / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Munich Philharmonic Orchestra / Marek Janowski / Mikko Franck [ Sony Classical / CD - released 28/Oct/2007 ] "A natural musicaon to the ends of her fingertips." Classic FM Magazine |
W.A. MOZART
Violin Concerto No 3 in G major, K. 216 / Rondo in C major, K. 373 (with Johann Michael Haydn-Violin Concerto) Baiba Skride (violin) / Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra / Hartmut Haenchen [ Sony Classical / CD - released 28/Oct/2007 ] "I'm a spontanteous person and if you've got to do the same thing ten times in a row and keep your concentration while you're at it..." (Baiba Skride) |
Bajofondo
Presente [ Sony Classical / CD - released 1/Apr/2013 ] |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Claus Peter Flor conducts Mendelssohn Lucia Popp (sop) Marjana Lipovšek (mezzo) Josef Protschka (tenor) Sergei Edelmann (piano) Kyoko Takezawa (violin) / Bamberg Symphony, Claus Peter Flor [ Sony / RCA Classical Masters / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2017 ] "Claus Peter Flor's Mendelssohn enjoys the classical virtues of good taste, fine attention to detail, and a real sense of style...these are perfectly respectable and entertaining performances, well recorded. You won't be disappointed." (ClassicsToday) |
Bart Coen
The London Flute [ Sony Classical / CD - released 22/Apr/2013 ] |
Basel Co/Antonini
Beethoven: Symphonies 3 & 4 [ Sony Classical / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 4/Aug/2008 ] |
W. A. MOZART / ANTON BRUCKNER / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Rafael Kubelik conducts Great Symphonies Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik [ Sony Classical Masters / 7 CD Box Set - released 20/Sep/2017 ] "These are on the whole extremely satisfying performances-well organized, beautifully played, and strongly classical in style without any frills or tricks of any kind." (Gramophone on the Mozart) |
BOULEZ
Rituel in Memoriam Maderna, Eclat/Multiples BBC Symphony Orchestra / Ensemble Intercontemporain [ Sony Classical / CD - released 1/Dec/2007 ] 1001 Classical Recordings to hear before you die (1951-2007) - 'This disc, part of the fine Sony PIERRE BOULEZ series, can be recommended without reservation - it makes a great bargain-price introduction to Boulez, and it is an essential addition... |
Bela Fleck
Perpetual Motion [ Sony Classical / CD - released 17/May/2004 ] |
RCAHMANINOV / DVORAK / MOZART / BIZET / ORFF / etc
Voice Of The Violin Joshua Bell (violin) / Orchestra of St. Luke's, Michael Stern [ Sony Classical / CD - released 18/Sep/2006 ] "The playing is unfailingly exquisite; the arrangements are generally sensitive - Mozart's Laudate Dominum being notably effective." Gramophone |
GABRIEL FAURE
The Secret Fauré 3: Sacred Vocal Works Benjamin Appl (baritone), Katja Stuber (soprano) / Sinfonieorchester Basel, Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Ivor Bolton [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 12/Jun/2020 ] Recording: August 23-29, 2019, Goetheaneum Dornach |
RICHARD STRAUSS / MOZART / BEETHOVEN / LISZT / NONO
Claudio Abbado Edition Vol. 2 Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Claudio Abbado [ Sony Classical / 5 CD Box Set - released 10/Apr/2014 ] As the endlessly sad news of Claudio Abbado's passing broke on Monday 20th January 2014, heartfelt tributes quickly poured in from around the world: "a great musician and a generous man" (Sir Simon Rattle); "will always be part of the exalted group... |
BEETHOVEN / RICHARD STRAUSS / WAGNER / BRUCKNER / MENDELSSOHN / BRUCH / TCHAIKOVSKY / RACHMANINOV
Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic] - Great Recordings Berliner Philharmoniker Orchestra, Claudio Abbado, Seiji Ozawa, Herbert von Karajan, Zubin Mehta, Daniel Barenboim, Lorin Maazel, Gunter Wand, etc [ Sony Music / 8 CD Box Set - released 11/Sep/2015 ] The Berlin Philharmonic is consistently ranked as one of the greatest orchestras in the world. As is fitting such an eminent orchestra, they consistently work with the world's most renowned conductors and soloists. |
BERG / MOZART / ELGAR / SCHUBERT / RODRIGO / BERLIOZ / etc
Daniel Barenboim: A Retrospective - complete Sony recordings [43 CDs + 3 DVDs] English Chamber Orchestrea, Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim [ Sony Classical / 46 CD/DVD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2017 ] Celebrating Pianist, Conductor and Ambassador of music...Daniel Barenboim. The first ever collection of Daniel Barenboim's complete recordings as conductor and pianist for RCA and Sony Classical in an original-jackets collection. |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphonies 1-9 (complete) Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur [ RCA / Sony Classical / 9 CD Box Set - released 8/Feb/2018 ] "Listen to Masur and the Gewandhaus' Third. Masur's conducting is an inexorable force moving the music forward with irresistible power. The Gewandhaus' playing is hard muscled but supple, well blended but brazen, deeply expressive but overwhelmingly... |