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HECTOR BERLIOZ
Pierre Boulez conducts Berlioz (Incls 'Symphonie fantastique & Les Nuits d'ete) Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano) Stuart Burrows (tenor) / New York Philharmonic, London Symphony, BBC Symphony, Pierre Boulez [ Sony Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 13/Mar/2020 ] Sony Classical is now making available all of their Berlioz recordings conducted by Pierre Boulez. All at a very attractive price. The recordings have all been remastered and remixed, and the box set is available at budget price. |
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Aretha Franklin
Sunday Morning Classics (LP) [ Sony Music / 2 LP - released 12/Mar/2021 ] This collection of Aretha's most loved songs from her Columbia Records era includes timeless hits like "Just for a Thrill", "Maybe I'm a Fool", "Unforgettable", "Only the Lonely", "Until You Were Gone", "Blue Holiday" and more. Perfect for those... |
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George Fenton / Various Composers
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: Lady In the Van BBC Concert Orchestra, Clare Hammond (piano) [ Sony Pictures Classics / CD - released 26/Jul/2016 ] Best known for his work in film and television, George Fenton is one of Hollywood s most successful movie composers, writing scores for over 70 films and collaborating with some of the most influential filmmakers. His transition from television to... |
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VIVALDI / LOCATELLI / BACH / WEISS / KROPFGANS
Giuliano Carmignola: The Complete Sony Recordings Giuliano Carmignola (baroque violin) / Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon, with Lutz Kirchhof (theorbolute) [ Sony Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 10/Jul/2015 ] In tandem with the "Vivaldian ardour" (International Record Review) of conductor-harpsichordist Andrea Marcon and his Venice Baroque Orchestra, violinist Giuliano Carmignola - "a wonderfully accomplished player" (Gramophone) - has raised the bar on... |
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HANDEL / BACH / MARCELLO / SCARLATTI / MONTEVERDI / ZELENKA
Renee Jacobs Edition: Sacred Music - Cantatas, Laments, Oratorios, Passions [10 CD set] James Bowman, Anner Bylsma, Montserrat Figueras, Gustav Leonhardt, Renne Jacobs, etc [ Sony / RCA Classics / Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / 10 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/2012 ] |
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CARL ORFF
Orff: Carmina Burana Janice Harsanyi (soprano) Rudolf Petrak (tenor) / Columbia Symphony Orchestra / The Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy [ Sony Essential Classics / CD - released 7/Dec/2001 ] Rosette (highest rating) Penguin Stereo Guide |
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RAVEL / BIZET / BARTOK / WEBER / NIELSEN / VARESE / etc
Jean Martinon/ Chicago Symphony - Complete recordings Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Jean Martinon, with Benny Goodman (clarinet) [ RCA / Sony Classics / 10 CD - released 20/Sep/2016 ] The renowned French conductor Jean Martinon (1910-1976) studied with Charles Munch and Albert Roussel and was also a distinguished composer. His performances, in the words of one of his biographers, "were distinguished by a concern for translucent... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Voice of the Violin Joshua Bell (Violin) Orchestra of St Luke's / Michael Stern [ Sony Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2006 ] From the world of opera and song, Grammy Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell has chosen some of the most popular and enduring melodies ever written for his latest Sony Classical recording Voice of the Violin. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven Journey: Piano Concerto No 5 / Choral Fantasy Leif Ove Andsnes (piano & director) / Mahler Chamber Orchestra [ Sony Classics / CD - released 10/Feb/2015 ] The celebrated Norwegian pianist continues his multi-annual journey in collaboration with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, dedicated to Beethoven´s five piano concertos. Andsnes is not only playing the piano but also directing the orchestra. |
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PROKOFIEV / SAINT-SAENS
Bernstein Favorites: Children's Classics (Includes 'Peter and the Wolf' & 'Carnival of the Animals') Leonard Bernstein (narrator & conductor) / New York Philharmonic Orchestra [ Sony Bernstein Century / CD - released 19/Sep/2006 ] "Leonard Bernstein did a spectacular job in the narration of Peter and the Wolf. I remember when he did Young Peoples' Concerts many years ago and he made classical music come alive for children." |
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WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI
The Symphonies Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen [ Sony Classics / CD - released 1/Apr/2013 ] "The inherent mobility of his idiom seems to make for a magical refreshment of standard gambits - suddenly scuttering woodwind, cutting brass, the slicing, soaring string line. At his most rhetorical, he's never actually predictable." [The Sunday Times] |
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Loverboy
Loverboy Classics: Their Greatest Hits (Remastered) [ columbia/sony / CD ] |
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BRAHMS / SCHUMANN
Dichterliebe Simon Keenlyside (baritone) & Malcolm Martineau (piano) [ Sony Classics / CD - released 15/Nov/2009 ] "Here is a singer-actor who has it all…" (The Sunday Times) "In a league of his own…" (The Sunday Telegraph) "The king of barnstorming performances…" (The Independent) |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Il Progetto Vivaldi 2 Sol Gabetta (cello) / Cappella Gabetta, Andres Gabetta [ Sony Classics / CD - released 20/Mar/2013 ] "it is the fertility of imagination undergirding every one of Gabetta's performances which marks this colelction out as being something exceptional...Highly recommended." (International Record Review) |
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Various Artists / Score Composed and Conducted by Michael Kamen
Band of Brothers (Original Soundtrack) [ Sony Classics / CD - released 28/Aug/2001 ] This American imported CD is the stirring orchestral soundtrack to the epic 10-part World War II mini-series. |
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Alan Jackson
Original Album Classics [ Sony Music / 5 CD Box Set - released 11/Jan/2013 ] Limited edition set containing 3 original albums by Alan Jackson on digitally re-mastered CDs, presented in miniature LP vinyl replica sleeves. |
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PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: The Snow Maiden, Op. 12 Annely Peebo (mezzo-soprano) & Vsevolod Grivnov (tenor) / MDR Sinfonieorchester & MDR Chor, Kristian Järvi [ Sony Classics / CD - released 1/May/2016 ] "Kristjan Järvi's account is excellent. There is a welcome warmth to the MDR Leipzig strings, recorded in concert." (Gramophone March 2016) |
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LISZT / SCRIABIN / RACHMANINOV / SCHUMANN
Live At Carnegie Hall. Arcadi Volodos (piano) [ Sony Classics / CD ] Taken live from his 1998 Carnegie Hall debut recital, Arcadi Volodos confirms his position as one of the world's master pianists. "His sonority can be as delicate as it is thunderous and full-blooded. His accuracy and taste are impeccable so that... |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 20 & 3 Minuets Arcadi Volodos (piano) [ Sony Classics / CD - released 5/Nov/2019 ] Internationally acclaimed pianist, Arcadi Volodos returns with his sensationally recordings of Schubert's Piano Sonata D 959 and Minuets D 334, D 335, D 600. |
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LISZT / SCRIABIN / SCHUMANN
Volodos in Vienna Arcadi Volodos (piano) [ Sony Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] "Volodos is absolutely up there with the best of them" Gramophone Awards 2010 WINNER - Instrumental |