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BEETHOVEN / CHOPIN / LISZT / MENDELSSOHN / SCHUMANN / etc
Ania Dorfmann - The Complete RCA Victor Recordings Ania Dorfman (piano) / NBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Arturo Toscanini, The Robin Hood Dell Orchestra Of Philadelphia, Erich Leinsdorf [ RCA Red Seal / Sony Classical / 9 CD Box Set - released 7/Aug/2017 ] The first ever CD release of Ania Dorfmann's complete RCA Victor recordings from 1939-1959. Nine CDs transferred, mixed and mastered from the original analogue master discs and tapes using 24bit/192kHz technology. The collaborations with Arturo... |
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HOWARD / RICHTER / ARAKELYAN / ZIMMER / PRICE / ESENVALDS
Anna Lapwood - Luna Anna Lapwood (organ) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 10/Nov/2023 ] "The organist, choir leader and TikTok star's wonderful new album provides a compelling showcase for the organ's ability both to be barely there and to swallow a concert hall whole...The results are illuminating and inspiring." The Sunday Times |
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GJEILO / ZIMMER / PORTMAN / ANTOGNINI / DYLAN / DURUFLE / etc
Anna Lapwood - Firedove Anna Lapwood (organ), with Jess Gillam (saxophone), The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge [ Sony Classical / CD - released 30/May/2025 ] Anna Lapwood, renowned for introducing the organ to new fans through viral TikTok videos, high-profile collaborations and sold-out live concerts, takes flight with a remarkable new album. On Firedove, audiences will hear her spread her wings in a... |
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JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Thaïs (complete opera recorded in 1974) Anna Moffo, Gabriel Bacquier, José Carreras, Justino Diaz, Patricia Clark, Antonia Butler / New Philharmonia Orchestra, Julius Rudel [ Sony RCA Classical Opera / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2017 ] Another CD premiere, one that is sure to excite and delight many opera aficionados, also stars La Moffo. She is heard in the title role of Massenet's Thaïs in one of her last and most controversial recordings. Dramatically Moffo inhabits the outsized... |
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GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Don Pasquale (complete opera recorded in 2010) Metropolitan Opera / Anna Netrebko, Matthew Polenzani, John Del Carlo / James Levine (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophone DVD / DVD - released 26/May/2011 ] A red hot ticket at the Metropolitan Opera in 2010/2011 was Donizetti's comic gem, Don Pasquale, with Anna Netrebko reviving Norina, the part that made her a star in New York. |
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CILEA / LEONCAVALLO / MASCAGNI / PUCCINI / VERDI
Summer Night Concert 2018 BLU-RAY Anna Netrebko (soprano) / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Valery Gergiev [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 25/Jul/2018 ] Anna Netrebko and Valery Gergiev reunite in the SommernachsKonzert 2018. Gergiev conducts the Vienna Philharmonic with Netrebko performing arias from Cilea, Puccini, and Leoncavallo. |
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VIVALDI / BOCCHERINI / HAYDN / BEETHOVEN / SERVAIS / FRANCHOMME
Anner Bylsma plays Concertos and Ensemble Works [6 CD set] Anner Bylsma (cello) with Tafelmusik, L'Archibudelli, Collegium Aureum, etc [ Sony Classical Masters / 6 CD Box Set - released 15/Sep/2014 ] "Anner Bylsma is a tremendous enthusiast, whose high spirits and nervous energy never fail to manifest themselves in his performances." (Gramophone) |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Double Concerto in A minor Op. 102 (with Clara Schumann: Piano Trio) (LP) Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Pablo Fernandez (cello), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Manfred Honeck, Lambert Orkis (piano) [ Sony Classical Vinyl / 2 LP - released 4/Nov/2022 ] An aristocrat of the string world is united with one of its most exciting newcomers for this major new concerto release on Sony Classical. First joint album by Anne-Sophie Mutter and Pablo Ferrández - a musical team for many years. |
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Annette Dasch
Armida [ Sony Classical / CD - released 24/Sep/2007 ] |
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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. |
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BRAHMS / ARENSKY / TCHAIKOVSKY / YEARDUMIAN / CHERUBINI / HAYDN / IBERT / etc
Anshel Brusilow - The Complete RCA Album Collection Anshel Brusilow Conducts the Chamber Symphony Of Philadelphia, with Lili Chookasian (contralto) [ Sony Originals / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2023 ] "An orchestra of rare quality" - that's how High Fidelity described the Chamber Symphony of Philadelphia, founded in 1966 by Anshel Brusilow, then concertmaster of The Philadelphia Orchestra. |
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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... |
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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 |
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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... |
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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 |
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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 |
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Arroyo/Domingo/Raimondi/Veasey
Verdi: Requiem [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 17/May/2004 ] |
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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 |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Arthur Rubinstein (piano) / New Symphony Orchestra of London / Symphony of the Air [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] "The result is wonderfully exciting. This is a really superb account of this lovely music." (Gramophone) |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
Arthur Rubinstein: The Chopin Collection (10 CDs special price) Arthur Rubinstein (piano) with New Symphony Orchestra & Symphony of the Air [ Sony Classical Masters / 10 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2011 ] "The florid gusto of Rubinstein's playing may not suit modern tastes, but he is clearly engaged with his material, rendering such considerations meaningless; and at his best, he is breathtaking." the Independent |