ARENSKY / BORTKIEWICZ / KABALEVSKY / RACHMANINOV / PROKOFIEV / etc
Russian Piano Concertos Evgeny Kissin, In-Ju Bang, Felicja Blumental, Ştefan Doniga, Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Hamburg Symphony etc [ Brilliant Classics / 15 CD Box Set - released 23/Mar/2018 ] There is a special quality to Russian Piano Concertos: apart from their jawdropping virtuosity and orchestral brilliance they share that common Slavonicflavor, an undefinable mixture of melancholy and passion, whether smouldering or blazing. |
FEDERICO MOMPOU
Mompou: Complete solo piano works (Rec 1974) Federico Mompou (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 17/Aug/2005 ] "These classic recordings, licensed from Ensayo, always will be treasured by those who enjoy Federico Mompou's haunting and hermetic style." (ClassicsToday 10/8 for performance and sound) |
CHRISTOPH GRAUPNER
Graupner: Complete Harpsichord Music Fernando de Luca (harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / 14 CD Box Set - released 25/Jun/2021 ] Christoph Graupner was born Kirchberg, Saxony. Due to an unfortunate combination of circumstances his work has fallen into almost total oblivion, yet he was one of the most important composers of his time. |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Fou Ts'ong plays Chopin Fou Ts'ong (piano) [ Sony Classical / 10 CD Box Set - released 12/Nov/2021 ] The first ever collection of Fou Ts'ong's complete Chopin Recordings for CBS Masterworks on 10 CDs. This special release includes full sets of the Ballades, Nocturnes, Études, Préludes, and Mazurkas. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Serse (complete opera recorded in 2018) Franco Fagioli (Serse), Vivica Genaux, Inga Kalna, Francesca Aspromonte / Il Pomo d ́Oro Orchestra, Maxim Emelyanychev [ Deutsche Grammophon / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Dec/2018 ] "I'd guess that a voice like Franco Fagioli's…comes as close as we can get today to the mingled brilliance, suppleness and power of the great castrati in their pomp." Gramophone Editor's Choice Feb 2019 |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Concerti grossi Op. 3 and Op. 6 Georg Kallweit, Bernhard Forck, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin [ Pentatone / 3 CD Box Set - released 12/Mar/2021 ] BRILLIANT PERFORMANCES OF HANDEL'S MASTERWORKS Handel's concerti grossi Op. 3 and Op. 6 are among the most exceptional instrumental music of the baroque age, and the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin brings out all the brilliance of these delightful... |
DUPRÉ / FRANCK / COUPERIN / BRUHNS / BACH / MESSIAEN
Gillian Weir: A Celebration Gillian Weir (organ) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 22 CD Box Set - released 12/Feb/2021 ] 'Dame Gillian is one of the greatest of living artists; her playing shows a perfect mixture of hand and heart, a true musician with the technique to tackle anything.' - JOHN AMIS, WRITER AND CRITIC |
BRAHMS / CHOPIN / BEETHOVEN / RAVEL / LISZT / etc
Gina Bachauer - The Mercury Masters Gina Bachauer (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Stanisław Skrowaczewski / London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti [ Mercury Living Presence Eloquence / 7 CD Box Set - released 28/Jul/2022 ] Seven classic Mercury Living Presence albums, newly remastered and compiled for the first time to celebrate the legacy of Greek pianist Gina Bachauer, who thrilled audiences and challenged stereotypes wherever she went. LIMITED EDITION. |
MILHAUD / SAINT-SAENS / ALKAN / POULENC / LALO / PIERNE / etc
French Piano Concertos Giovanni Bellucci, Martin Galling, Florian Uhlig, Rosario Marciano, François-Joël Thiollier, Marylène Dosse, etc [ Brilliant Classics / 12 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/2019 ] A worthy collection of some of the greatest French piano concertos issued at a special price on 12 CDs. |
FRANCISCO TARREGA
Tarrega: Guitar Edition (solo works & transcriptions) Giulio Tampalini (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 23/Sep/2015 ] Francisco Tárrega may have written little, but the works that he did compose have been a cornerstone of every guitar player's oeuvre since the composer's death in 1909. Particularly famous is his Recuerdos de la Alhambra, one of the most beautiful... |
