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SCHUMANN / LEKEU / FRANCK / PROKOFIEV / D'INDY / SATIE
Catherine Collard: The Complete Erato, EMI & Virgin Classics Recordings Anne Queffelec (piano) with Catherine Courtois (violin) & Anna Queffelec (piano) / Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Marek Janowski [ Erato / Warner Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 13/Sep/2024 ] "No pianist understands the atmosphere of this music or can sharpen its wit more tellingly than Anne Queffelec...she is joined spiritedly by Catherine Collard in the four-handed Trois morceaux en forme de poire." (Gramophone on the Satie) |
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W. A. MOZART
Fritz Busch at Glyndebourne - Mozart Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender, Audrey Mildmay, Heddle Nash, John Brownlee, Ina Souez, Sena Jurinac, Alexander Young, Richard Lewis / Fritz Busch (cond) [ Warner Classics / 9 CD Box Set - released 8/Jul/2017 ] Fritz Busch (1890-1951) was one the greatest German conductors of the first half of the twentieth century, noted for his illuminating performances and his ethical principles. |
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GRIEG / BRAHMS / SCHUBERT / MOZART / RACHMANINOV / SCHUMANN / etc
Leif Ove Andsnes - The Warner Classics Edition 1990 - 2010 Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), with Christian Tetzlaff, Sarah Chang, Artemis Quartet & Ian Bostridge [ Warner Classics / 36 CD Box Set - released 7/Mar/2011 ] Leif Ove Andsnes is a leading pianist of his time, known for his exceptional musicianship and subtle touch, his considerable technical flair being unfailingly put at the service of his interpretations. |
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MENDELSSOHN / MOZART / HAYDN / SCHUMANN / BRAHMS / WAGNER / REGER / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Joseph Keilberth: The Postwar Telefunken Recordings - 1953-1963 Ludwig Hoelscher (cello) / Berliner Philharmoniker, Bamberger Symphoniker, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Joseph Keilberth [ Warner Classics Icon / 22 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2018 ] 20 July 2018 marked the 50th anniversary of the death of the German conductor Joseph Keilberth. His name is perhaps not so widely remembered as some of his contemporaries, but he was an important figure in the musical life of Germany in the mid-20th |
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SCARLATTI / RACHMANINOV / BEETHOVEN / TCHAIKOVSKY / SCRIABIN / etc
Mikhail Pletnev - The Erato Recordings 1988 - 2001 Mikhail Pletnev (piano/conductor), with Michael Collins (clarinet) [ Erato / Warner Classics / 16 CD Box Set - released 22/Aug/2025 ] Mikhail Pletnev, a virtuoso pianist of the Russian school, rose to global fame after winning the 1978 Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition. Known for his formidable technique and deep musical insight, this collection of his Erato recordings... |
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New Order
Brotherhood (Definitive Edition Box Set) [ Warner / Multi-Format Box Set - released 22/Nov/2024 ] Definitive edition of the band's fourth studio album Brotherhood. Housed in a limited-edition box set and featuring 2CDs, 2DVDs and 1LP vinyl. Written, recorded and produced by New Order, Brotherhood was originally released via Factory Records in... |
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BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / DVORAK / WAGNER / etc
Icon: Rudolf Kempe: The Genius of the Podium Rudolf Kempe conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, etc [ Warner Classics Icon / 11 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2011 ] The German conductor Rudolf Kempe (1910-1976) began his musical career playing the oboe in various symphony orchestras. The programme begins with recordings of four Beethoven Symphonies that Kempe made with the Munich Philharmonic in 1971-72. |
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VERDI / ROSSINI / MOZART / GOUNOD / STRAUSS / DONIZETTI / etc
Sumi Jo: The Erato Recitals Sumi Jo (soprano) / Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, Garzenich-Orchester Kalner Philharmoniker, English Chamber Orchestra, etc [ Warner Classics / 10 CD Box Set - released 16/Feb/2018 ] International Korean superstar Korean soprano Sumi Jo made 10 recital albums for Erato and Warner Classics. They include some of her most captivating performances from Mozart to Johann Strauss, from Bach to Rossini, from Scarlatti to Verdi, Baroque,... |
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MOZZART / SCHUBERT / BRUCKNER / R. STRAUSS / DVORAK / TCHAIKOVSKY / etc
Wolfgang Sawallisch: The Warner Classics Edition Complete Symphonic, Lieder & Choral Recordings Wolfgang Sawallisch, with Peter Schreier, Peter Zimmermann, Lucia Popp, Annie Fischer, Dennis Brain, etc [ Warner Classics / 65 CD Box Set - released 7/Jun/2024 ] For five decades Wolfgang Sawallisch (1923-2013) held a central position in the musical world. That centrality was reflected in a series of top orchestral and operatic posts and in his interpretations, free of self-regarding eccentricities. His... |
