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HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini (Complete opera recorded in 2003) Gregory Kunde, Joyce DiDonato, Patrizia Ciofi, Laurent Naouri / Orchestre Nationale de France. John Nelson [ Erato / Warner Classics Home of Opera / 3 CD Box Set - released 15/Sep/2018 ] 'A splendid achievement. Here indeed is the 'verve and vitality' Berlioz always believed he had found.' - Gramophone |
TOMASO ALBINONI
Tomaso Albinoni: The Collector's Edition I Solisti Veneti, Claudio Scimone / Ensemble Strumentale Albalonga, Annibale Cetrangolo, with Pierre Pierlot & Pietro Bongonovo (oboes) [ Warner Classics / Erato / 16 CD Box Set - released 29/Jan/2021 ] The 'Adagio' (re)composed by Remo Giazotto had been enjoying huge popularity for ten years when Claudio Scimone and his chamber orchestra joined the Erato family and began to investigate the authentic Albinoni catalogue. |
ELGAR / DVORAK / HAYDN / BOCCHERINI / SAINT-SAENS / etc
Jacqueline du Pré: 5 Legendary Recordings Jacqueline du Pré (cello) with Herbert Downes (viola), Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Janet Baker (mezzo) [ Warner Classics LP / 5 LP - released 22/Nov/2017 ] Providing a treasurable memento of jacqueline's art, this is a newly-assembled 5 LP collection of masterworks for cello and orchestra from three centuries. |
BOCCHERINI / DVORAK / ELGAR / HAYDN / MONN / etc
Jacqueline Du Pre - The Great Cello Concertos Jacqueline Du Pre (cello) / English Chamber Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, New Philhamonia Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra [ Warner Classics SACD / 4 Hybrid SACD - released 4/Apr/2025 ] Du Pré was born in Oxford, England, the second child of Iris Greep and Derek du Pré. Derek was born in Jersey, where his family had lived for generations. After working as an accountant at Lloyds Bank in St Helier and London, he became assistant... |
BRITTEN / ELGAR / BEETHOVEN / HAYDN / BRAHMS / DVORAK / CHOPIN / etc
Jacqueline du Pre - The Complete Warner Recordings (special price 23 CD set) Jacqueline du Pre (cello) with various accompaniments and orchestras [ Warner Classics / 23 CD Box Set - released 3/Jun/2022 ] This new box set draws together the entirety of Jacqueline du Pré EMI Classics catalogues, assembled over her short 12-year career. The whole content has been NEWLY REMASTERED in 192Hz/24bit and from ORIGINAL TAPES. |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphonies 1, 5, 6, 9, Kindertotenlieder, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Ruckert-Lieder Janet Baker (mezzo) / Halle & New Philharmonia Orchestras, Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir John Barbirolli [ Warner Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 28/Aug/2021 ] "Barbirolli's famous 1969 version on any count is one of the greatest, most warmly affecting performances ever committed to disc, expansive, yet concentrated in feeling: the Adagietto is very moving … A classic version." Penguin Guide (5th Sym] |
BACH / MOZART / SIBELIUS / TCHAIKOVSKY / GLAZUNOV / etc
Icon: Jascha Heifetz- The Master Violinist (6 CD set) Jascha Heifetz (violin) with various orchestras, conductors & accompaniments [ Warner Classics / EMI Icon / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2008 ] Jascha Heifetz was a Jewish Lithuanian-born American violin virtuoso who was born in 1901 and died in 1987. His father was a professional violinist who started to give him lessons when Heifetz was only three-years-old. He then went on to further... |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Lohengrin (Complete Opera recorded in 1964) Jess Thomas, Elisabeth Grummer, Christa Ludwig, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Wiener Philharmoniker, Rudolf Kempe [ Warner Classics Home of Opera / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2016 ] "The playing of the orchestra is absolutely glorious throughout, the choral singing is very good and, often, very beautiful, the cast is excellent and the overall interpretation provides the required theatrical immediacy and tension" (Gramophone) |
CESAR FRANCK
Cesar Franck: Edition Khatia Buniatishvili, Aldo Ciccolini, Jean-Philippe Collard, Marie-Claire Alain, Renaud Capucon, Nathalie Stutzmann, Augustin Dumay, etc [ Warner Classics / CD - released 20/Apr/2016 ] A towering figure in French music of the later 19th century, César Franck created a distinctive fusion of German Romanticism and French Classicism, enriching the symphonic, chamber, instrumental, vocal and sacred repertoires. As a teacher and mentor... |
THE KING'S SINGERS
