BACH / BEETHOVEN / BARTOK / DEBUSSY / RAVEL / COWELL / etc
Joseph Szigeti - The Complete Sony Recordings Joseph Szigeti (violin) with Myra Hess, Pablo Casals, Benny Goodman, Bela Bartok, etc [ Sony Classical / 17 CD Box Set - released 26/Mar/2021 ] "Full of immediacy - and star turns - these remastered recordings make for a compelling time capsule" The Guardian |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets (the 1982 Live recordings) Juilliard String Quartet [ Sony Classical Masters / 9 CD Box Set - released 13/Nov/2020 ] The Juilliard String Quartet, which was founded in 1946 is one of the world's most prestigious string quartets in the world. In February 2011, the quartet received the NARAS Lifetime Achievement Award for its outstanding contributions to music. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets (the 1964-1970 recordings) Juilliard String Quartet [ RCA / Sony Classical / 9 CD Box Set - released 20/Jul/2020 ] On the 'Sony Classical' label - In celebration of Beethoven's 250th anniversary year, Sony Classical is pleased to release the internationally renowned Juilliard String Quartet's recordings of Beethoven's String Quartets recorded from 1964-1970. The... |
KING'S SINGERS
SPECIAL OFFER: The King's Singers: The Complete RCA Recording The King's Singers [ Sony RCA Red Seal / 11 CD Box Set - released 15/Feb/2018 ] The King s Singers remain unique for their musical intelligence, virtuosity and sheer good humour. All qualities this collection has in spades. |
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Leonard Bernstein - The Harvard Lectures Leonard Bernstein (speaker / piano) [ Sony Classical / 13 CD Box Set - released 16/Aug/2018 ] The lectures were each given twice, first to the audience in Harvard Square, and afterwards before a small group of listeners at Boston's WGBH-TV, for broadcast by PBS in the US and by the BBC in the UK. |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn Symphonies L'Estro Armonico, Derek Solomons [ Sony / 18 CD Box Set - released 26/Apr/2024 ] "The sense of adventure and discovery remains palpable in so many of the recordings here, and despite the occasional misfire, nearly all of these performances stand up well to comparison with a number of period-instrument recordings that succeeded... |
CHOPIN / PROKOFIEV / LISZT / BRAHMS / RACHMANINOV / RAVEL / etc
Lorin Hollander: Complete RCA Collection Lorin Hollander (piano), with Erick Friedman (violin) & Erich Leinsdorf and the Boston Symphony [ RCA Red Seal / Sony Classical / 8 CD Box Set - released 17/Jun/2022 ] Sony Classical is now pleased to present a new 8-disc box set offering Lorin Hollander's complete RCA discography for the first time on CD with original LP sleeves and labels and a booklet with full discographical notes. |
SPIRITUALS / VERDI / BRAHMS / SCHUMANN / HAYDN / SCHUBERT / etc
Marian Anderson - Beyond the Music - Her complete RCA Victor recordings [15 CDs with large book] Marian Anderson (contralto) [ Sony Classical / 15 CD/Book - released 27/Aug/2021 ] "Special mention must be made of this set's presentation, which stands among the glories of the CD era not just for its musical comprehensiveness, but also for its artful design." Opera |
LISZT / SCHUBERT / TCHAIKOVSKY / BRAHMS / CHOPIN / SHOSTAKOVICH / etc
Emil Gilels - the complete RCA and Columbia Album Collection Emil Gilels (piano) [ Sony / RCA Originals / 7 CD Box Set - released 20/Jan/2017 ] One of the greatest pianists of the 20th century, Gilels was best-known for his remarkable vitality and sensitivity to the Romantic style. |
KIRCHNER / KILLMAYER / HARRISON / LEES / DENNY / ROSEN / etc
Fromm Music Foundation - Twentieth Century Composer Series Nathan Rubin, Ludwig Shapero (violins) George Neikrug (cello) Leon Kirchner (piano) / The New York Concert Choir & Orchestra, Juilliard String Quartet [ Sony Classical / 10 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2020 ] From January 1957 to March 1962 Columbia Masterworks in collaboration with the Fromm Music Foundation released a series of 9 highly acclaimed LPs in the Twentieth Century Composer Series with music by, then, contemporary composers. |
HERRMANN / NEWMAN / KORNGOLD / TIOMKIN / ROZSA / WAXMAN
Charles Gerhardt conducts Classic Film Scores National Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Gerhardt, with Kiri te Kanawa (soprano) & