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Bajofondo
Presente [ Sony Classical / CD - released 1/Apr/2013 ] |
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BARTOK / STRAVINSKY / SCHOENBERG / TCHAIKOVSKY / MUSSORGSKY / SCHUBERT
Seiji Ozawa: The Complete RCA Recordings Arnold Steinhardt (violin), Peter Serkin (piano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 21/Apr/2017 ] He is "one of those rarities, a natural conductor", exclaimed one reviewer after Seiji Ozawa's Chicago Symphony debut on July 16, 1963 at the orchestra's Ravinia Festival. "His technical facility is phenomenal, his sense of rhythm both solid and... |
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J.S. BACH
Sacred Works: Masses BWV 232-236 / Christmas Oratorio, BWV248 Soloists / Collegium Vocale, Ghent, Philippe Herreweghe [ Virgin Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2011 ] "the four Lutheran Masses have been absurdly undervalued because they were largely revamped from earlier cantatas. But who could resist the singing of Gerard Lesne, the invigorating Kyrie of the F major Mass, the G major's tenor aria with oboe... |
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Barbra Streisand
Classical Barbra [ Columbia Records / CD ] American import. |
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Bart Coen
The London Flute [ Sony Classical / CD - released 22/Apr/2013 ] |
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Basel Co/Antonini
Beethoven: Symphonies 3 & 4 [ Sony Classical / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 4/Aug/2008 ] |
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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... |
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Bela Fleck
Perpetual Motion [ Sony Classical / CD - released 17/May/2004 ] |
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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 |
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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 |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis (LP) Berlin Philharmonic, Karl Bohm, Maria Stader, Marianna Radev, Anton Dermota, Josef Greindl, Choir of St. Hedwig's Cathedral [ Vinyl Passion Classical / 2 LP - released 1/Jan/2018 ] |
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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... |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT / JOSEPH HAYDN
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 'The Great' / Haydn: Symphony No. 88 (LP) Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Wilhelm Furtwangler [ Vinyl Passion Classical / 2 LP - released 25/Feb/2018 ] Recorded in Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin, 1951 |
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ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: 9 Symphonies [9 CDs plus Blu-ray audio] Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra], Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon Karajan Edition CD set plus Blu-ray audio / 10 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 19/Jul/2019 ] "It is Karajan who is best able to present a Bruckner Symphony as a single vision … some of the most consistently impressive Bruckner recordings of recent years" - Gramophone |
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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. |
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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. |
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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... |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Acide: Festa teatrale Bernard Richter, Raffaella Milanesi, Jennifer O'Loughlin / Haydn Sinfonietta Wien / Manfred Huss [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2009 ] To commemorate the bicentenary of the death of Joseph Haydn, BIS Records and the Haydn Sinfonietta Wien have entered into a collaboration which will result in several releases during 2009. |
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MAURICE RAVEL / ARVO PART / J. S. BACH / LUDOVICO EINAUDI etc
Relaxing Classics Bertrand Chamayou, Gautier Capuçon, Emmanuel Pahud, Frank Braley, Michel Dalberto, Renaud Capuçon [ Warner Classics / LP - released 17/Jun/2022 ] Artists: Bertrand Chamayou, Gautier Capuçon, Emmanuel Pahud, Frank Braley, Michel Dalberto, Renaud Capuçon, Dalal Bruchmann, Min Kym, Carlos Cipa, Martha Argerich, Andrew von Oeyen, Orchestre de chambre de Paris, Maxence Cyrin, David Fray, Florent... |
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JANACEK / LISZT / LYAPUNOV / GRIEG etc
Good Night! (LP) Bertrand Chamayou (piano) [ Erato / LP - released 2/Oct/2020 ] The sixteen lullabies - or berceuses - that pianist Bertrand Chamayou has chosen for Good Night! form a captivatingly varied album. His programme embraces a diversity of eras and musical cultures: Chopin, Liszt, Grieg and, of course, Brahms through... |