Schafer/Berlin So/Salemkour
Various: Arias [ Sony Classical / CD - released 5/Dec/2011 ] |
Schneider/La Stagione Frankfur
Various: Il Primo Uomo [ Sony Classical / CD - released 28/Mar/2011 ] |
Sequentia
Various: Celestial Hierarchy [ Sony Classical / CD - released 13/May/2013 ] |
Serkin/Ormandy
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 1 [ Sony Classical / CD - released 8/Apr/2013 ] |
Sharon Isbin & Friends
Various: Guitar Passions [ Sony Classical / CD - released 29/Aug/2011 ] |
CARL MARIA von WEBER
Weber: Der Freischütz Sharon Sweet, Ruth Ziesak, Peter Seiffert, Andreas Schmidt, Kurt Rydl, Roman Trekel / Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Marek Janowski [ Sony RCA Classical Opera / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2017 ] This memorable version of Weber's Der Freischütz from 1994 returns to the catalogue. It offers some outstanding vocal contributions, opined BBC Music Magazine, "sung with a genuine feeling for melodic shape and verbal emphasis: Peter Seiffert's... |
Simone Dinnerstein
Bach, J.S.: Bach - A Strange B [ Sony Classical / CD - released 17/Jan/2011 ] |
Simone Dinnerstein
Bach/Schubert: Something Almos [ Sony Classical / CD - released 13/Feb/2012 ] |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart in Havana: Piano Concertos Nos 21 & 23 Simone Dinnerstein (piano) / Havana Lyceum Orchestra, José Antonio Méndez Padrón [ Sony Classical / CD - released 7/Aug/2017 ] "the orchestra's potential for greatness is obvious, and so is the seriousness and fervent dedication that their music director Jose Antonio Méndez Padrón brings to everything he conducts." Gramophone |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588 (complete opera recorded in 2014) Simone Kermes, Malena Ernman, Anna Kasyan, Kenneth Tarver, Christopher Maltman / MusicAeterna, Teodor Currentzis [ Sony Classical / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2016 ] In 2011, when invited to the post of Artistic Director at Perm's opera house, Currentzis negotiated unheard-of conditions: unlimited rehearsal time; the freedom to schedule performances depending on the quality reached in rehearsals; the necessary... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 MusicAeterna, Teodor Currentzis [ Sony Classical / CD - released 12/Jun/2020 ] "In this most celebrated of symphonies the players sound at times as though they might explode with excitement." BBC Music Orchestral recording of the Month July 2020 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Colori d'Amore Simone Kermes (soprano) / Le Musiche Nove / Claudio Osele [ Sony Classical / CD - released 10/Dec/2010 ] "there is no more individual or idiosyncratic baroque diva around." (The Sunday Times) |
Sir Thomas Beecham
Conducts Mozart: Symphony 35 [ Sony Classical / CD - released 12/Nov/2001 ] |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
The Chopin Album Sol Gabetta (cello) Bertrand Chamayou (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 7/Mar/2015 ] On her new album, cello superstar Sol Gabetta teams up with one of the best young artists, French pianist Bertrand Chamayou. Gabetta and Chamayou have played together on many occasions and quickly became both friends and artistic partners. They... |
TCHAIKOVSKY / SAINT-SAENS / GINASTERA
Sol Gabetta plays Tchaikovsky, Saint Saens & Ginastera Sol Gabetta (cello) / Munchner Rundfunkorchester, Ari Rasilainen [ Sony Classical / CD - released 8/Feb/2018 ] "..from the moment she makes her first entry in the Rococo, she seizes attention through the remarkable vocal quality of her sound." Gramophone |
HOFMANN / HAYDN / MOZART
Haydn / Hofmann / Mozart: Cello Concertos Sol Gabetta (cello) / Kammerorchester Basel, Sergio Ciomei [ Sony Classical / CD - released 8/Feb/2018 ] "…lovely performances from a cellist who combines a winningly smooth cantabile with a focused light tone and incisive rhythmic precision. The Basle Chamber Orchestra gives support which is handsomely coloured and stylishly clean-lined" Gramophone |
J. S. BACH / SCHELLE / KUHNAU
Magnificat - Christmas in Leipzig Solomon's Knot's, Jonathan Sells [ Sony Classical / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] "A glittering debut recording for the musicians, whose live sound has been decanted beautifully here in celebration of three of Leipzig's finest. Bach's offering shines brightest" BBC Music Five Stars |
Sonia Wieder-Atherton
Various: Coffrets Rtl Classiqu [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 28/Feb/2011 ] |
GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI
Pergolesi: Stabat Mater Sonya Yoncheva (soprano), Karine Deshayes (mezzo) / Ensemble Amarillis, Heloise Gaillard and Violaine Cochard [ Sony RCA Classical Opera / CD - released 10/Mar/2017 ] "Sonya Yoncheva brings to her lines a fragile sensitivity that astonished me, given the power of her voice…the Ensemble Amarillis plays with great charm." BBC Music |
Soundtrack (Hans Zimmer)
Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice [ Sony Classical / CD - released 18/Mar/2016 ] The soundtrack "Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice" is a collaborative effort by film composers Hans Zimmer and Junkie XL (aka Tom Holkenborg). |