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HUGO WOLF
Wolf: Prometheus / Orchestral Songs Juliane Banse (soprano) & Dietrich Henschel (baritone) / Rundfunkchor Berlin & Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 10/Jul/2014 ] "Wolf's own orchestrations, in these splendid performances, are startling. They transform his songs into quasi-Wagnerian music dramas." (Five Stars BBC Music) |
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Kammerensemble Oper Berlin
Neukomm: Quintet/Septet/Octet [ Cpo / CD - released 1/Apr/2013 ] |
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J.S. BACH
Brandenburg Concertos Nos 1-3 / Orchestral Suite No 4 Kammerorchester Berlin / Helmut Koch [ Berlin Classics Basics / CD - released 10/Mar/2008 ] |
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ALBINONI / PACHELBEL / CORELLI / MANFREDINI / VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Albinoni: Adagio In Gm / Pachelbel: Canon & Gigue / etc Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 2/Feb/1980 ] A nice introduction to Baroque music |
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GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: L'Arlesienne Suites Nos. 1 & 2 / Carmen - Suite No.1 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 2/Feb/1988 ] Original recordings from 1983 & 1985 |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Ballet Suites [Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Nutcracker] Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 20/Jul/2014 ] The Nutcracker suite has emerged spic and span and vividly coloured and only in the "Waltz of the Flowers" is the ear drawn to a certain glossiness in the violins. Of course the orchestral playing is quite splendid (Gramophone) |
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BRAHMS
Piano Concertos / 16 Waltzes / etc [2 CD set] Karin Lechner (piano) / Berlin Symphony, Eduardo Marturet [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] A special priced edition of the popular piano works of Brahms in magnetic performances from Brilliant Classics. |
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SCHOENBERG / WEBERN / BERG
Second Viennese School (5 CD set incls 'Gurrelieder') Karita Mattila, Anne Sofie von Otter, Philip Langridge / Berlin Philharmonic Simon Rattle [ EMI Classics Budget Box Sets / 5 CD Box Set - released 10/Feb/2011 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER 2002 - Choral (for Gurrelieder) |
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BEETHOVEN
Introducing Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (Documentary and full performance) Karita Mattila (soprano), Violeta Urmana (contralto), Thomas Moser (tenor), Thomas Quasthoff (bass) / Berlin Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] "An exceptionally good introduction to the Choral Symphony, succinctly providing insight into the music and a sense of how it confounded the expectations of Beethoven's contemporaries." (Five Stars BBC Music) |
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Kempe/Berlin Philharmonic
Brahms:symphonies 1 - 4 [ Testament / 3 CD ] |
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ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvořák: Cello Concerto / Silent Woods / etc Kian Soltani (cello), Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim, Cellists of the Staatskapelle Berlin [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 21/Aug/2020 ] "There's a sense of real partnership with the orchestra, a lovely chamber-like dialogue, the rounded woodwind and brass timbres of the Berliners providing an ideal foil for his brightly-lit line" BBC Music Concerto Choice October 2020 |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Lohengrin [complete opera] Klaus Florian Vogt, Annette Dasch, Susanne Resmark / Rundfunkchor Berlin & Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Marek Janowski [ Pentatone SACD / 3 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Opera |
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FLOTOW / KORNGOLD / LORTZING / WAGNER / etc
Helden Klaus Florian Vogt (tenor) / Orchestra of Deutsche Oper Berlin, Peter Schneider [ Sony Classical / CD - released 20/Mar/2012 ] "his Siegmund, naive and ecstatic rather than virile and forceful, is striking. Vogt's vocal ease and cleanness of line is appealing in Weber and Wagner, and he proves an accomplished, elegant Mozartian." (Guardian) |
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BACH / BEETHOVEN / MOZART
Otto Klemperer conducts Bach, Mozart & Beethoven Orchestre Philharmonique de Berlin, Otto Klemperer [ Testament / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2003 ] |
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ANDRZEJ PANUFNIK
Symphonic Works Vol 4 [Incls Symphony No. 10] Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Lukasz Borowicz [ CPO Records / CD - released 26/Oct/2011 ] "Borowicz clearly has the expressive geometry of Panufnik's thinking under his fingers...Borowicz understands perfectly when Panufnik's dual-purpose material needs dramatising and when best to leave well alone." (Gramophone) |
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ANDRZEJ PANUFNIK
Symphonic Works Volume 5 [Incls Symphony No. 8 'Sinfonia Votiva'] Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Lukasz Borowicz [ CPO / CD - released 3/Dec/2012 ] "Magnificently played, Panufnik's music could not have finer advocates and the sound is cool, crystal clear and well balanced. Indispensable listening for those interested in late-twentieth century music." (MusicWeb) |
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ROSSINI
Stabat Mater Krassimira Stoyanova / Petra Lang / Bruce Fowler / Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin / Marcus Creed [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] "Marcus Creed favours period instruments and a chamber choir, and with sound that is lucid and spacious the results are highly appealing." Five Stars BBC Music Magazine |
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GALUPPI
La Diavolessa (Complete opera) Kremena Dilcheva (alto) Matthias Vieweg (baritone) Tom Allen (tenor) Lautten Compagney Berlin / Wolfgang Katschner [ CPO / 2 CD - released 30/Nov/2004 ] "This is a creditable performance, well paced by Wolfgang Lautner. If not quite perfect, it well enables us to appreciate the strengths (and weaknesses) of Galuppi and Goldoni's opera, and to allow us to learn more about one of the 18th century's... |
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BOCCHERINI
Boccherini Edition (37 CDs of Symphonies, Chamber Music and the Stabat Mater) La Magnifica Communita / Ensemble Claviere / Petersen Quartet / New Berlin Chamber Orchestra and others [ Brilliant Classics / 37 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2012 ] One of the most distinguished figures of the Classical period, the Italian composer Luigi Boccherini (1743--1805) was revered by 18th-century listeners and musicians for the charm, elegance and lyrical beauty of his music. Although his legacy has... |
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Lehmann/Berlin State S.O/V.P.O
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier [ Naxos Historical / 2 CD - released 2/Sep/2002 ] |