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BERG / MOZART / ELGAR / SCHUBERT / RODRIGO / BERLIOZ / etc
Daniel Barenboim: A Retrospective - complete Sony recordings [43 CDs + 3 DVDs] English Chamber Orchestrea, Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim [ Sony Classical / 46 CD/DVD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2017 ] Celebrating Pianist, Conductor and Ambassador of music...Daniel Barenboim. The first ever collection of Daniel Barenboim's complete recordings as conductor and pianist for RCA and Sony Classical in an original-jackets collection. |
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HERMANN WOLFGANG VON WALTERSHAUSEN
Oberst Chabert (complete opera) Bo Skovhus / Raymond Very / Manuela Uhl / Simon Pauly / Stephen Bronk / Paul Kaufmann / Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin / Jacques Lacombe [ CPO / 2 CD - released 14/Apr/2011 ] A Forgotten Sensational Success |
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PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY / FRANZ LISZT
Tchaikovksy / Liszt: Piano Concertos Lazar Berman (piano), Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von karajan, Vienna Symphony, Carlo Maria Giulini [ Australian Deutsche Grammophon SBS Eloquence / CD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] "this magnificent reading of the Tchaikovsky B flat minor certainly confirms that here is a positive personality of the first order " (Gramophone) |
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BRAHMS
Symphony no. 4 in E minor op.98 Berlin Symphony Orchestra /GAnther Herbig [ Berlin Classics Basics / CD - released 10/Mar/2008 ] "Mature collectors will be happy to accept this as a reminder that, in the faltering last years of one of Eastern Europe's greyest regimes, the music-making was of a high standard and Günther Herbig was one of those who ensured that it was so."... |
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SCHUBERT
The Last Years - The Great String Quartets / Piano Trios / String Quintet / Octet Brandis Quartet / Klaviertrio Amsterdam / Berlin Philharmonic Octet [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 10/Dec/2012 ] "I really admire these heartfelt accounts for their warm expressiveness and sumptuous textures. I certainly fully intend to revisit this set in the future." (MusicWeb Feb 2005 on the String Quartets) |
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Schubert,
Streichquartett No. 15 D 887 Brandis-Quartett, Berlin [ ORFEO / CD - released 8/Jun/1984 ] |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Beethoven/Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos (Rec 1928 & 1934) Bronislaw Huberman (violin) / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Berlin Staatskapelle / George Szell [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 1/Mar/2006 ] "There is no reason to prefer the more expensive issues; Naxos's transfers, effected by David Lennick (Beethoven) and Mark Obert-Thorn (Tchaikovsky) are excellent." - Classical.Net (Raymond Tuttle) |
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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Les Préludes, Orpheus, Tasso, Festklänge Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos [ BIS / CD - released 26/Feb/2001 ] "This is the best Liszt orchestral recital to come along in many a moon, and it's all the more enjoyable given the involvement of Rafael Frübeck de Burgos" ClassicsToday |
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JOAQUIN RODRIGO
Joaquin Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez (with music by Rachmaninov & Chabrier) [Europa Konzert 2011 from Madrid] Cañizares (guitar) / Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Simon Rattle [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] For over 20 years, the Berliner Philharmoniker have celebrated their foundation on May 1st with the annual EUROPA KONZERT - this year's event takes place at the magnificent Teatro Real in Madrid. The renowned orchestra, under the baton of Sir... |
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RODRIGO
Concierto de Aranjuez (with music by Rachmaninov & Chabrier) [Europa Konzert 2011 from Madrid] BLU-RAY Cañizares (guitar) / Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Simon Rattle [ EuroArts Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Apr/2014 ] "Flamenco star Cañizares brings nonchalant authority to the Concierto de Aranjuez in a concert fizzing with energy, from a playful Espana to the sweeps of Rachmaninov's Symphony No. 2." (BBC Music) |
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SCHUBERT
Sacred Music (Incls Stabat Mater in G minor & Magnificat in C major) Celina Lindsley (soprano) Peter Schreier (tenor) Walton Gronroos (bass) / Rundfunkchor Berlin / Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchestra / Marcus Creed [ Capriccio SACD / SACD - released 29/Sep/2005 ] "The performances of all concerned invites considerable praise and when combined with the integrity of Schubert's music this becomes a very desirable release." (MusicWeb June 2005) |
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DVORAK / MARTINU
Cello Concertos Christian Poltera (cello) / Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, Thomas Dausgaard [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Feb/2016 ] ChrisBorn in Zurich, cellist Christian Poltéra was a pupil of Nancy Chumachenco and Boris Pergamenschikov before studying with Heinrich Schiff in Salzburg and Vienna. Since replacing Yo-Yo Ma performing the Elgar concerto with the Tonhalle Orchestra... |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH / BOHUSLAV MARTINU
Shostakovich & Martinů - Cello Concertos Christian Poltéra (cello), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Gilbert Varga [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD ] "The stellar performance of the Martinů concerto alone makes this disc commendable. Both works are warmly recorded." MusicWeb |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / JEAN SIBELIUS
Beethoven / Sibelius: Violin Concertos Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Robin Ticciati [ Ondine / CD - released 27/Sep/2019 ] If Beethoven's Concerto emerges as uncompromisingly provocative, Tetzlaff's Sibelius also errs on the side of danger…In many respects, a real knock-out." Gramophone Awards 2020 Short List - Concerto |
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FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN / WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART / LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
La Passione Christina Landshamer, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin [ Pentatone / CD - released 19/Aug/2022 ] Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin returns to Pentatone together with soprano Christina Landshamer, presenting La Passione, a collection of dazzling concert arias on love, longing and loss by Mozart, Beethoven and Haydn, paired with the latter's "La... |
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J. S. BACH
Cantatas Christine Schäfer (soprano) / Berlin Barock Solisten, RIAS Kammerchor [ Sony Classical / CD - released 16/Sep/2014 ] "The present-day pitch favoured by the Berlin ensemble assists Christine Schäfer in conveying much of [Mein Herz schwimmt]...with a near-manic desperation...The Dorian Fugue and the six-part Ricercar are beautifully played." (Gramophone) |
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Cold in Berlin
And Yet [ Candlelight / CD - released 31/Aug/2012 ] |
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PERGOLESI / SCARLATTI / CLERAMBAULT / RAMEAU
Orfeo(s): French and Italian Cantatas Sunhae Im (soprano) / Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Jun/2015 ] "Im avoids triviality by investing her phrases with an appropriate urgency...The playing, mostly one-to-a-part, is exquisite; so is the singing." (Gramophone) |
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Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Halffter, Cristóbal / Orán, María / Preece, Simon
Halffter, Cristóbal - Siete Cantos de Espa?a [ Col Legno / CD - released 18/Sep/2017 ] |
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BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS
Europakonzert 1994 from Berlin [Recorded live in 2000] BLU-RAY Daniel Barenboim (piano) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ EuroArts Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Apr/2014 ] New release of the EUROPAKONZERT Blu-ray Disc series. The EUROPAKONZERT annually celebrates the founding of the Berlin Philharmonics on 1st May 1882. Recorded at the Staatstheater Meiningen, in the middle of Germany, 5 years after the German... |