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ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Complete String Quartets Stamitz Quartet [ Brilliant Classics / 10 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2017 ] "9/9, warmth and richness, highly rewarding" ClassicsToday |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Complete cantatas Vol 1 Stefanie True (soprano), Contrasto Armonico, Marco Vitale / Valentina Varriale (soprano), Mvsica Perdvta, Renato Criscuolo / etc [ Brilliant Classics / 14 CD Box Set - released 4/Aug/2017 ] This set presents an extensive collection of works which George Frideric Handel wrote during his short but astoundingly fruitful stay in Italy. Here he met the great composers of the day, imbuing the rich Italian style. |
WILHELM STENHAMMAR
Stenhammar: The String Quartets Stenhammar Quartet [ BIS SACD / 3 Hybrid SACD - released 3/Feb/2023 ] "Composed between 1894 and 1916 Wilhelm Stenhammar's body of six numbered string quartets is considered unique among Scandinavian music of its time, both in its consistency and in its musical aspirations. |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Die Frau ohne Schatten Stephen Gould, Camilla Nylund, Wolfgang Koch, Nina Stemme / Wiener Staatsoper, Christian Thielemann [ Orfeo / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2020 ] GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Opera |
STEVE REICH
Phases - A Nonesuch Retrospective Steve Reich and Musicians / Kronos Quartet / Theatre of Voices / Pat Metheny [ Nonesuch / 5 CD Box Set - released 31/Oct/2006 ] Pioneer of US minimalism Steve Reich is 70 this year and to celebrate Nonesuch has released a bargain-priced 5 CD set of his greatest works including definitive recordings of "Music for 18 Musicians", "Different Trains" and "Drumming". |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Theodora (Complete Oratorio) Susan Gritton, Susan Bickley, Robin Blaze, Paul Agnew / Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh [ Archiv / 3 CD Box Set - released 14/Aug/2000 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1700-1760) - 2001 GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST - Baroque Vocal |
SVIATOSLAV RICHTER
Icon: Sviator Richter - The Master Pianist (Complete EMI Recordings, 1961-1980) Sviatoslav Richter (piano) with with Oleg Kagaan (violin) David Oistrakh (violin) and others [ Warner Classics / EMI Icon / 14 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2011 ] 'Idiosyncratic, plain-speaking, heroic, reserved, lyrical, virtuosic and perhaps above all profoundly enigmatic, Sviatoslav Richter remains one of the greatest recreative artists of all time.' (Bryce Morrison) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Symphonies, Overtures & Hungarian Dances Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard [ BIS SACD / 4 Hybrid SACD - released 25/Feb/2022 ] Brahms' symphonies and much more in Thomas Dausgaard's interpretations. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: The Symphonies Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard [ BIS SACD / 4 Hybrid SACD - released 5/Aug/2022 ] It was only after his death that Franz Schubert's symphonic works made an impact in music history. In fact, the first public performance of any of Schubert's symphonies took place at a memorial concert held a few weeks after the composer had passed... |
J.S BACH / VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Brandenburg Project: Twelve Concertos The Swedish Chamber Orchestra / Thomas Dausgaard (cond) [ BIS SACD / 3 CD Box Set - released 9/Apr/2021 ] Bach's celebrated concertos are joined by new commissions. |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: The Symphonies and Overtures Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard, conductor [ BIS SACD / 3 CD Box Set - released 3/Feb/2023 ] During their long collaboration (1997 - 2019) Thomas Dausgaard and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra developed a project they named 'Opening Doors', performing orchestral works from the Romantic era with the smaller-than-usual forces of a chamber... |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vaughan Williams: The Symphonies / Job / Lark Ascending / etc Tasmin Little (violin) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 21/Apr/2004 ] "Outstanding generous measure" Gramophone Magazine Oct 2001 |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues Tatiana Nikolayeva (piano) [ Hyperion / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/May/2005 ] 'The recording is clear and atmospheric, and the playing has power, grandeur, character, intellectual clarity and unforced intensity' - Gramophone |
CHARLES TOURNEMIRE
Tournemire: Complete Organ Music- Oeuvres d'Orgue Tjeerd van der Ploeg (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 25/Sep/2020 ] Charles Tournemire was born in Bordeaux in 1870. A child prodigy he became organist-accompagnateur at age 11 at the St. Pierre in Bordeaux. At the Paris Conservatory he had lessons from De Bériot and César Franck, after whose death he continued with... |
BACH / MOZART / SCHUBERT / BEETHOVEN / SCHOENBERG / HINDEMITH
Trio Zimmermann - A Retrospective Trio Zimmermann [ BIS / 5 CD Box Set - released 6/May/2022 ] In 2007 Frank Peter Zimmermann was able to realize his long-cherished dream to establish a string trio, together with Antoine Tamestit and Christian Poltra. |
JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Incidental Music Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam [ Naxos / 6 CD Box Set - released 14/Sep/2018 ] "This handsome 6-CD set which appears as an edition presenting Sibelius is an overwhelming listening experience of often unfamiliar vignettes. Far more magic, some familiar moments and little that is prosaic. Enjoyable." MusicWeb |
MORTON GOULD
Morton Gould: American Legend Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra, Theodore Kuchar / University of Kansas Wind Ensemble, Scott Weiss / Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Scherme [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 13/Feb/2013 ] "Morton Gould is the American composer closest to my heart. The breadth of his talent, and his ability to channel American vernacular effortlessly into his concert works, make him the true heir of George Gershwin." Albany Symphony |
BORIS MIKOLAYOVICH LYATOSHYNSKY
Lyatoshynsky: Complete Symphonies Ukrainian State Symphony Orchestra, Theodore Kuchar [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Jun/2022 ] Boris Lyatoshynsky was a leading member of the Ukrainian cultural renaissance in the 20th century and his five symphonies remain the most important cycle in his country's musical history. |
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VARIOUS
100 Best Carols [6 CD set] Various Artists includes Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Kiri te Kanawa, Roberto Alagna, Thomas Hampson, Barbara Hendricks, Hermann Prey, etc [ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 12/Nov/2007 ] This 6-CD set contains all the best-loved carols that gladden and enrich the Christmas season, performed by outstanding choirs, ensembles and soloists from all over the world. |
JOSQUIN / GOMBERT / OBRECHT / RUE / CHARPENTIER / GESUALDO / PERGOLESI / etc
Ave Maria: Marian Hymns CantArte Regensburg, Oxford Camerata, VivaVoce, Tudor Consort, Carla Huhtanen (soprano) Ruth Ziesak (soprano) Peter Schreier (tenor), etc [ Brilliant Classics / 10 CD Box Set - released 23/Oct/2020 ] "This ten-disc collection is abundant in riches; it's an almost forensic foray into centuries (and centuries) of music devoted to the Virgin Mary...Digital recordings of ensembles make this a set to take note of." BBC Music |
