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ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphony no.6 Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Kent Nagano [ Harmonia Mundi musique d'abord / CD - released 10/May/2012 ] Premiered in Vienna on 26 February 1899 under the direction of Gustav Mahler, Bruckner's Sixth Symphony was never altered or revised by its composer, which shows his exceptional confidence in it. He was, indeed, especially proud of its compositional... |
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KHACHATURIAN
Spartacus (complete ballet) Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Michail Jurowski (cond) [ Capriccio / 2 CD - released 22/Sep/2007 ] " The execution is clean, but a bit too light and lacking in drama. Still, this is a nice set for fans of the music of Aram Khatchatourian." (Amazon.com) |
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BRUCKNER
Symphony in F minor / Adagio from the String Quintet (arranged for string orchestra by Fritz Oeser) Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Vladimir Ashkenazy. [ Ondine / CD - released 20/Sep/2006 ] "... the great Bruckner on this disc is Ashkenazy and the Deutsche-Symphonie's performance of the Adagio from Bruckner's String Quintet transcribed for string orchestra by Fritz Oeser. The Adagio is top-drawer Bruckner from 1885 and Ashkenazy... |
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MAHLER
Kindertotenlieder (with orchestral works by Mozart & Richard Strauss) [recorded live in 1962] Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bar) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Boehm [ Testament / 2 CD - released 15/Mar/2015 ] "Born in Graz in Austria in 1894, Karl Böhm began his professional career at the Munich Opera working alongside Bruno Walter and Richard Strauss. It was here that he acquired his Mozart style: cogent, balanced, and subtly various. Strauss, in... |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Kindertotenlier / Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (with Schumann - Liederkreis) (Rec 1952-1955) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwangler / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Rudolf Kempe / Gerald Moore (piano [ Naxos Historical Great Singers / CD - released 20/Nov/2008 ] "Naxos are to be congratulated on this welcome series and the welcome opportunity provided to enjoy these performances again. However, the sound, although lightly and sensitively re-mastered, is still clearly that of a historic recording. …This... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro [The Marriage of Figaro] (Complete Opera recorded in 1961) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Maria Stader, Irmgard Seefried, Renato Capecchi / RIAS Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Ferenc Fricsay [ Deutsche Grammophon Eloquence / 3 CD Box Set - released 15/Dec/2013 ] One of Fricsay's last recordings, this sublime Figaro is once more restored to the catalogue. It boasts a Who's Who of great Mozarteans from the late-1950s/early 1960s, including Irmgard Seefried, Maria Stader and Hertha Töpper, with, of course, the... |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen [Highlights] Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Thomas Stewart, Josephine Veasey, Gundula Janowitz, Jon Vickers, Jess Thomas / Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 11/Dec/2013 ] Highlights from Herbert von Karajan's mighty 'Ring' cycle. The disc includes extended highlights from the four 'Ring' operas and allows us to sample Karajan's choice of different singers for the same character in different operas - Fischer-Dieskau's... |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: A German Requiem [Ein Deutsches Requiem] Dorothea Roschmann (soprano) Thomas Quasthoff (baritone) / Berlin Radio Choir / Berliner Philharmoniker / Sir Simon Rattle [ Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Apr/2007 ] 'This strikes me as probably the best new version of the Requiem I've heard in quite some years' Disc of the Month BBC Music Magazine (April 2007) |
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BEETHOVEN / WAGNER / FURTWANGLER
Furtwangler Vol. 2: Orchestral Concert (1937-1939) Edwin Fischer (piano) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Wilhelm Furtwangler (conductor) [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / CD - released 18/Nov/2007 ] "This disc offers a good example of why Wilhelm Furtwängler is regarded by so many good musical judges as a great conductor. These are performances that will grace any collection and I strongly recommend this disc." -- John Quinn, MusicWeb, 4... |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Four Last Songs / 12 Songs with Orchestra Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) / Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, George Szell [ Warner Classics Original Jacket Reissues / CD - released 16/Nov/2015 ] "There are few records in the catalogue which so magnificently capture the magic of a great performance" - Rosette (highest rating) Penguin Stereo Guide |
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C. P. E. BACH
Bach, (C.P.E.): Magnificat in D, Wq. 215 (H772) / etc Elizabeth Watts, Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Lothar Odinius & Markus Eiche / RIAS Kammerchor & Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Hans-Christoph Rademann [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Apr/2014 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD WINNER 2014 - Baroque Vocal |
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JOSEPH HAYDN / ANTONIN DVORAK
Haydn/Dvorak: Cello Concertos Emanuel Feuermann (cello) / Symphony Orchestra / Malcolm Sargent / Berlin State Opera Orchestra / Michael Taube [ Naxos Historical Great Cellists / CD - released 3/Mar/2002 ] "the beauty of Feuermann's playing impresses mightily." Audiophile Audition (Robert Moon), May, 2000 |
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JS BACH
Badinerie - J S Bach For Three Recorders Ensemble Dreiklang Berlin [ Hanssler Classic / CD - released 26/Feb/2016 ] In the eighteenth century, a Badinerie (fr. badiner = to flirt, joke around) was a light and enjoyable piece of music, which along with the Gavotte, Sarabande, Minuet, and other dance movements, could be part of a suite. Badinerie was the name Johann... |
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Ensemble Dreiklang Berlin
Music at the Court of Henry VIII [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 8/Sep/2004 ] This is a fascinating anthology which shows the richness and variety of music performed at the court of Henry VIII. |
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ANONYMOUS / CORNYSHE / HENRY VIII / etc
Pastyme With Good Companye: Music at the Court of Henry VIII Ensemble Dreiklang Berlin [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 9/Aug/2004 ] When Henry VIII was crowned king in 1509, aged seventeen, he was the youngest king in Europe. He spent the first decade of his reign predominantly on chivalrous self-display. This was his most productive period as a composer. Pastyme with good... |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Six Divertimenti Ensemble Sans Souci Berlin [ CPO / CD - released 20/Feb/2011 ] Joseph Haydn first turned to chamber music for the flute in his Six Divertimenti Hob. IV:6-11. The Six Divertimenti and the Trio Hob. XI:82 are performed on this disc by the Ensemble Sans Souci Berlin. |
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GEORGE TSONTAKIS
Tsontakis: Anasa / True Colors / Unforgettable Eric Berlin, Luosha Fang, Eunice Kim, David Krakauer / Albany Symphony Orchestra, David Alan Miller [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 7/Aug/2017 ] "These recent concertos demonstrate Tsontakis's remarkable ability to absorb and transform sources as disparate as klezmer and popular song. Conductor Miller is one of the composer's most ardent champion" Gramophone |
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MOZART / SCHUBERT / BERLIOZ / ROSSINI / SMETANA / DVORAK / etc
Erich Kleiber - The Complete Polydor 78s Erich Kleiber conducting the Berliner Philharmoniker & Staatskapelle Berlin [ Deutsche Grammophon Australian Eloquence / 3 CD Box Set - released 9/Apr/2021 ] Collected for the first time - Erich Kleiber's rare recordings with the Staatskapelle Berlin and the Berliner Philharmoniker made for Polydor/Grammophon and newly remastered for this release. |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem [German Requiem], Op. 45 Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Elisabeth Grummer / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Rudolf Kempe [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 5/Oct/2009 ] On its first release, this 1955 recording was praised as 'a worthy performance of the work and a well recorded one' by Gramophone, which also commented that 'Elisabeth Grümmer sings her solo with beautiful tone and deep feeling' and 'Fischer-Dieskau... |