Sir Winston Churchill
Great Speeches [ Regis Records / CD - released 12/Jun/2007 ] This collection from one of the greatest orators of the 20th Century - Winston Churchill - is timeless. All his major speeches throughout the war years are featured on this disc. |
W.A. MOZART
Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) Highlights Soloists / Scottish Chamber Chorus / Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Sir Charles MacKerras [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 15/Feb/2006 ] This highlight disc contains the favorite arias and orchestral music from The Marriage of Figaro as the third installment in Telarc's opera series. |
W.A. MOZART
Favourite Arias from The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, Cosi fan tutte and The Magic Flute. Soloists. Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 20/Sep/2005 ] A richly-varied selection of favorite arias taken from four complete, celebrated Mozart operas on Telarc: The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, Cosi fan tutte and The Magic Flute |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Favourite Overtures [incls 'Ride of the Valkyries'] Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Opera Gala / CD - released 20/Jul/2016 ] Richard Wagner was one of the most revolutionary figures in the history of music, a composer who made pivotal contributions to the development of harmony and musical drama that reverberate even today. Indeed, though Wagner occasionally produced... |
BERLIOZ
Overtures [Including Le Carnaval Romain & Benvenuto Cellini] Staatskapelle Dresden / Sir Colin Davis [ RCA Red Seal Classic Library / CD - released 1/Jun/2005 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1801-1850) - "Mercurial, full of vitality and poetic feeling, wonderfully light in articulation, and superbly played and recorded. A glorious issue, outstanding in every way, and now the best... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos 4 & 5 "Emperor" Stephen Kovacevich (piano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra / London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis [ Decca Virtuoso / CD - released 27/Oct/2011 ] "..beautifully-judged textures-limpid, clean and with a wide range of sonority and very sensitive pedalling...both performances are worthy of the very highest comparisons, from the majority of which they will emerge unscathed." (Gramophone) |
GRIEG / SCHUMANN
Piano Concertos Stephen Kovacevich (piano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis [ PHILIPS / CD - released 1/Jan/2008 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - "An excellent transfer brings the long-admired recording by Stephen Kovacevich and Colin Davis vividly back to life." (1001 Classical) |
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 4 Stephen Kovacevich (piano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 12/Apr/2005 ] "The solo piano enters and what a sound. It is like a magnificent, properly tuned piano! The overall sound is just right. And so it goes, with every release in this series." - Rad Bennett, Radical Sounds (April 1, 2003) |
W.A. MOZART
Stuart Burrows Stuart Burrows (tenor) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / London Symphony Orchestra / Sir John Pritchard [ Decca Classic Recitals / CD - released 1/Mar/2006 ] A timely reminder of the great Welsh tenor and outstanding Mozartian. Presents the complete recital on CD for the first time. |
HANDEL
Messiah (complete oratorio plus bonus DVD of highlights) Susan Gritton, Sara Mingardo, Mark Padmore, Alastair Miles / Tenebrae Choir / London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live SACD / 3 Hybrid SACD/DVD - released 17/Nov/2007 ] |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 in C Minor op. 67 & No. 6 in F Major op.68 SWR Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart; Sir Roger Norrington, Conductor [ Hanssler / CD - released 26/May/2003 ] "Norrington's thoughts and reappraisals always present plenty of fodder to chew on. Expect to be surprised, moved and, possibly, irritated." (Music Web) |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Symphony No. 1 (plus Wagner's Overture from Die Meistersinger) SWR Symphony Orchestra / Sir Roger Norrington [ Hanssler / CD - released 15/May/2006 ] Gramophone magazine had this to say: "An honest, intelligent Elgar First from an unexpected source…" |
GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: Requiem / Pelleas et Melisande Suite / Pavane / etc Sylvia McNair, Thomas Allen / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Jun/2019 ] "Marriner's pacing is ideal, and the clean choral attack is matched by superb singing from Sylvia McNair and Thomas Allen." (Three Stars Penguin Guide) |
BARTOK
Bluebeard's Castle (a filmed version of the complete opera) Sylvia Sass / Kolos KovAts / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Georg Solti [ Decca DVD / DVD - released 1/May/2008 ] G : - "If not anything, this is a fine opportunity to re-assess Bartók's dramatic acumen in an intimate environment. Sound and visuals are of the highest Decca standards. Highly recommended." (ClassicalNet April 2008) |
Bruckner,
Symphonie No. 7 Symphonieorchester d. BR, Sir Colin Davis [ ORFEO / CD - released 7/Nov/1989 ] |
ELGAR / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Enigma Variations, Op. 36 / Symphony No. 6 in E minor Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Sir Colin Davis [ BR Klassik / CD - released 16/Dec/2010 ] |
Reger, Max
Hiller-Variation op. 100, Eine Ballettsuite op. 130 Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Colin Davis [ ORFEO / CD - released 16/Aug/1984 ] |
Mendelssoh
Ouverture "Sommernachtstraum", Symph. No. 3 "Schottische" Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Colin Davis [ ORFEO / CD - released 16/Aug/1984 ] |
Mendelssoh
Symphonien 4 & 5 Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Colin Davis [ ORFEO / CD - released 29/Aug/1988 ] |