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Vienna Philharmonic. Lorin Maazel
Strauss, Richard - Also sprach Zarathustra, Sinfonia Domestica [ DG Masters / CD - released 20/Jul/2001 ] Classic recordings now at mid-price |
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SIBELIUS
Symphonies 1 - 7 (complete) Vienna Philharmonic [Wiener Philharmoniker], Lorin Maazel [ Decca Collector's Edition / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2013 ] "(These) performances are arguably the best of the lot from Lorin Maazel's surprisingly durable Vienna cycle from the 1960s." (ClassicsToday on Sym 4 & 7) |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphonies 4 - 6 / Hamlet Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Lorin Maazel [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 5/Aug/2002 ] This wonderful set contains Tchaikovsky's last three symphonies and the Hamlet Fantasy Overture. |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Classic Richard Wagner [incls 'The Ring Without Words'] Susan Dunn, Peter Meven, Klaus Konig / Berlin Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony, Lorin Maazel / Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Jesús López-Cobos [ Concord / Telarc / 3 CD - released 8/Mar/2019 ] The best selling "The Ring Without Words" is a unique synthesis of orchestral music from Wagner's Ring cycle. Arranged by Lorin Maazel, this recording includes all the standard Ring orchestral excerpts such as the Ride of the Valkyries |
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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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TCHAIKOVSKY
Romei and Juliet / Nutcracker Suite Cleveland Orchestra / Lorin Maazel [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 14/Sep/2007 ] |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1-4 / Overtures / Haydn Variations Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2014 ] "The finale [of the Third Symphony] is beautifully shaped and flighted … this is an excellent version of the Third" Gramophone Magazine |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Romeo et Juliette / Harold in Italy / Roman Carnival Overture The Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel, Daniel Barenboim [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/Jan/2014 ] Shakespeare and Byron meet for a double-CD of Maazel's recordings of two of Berlioz's symphonies for Decca, coupled with the Roman Carnival Overture, included on an Overtures disc for Decca. Back on CD after a long absence, the 1972 Vienna Roméo... |
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NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade & other works (with Prokofiev - Symphony No 5) The Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/Jan/2014 ] 'Maazel draws characteristically brilliant playing from the Cleveland Orchestra ... a conclusion relentless in its power ... superb playing and powerfully brilliant recording.' (Prokofiev) Gramophone |
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Turandot (complete opera recorded in 1983) BLU-RAY Vienna State Opera / Eva Marton, José Carreras, Katia Ricciarelli / Lorin Maazel (conductor) [ Arthaus Legendary Performances Blu-ray BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jul/2015 ] The Hungarian soprano Eva Marton brought to the title role a voice of gleaming metal in which one senses the beautiful woman lying in wait to defeat her opponent but is also aware of her fears of man in general. |
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Bartók; Mo
Konzert für Violine und Orchester No. 2 Sz 112; Erste Lodron'sche Nachtmusik: Marsch KV 248, Divertimento KV 247 Gerhart Hetzel; Wiener Philharmoniker, Lorin Maazel; Wiener Kammerensemble [ ORFEO / CD - released 28/Jul/2002 ] |
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RACHMANINOV
Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 Horacio Guiterrez (piano) Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Lorin Maazel [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 20/Sep/2005 ] "...he turns on the fireworks with a vengence..."-Stereo Review |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Burleske / Duet-Concertino / Oboe Concerto / le Bourgeois Gentilhomme / etc Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), Dimitri Ashkenazy (clarinet) Gordon Hunt (oboe) / Wiener Philharmoniker [Vienna Philharmonic], Lorin Maazel, etc [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2014 ] Relative rarities among his output are Richard Strauss's concertos, many written later in his life. This collection brings together works for oboe, clarinet and bassoon (the Duet Concertino) and the scintillating Burleske for piano and orchestra. In... |
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RAVEL
Bolero / Rapsodie Espagnole / la Valse / etc (rec 1984) L'Orchestre National de France, Lorin Maazel [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 20/May/2011 ] "La valse is high powered with a mannered ending, but I enjoyed the rather sultry performance of the Rapsodie espagnole, while the Alborada is certainly brilliant." (Gramophone) |
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Giuseppe V
Falstaff Lorin Maazel Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 25/Sep/2009 ] |
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Hector Ber
Symphonie fantastique, Klavierkonzert No. 1 Till Eulenspiegel Lorin Maazel, Géza Anda, Wiener Philhamoniker [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/2010 ] |
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MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Night on Bald Mountain (LP) The Cleveland Orchestra / Lorin Maazel [ Craft / LP - released 9/Jun/2023 ] Hailed as "one of the best recordings Telarc has ever done" by Stereophile, the 1980 recording of Moussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, performed by The Cleveland Orchestra and conducted by the legendary Lorin Maazel, cemented Telarc's status as... |
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PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony and other works Lynn Harrell (cello) / The Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] "Thrilling highly-charged accounts of some of Tchaikovsky's darkest music. Harrell's elegant Rococo Variations provides welcome light at the end of the tunnel." (BBC Music Five Stars) |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
VerdI Aida (complete opera recorded in 1986) BLU-RAY Teatro alla Scala / Maria Chiara, Luciano Pavarotti, Ghena Dimitrova, Leo Nucci / Lorin Maazel (conductor) [ Arthaus Legendary Performances BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 12/Jul/2015 ] "An opera for Cairo!", Verdi is said to have exclaimed. He would certainly have been delighted with this magnificent production. It was a triumphant success when it opened at la Scala in December 1985 |
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MODEST MUSSORGSKY / MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Ravel: Bolero, La Valse, etc New Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Lorin Maazel [ EMI / CD - released 28/Oct/1988 ] Original recordings from 1963 (Pictures) & 1972 |