JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Incidental Music Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam [ Naxos / 6 CD Box Set - released 14/Sep/2018 ] "This handsome 6-CD set which appears as an edition presenting Sibelius is an overwhelming listening experience of often unfamiliar vignettes. Far more magic, some familiar moments and little that is prosaic. Enjoyable." MusicWeb |
MORTON GOULD
Morton Gould: American Legend Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra, Theodore Kuchar / University of Kansas Wind Ensemble, Scott Weiss / Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Scherme [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 13/Feb/2013 ] "Morton Gould is the American composer closest to my heart. The breadth of his talent, and his ability to channel American vernacular effortlessly into his concert works, make him the true heir of George Gershwin." Albany Symphony |
BORIS MIKOLAYOVICH LYATOSHYNSKY
Lyatoshynsky: Complete Symphonies Ukrainian State Symphony Orchestra, Theodore Kuchar [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Jun/2022 ] Boris Lyatoshynsky was a leading member of the Ukrainian cultural renaissance in the 20th century and his five symphonies remain the most important cycle in his country's musical history. |
JOSQUIN / GOMBERT / OBRECHT / RUE / CHARPENTIER / GESUALDO / PERGOLESI / etc
Ave Maria: Marian Hymns CantArte Regensburg, Oxford Camerata, VivaVoce, Tudor Consort, Carla Huhtanen (soprano) Ruth Ziesak (soprano) Peter Schreier (tenor), etc [ Brilliant Classics / 10 CD Box Set - released 23/Oct/2020 ] "This ten-disc collection is abundant in riches; it's an almost forensic foray into centuries (and centuries) of music devoted to the Virgin Mary...Digital recordings of ensembles make this a set to take note of." BBC Music |
J. S. BACH
St Matthew Passion Ian Bostridge, Franz-Josef Selig, Sibylla Rubens, Andreas Scholl / Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/1999 ] |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven Rediscovered Yury Martynov (piano), Arthur Schoonderwoerd (piano), Alexei Lubimov (piano), Olga Pashchenko (piano) Anima Eterna, Cristofori, Jos van Immerseel [ Alpha Classics / 17 CD Box Set - released 10/Apr/2020 ] To celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Beethoven, the Beethoven Rediscovered box includes17 CDs that offer a chance to rediscover his symphonies, concertos and sonatas on period instruments. |
Various Artists
Explorer Set: Slavic Edition [ Piano Classics / 10 CD - released 1/Sep/2023 ] Piano Classics was the first label to exclusively devote itself to piano music. Since its founding in 2010 it has released countless extraordinary recordings, presenting many repertoire rarities and amazing young pianists. The press has always been... |
JOLIVET / ROUSSEL / FRANCK / DEBUSSY / SAINT-SAENS / MILHAUD / POULENC / FAURE / VIEUXTEMPS / etc
French Violin Sonatas Daniele Orlando, Linda di Carlo, Mauro Tortorelli, Angela Meluso, Krysia Osostowicz, Susan Tomes, Kristóf Baráti, Klára Würtz, Bruno Monteiro, etc [ Brilliant Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 14/Jan/2022 ] The works in this collection emerged from the genre of duo concertant initially conceived as showcases for the virtuosity of Nicolò Paganini and his successors in the Franco-Belgian school of violin playing, notably Henry Vieuxtemps. |
GIROLAMO FRESCOBALDI
Frescobaldi: Complete Edition Roberto Loreggian (organ & harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / 15 CD Box Set - released 22/Aug/2011 ] A release of great importance: the first time CD-issue of the Complete Works of Girolamo Frescobaldi. The CD's in this edition are all newly recorded, by the foremost scholar/musicians of Italy, using period instruments. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel Edition Various Artists [ Brilliant Classics / 65 CD Box Set - released 1/Jan/2015 ] An exact contemporary of Bach, George Frideric Handel was one of the most important composers of the Baroque era, carving out a career for himself which was equally as impressive as his fellow countryman's. Born in Halle, Germany, to parents who were... |
