SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Ivan The Terrible Olga Borodina (mezzo), Ildar Abdrazakov (bass) / Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Staats-und Domchor Berlin, Tugan Sokhiev [ Sony Classical / CD - released 1/Dec/2016 ] Oratorio for Alto, Bass, Boys' Choir, Choir & Orchestra based on the original Film score (1942-44) |
ROSSINi / DONIZETTI / OFFENBACH / MASSENET / VERDI / PUCCINI / etc
La bellezza del canto Olga Peretyatko 9soprano) / Munchner Rundfunkorchester, Miguel Gomez-Martinez [ Sony Classical / CD - released 29/Aug/2011 ] |
ALMA DEUTSCHER
Deutscher: Cinderella (complete recorded in 2017) Opera San Jose / Vanessa Becerra, Jonas Hacker, Nathan Stark, Karin Mushegain / Jane Glover (cond) [ Sony Classical DVD / DVD - released 18/Dec/2018 ] "As a dramatic construct, the opera's a marvel for one so young...Deutscher starts with two gifts on her side: natural talent (I'll avoid the word genius) and sincerity. Cinderella may be pastiche, but at the same time nothing is fake." BBC Music |
Orch National De France/Gatti
Debussy: La Mer/Prelude A L'ap [ Sony Classical / CD - released 16/Apr/2012 ] |
Orch National De France/Gatti
Stravinsky: Pretrouchka/Le Sac [ Sony Classical / CD - released 27/May/2013 ] |
TCHAIKOVSKY / KHACHATURIAN / PROKOFIEV / ADAM / STRAVINSKY / DELIBES
The Most Beautiful Ballets [incls 'Swan Lake' & 'Romeo & Juliet'] The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Mark Ermler & Barry Wordsworth [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] "..the players have responded with both refinement and red-blooded commitment not just to the conductor but to the free, warm acoustic of All Saints' Church, Tooting." (Gramophone on Swan Lake) |
HANS ZIMMER
The World of Hans Zimmer - A Symphonic Celebration ORF Radio Symphony Radio, Martin Gellner, with Lisa Gerrard (vocals), Aleksandra Suklar (percussion), El Amir (guitar), etc [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 15/Mar/2019 ] Sony Classical is pleased to release the sensational double-album by one of the world's most accomplished film composer, Hans Zimmer. This stunning album sees Hans Zimmer arrange some of his most successful and recognisable compositions into... |
Original Soundtrack
ST. Vincent [ Sony Classical / CD ] |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto (with Stravinsky - Les Noces) Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin) Nadine Koutcher (soprano) / MusicAeterna, Teodor Currentzis [ Sony Classical / CD - released 20/Mar/2016 ] "The force of personality, conviction and unanimity of intention with which the musical argument is projected completely bowled me over" (BBC Music Magazine Disc of the month March 2016) |
Patrick Rapold
La Campanella [ Sony Classical / CD - released 2/Jun/2008 ] |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: The Complete Piano Sonatas Paul Badura-Skoda (piano) [ RCA Red Seal / Sony Classical / 12 CD Box Set - released 25/Oct/2017 ] Badura-Skoda plays Schubert sonatas - The first CD release of a landmark edition Paul Badura-Skoda is unquestionably the outstanding Schubert pianist of the 20th century, declared the Leipzig Volkszeitung in 2012. An astute interpreter, a sensuous... |
Pavarotti/Domingo/Carreras
Three Tenors Christmas (+Dvd) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 8/Nov/2004 ] |
Pera Ensemble
Various: Amor Oriental [ Sony Classical / CD - released 2/May/2011 ] |
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. |
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... |
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. |
Philadelphia Orc/Ormandy
Holst: The Planets [ Sony Classical / CD - released 6/Jun/2011 ] |
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... |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Enigma Variations / Pomp & Circumstance Marches (recorded in 1982) Philharmonia orchestra, Andrew Davis [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 10/Dec/2011 ] |
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) |