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Paul Robeson
Voice of Freedom; His Complete Columbia, RCA, HMV, and Victor Recordings [ Sony Classics / 14 CD Box Set - released 6/Sep/2024 ] This is a special edition, documenting Paul Robeson's complete major-label discography recorded 1925-1947! It contains the first release of Robeson's groundbreaking Victor recordings on CD with 16 recordings reissued for the first time. |
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Paul Simon
Graceland (25th Anniversary Edition / Collector's Box Set) [ Legacy Records / 6 Multi-Format Box Set - released 29/Jun/2012 ] With bonus tracks, concert footage and video clips, the documentary film ('Under African Skies'), a deluxe book, new liner notes and more, this beautiful collection is packaged in a slipcase wrapped in fine linen. |
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Pavarotti/Domingo/Carreras
Three Tenors Christmas (+Dvd) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 8/Nov/2004 ] |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 5 Pavol Breslik (tenor), Maria Bengtsson (soprano), Johanna Winkel (soprano) / Kammerakademie Potsdam, NDR Chor, Antonello Manacorda [ Sony Classical / 3 CD - released 16/Apr/2021 ] "Manacorda and his spruce Potsdam band (modern instruments played with historical awareness) offer a…lithe, up-tempo performance, with vivid wind detailing and clearly etched textures" Gramophone |
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Pearlman/Boston Baroque
Vivaldi: Four Seasons [ Telarc Classical / SACD - released 6/Apr/2009 ] |
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Pera Ensemble
Various: Amor Oriental [ Sony Classical / CD - released 2/May/2011 ] |
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Perfume Genius
Set My Heart On Fire Immediately [ Matador / CD - released 29/May/2020 ] Set My Heart On Fire Immediately is the fifth studio album from Perfume Genius. It sees artist and musician Mike Hadreas re-teaming with GRAMMY-nominated producer Blake Mills and features contributions from musicians Jim Keltner, Pino Palladino and... |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: Curlew River Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk, Harold Blackburn, Bryan Drake, English Opera Group, Benjamin Britten [ Decca Records / CD - released 2/Jan/1989 ] "Curlew River - A Parable for Church Performance (Op. 71) is an English music drama, with music by Benjamin Britten to a libretto by William Plomer. |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: The Burning Fiery Furnace Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk, Robert Tear, Stafford Dean / English Opera Group, Benjamin Britten [ Decca / London / CD - released 18/Nov/1990 ] This recording remains unique and carries that special authority only the composer himself can bring to his recordings. |
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W. A. MOZART
Peter Serkin plays Mozart Peter Serkin (piano) with Rudolf Serkin (piano), Richard Stoltzman (clarinet), English Chamber Orchestra [ Sony Classical Masters / 6 CD Box Set - released 5/Jun/2019 ] Peter Serkin, whose recorded output is dwarfed by his fathers in sheer size but by no means in artistic distinction, is spotlighted in a new release playing Mozart: his complete RCA recordings of the composer. |
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Pharoah Sanders
Pharoah (2 Disc Box Set) [ Luaka Bop / 2 CD - released 6/Oct/2023 ] This record's origin story is as elusive as Pharoah was about everything Pharoah. It was born out of a misunderstanding between him and the India Navigation producer Bob Cummins, and was recorded at a crossroads in his career with a group of... |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Swan Lake / Sleeping Beauty / Nutcracker [ballet highlights] Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 20/May/2011 ] Eugene Ormandy (1899-1985) was music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra for 42 years - from 1938, when he took over from Leopold Stokowski, until 1980. Together Ormandy and the orchestra made numerous critically acclaimed recordings for Columbia... |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Eugene Ormandy Conducts Richard Strauss Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, with Rudolf Serkin (piano) & Lorne Munroe (cello) [ Sony Classical / 4 CD Box Set - released 13/Mar/0020 ] Ormandy is best known for his longstanding post as the conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra. He also developed what came to be known as the "Philadelphia Sound" emphasizing lush string sonorities and, legato phrasing and rounded tone. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Eugene Ormandy - The Columbia Legacy (Mono-Recordings) The Philadelphia Orchestra, The Philadelphia "Pops" Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, with Oscar Levant, György Sandor, Regina Resnik, etc [ Sony Classical / 120 CD Box Set - released 9/Apr/2021 ] The collaboration between Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra, which lasted over 40 years, is one of the most enigmatic and longest-lasting relationships in the history of classical music. |
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Philadelphia Orc/Ormandy
Holst: The Planets [ Sony Classical / CD - released 6/Jun/2011 ] |
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MOZART / BARBER / HINDEMITH / JANACEK / POULENC / ROSSINI / etc
The Complete Columbia Album Collection Philadelphia, Woodwind Quintet [ Sony Classical / 12 CD Box Set - released 17/Sep/2023 ] The Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet; founded in 1950; comprised the principal woodwinds and French horn of The Philadelphia Orchestra. They made their recording debut for Columbia in 1953: four players from the ensemble were joined by pianist Rudolf... |
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BACH / BERLIOZ / BRAHMS / DEBUSSY / GERSHWIN / SHOSTAKOVICH / etc
Eugene Ormandy: The Columbia Stereo Recordings (1964-1983) The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, with Philippe Entremont, Emil Gilels, Eugene Istomin, Rudolf Serkin, Isaac Stern, Leonard Rose, etc [ Sony RCA Classical Masters / 94 CD Box Set - released 28/Mar/2025 ] This massive new reissue from Eugene Ormandy's stereo discography collects all the Columbia Masterworks recordings he made in Philadelphia between the early 1960s and early 1980s. |
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BELA BARTOK / ZOLTAN KODALY / OTTORINO RESPIGHI / JOSEPH HAYDN / etc
Antal Dorati - The Philharmonia Hungarica - The Mercury Masters Philharmonia Hungarica, Antal Dorati, with Steven Isserlis, Olli Mustonen, Michael Collins, Takács String Quartet, Andrew Litton [ Mercury Living Presence / 8 CD Box Set - released 7/Feb/2025 ] Driving intensity, rhythmic flair and demonstration-quality sound are brought to the fore in a new anthology of Antal Dorati's early recordings with the Philharmonia Hungarica on Mercury and Philips. |
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EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Enigma Variations / Pomp & Circumstance Marches (recorded in 1982) Philharmonia orchestra, Andrew Davis [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 10/Dec/2011 ] |
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DVORAK
Andrew Davis conducts Dvorak (incls Symphonies 1-9) [7 CD set] Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Sony Classical Masters / 7 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2012 ] "This reissue of Andrew Davis's clean-cut, fresh performances has much in its favour. As a sample of Davis at his finest try the finale of the New World, an exhilarating reading of a movement which normally comes as a disappointment." (Gramophone) |