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BEETHOVEN / SCHUMANN / CHOPIN / SCHUBERT / LISZT / RAVEL
Emanuel Ax - The Complete RCA Album Collection Emanuel Ax (piano) with Isaac Stern, Jaime Laredo, Yo-Yo Ma, Guarneri Quartet, Håkan Hagegård, etc [ Sony Classics / 23 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2018 ] Emanuel Ax has been classed among the master pianists ever since his victory at the inaugural Arthur Rubinstein Competition in 1974. His long association with RCA began the very next year, with a spellbinding disc of Chopin and Liszt transcriptions... |
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HAYDN / BEETHOVEN / SCHUMANN
Diabelli Variations Emmanuel Ax (piano) [ Sony Classics / CD - released 20/Mar/2013 ] Widely considerd to be one of the best-known concert pianists of our time, Grammy Award winning American pianist Emanuel Ax (b.1949) releases this new CD, featuring Three works he has never recorded before. This release includes significant sets of... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro, K492 [The Marriage of Figaro] (complete opera) [plus Blu-ray audio] Fanie Antonelou, Christian van Horn, Simone Kermes, Andrei Bondarenko / MusicAeterna, Teodor Currentzis [ Sony Classics / 4 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Aug/2017 ] "Currentzis's cast has a character and blend of its own. A premium has been put on crackling recitative, deft vocalisation (limited vibrato) and dramatic truthfulness: the sense of ensemble is palpable." Financial Times, 14th February 2014 *****t |
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Gil Scott-Heron
3CD Original Album Classics [ Sony / 3 CD - released 24/Jan/2011 ] |
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Gipsy Kings
Original Album Classics (5CD) [ Sony / 5 CD - released 28/Jun/2013 ] This five-disc box set from internationally renowned flamenco/worldbeat superstars Gipsy Kings features five of their most notable early releases, including the group's breakthrough eponymous 1988 U.S. debut, 1989's well-regarded Mosaique, 1991's... |
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MENDELSSOHN / BRUCH / BARTOK / SCHUBERT / BEETHOVEN / etc
Yehudi Menuhin - The Complete American Victor Recordings Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Wanda Landowska, with Robert Merrill, Theodore Saidenberg / Pierre Monteux, Charles Munch, Antal Dorati [ RCA Red Seal / Sony Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2019 ] Yehudi Menuhin - The Complete American Victor Recordings, a 6-CD set bringing together legendary early recordings by this violin legend. Gems from this set include the first ever releases in any format of two previously unpublished items. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major, Op. 106 'Hammerklavier' Grigory Sokolov (Piano) [ Sony Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2016 ] "Sokolov's voicing of textures throughout the sonata is a marvel in itself…there is certainly a massive self-belief and artistic presence here" Gramophone |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 Grigory Sokolov (Piano) / Münchner Philharmoniker, Witold Rowicki [ Sony Classics / CD - released 11/Mar/2016 ] "No comparisons. An extraordinary document, with Solokov's integrity and humanity illuminating every bar" Gramophone |
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Guess Who
Original Album Classics (5CD) [ Sony Music / 5 CD ] The Guess Who 5CD set featuring Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings. Includes the albums Canned Wheat, American Woman, Share the Land, So Long Ballantyne and Rockin'. |
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WILLIAMS / MORRICONE / BONFA / PREVIN / BERNSTEIN / LEGRAND / etc
John Williams Conductor Itzhak Perlman, Joshua Bell (violins) Yo Yo Ma (cello) / Pittsburg Symphjony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops, John Williams [ Sony Classics / 20 CD Box Set - released 20/Jan/2018 ] In 1980, composer John Williams became one of the most visible conductors on the planet after being named Music Director of the Boston Pops Orchestra. Since then he has lead hundreds of high-profile concerts with the Pops and with many other leading... |
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DEBUSSY
The Claude Debssy Collection [18 CD set] James Galway, Paul Crossley, Tokyo String Quartet, Boston Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, etc [ Sony Classics / 18 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/2012 ] This limited-edition boxed set is a real bargain for all who would like to hear more from the composer of famous works like Clair de lune and La Mer. |
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Jeff Beck
Original Album Classics (5CD) [ Sony Music / 5 CD Box Set - released 11/Jan/2013 ] This limited edition set contains 5 original Jeff Beck albums on digitally re-mastered CDs, presented in miniature LP vinyl replica sleeves, all packaged in a high quality, rigid cardboard slipcase. |
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Joe Satriani
Original Album Classics [ Sony Music / 5 CD Box Set - released 11/Jan/2013 ] This limited edition set contains 5 original Joe Satriani albums on digitally re-mastered CDs, presented in miniature LP vinyl replica sleeves, all packaged in a high quality, rigid cardboard slipcase. |
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ALBENIZ / BACH / BARRIOS / GRANADOS / SATIE / TARREGA / etc
The Guitarist [3 CD set] John Williams, guitar [ Sony Classics / 3 CD - released 20/Mar/2013 ] "A comprehensive survey of unmatched prowess" [BBC Music Magazine] |
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Johnny Cash
Original Album Classics [ Sony Music / 5 CD Box Set - released 11/Jan/2013 ] This limited edition set contains 5 original albums by Johnny Cash on digitally re-mastered CDs, presented in miniature LP vinyl replica sleeves, all packaged in a high quality, rigid cardboard slipcase. |
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MAX BRUCH
Bruch: Scottish Fantasy / Violin Concerto no 1 in G minor Joshua Bell (violin/director) / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields [ Sony Classics / CD - released 25/Jul/2018 ] "Very well recorded, and ideally partnered with his present team-mates, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Bell never short-changes the works' attractions and sometimes delivers more than you might expect." The Times |
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GABRIEL FAURE / MAURICE DURUFLE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Faure: Requiem / Durufle: Requiem Kiri te Kanawa (soprano) Lucia Popp (soprano) Siegmund Numsgern (baritone) / Ambrosian Singers, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio De Almeida [ Sony Essential Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/1997 ] Recorded at All Saints' Church, Tooting Graveney, London: January & July, 1977 |
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Vespro Della Beata (with Bach: Cantatas BWV131 & BWV198) Gloria Prosper, Adrienne Albert, Richard Levitt, Melvin Brown, Marni Nixon / Gregg Smith Singers, Texas Boys Choir, Columbia Baroque Ensemble, Robert [ Sony Essential Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 12/Mar/1996 ] Monteverdi recorded at the American Legion Hall, Hollywood, January 1967. Digitally remastered in 1996 |
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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: My Piano Hero Lang Lang (piano) / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Valery Gergiev [ Sony Classics / CD - released 25/Sep/2011 ] "There is some quite exquisite playing here (Consolation No. 3, 'Un sospiro' and the rarely-heard Romance 'O pourquoi donc' that opens the programme) and bursts of electrifying dexterity (Grand galop chromatique and Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6). The... |
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RACHMANINOV / BRAHMS / BEETHOVEN / CHOPIN / LISZT / KHACHATURIAN / etc
Lazar Berman: The Complete Sony Recordings Lazar Berman (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf [ Sony Classics Masters / 6 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2016 ] "These can be considered classic interpretations." (Gramophone March 2004) |