JOSEPH HAYDN / W. A. MOZART / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Haydn/Mozart/Beethoven: Great Classical Symphonies Capella Istropolitana; Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia; Nicolaus Esterházy Chorus [ Naxos / 10 CD Box Set - released 26/Mar/2012 ] Without doubt, the most important symphonists of the latter part of the eighteenth century are Haydn and Mozart. Often credited with expanding the symphonic form to the four movements we are familiar with today. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Night music: Classical Favourites for Relaxing and Dreaming Various Artists [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 31/Mar/2008 ] A package of three individual albums in the Night Music range. NIGHT MUSIC VOL. 1 8.556815 NIGHT MUSIC VOL. 2 8.556816 NIGHT MUSIC VOL. 3 8.556817 |
ARVO PART
Part: The Collection Ulster Orchestra, Hungarian State Opera, Leeds Cathedral Choir, Elora Festival Singers, Benjamin Hudson (violin, viola) Jurgen Kruse (piano), etc [ Brilliant Classics / 9 CD Box Set - released 17/Dec/2021 ] The most comprehensive collection ever issued of Arvo Pärt's music, surveying the full range of an output from one of the most distinctive voices in late 20th-century music. |
KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI
Penderecki: The Symphonies and Other Orchestral Works Olga Pasichnyk (soprano), Aga Mikol/aj (soprano), Ewa Marciniec (alto), Wiesl/aw Ochman (tenor), Romuald Tesarowicz (bass) & Boris Carmeli (narrator) [ Naxos / 5 CD - released 3/Sep/2012 ] "Antoni Wit's ongoing cycle of Penderecki orchestral works is yet another of those truly outstanding Naxos projects that's unlikely to get the attention it deserves..." |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Queen Elisabeth Competition - Violin 2019 Various Artists [ Queen Elisabeth Competition / 4 CD - released 23/Aug/2019 ] This 4CD box set includes highlights from the performances of the 12 laureates of the 2019 Violin Competition. These young artists are heard in their chamber music programme of the semi-finals, in their performances of the Mozart concertos in the... |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Complete Symphonies and Concertos Bernd Glemser (piano) / Polish National Radio Symphony, Antoni Wit / Ireland National Symphony, Alexander Anissimov [ Naxos / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2001 ] "There are shattering climaxes when music calls for them, and the symphony ends in rousing style...thoroughly recommendable" Gramophone [Symphony No 3] |
MOZART / VERDI / BIZET / PUCCINI / MASCAGNI / LEONCAVALLO
Great Opera Regina Schorg (soprano), Ildiko Raimondi (soprano), Torsten Kerl (tenor), Janusz Monarcha (bass), Bo Skovhus (baritone), Ramón Vargas (tenor), etc [ Naxos / 10 CD Box Set - released 26/Mar/2012 ] The Great Classics series from Naxos is the perfect introduction to myriad genres of classical music. Comprising both complete and compiled selections from the greatest works in the repertoire, the boxes are bursting with wonderful pieces of music,... |
BEETHOVEN / MOZART / SCHUMANN / TCHAIKOVSKY / CHOPIN / PROKOFIEV / etc
Great Piano Concertos Jenö Jandó, Stefan Vladar, Idil Biret, Eldar Nebolsin, Sequeira Costa, Bernd Glemser, Francois-Joel Thiollier (piano) [ Naxos / 10 CD - released 26/Mar/2012 ] The Great Classics series from Naxos is the perfect introduction to myriad genres of classical music. Comprising both complete and compiled selections from the greatest works in the repertoire, the boxes are bursting with wonderful pieces of music,... |
Great Romantic Symphonies
[ Naxos / 10 CD - released 26/Mar/2012 ] The word 'symphony' is used to describe an extended orchestral composition in Western classical music. By the eighteenth century the Italianate opera sinfonia-musical interludes between operas or concertos-had assumed the structure of three... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Edition (90 CD Box Set) Various artists and performers from the vast Naxos catalogue [ Naxos / 90 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2019 ] Beethoven's monumental contribution to Western classical music is celebrated here in this definitive collection marking the 250th anniversary of the composer's birth. Surveying the totality of his career and achievement, the Complete Edition spans... |