W. A. MOZART
Glenn Gould plays Mozart Piano Sonatas Glenn Gould (piano) [ Sony Classical / 4 CD Box Set - released 10/Dec/2021 ] "(K457)..the Adagio still features his détaché phrasing, his non-legato, unvaried series of dynamics and anti-melodic determinism and lasting twelve minutes is endless. The concluding finale is an exercise in deconstruction and utterly disjunct." MW |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Glenn Gould plays Beethoven [6 CD set] Glenn Gould, piano [ Sony Classical Masters / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2011 ] "Gould had a distinctive range of personae where the Beethoven was concerned. (his 3rd is a) studiously intense, intimately scaled studio recording Gould made with Leonard Bernstein in 1959." (Gramophone on the 3rd piano Concerto) |
J. S. BACH
Glenn Gould - The Bach Box (The Remastered Columbia Recordings) Glenn Gould (piano) [ Sony Classical Masters / 30 CD Box Set - released 7/Aug/2020 ] This stunning set is packed in a cube-shaped box and includes facsimile LP and CD Sleeves, a 240 page hardcover book featuring complete original liner notes (many penned by Gould himself) and an introductory essay by Michael Stegemann. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel Box Set: Rinaldo / Saul / Giulio Cesare (Recorded live at Glyndebourne Opera House, 2005-2015) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Sonia Prina, Anett Fritsch, Sarah Connolly, Danielle de Niese, Christopher Purves, Iestyn Davies / Orchestra of the Age of Enligh [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / 3 Blu-ray Box Set - released 20/Mar/2017 ] "Dantone conducts a strongly characterised performance founded on the alert playing of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment." (BBC Music on Rinaldo) |
FRANCIS POULENC
Poulenc: Complete Chamber Music Graf Mourja (violin), Alexandre Tharaud (piano), Ronald van Spaendonck (clarinet), Francoise Groben (cello) [ Naxos / 5 CD Box Set - released 25/Mar/2022 ] " Acclaim for these recordings can be summed up by the comment 'you simply can't go wrong with any of the discs in this series.' (ClassicsToday.com on their original release) |
MANUEL PONCE
Complete Guitar Music Gérard Abiton (guitar) & Beatrice Martin (harpsichord) Ensemble Orchestral Stringendo, Jean Thorel [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2014 ] Manuel Ponce was one of Mexico's best and most popular composers. His compositions are imbued with the native music and folklore of his beloved Mexico, irresistably lively, sensual and passionate. |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: 6 String Quartets dedicated to Haydn / String Quintets Guarneri Quartet, with Ida Kavafian & Kim Kashkashian (violas) [ Sony / RCA Classical Masters / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2012 ] "The E flat major Quartet has a high seriousness that the Guarneri rightly bring out without, I think, overloading the music...The Guarneri bring plenty of vigour and weight to the more boisterous Hunt Quartet." (original Gramophone review) |
CARL ORFF
Carl Orff Edition Gundula Janowitz, Gerhard Stolze, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Berlin Opera, Eugen Jochum [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / 11 CD Box Set - released 10/Jul/2020 ] To celebrate the 125th birthday of one of Germany's most famous composers (July 10th 2020), Deutsche Grammophon presents The Carl Orff Edition 11-CD Original Jackets Collection - Complete Deutsche Grammophon Recordings of Carl Orff |
R. STRAUSS / BRAHMS / SCHUBERT / MOZART / HAYDN / WAGNER / etc
The Gundula Janowitz Edition: A Voice of Silver & Gold Gundula Janowitz (soprano) / with Irwin Gage (piano), James King (tenor), Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon / 14 CD Box Set - released 6/Mar/2020 ] This box set celebrates the beloved Gundula Janowitz's clear and honest soprano voice through a selection of her opera, oratorio and Lieder recordings. |
NED ROREM
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rorem: Works for Choir and Orchestra The Harvard University Choir, Murray Forbes Somerville, with Carson Coqman (organ) [ Black Box / CD - released 21/Jul/2006 ] Carson Cooman is Research Associate in Music and Composer in Residence at the Harvard Memorial Church. |