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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Ave Maria Vittorio Grigolo (tenor) / Orchestra Roma Sinfonietta, Fabio Cerroni [ Sony Classical / CD - released 15/Nov/2013 ] The Italian Tenor - Vittorio Grigolo - has an extraordinary background story and he now shares this through a very personal album of sacred music. Schooled at the "very source of sacred music" - in the Sistine Chapel Choir, Vittorio returns to Rome... |
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PHILIP GLASS
Glass: Piano Works (2LP) Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) / Siggi String Quartet [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 LP - released 31/Jul/2002 ] "Ólafsson's interpretations inhabit a unique, distinct and extraordinary world all their own...[he] possesses that rare gift of illuminating a familiar work in unexpected ways, revealing hidden depths and drawing out its best qualities." Gramophone |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2 / Rhapsody on theme of Paganini Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 1/Jan/1990 ] "The composer himself is far rougher with his music than Ashkenazy ever is. Those who like Rachmaninov concertos to sound forceful above all will no doubt have reservations, but rarely has this work sounded so magically poetic" Gramophone |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Ultimate Classical Relaxation (Incls 'Air on a G string', Meditation from Thais, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik & Dance of the Hours) Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) Kyung Wha Chung (violin) Alicia de Larrocha (piano) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra [ Decca / 5 CD Box Set - released 25/Mar/2008 ] This set includes two CDs devoted to the music of J.S. Bach and one devoted to Tchaikovsky. The remaining two contain a sublime programme of music by Dvorák, Barber, Saint-Saëns, Bruch, Canteloube and many more. |
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LISZT / TCHAIKOVSKY / PROKOFIEV / SCHUBERT / LISZT / CHOPIN / etc
Vladimir Feltsman - The Complete Sony Recordings Vladimir Feltsman (piano) with various orchestras & conductors [ Sony Classical Masters / 7 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2019 ] Sony Classical is pleased to release Vladimir Feltsman's complete recordings for Columbia. Feltsman is an internationally renowned classical pianist. He debuted with the Moscow Philharmonic at the age of eleven and he went on to win numerous... |
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Vladimir Horowitz
Original Jacket Collection [ Sony Classical / 10 CD - released 22/Nov/2004 ] |
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BEETHOVEN
Piano Sonatas Nos. 14 'Moonlight' No. 21 'Waldstein' & No. 23 'Appassionata' Vladimir Horowitz (piano) [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 1/May/2011 ] Russian-born Vladimir Horowitz was one of the most acclaimed pianists of the modern age, a formidable virtuoso whose inimitable artistry and technique were rooted in the grand Romantic tradition. |
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CHOPIN / LISZT / MOSZKOWSKI / RACHMANINOV / SCARLATTI / SCHUMANN / SCRIABIN
Vladimir Horowitz - The Legendary 1986 Berlin Concert Vladimir Horowitz (piano) [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 15/May/2020 ] Tapes of this storied 1986 concert-his first in Berlin in 50 years-were recently found, and excitement has spread about this release just as it did back when the concert was announced. |
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Vogler Quartett
Mozart/Golijov: Chamber Pieces [ Sony Classical / CD - released 28/Mar/2011 ] |
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Walk the Moon
Talking Is Hard [ Sony Classical / CD+DVD / CD - released 30/Jan/2015 ] This is Walk The Moon's highly anticipated sophomore album which featured the double platinum hit 'Shut Up And Dance'. |
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W. A. MOZART / DUKAS / SMETANA / RACHMANINOV / PROKOFIEV / BARTOK / etc
Walter Weller - The Decca Legacy Walter Weller, Pascal Rogé, Mayumi Fujikawa, Pilar Lorengar [ Decca Eloquence / 20 CD Box Set - released 16/May/2025 ] A violinist-conductor who understood orchestras from the inside out: commanding power and Viennese warmth in the complete Decca symphonic recordings of the Austrian conductor Walter Weller. Includes complete cycles of the Rachmaninoff and.Prokofiev. |
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MENDELSSOHN / BEETHOVEN / SPOHR / SCHUBERT / BERWALD / BORODIN / etc
Wiener Oktett - The Decca Recordings Wiener Oktett [Vienna Octet] [ Decca Eloquence / 27 CD Box Set - released 19/Jan/2024 ] The sweet, silvery tone of the Wiener Oktett and the easy give-and-go of its phrasing helped establish it as one of the most distinguished of Viennese chamber ensembles. Its sound was that of the sublime Vienna Philharmonic in microcosm and the group... |
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MOZART
Mozart: Requiem (180g LP) Wiener Philharmonic, Karl Bohm [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD ] |
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STRAUSS FAMILY / etc
New Year's Concert in Vienna 2020 (Blu-ray) Wiener Philharmoniker, Andris Nelsons [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 31/Jan/2020 ] The New Year's Concert, one of the world's most famous and spectacular classical music events, returns for the 81st time to present to viewers a sensational programme made up of the vast repertoire of the family of Johann Strauss and its... |
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ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Complete Symphonies Edition Wiener Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann [ Sony Classical / 11 CD Box Set - released 13/Oct/2023 ] Sony Classical is excited to release the full cycle of Bruckner's symphonies recorded by the Vienna Philharmonic under Christian Thielemann on CD. |
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BEETHOVEN / TCHAIKOVSKY / DVORAK / BRAHMS
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt Edition - Volume 1 Wiener Philharmoniker, Hamburg Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, with Vladimir Ashkenazy, Wilhelm Backhaus, Joan Sutherland, etc [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 14 CD Box Set - released 29/Sep/2023 ] The two stereo Beethoven cycles, those of the Symphonies (1965-70) and the Piano Concertos (with Wilhelm Backhaus, 1958-59), form the core of this edition of the complete Decca recordings of Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt (1900-1973). |
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R. STRAUSS / J. STRAUSS / VERDI / BEETHOVEN / DVORAK / WAGNER / etc
Clemens Krauss - Complete Decca Recordings Vienna Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Clemens Krauss, with Pierre Fournier (cello) Wilhelm Backhaus (piano) Kathleen Ferrier (contralto) etc [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 16 CD Box Set - released 26/Nov/2021 ] The most comprehensive collection ever issued of Clemens Krauss's commercial legacy of recordings, newly remastered and presented as an original jackets limited edition. |
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BEETHOVEN
Symphony No 5 (with Schubert - Symphony No. 8 'Unfinished') Wiener Philharmoniker, Lorin Maazel [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 1/May/2011 ] Recorded digitally by the Vienna Philharmonic during a Japanese concert tour. |
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STRAUSS FAMILY / etc
New Year's Concert in Vienna 2021 BLU-RAY Wiener Philharmoniker, Riccardo Muti [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 12/Feb/2021 ] "This is a concert that grows to greatness…Never has a programme built to its own private apotheosis as surely as this, with lofty yet almost unbearably moving accounts of the Emperor Waltz and the Blue Danube itself." Gramophone |
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ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: The Nine Symphonies Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti, Horst Stein, Karl Böhm, Lorin Maazel, Claudio Abbado [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 9 CD Box Set - released 22/Mar/2024 ] The Vienna Philharmonic's distinguished Bruckner tradition, documented through a series of superb Decca recordings from the 1960s and 70s on a Limited Edition 9-CD box set, with Original Jackets. |