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TAFFANEL / JOLIVET / TOMASI / POULENC
Danses et Divertissements Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet / Stephen Hough (piano) [ BIS / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] One of the world's foremost wind quintets meets one of today's finest pianists in a work that many consider to be the best work for piano and winds: Poulenc's Sextet, as well as works by other French composers. |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No.5 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 20/Jul/2016 ] "This is one of the most beautiful and intense versions available, starting with a highly compelling account of the first movement which brings biting funeral-march rhythms.This is a performance of statue and, with excellent sound, a genuine bargain" |
BEETHOVEN
Overtures (with Bach -Orchestral Suite No. 3) Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Rudolf Kempe [ Testament / CD - released 11/Nov/2002 ] |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Symphonies Nos 8 & 9 'From the New World' Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Rafael Kubelik [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / CD - released 10/Jul/2016 ] Gramophone Magazine - 100 Greatest Recordings |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (complete ballet) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] "the playing of the Berlin Philharmonic is superb, the precision and articulation of the woodwind and of the first oboe, in particular, a delight; every detail is there, perfectly realised and balanced." the Guardian |
LOUIS SPOHR
Overtures Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Christain Frohlich [ CPO / CD - released 15/Oct/2012 ] Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Christain Frohlich |
NIKOLAY RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Rimsky-Korsakov: Symphonies Nos 1 & 3 Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Apr/2016 ] Begun when he was a seventeen-year-old naval cadet, Rimsky-Korsakov's Symphony No. 1 was hailed by the nationalist group 'The Five' as the first truly Russian symphony, in contrast with the German-influenced music of Anton Rubinstein. With its use of... |
FRANZ LEHAR
Overtures and Waltzes Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Michail Jurowski [ CPO / CD - released 30/Nov/2004 ] "You will have gathered that I have enjoyed this disc very much, and that I can recommend it without qualification." -MusicWeb Nov 2003 |
TCHAIKOVSKY
The Nutcracker (Complete ballet recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY Berlin State Ballet / Iana Salenko, Marian Walter, Michael Banzha, Arshak Ghalumyan / Robert Reimer (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Feb/2016 ] In combination with the brilliance of modern dance, this production - a loving reconstruction designed as a great ballet féerie - reveals its nostalgic charm and the promise of Christmas: it's as if Tchaikovsky had composed the falling of snowflakes |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty (Complete ballet recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Berlin State Ballet / Iana Salenko, Marian Walter, Rishat Yulbarisov, Beatrice Knop / Robert Reimer (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 28/Oct/2016 ] When she is finally released from an evil spell by the kiss of a young prince, the Sleeping Beauty awakes and is - despite of a hundred years of sleep - as beautiful as a young woman. The love of the prince is simply stronger than the curse that... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 4 (Kleiber / Pfitzner) (1928-1929) Berlin State Opera Orchestra / Hans Pfitzner / Erich Kleiber [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / CD - released 13/Jan/2002 ] Erich Kleiber's Berlin State Opera Orchestra set of the Second Symphony was one of the first to enjoy the benefits of electrical recording techniques and, during the LP era, was even passed off as the work of Wilhelm Furtwängler - not surprisingly,... |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Parsifal (Complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Berlin State Opera / Wolfgang Koch, Andreas Schager, Anja Kampe, Matthias Hölle / Daniel Barenboim (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 28/Sep/2016 ] The Wagner's mystic masterpiece "Parsifal" at Staatsoper Berlin staged by Dmitri Tcherniakov and conducted by Daniel Barenboim. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Symphonies, Ein deutsches Requiem & Concertos Berlin & Vienna Philharmonic Orchestras, Wilhelm Furtwangler, with Yehudi Menuhin, Edwin Fisher, Willi Boskovsky, etc [ Warner Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] Wilhelm Furtwängler saw "a wild, fantastic and even demonic universe" in the symphonies of Brahms. "Music is not something that is invented and constructed," he wrote, "but something that grows, emerging … directly from the hands of nature." With... |
W. A. MOZART / RICHARD STRAUSS
Karajan conducts Mozart & Strauss (Recorded at the Salzburg Festival, August 1970) Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Herbert von Karajan [ Testament / CD - released 1/Mar/2014 ] Recorded at the Salzburg Festival, August 1970 |
NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade (LP) Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon Vinyl / LP - released 5/Apr/2019 ] Deutsche Grammophon makes Herbert von Karajan's and the Berliner Philharmoniker's famous "Sheherazade" recording (1967) available again on vinyl. |
MAHLER
Symphony No. 7 Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Michael Gielen [ Testament / CD - released 15/Mar/2015 ] "In this fabulously executed account, all lead inexorably toward the apocalyptic nightmare world of the Rondo-Finale, Mahler's most avant-garde music: never more "contemporary" in its sound than Gielen makes it here." (Sunday Times) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 3, 7, 8 & Consecration of the House Overture Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Paul van Kempen [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 25/Mar/2015 ] "this is an outstanding issue. […] Van Kempen and the Berlin orchestra do indeed play the work in a wonderfully sensitive manner" (Gramophone on Symphony 3) |
BEETHOVEN / HAYDN / MOZART
Rudolf Kempe conducts Haydn, Beethoven and Mozart (recorded in 1962) Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Rudolf Kempe [ Testament / CD - released 1/Mar/2014 ] "I had the good fortune to attend a Rudolf Kempe (1910-1976) concert at Carnegie Hall, one of the "visiting orchestra series" of concerts that featured the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and solo Heather Harper in the Richard Strauss Four Last Songs.... |
JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Finlandia / En Saga / Karelia Suite / Swan of Tuonela / etc Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Warner Classics Original Jacket Reissues / CD - released 22/Aug/2015 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - "Virile, atmospheric readings. Another classic to treasure in this series with very good sound" (MusicWeb Jan 2007) |
DVORAK / DEBUSSY / RAVEL / TCHAIKOVSKY / RACHMANINOV
The Sound of Herbert von Karajan Alexis Weissenberg (piano) / Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Orchestre de Paris, Herbert von Karajan [ Warner Classics / 3 CD - released 1/Jan/2018 ] Herbert von Karajan is recognised as one of the greatest conductors of the last century and during his career he produced a vast discography of what are still considered some of the greatest recordings ever made. |
