LULLY
Thesee (complete opera) Aaron Engebreth, Aaron Sheehan, Amanda Forsythe, Teresa Warkim, Yulia Van Doren / Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra & Chorus / Paul O'Dette [ CPO / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Sep/2008 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD NOMINATION 2008 - Baroque Vocal - "Still often underrated, Lully is an operatic giant, and this fine recording makes eloquent proof" Gramophone Magazine |
CHARPENTIER
La couronne de fleurs / La descente d'Orphée aux enfers Aaron Sheehan, Teresa Wakim, Amanda Forsythe, Douglas Williams, Jesse Blumberg, Dorothee Mields / Boston Early Music, Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs [ CPO / CD - released 16/Aug/2014 ] "Sheehan, who sings the role of Orpheus, [delivers] a finely nuanced interpretation...Amanda Forsythe is a charming Euridice and Roselie, Teresa Wakim a beautifully styled Flore, and Dorothee Mields a compelling Amaranthe and Proserpine." Gramophone |
VALI
Flute Concerto / Deylaman / Folk Songs (Set No. 10) Alberto Almarza (flute) / Janna Baty (soprano) / Boston Modern Orchestra Project / Gil Rose, conductor [ Naxos 21st Century Classics / CD - released 2/Jun/2004 ] This CD will continue to find a place in my changer for months to come, and it probably will be counted among 2004's best new releases." -- Raymond Tuttle, classical.net |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Alexander Brailowsky plays Chopin: The Complete RCA Album Collection Alexander Brailowsky (piano) / RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch [ RCA Red Seal / Sony / 8 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2019 ] Mr. Brailowsky has a sheer instinct for the secrets of the piano, declared the distinguished New York Times music critic Olin Downes in his review of the Ukrainian-American pianist s 1925 Carnegie Hall recital. He recreates his music with all the... |
REZA VALI
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra, etc Alberto Almarza (flute), Jana Baty (soprano), George Mgrdichian (bárbát) / Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose [ Naxos 21st Century Classics / CD - released 1/Mar/2004 ] |
BLOW
Venus and Adonis (complete opera) Amanda Forsythe / Tyler Duncan / Mireille Lebel / Boston Early Music Festival Vocal & Chamber Ensembles / Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs [ CPO Records / CD - released 18/May/2011 ] Again in cooperation with the Boston Early Music Festival, we are now releasing yet another baroque opera, this time a work by John Blow regarded as the first »real« English opera. |
JOHN WILLIAMS
Williams: Violin Concerto No. 2 / Selected Film Themes Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / Boston Symphony Orchestra, John Williams [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 10/Jun/2022 ] Deutsche Grammophon is proud to present the world-premiere recording of John Williams's Violin Concerto no.2. The work was written for and recorded by the venerated composer's friend and frequent collaborator Anne-Sophie Mutter. |
ANDRE PREVIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Previn: Violin Concerto (with Bernstein-Serenade) Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / Boston Symphony Orchestra / Andre Previn [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 14/Nov/2003 ] 2005 Grammy Award Winner: Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra) |
RAVEL / KORNGOLD / SHOSTAKOVICH / PREVIN / STRAUSS / PROKOFIEV
Andre Previn: A Celebration Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) Kyung Wha Chung (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony, Royal Philharmonic, Andre Previn [ Deutsche Grammophon / 6 CD Box Set - released 14/Jul/2014 ] "Some performers make it all about themselves …while André puts the music first" Barbara Bonney (Gramophone 2008) |
GRIEG / TCHAIKOVSKY
Piano Concerto (Rec 56) / Piano Concerto (Rec 63) Arthur Rubinstein (piano) / RCA Victor Sym, Boston Symphony, Wallenstein, Leinsdorf [ RCA Rubinstein Collection / CD - released 12/Nov/2001 ] "When we listen to Rubinstein at his finest, we come in contact with that rarest of rarities - a healthy, sanguine, affirmative genius. On disc, as it was in person, the playing is full-hearted and honest, without distortion or neurotic excess.... |
CHOPIN / GRIEG / TCHAIKOVSKY / SCHUMANN / SAINT-SAENS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Artur Rubinstein II Artur Rubinstein (piano) / RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony, Symphony of the Air [ Philips / RCA / 2 CD - released 9/Oct/2006 ] Few soloists have owned composers as definitively as Artur Rubinstein could claim |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rafael Kubelík: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Rafael Kubelik [ Deutsche Grammophon / 66 CD Box Set - released 22/Jun/2019 ] "This is a "desert island" set if ever there were one. Kubelik's Slavonic Dances always have rated among the best, and still dazzle by virtue of their fleetness and almost savage intensity." (ClassicsToday) |
BEETHOVEN / MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No 5 in C minor, Op.67 / Symphony No.4 in A, Op.90 Italian (Rec 1974-76) BBC Symphony Orchestra. Boston Symphony Orchestra Sir Colin Davis [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 6/Jul/2005 ] "The performances of two of the most venerable warhorses in the symphonic repertoire sound as fresh and vibrant in their SACD reincarnations as if heard for the first time." Classik Reviews (May 2004) |
BEAUTIFUL WEDDING
Beautiful Wedding: Ceremony (Incls 'Entrance of the Queen of Sheba', 'Trumpet Voluntary' & 'Ave Maria') Various artists and performers including Empire Brass, Boston Baroque, Boston Symphony Orchestra & Frederick Fennell [ Telarc Records / CD - released 9/Jun/2008 ] The soundtrack to your perfect wedding provides all the pomp and pageantry you'll need for your special day. Float down the aisle to the fanfare of Clarke's "Trumpet Voluntary in D Major," lights candles with Bach's reverent "Sheep May Safely Graze,"... |
BEAUTIFUL WEDDING
Beautiful Wedding: Prelude (Incls 'Flower Duet', 'Clair de lune' & 'Air On A G String') Various artists and performers including Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Boston Baroque, Leonard Slatkin & Charles Mackerras [ Telarc / CD - released 9/Jun/2008 ] Set the mood for your beautiful wedding with Prelude. Serenade arriving guests with this lovely collection of classical music, featuring tranquil works from Satie, Handel, Mozart, Bach and more. From the first dreamy strains of Delibes' "Flower Duet"... |
W.A. MOZART
Concerto for Clarinet & Orchestra / Quintet for Clarinet & String Quartet Benny Goodman (clarinet) / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch / Boston symphony String Quartet [ Sony Originals / CD - released 20/May/2011 ] Two classic reformances now remastered. |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet & Orchestra / Quintet for Clarinet & String Quartet Benny Goodman (clarinet) / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch / Budapest String Quartet [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 20/May/1986 ] Original recordings from 1956 (concerto) and 1938 |
JOHANN STRAUSS 11
Strauss Waltz Gala The Waltz Collection (Incls The Blue Danube & Roses from the South) Boston Pops Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Antal Dorati, Arthur Fiedler [ Australian Decca SBS Eloquence / CD - released 14/Jul/2014 ] From 'On the Beautiful Blue Danube' to 'Roses from the South'. The ideal romantic evening escape with the Austrian waltz master. |
Boston
Boston [ Epic Records / CD - released 8/Jun/1986 ] This is the initial 1986 (non-re-mastered) CD release of the debut Boston album, which was originally issued in 1976. |
Boston
Boston (2006 Re-master) [ Sony Music / CD - released 13/Jun/2006 ] The superior, digitally re-mastered edition of the fantastic debut album by Boston is a unique, melodic and highly polished, sonic audio experience! |