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PUCCINI / BIZET / DVORAK / OFFENBACH / DONIZETTI / VERDI / etc
40 Most Beautiful Arias Maria Callas, Placido Domingo, Cecilia Bartoli, Kiri te Kanawa, Jose Carreras, José Cura, Angela Gheorghiu, etc [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2009 ] Nothing stirs the soul and tugs at the heartstrings more than an inspired operatic aria. Warner Classics CD set 40 MOST BEAUTIFUL ARIAS collects forty of the most moving ones the world has known on this star-studded collection. |
J. S. BACH
Bach, J S: Sonatas for Violin & Harpsichord Nos. 1-6, BWV1014-1019 Isabelle Faust (violin) & Kristian Bezuidenhout (harpsichord) [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 12/Mar/2018 ] "It's an eloquent and beautifully recorded homage to the composer and demands to be in the collection of all Bach lovers post-haste." Gramophone Editor's Choice March 2018 |
J. S. BACH
Six Evolutions - Bach: Cello Suites (2017 recording) Yo Yo Ma (cello) [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 5/Sep/2018 ] "I don't think he has ever made a greater recording and his personal booklet notes help provide a conceptual setting for his playing." Gramophone Editor's Choice Awards Issue 2018 |
J. S. BACH
Bach To The Future Olivier Latry (organ) [ La Dolce Volta / CD - released 22/Mar/2019 ] For his first CD with La Dolce Volta, Olivier Latry has chosen a programme devoted to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. This recording, made on the massive Cavaillé-Coll organ of Notre-Dame de Paris, of which he is titular organist, raises a... |
J. S. BACH
Bach Trios Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Chris Thile (mandolin), Edgar Meyer (double bass) [ Nonesuch / CD - released 20/Jul/2017 ] "Thile and Meyer, with their backgrounds in bluegrass and American roots music, bring an appealing swing and spontaneity to the Bach…Ma draws a glorious palette of sounds from his cello, which sings and weeps and whispers" Five Stars BBC Music |
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Bach, (J.S.): Violin Concertos / Sinfonias / Overture / Sonatas Isabelle Faust (violin) / Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 15/Mar/2019 ] "Faust's tone is both lean and exquisitely sweet, combined with consistent stylistic elegance which reaches the heights of eloquence in the slow movement of the E major Concerto." BBC Music Concerto Choice June 2019 |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Diabelli Variations Michael Houstoun (piano) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 18/Aug/2017 ] Following the monumental set of the complete Beethoven piano sonatas, Michael Houstoun and Rattle proudly release a superb account of the Diabelli Variations, thirty-three variations on a waltz by Anton Duabelli composed by Ludwig van Beethoven... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Violin Concerto, Romances (with Schubert: Rondo in A) James Ehnes (violin), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze [ Onyx Classics / CD - released 20/Oct/2017 ] "Technically, Ehnes's playing is a marvel...But, really, it's his - and Manze's - thoughtfulness and patience that make this recording so satisfying." Gramphone Editor's Choice November 2017 |
HEINRICH IGNAZ FRANZ BIBER
Biber: The Rosary Sonatas Rachel Podger (baroque violin) Marcin Świątkiewicz (harpsichord/organ), Jonathan Manson (cello/viola da gamba), David Miller (theorbo/archlute) [ Channel Classics SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2016 ] Gramophone Magazine award WINNER 2016 - Baroque Instrumental |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Final Piano Pieces Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Jan/2020 ] "'One of the finest accounts of Brahms's late piano works on record, one that stands head and shoulders above most contenders in an ever-growing catalogue." Gramophone Awards 2020 Short List - Instrumental |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Cello Concerto / Sea Pictures / Overture: Cockaigne Jacqueline Du Pre (cello) Dame Janet Baker (mezzo) / London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli [ Warner Classics Original Jacket Reissues / CD - released 22/Aug/2015 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE 100 GREATEST RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Martha Argerich: Complete Chopin Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon Martha Argerich (piano) with Mischa Maisky (cello) Mstislav Rostropovich (cello & conductor) / London Symphony & National Symphony Orchestras [ Deutsche Grammophon / 5 CD Box Set - released 5/Jun/2016 ] This 5 CD set brings together Martha Argerich's complete studio, live and radio recordings on Deutsche Grammophon, and documents her special, intuitive and passionate relationship with Chopin's music. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Complete Piano Sonatas (14 CDs plus Book) Michael Houstoun (piano) [ Rattle / 14 CD Box Set - released 15/Oct/2014 ] NZ LISTENER BEST CLASSICAL Recordings 2014 |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Concerto for 2 & 3 Pianos / Piano Concerto in D minor, KV 466 Daniel Barenboim, Andras Schiff, Sir Georg Solti (pianos) / English Chamber Orchestra [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / CD - released 10/Feb/2006 ] 'The finale, a kind of rondo-minuet, is delightful, with energetic keyboard work that nevertheless dances' [Concerto for 3 Pianos] Gramophone |
JOHN FIELD
Field: Piano Concertos No 7 / Irish Concerto Benjamin Frith (piano) Northern Sinfonia, David Haslam (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Sep/2016 ] Dublin-born prodigy John Field enjoyed a wide reputation and great popularity. He was renowned as a soloist for his delicacy of nuance and as a composer for his cultivation of that most poetic of forms, the nocturne. His Piano Concertos were eagerly... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Goldberg Variations (with works by Beethoven & Rzewski) Igor Levit (piano) [ Sony / 3 CD Box Set - released 5/Dec/2015 ] "Levit's musical personality is as integrated and mature as his technique. And both of these are placed at the service of the music's glory rather than his own." (Gramophone Magazine Award WINNER 2016 - Instrumental) |
JOSEPH HAYDN / C.P.E. BACH
Haydn & CPE Bach: Cello Concertos Steven Isserlis (cello), The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Sep/2017 ] "Isserlis's 1998 recording [of the Haydn] remains classy stuff, but this has superbly trumped it." Gramophone Disc of the Month Awards Issue 2017 |
J. S. BACH
Hilary Hahn plays Bach Hilary Hahn (violin) [ Decca / CD - released 10/Feb/2019 ] "This is quite simply magnificent violin-playing, the sort that while you're listening to it convinces you that the music couldn't possibly be played any other way" Gramophone Recording Of The Month November 2018 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Inspiration Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello) / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla [ Decca Records / CD - released 1/Jun/2018 ] "A most rewarding CD then, sure evidence that we should henceforth be on the lookout for any performances, recorded or live, that involve Sheku Kanneh-Mason." - Gramophone |
ALBINONI / CALDARA / CORRELLI / TARTINI / TORELLI / VIVALDI
The Italian Job: Baroque Instrumental Music from the Italian States Rachel Chaplin and Gail Hennessy (oboes) Peter Whelan (bassoon), La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler (violin / director) [ Avie / CD - released 24/Feb/2017 ] "the whole underpinned by a scholarly attittude to programming and performance style which is yet worn with a light grace." Gramophone Award WINNER 2017 - Baroque Insrumental |