WILLIAM WALTON
Spitfire Prelude and Fugue / Sinfonia Concertante / Hindemith Variations Peter Donohoe (piano) / English Northern Philharmonia / Paul Daniel [ CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] William Walton occupies his own position in English music of the twentieth century, chronologically between the generation of Gustav Hoist and Vaughan Williams and that of Benjamin Britten. |
MAHLER
Das Lied von der Erde Waltraud Meier, Siegfried Jerusalem / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ Teldec Maestro / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] "I think this is the most compelling and most spontaneous of performances recorded in the past few years, and I shall want it by me for the sheer beauty of the sound, often in that respect surpassing any other version." (Gramophone) |
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) |
MOZART / BEETHOVEN
Knowledge Is The Beginning (including The Ramallah Concert) West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ EuroArts DVD / 2 DVD - released 29/Sep/2017 ] Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra - Documentary "Knowledge Is The Beginning" & The legendary Ramallah Concert. Daniel Barenboim established the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra with the late Palestinian writer Edward Said in order to... |
BEETHOVEN / MOZART
Ramallah Concert-Symphony No. 5 / Sinfonia Concertante K297b West-Eastern Divan Orchestra / Daniel Barenboim [ Warner Classics / CD - released 19/Feb/2006 ] "A marvellous score set alight by these young players, going for broke in Gaza" (MusicWeb March 2006) |
TCHAIKOVSKY
The Salzburg Concerts - Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique" (and works by Mozart, Beethoven and Schoenberg) BLU-RAY West-Eastern Divan Orchestra / Daniel Barenboim [ C Major Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "captures the sense of music-making on the wing...rarely has the final coda erupted with such overwhelming joy. The same electrifying concentration informs performances of Schoenberg's Variations and Tchaikovsky's Pathetique Symphony, which find Bare |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 'Pathétique' (with Schoenberg - Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31) West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ Decca / CD - released 10/Jun/2011 ] "It's a highly exciting performance, treating the work as a bravura concerto for orchestra...Lyricism could hardly be in short supply in the Tchaikovsky" (BBC Music) |
GERALD FINZI / ARNOLD BAX / JOHN IRELAND
Finzi / Bax / Ireland: Choral Music Westminster Abbey Choir, James O'Donnell, Daniel Cook (organ) [ Hyperion / CD - released 27/Jan/2017 ] "The choir's diffuse tone - breathier in the upper voices than rivals at New College or even King's Cambridge - is very effective" Gramophone |
HUBERT PARRY
I was glad & other choral works Westminster Abbey Choir, James O'Donnell, Daniel Cook (organ) [ Hyperion / CD - released 25/Jul/2015 ] The pageantry of a nation is encapsulated in the music of Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Baronet, Knight and fervent supporter of the suffragette movement. This new programme from Westminster Abbey contains some lesser-known early works... |
JOHANN GRAUN
Concertos Daniel Sepec (Violin) / Wiener Akademie, Martin Haselbock [ CPO / CD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] During his own lifetime, J.G. Graun, the brother of Carl Heinrich Graun, was the epitome of a famous musician both as a gifted violinist and as a 'fiery instrument composer'. He wrote the majority of his instrumental works for the concerts of the... |
THE STRAUSS FAMILY
New Year's Concert in vienna 2009 Wiener Philharmoniker / Daniel Barenboim [ Decca / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/2009 ] |
STRAUSS FAMILY / JOSEPH HELLMESBERGER / CARL ZIEHRER
New Year's Concert in Vienna 2022 Wiener Philharmoniker, Daniel Barenboim [ Sony Classical DVD / DVD - released 11/Feb/2022 ] There are few concerts in the world that are awaited with as much excitement as the New Year's Concert from Vienna, under the direction of Daniel Barenboim |
ANTONIO SACCHINI
Sacchini: L'abbandono delle ricchezze di S. Filippo Neri ('Saint Philip Neri's Renunciation of All Worldly Wealth') Yeree Suh, Ketevan Chuntishvili, Markus Schäfer, Daniel Ochoa (soloists) Giovanni Michelini (harpsichord and organ) / Concerto de Bassus, Franz Hauk [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 22/Sep/2023 ] Antonio Sacchini's renowned melodic gifts and facility as a composer were developed amid the flourishing Neapolitan school of opera but, outgrowing the Italian tradition, he later found inspiration working in London and Paris. |
J.S. BACH
Cantatas (Vol 25) Nos 78, 99, and 114 Yukari Nonoshita (soprano) Daniel Taylor (countertenor) Makoto Sakurada (tenor) Peter Kooij (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS / CD - released 1/Jul/2004 ] "Magnificent solo singing and breathtaking choral contributions" (MusicWeb Feb 2005) |
BERLIOZ
Beatrice et Benedict (Complete opera) [Recorded in 1981] Yvonne Minton, Placido Domingo, Ileana Cotrubas, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Orchestre de Paris / Daniel Barenboim [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] 'Minton's beautiful voice and her warm understanding of Berlioz's style are again evident … Daniel Barenboim conducts with enthusiasm.' Gramophone |
PYTOR TCHAIKOVSKY / EDWARD ELGAR / W. A. MOZART
Tchaikovsky/Elgar /Mozart - Serenades Zürcher Kammerorchester, Daniel Hope [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 29/Jan/2021 ] "..bright and bold, and cleanly played...But the main interest on this album is the wonderful reading of Tchaikovsky's Serenade...This is ardent, passionate playing, completely persuasive." Gramophone |
BRUCH / BRAHMS / RAVEL
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra 70th Anniversary Concert (rec 2006) Pinchas Zukerman (violin) Daniel Barenboim (piano) / Israel Philharmonic Orchestra / Zubin Mehta [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 22/Jun/2007 ] G - Recorded live at the Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Tel Aviv, 26 December 2006 |