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Various Artists
Rock 'N' Roll (10CD Set) [ 10 CD - released 8/Sep/2008 ] |
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WHITLOCK / GIGOUT / PARRY / HOWELLS / SAINT-SAENS / KARG / REUBKE / WESLEY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Cathedral Organ Series - selections [recorded 1963-1970] Noel Rawsthorne, Arthur Wills, Herbert Sumsion, Christopher Dearnley, Heathcote Statham, Roger Fisher (organists) [ Amphion / CD - released 17/Oct/1999 ] Performances from the organs of Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, Ely Cathedral, Gloucester Cathedral, Salisbury Cathedral, Norwich Cathedral & Chester Cathedral |
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MOZART / VERDI / BIZET / PUCCINI / MASCAGNI / LEONCAVALLO
Great Opera Regina Schorg (soprano), Ildiko Raimondi (soprano), Torsten Kerl (tenor), Janusz Monarcha (bass), Bo Skovhus (baritone), Ramón Vargas (tenor), etc [ Naxos / 10 CD Box Set - released 26/Mar/2012 ] The Great Classics series from Naxos is the perfect introduction to myriad genres of classical music. Comprising both complete and compiled selections from the greatest works in the repertoire, the boxes are bursting with wonderful pieces of music,... |
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BEETHOVEN / MOZART / SCHUMANN / TCHAIKOVSKY / CHOPIN / PROKOFIEV / etc
Great Piano Concertos Jenö Jandó, Stefan Vladar, Idil Biret, Eldar Nebolsin, Sequeira Costa, Bernd Glemser, Francois-Joel Thiollier (piano) [ Naxos / 10 CD - released 26/Mar/2012 ] The Great Classics series from Naxos is the perfect introduction to myriad genres of classical music. Comprising both complete and compiled selections from the greatest works in the repertoire, the boxes are bursting with wonderful pieces of music,... |
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Great Romantic Symphonies
[ Naxos / 10 CD - released 26/Mar/2012 ] The word 'symphony' is used to describe an extended orchestral composition in Western classical music. By the eighteenth century the Italianate opera sinfonia-musical interludes between operas or concertos-had assumed the structure of three... |
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RAMEAU / POULENC / DEBUSSY / BRITTEN / KODALY etc
Viva! 30 ans d'art choral (LP version) Various Artists [ Alpha Classics / 2 LP - released 25/Feb/2022 ] The Fondation Bettencourt Schueller is celebrating thirty years of commitment to choral singing. To mark the occasion, it has decided to bring together nineteen excerpts from recordings made by ensembles it has supported since 1989, thanks to the... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Edition (90 CD Box Set) Various artists and performers from the vast Naxos catalogue [ Naxos / 90 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2019 ] Beethoven's monumental contribution to Western classical music is celebrated here in this definitive collection marking the 250th anniversary of the composer's birth. Surveying the totality of his career and achievement, the Complete Edition spans... |
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BACH / COLTRANE / GARBAREK / HAYDN / KANCHELI / KURTAG / LISLEVAND / PART / etc
Selected Signs III-VIII (Music for ECM - A Cultural Archeology) [6 CD set] Steve Reich / Rosamunde Quartet / Márta & György Kurtág / Alexei Lubimov / Kim Kashkashian / Gidon Kremer / etc [ ECM / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2013 ] "Five stars for mostly reissued music might seem generous, but the way this set has been assembled creates transporting new narratives - or meditations - from sequences that were never meant to coexist." Guardian |
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MOURET / HAYDN / ALBINONI / HUMMEL / WEBER / etc
Terrific Trumpet: Best Loved Classical Trumpet Music Various artists from the Naxos catalogue [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Oct/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. |
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DVORAK
Dvorak Jubilee set Various artists incls Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Walter Susskind, Ruggiero Ricci (violin) [ Brilliant Classics Masterworks / 10 CD - released 16/Dec/2006 ] All composers are represented by some of their best known works. Also included are some pieces one might not expect. Performances are by prominent musicians. Some of the recordings were made as recent as only a few months ago. |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Songs: Volume 2 [2 CD set] Various artists including Allan Clayton, Jennifer Johnston, Robin Tritschler, Nicky Spence & Elizabeth Atherton [ Onyx / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] The second volume in the highly praised survey of all Britten's songs for voice and piano. |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Songs: Volume 1 [2 CD set] Various artists including Andrew Tortise, Ben Johnson, Caryl Hughes, Philip Smith & Nicky Spence [ Onyx / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "James Geer, a tenor with an instinct for the inflection of poetry that matches the composer's own, offers 'A Dirge'...Katherine Broderick brings by turns a forlorn beauty and a fiery plangency to the Pushkin settings of The Poet's Echo" (Financial... |
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ELGAR / PARRY / ARNOLD / HOLST / COATES / WOOD / WALTON / ALWYN / etc
The Best of British Various artists including the English Northern Sinfonia, Royal Artillery Band, New Zealand Symphony, Queensland Symphony Orchestra. [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 15/Oct/2006 ] Favourites from The Last Night of the Proms and other uplifting works celebrating the British Empire and its Royal Family. |
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NOEL CHRISTMAS
Noel Christmas: evergreens Various artists including the RIAS Kammerchor, Concerto Vocale, Les Arts Florissants & La Chapelle Royale [ Harmonia Mundi Christmas Edition / CD - released 20/Dec/2011 ] A beautiful selection of Christmas pieces from the Harmonia Mundi label. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: 30 of the Best Various artists & performers from the vast Naxos catalogue [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2020 ] Beethoven is regarded by many to be the greatest composer who ever lived, and this collection presents 30essential recordings of his most well-known works. From the beautiful moods of lamentation in the 'Moonlight' Sonata to the amorous... |
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ALKAN / BEETHOVEN / HUMMEL / MENDELSSOHN / SCHNITTKE / VIVALDI / etc
Cello Sonatas Edition various cellists from the vast Brillian Classics catalogue [ Brilliant Classics / 33 CD Box Set - released 10/Apr/2020 ] This set offers an extensive anthology of Cello Sonata on 33 CDs. The deep resonant and eloquent sound of the cello is able to express the widest spectrum of human emotions, from intimately whispering, mournfully lamenting to passionately singing. |
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C.P.E. BACH / BENDA / MOZART / DANZI / TELEMANN / VIVALDI / etc
Flute Concertos [10 CD set special price] Various flautists including Andras Adorjan, Erik Bosgraaf, Ingrid Dingfelder, Peter-Lukas Graf, Marc Grauwels, etc [ Brilliant Classics / 10 CD Box Set - released 10/Dec/2010 ] A brilliant collect of the famous and not so famous flute concertos from the world's most accomplished musicians - all at a super special price. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
101 CLASSICS - The Best Loved Classical Melodies Various orchestras and conductors [ Naxos / 8 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2010 ] All your favourites in one great package! |
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JOHANN STRAUSS II
Johann Strauss II: The Complete Orchestral Edition Various orchestras and conductors [ Naxos / 52 CD Box Set - released 30/Jun/2011 ] The Strauss Edition, originally 52 separate releases on the Marco Polo label, represented a milestone in recording history. It is celebrated by this beautiful boxed set. |
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BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / FRANCK / MOZART / BRUCKNER
Leonard Bernstein: [5 DVD set includes Beethoven's 9th Recorded in celebration of the fall of the Berlin wall in1989] Various orchestras and soloists conducted by Leonard Bernstein [ EuroArts / Medici Arts DVD / 5 DVD Box Set - released 10/Oct/2011 ] "The latest taping is drawn from his final series of concerts with the Vienna Philharmonic and it's profoundly impressive." (Gramophone) |