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MASCAGNI
L'Amico Fritz (complete opera) Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu, Laura Polverelli & George Petean / Chor und Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Alberto Veronesi [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Dec/2009 ] Pietro Mascagni's charming though seldom recorded romantic comedy L'amico Fritz, featuring a "phenomenal" cast. |
WEBER / MENDELSSOHN / MOZART / DEBUSSY / SPOHR / etc
Clarinet Concertos Sabine Meyer (Clarinet, Basset-horn) / Berlin Philharmonic, Academy St Martins, Bamberg Symphony, etc [ Warner Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2015 ] Inspired Mozart, Romantic rarities and infectious jazz classics - In her award-winning discography Sabine Meyer has explored many facets of the clarinet repertoire, halping the black woodwind instrument gain great popularity in the process. This CD... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 3 "Eroica", 4 & 5 (2 LP) Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim [ Warner Classics / 2 LP - released 27/Jun/2025 ] "This fine 1999 set of Beethoven's symphonies offers a near-ideal balance of expressive warmth, moment-to-moment imagination and wide musical vision." ClassicFM |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: The Symphonies [2 CDs + Blu Ray Audio] Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim [ Deutsche Grammophon 2 CDs + Blu-ray audio / 3 CD Box Set - released 9/Dec/2022 ] "Barenboim masterfully clarifies textures (violins are on his right and left), proving that Schumann's orchestration is wonderfully effective when tended to with care." TheClassicReview |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Symphony No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 55 Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim [ Decca / CD - released 15/May/2016 ] "Barenboim's long association with, and love for, Elgar has effectively made it part of his musical DNA..That is the really startling achievement here and it manifests itself in playing that is as exciting as it is nuanced." Gramophone Disc of May 16 |
EDWARD ELGAR
Symphony No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 63 Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim [ Decca / CD - released 20/Jul/2014 ] "this is a marvellously full-blooded reading of the Symphony, full of drama and passion...This must be one of the finest performances currently on offer." (Five Stars BBC Music) |
MOZART
Mozart W.A.-The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflote) (Complete Opera) Stader-Streich-Otto-Haefliger, RIAS Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Fricsay [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 2/Sep/2001 ] Classic recordings remastered |
MAX REGER
Reger: Violin Concerto in A / Two Romances Tanja Becker-Bender (violin) / Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek [ Hyperion Romantic Violin Concerto Vol 11 / CD - released 10/Jul/2012 ] "it's one of [Reger's] most heart-warming works, allowing his intensely lyrical streak free rein...Aided by first-rate orchestral playing, [Zagrosek] finds transparency in Reger's original" BBC Music Five Stars |
J.S. BACH
Dialogue Cantatas (BWV49 BWV57 BWV152) Thomas Quasthoff / Dorothea RAschmann / Mitglieder des RIAS-Kammerchor Berlin / Rainer Kussmaul [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 16/Nov/2007 ] "Performances of extraordinary beauty and intensity. Quasthoff brings to these works a richness of characterisation that connects at the deepest level with these powerful religious utterances . . . this is a powerful experience…" (Gramophone Awards... |
BARTOK
Herzog Blaubarts Burg (Duke Bluebeard's Castle) / Canata profana Topper, Fischer-Dieskau, Krebs / RIAS Kammerchor / Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Ferenc Fricsay [ DG The Originals / CD - released 23/Jul/2004 ] "Fricsay's conducting is like a man possessed, the orchesral playing is utterly magnificent...A quite wonderful disc." - www.musicweb.uk.net |
MAHLER
Symphony No 8 Twyla Robinson, Erin Wall, Adriane Queiroz, Robert Holl / Cor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin / Staatskapelle Berlin / Pierre Boulez [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 26/Jan/2008 ] "I enjoyed the experience...Firstly, the presentation...soloists, orchestra and choruses...is top-drawer. The collective weight and momentum of these massive forces are well contained by DG's engineers, wave upon wave of exultant sound" Gramophone... |
KURT WEILL
Ute Lemper Sings Kurt Weill Volume 1 Ute Lemper / BIAS Berlin Kammerensemble / John Mauceri [ Decca Records / CD - released 11/Jan/1989 ] This European imported CD compilation features Ute Lemper's cover versions of Kurt Weill favourites. |
W.A. MOZART
1956 Mozart Jubilee Edition Vol.1 (Symphonies, Piano Concertos, Chamber Music) Various artists incl Clara Haskil, Margrit Weber, Annie Fischer, Monique Haas (pianos) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic, Amadeus Qt [ DG Mozart Jubilee Edition / 6 CD - released 12/Mar/2006 ] Fifty years ago Deutsche Grammophon celebrated the 200th anniversary of Mozart's birth with a special Jubilee Edition. Released in May 1956, it consisted of three double LPs enclosed in a slipcase. |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Violin Concerto Vilde Frang (violin) / Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Robin Ticciati, with Thomas Hoppe (piano) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 6/Sep/2024 ] "Her understanding of Elgar's kaleidoscopic writing is instinctive at all levels...Every lover of Elgar's masterpiece should try to hear this magnificent addition to the library." Gramophone Magazine Awards Issue 2024 Recording of the Month |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Intense Tchaikovsky - a collection of Russian romantic masterpieces (LP) Vladimir Spivakov (violin), Maxim Vengerov (violin), Itamar Golan (piano), Mikhail Pletnev (piano), Viktoria Postnikova (piano), Berlin Philharmonic, [ Warner Classics / LP - released 3/May/2024 ] Tchaikovsky stands as the central figure of 19th-century Russian Romanticism, embodying its widespread and vibrant vitality alongside a profound and sincere depth. This collection seeks to encapsulate the epic and intense qualities inherent in the... |
WAGNER
Parsifal (Complete Opera recorded in 1991) Waltraud Meier, Siegfried Jerusalem, Jose Van Dam, John tomlinson / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ Warner Classics Home of Opera / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2016 ] "For a studio performance my vote would go now-just-to the new version, largely on the strength of the recording and the performances of Meier and Jerusalem. (Gramophone) |
CARL MARIA von WEBER
Weber: Der Freischutz (complete opera recorded in 1996) Luba Orgonasova, Endrik Wottrich, Matti Salminen, Christine Schäfer, Gilles Cachemaille / Rundfunkchor Berlin & Berliner Philharmoniker, Nikolaus Harn [ Warner Classics The Home of Opera / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2016 ] 1001 Classical Recordings you must hear before you die (1801-1850) "The recording is exemplary." (Alan Blyth, The Daily Telegraph) |
BEETHOVEN
Triple Concerto (with Brahms - Double Concerto) Wolfgang Schneiderhan (violin) Pierre Fournier (cello) Gaza Anda (piano) / Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. Ferenc Fricsay [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / CD - released 19/Apr/2005 ] "Worth investigation if you need a top-class performance of the Triple Concerto." (Gramophone) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1 - 5 Mitsuko Uchida (piano) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, SirSimon Rattle [ Berlin Philharmonic / 4 CD Box Set - released 10/Oct/2019 ] There is hardly a better way to approach Ludwig van Beethoven than through his piano concertos. Beethoven's own instrument was the piano, and in his improvisations - which made him the darling of the Viennese salons - he merged virtuosity and... |
LORENZO PALOMO
Dulcinea Ainhoa Arteta (soprano) / Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin / Miguel Angel Gomez Martinez [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] Driven by exuberant rhythms and soaring lyricism, Lorenzo Palomo's Dulcinea is a cantata-fantasy devoted to love and freedom. The inimitable knight errant Don Quixote and his companion Sancho Panza each sing of their loves, the imaginary Dulcinea... |
