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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Great Violin Concertos [3 CD set] Yehudi Menuhin (violin) [ Regis Records / 3 CD Box Set - released 22/Aug/2013 ] Yehudi Menuhin was one of the finest violinists of the 20th Century and his artistry is showcased in this 3-CD set of The Great Violin Concertos - concertos by Vivaldi, Mozart, Beethoven, Bruch, Mendelssohn, Brahms and Elgar. 3 CDs for the price of 2 |
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Various Artists
Eccentric Soul: The Young Disciples (CD) [ Numero / CD - released 31/Oct/2016 ] |
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Yussef Kamaal
Black Focus [ Brownswood Recordings CD / CD - released 25/Nov/2016 ] Yussef Kamaal are shaped by the sound of London. Growing up in the capital, they frame jazz within the bass-saturated, pirate radio broadcasts of the UK capital. The pair, made up of Yussef Dayes and Kamaal Williams (aka Henry Wu), have had little in... |
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BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / BRUCH / DVORAK / TCHAIKOVSKY / etc
The Romantic Cello [5 CD set] Zara Nelsova, Julius Berger, Alexander Russakovsky, Timora Rosler, Herre‐Jan Stegenga, Vittorio Ceccanti, Luca Fiorentini, Wladislav Warenberg (cellos [ Brilliant Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 10/Feb/2015 ] The most beautiful cello music of Beethoven, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Schumann Chopin, Saint‐Saëns, Dvořák, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff and many more |
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W. A. MOZART
Bruno Walter conducts Mozart [6 CD set] Zino Francescatti (violin) Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Jennie Tourel (alto), Léopold Simoneau (tenor) & William Warfield (bass) / Columbia Symphony [ Sony Classical Masters / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Sep/2011 ] Born in Berlin in 1876, Bruno Walter entered the Stern Conservatory at the age of eight, intending to become a concert pianist, and made his conducting debut in Cologne at 17. Following appointments in Pressburg (now Bratislava), Riga and Berlin, he... |
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Zola Jesus
The Spoils (CD) [ Sacred Bones / CD - released 31/Oct/2016 ] |
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STRAUSS II / LEHAR / KALMAN / STOLZ
The Ultimate Operetta Album [2 CD set] Zsuzsa Csonka, Ingrid Kertesi, Yvonne Kenny (Sopranos) Karl-Michael Ebner, Marko Kathol, Michael Roider (Tenors) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 10/Jan/2011 ] A beautiful selection of the best-known operetta arias, duets & orchestral music from Vienna's golden age of operetta, including Die Fledermaus, The Merry Widow, The Land of Smiles, The Gypsy Princess, The Gypsy Baron and Countess Maritza. |
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BEETHOVEN
The Violin Sonatas [4 CD set] Pinchas Zukerman (violin) Marc Neikrug (piano) [ RCA Complete Collections / 4 CD Box Set - released 10/Nov/2012 ] "Zukerman gives as intelligent and musical a performance of these as we have a right to expect. Recordings are top-drawer, with a weight and amplitude that suits the interpretations to perfection." (MusicWeb) |