The King's Singers: Madrigals & Songs from the Renaissance The King's Singers with The Consorte of Musicke, Anthony Rooley & Tragicomedia [ Warner Classics / 8 CD Box Set - released 1/Mar/2018 ] Founded at King's College in Cambridge in 1968, the King's Singers are one of the world's most sought-after and acclaimed vocal ensembles. This amazing set repackages eight of their greatest albums. |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: The New Collector's Edition Joan Rodgers, William Shimmell, Vernon Handley, Adrian Boult, Richard Hickox, Helen Watts, Janet Baker, Robert Tear, etc [ Warner Classics / 30 CD Box Set - released 30/Sep/2022 ] This edition presents all the major orchestral, chamber, vocal and stage works, as well as many lesser pieces and rarities, in the finest interpretations. All your favourite Vaughan Williams is here, in over 34 hours of music on 30 CDs. |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Complete Symphonies National Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Academy Symphony, Mstislav Rostropovich [ Warner Classics / 12 CD Box Set - released 19/Mar/2007 ] Composed over a period of nearly 50 years, Dmitri Shostakovich's 15 symphonies are astonishingly diverse in conception and expression, reflecting the composer's personal experiences, the history of the 20th century and the tensions and struggles of... |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty (Complete ballets) London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn [ Warner Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 12/Aug/2016 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (Sleeping Beauty) - "André Previn's new version is much the best there has ever been-the best played and the best recorded." (Gramophone on Sleeping Beauty) |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Il Trittico (complete operas) Carlo Guelfi, Maria Guleghina, Neil Shicoff, Ricardo Cassinelli, Jose van Dam, Angela Gheorghiu / London Voices, London Symphony, Antonio Pappano [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 4/Jun/2012 ] The dark, dangerous drama of Il tabarro… The heart-wrenching pathos of Suor Angelica… The merciless comedy (leavened with youthful romance) of Gianni Schicchi… Puccini's scores for his triptych of one-act operas are as compelling for their subtlety... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
La Divina - Maria Callas in all her roles Maria Callas, with Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi, Piero Campolonghi, Franco Corelli, Ebe Stignani & many others [ Warner Classics / 135 CD Box Set - released 22/Sep/2023 ] This is the most comprehensive box of Callas recordings ever released, presenting La Divina in all 74 roles for which audio documents exist. It comprises her complete studio recordings, a collection of her best live recordings...and much more. |
BARTOK / RAVEL / PROKOFIEV / CHOPIN / MOZART / SCHUMANN / BEETHOVEN / BACH / etc
Martha Argerich: The Warner Classics Edition Martha Argerich (piano) with Renaud Capucon, Mischa Maisky, Gautier Capucon, Natalia Gutman, Nelson Freire, Itzhak Perlman, Truls Mork, etc [ Warner Classics / 46 CD Box Set - released 21/Feb/2025 ] "Unquestionably one of the greatest pianists of all time" is how Gramophone magazine has described Martha Argerich. Her relationship with the label goes back to 1965 and her victory at the International Chopin Competition in Warsaw. |
FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: Orchestral & Choral Works / A Village Romeo & Juliet / Songs Maureen Forrester, John Cameron, Dora Labbette / Beecham Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham [ Warner Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 1/Mar/2017 ] "A record to treasure. The greatest recordings made in stereo by the greatest British conductor at the peak of his career." - Gramophone |
PROKOFIEV / LISZT / BEETHOVEN / TCHAIKOVSKY / MENDELSSOHN / DEBUSSY / etc
Kurt Masur - The Complete Warner Classics Edition (Teldec & EMI recordings) Michel Beroff, Boris Berezovsky (piano) Sharom Kam (clarinet) Klaus Konig (tenor) Sylvia McNair (soprano) Sarah Chang (violin), etc / Kurt Masur [ Warner Classics / 70 CD Box Set - released 22/Apr/2022 ] Kurt Masur's achievement is defined above all by his relationships with two orchestras exemplifying vastly different traditions. This 70CD set consolidates the entirety of the catalogues that Masur built for EMI and Teldec between 1974 and 2009. |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Giacomo Puccini: The Warner Classics Edition Montserrat Caballé, Jose Carreras, Mirelle Freni, Tito Gobbi, Victoria de los Angeles, Barbara Hendricks, Maria Callas, Angela Gheorghiu, Kiri Te Kana [ Warner Classics / 23 CD Box Set - released 15/Nov/2024 ] Central to this performance is Montserrat Caballé's Turandot, a characterisation of striking subtlety and beauty. As the icy, but alluring princess she confronts the Calaf of José Carreras - heroic, seductive and irresistibly appealing to the slave... |
J. S. BACH
50 Best Bach (3 CDs special price) Nancy Argenta, Bob van Asperen, Fabio Biondi, Ian Bostridge, Philippe Herreweghe, Monica Huggett, etc [ Warner Classics / 3 CD - released 20/Jun/2010 ] An amazing selection of period performances of the greatest pieces of Bach recorded by some of today's top musicians. |