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Black Sabbath
Technical Ecstasy (Super Deluxe Box Set) [ ADA / Warner / 4 CD - released 1/Oct/2021 ] In the summer of 1976, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward headed to Miami to record Technical Ecstasy at the famed Criteria Studios. The band was coming off a world tour for their previous album, Sabotage, that had found their... |
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Black Sabbath
Technical Ecstasy (Super Deluxe Vinyl Box Set) [ ADA / Warner / 5 LP - released 1/Oct/2021 ] In the summer of 1976, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward headed to Miami to record Technical Ecstasy at the famed Criteria Studios. The band was coming off a world tour for their previous album, Sabotage, that had found their... |
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Eric Clapton
Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023 (4 x CD & 2 x Blu-ray Box Set) [ Rhino / Warner / 4 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 29/Nov/2024 ] Eric Clapton, one of the world's pre-eminent blues/rock guitarists, once again summoned an all-star team of six-string heroes for his seventh Crossroads Guitar Festival in 2023. Held at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California, the two-day... |
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Eric Clapton
Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023 (6 x LP Box Set) [ Rhino / Warner / 6 LP - released 29/Nov/2024 ] Eric Clapton, one of the world's pre-eminent blues/rock guitarists, once again summoned an all-star team of six-string heroes for his seventh Crossroads Guitar Festival in 2023. Held at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California, the two-day... |
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Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell Archives Vol 4 (Vinyl Box Set) [ Warner / 4 LP - released 4/Oct/2024 ] Enjoy 40 unreleased recordings tracing Joni's groundbreaking work from the birth of Hejira to her legendary collaborations with jazz luminaries on this 4-LP 180-gram black vinyl set, which includes newly unearthed demos and studio outtakes from the... |
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Mac Miller
Watching Movies With The Sound Off (10th Anniversary Limited Vinyl Box Set) [ Ada / Warner / 3 LP - released 24/Nov/2023 ] 10th anniversary deluxe edition of Mac Miller's second studio album Watching Movies with the Sound Off on heavyweight galaxy vinyl. Includes 10" zoetrope picture disc with bonus track "The Star Room (OG Version)" and a never before released vinyl... |
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Neil Young
Young Shakespeare (Deluxe Box Set) [ Reprise / Warner / Multi-Format Box Set - released 26/Mar/2021 ] Deluxe boxed edition includes both LP and CD and, for the first time ever, a DVD of the concert. Just two months after the release of his seminal After the Gold Rush, Neil Young sat down for a performance at The Shakespeare Theater on January 22,... |
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Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Way Down In The Rust Bucket (Vinyl Box Set) [ Reprise / Warner / 4 Vinyl Box Set - released 26/Feb/2021 ] After recording Ragged Glory at Broken Arrow Ranch in the spring of 1990 and releasing it that September, Young and Crazy Horse took the stage at The Catalyst in Santa Cruz on November 13 to unleash the songs upon a live audience. In true Crazy... |
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Pet Shop Boys
Smash - The Singles 1985 - 2020 (6LP Box Set) [ PLGUK / Warner / 6 LP - released 16/Jun/2023 ] Smash is the brand new complete collection of Pet Shop Boys singles from across 35 years of the duo's acclaimed career. The package includes all Pet Shop Boys' hits starting with their debut single 'West End girls' and continuing through such... |
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Roxette
Joyride 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition 4LP Box Set [ PLG Sweden / Warner / 4 LP - released 26/Nov/2021 ] Swedish group Roxette celebrates the 30th Anniversary of their third album "Joyride", following the band's spectacular global breakthrough with "Look Sharp!" in 1989. "Joyride" was the album that was supposed to cement Roxette's new-found status... |
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Sepultura
Roots 25th Anniversary Edition Box Set (LP) [ Rhino / Warner / 5 LP - released 9/Aug/2024 ] Roots is the sixth studio album by Brazilian metal band Sepultura. It was released in Europe on February 20, 1996 and in the U.S. three weeks later on March 12 by Roadrunner Records. It is the band's last studio album to feature founding member and... |