HANDEL / TALLIS / MONTEVERDI / VIVALDI / LULLY / RAMEAU / BACH / CHARPENTIER / etc
100 Best Baroque Classics: Incls 'spem in alium', 'Arrival of the Queen of Sheba' & 'Toccata & fugue in D minor' Patricia Petibon (soprano) David Daniels (countertenor) / Boston Early Music Festival / Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin) Maggie Cole (harpsichord) / etc [ Virgin Budget Boxes / 6 CD Box Set - released 22/Jun/2006 ] The "BEST 100" series continues its incredible success - almost two million sales worlwide to date - with 100 Best Baroque works. |
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... |
THOMAS ADES
Adès Conducts Adès Mark Stone (baritone), Kirill Gerstein (piano), Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Adès [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 28/Feb/2020 ] "...for proof that Adès does what he does with mind-boggling brilliance, look no further." Gramophone Awards 2020 WINNER - Contemporary |
RAVEL
Alborada del gracioso / Le tombeau de Couperin / Bolero / etc Boston Symphony orchestra / Bernard Haitink [ Philips / CD - released 1/Jan/2002 ] Mighty sounds from the Boston Symphony 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) |
W.A. MOZART
Arias for Male Soprano (including Exsultate Jubilate) Michael Maniaci (male soprano) / Boston Baroque / Martin Pearlman [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] The highly-rated early music ensemble Boston Baroque and its conductor Martin Pearlman join forces with the talented American singer and true male soprano Michael Maniaci, in a recording of arias that Mozart originally composed for the castrato voice. |
Pearlman/Boston Baroque/Heasto
Bach:mass In B Minor [ Telarc / CD - released 6/Mar/2000 ] |
Boston Duo
Balancing Act [ Boston Music New Zealand / CD - released 11/Jun/2007 ] Dave and Naomi Boston are a New Zealand guitar duo from Napier, Hawkes Bay. 'Balancing Act' features 18 tracks of lovely guitar instrumentals - original compositions, plus covers of artists such as Van Morrison, Bread, Mark Knopfler, Eric Clapton... |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Ballet Suites: Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker, Swan Lake Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa [ DG Entree / CD - released 1/Nov/2004 ] "Ozawa with his light ballet touch is a natural for this score. He is a superb orchestral technician as well, so he achieves a finely calculated and polished orchestral response. He begins particularly well after a stylish account of the ''Miniature... |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: The Ballets: The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty (complete) Boston Symphony Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa / Russian National Orchestra / Mikhail Pletnev [Sleeping Beauty] [ DG Collector's Edition / 5 CD - released 6/Dec/2004 ] Squeezed onto just 5 CDs, here are Tchaikovsky three great ballets, complete, and offered at budget for the first time. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 3 & 5 'Emperor' Christoph Eschenbach (piano) / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa / London Symphony Orchestra, Hans Werner Henze [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Feb/2017 ] The seeds were planted in the early 1970s when Deutsche Grammophon realised what amazing results could be achieved by recording the multi-channel tapes, with either four or eight channels. Yet, due to a few restrictions, they never fully blossomed.... |
Price/Boston So/Munch
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 In D [ Sony Classical / CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] |
BEETHOVEN
The Best of Beethoven Seiji Ozawa / Boston Symphony Orchestra / Christoph von Dohnanyi & others [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 14/Jul/2005 ] Excerpts from Beethoven's best known works performed by several of the world's finest recording artists make this a superb compilation release. Critics have raved about this recording, calling the symphonic portions, "impressive throughout for its... |
ALBAN BERG / IGOR STRAVINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berg/Stravinsky: Violin Concertos Itzhak Perlman (violin) / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] "excellent sound: the spacious but not over-resonant acoustic and admirable balance between soloist and orchestra remain exemplary and appealing" Gramophone |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Bernstein Conducts Stravinsky Boston Symphony, London Symphony, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein [ Sony Classical / 6 CD Box Set - released 21/May/2021 ] "Bernstein was an incomparably great Stravinsky interpreter, certainly a better conductor than the composer himself, and this set of his complete recordings for Sony has more than it's share of reference versions." ClassicsToday |
J.S. BACH
The Best of (Incls Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring & Air on a G String) Boston Baroque / Rolf Smedvig / Scottish Chamber Orchestra & others [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 14/Jul/2005 ] Telarc presents The Best of Bach, a spirited selection of works by Bach, both choral and instrumental, performed by some of Telarc's most highly acclaimed artists. |
HEINRICH BIBER
Biber: The Mystery Sonatas Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, Christina Day Martinson [ Linn / 2 CD - released 27/Apr/2018 ] Heinrich Biber's astonishingly powerful and deeply emotional Mystery Sonatas represent a triumph of Baroque invention. Boston Baroque's Christina Day Martinson delivers a technical tour de force, as she navigates the virtuosic challenges presented by... |
GEORGE ROCHBERG
Rochberg: Black Sounds / Phaedra / Cantio Sacra Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose [ Naxos American Classics / CD ] George Rochberg was born in Paterson, New Jersey, on 5th July, 1918. He studied composition at the Mannes School of Music in New York from 1939 to 1942 with Hans Weisse, George Szell and Leopold Mannes. During World War II Rochberg served as a Second... |
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! |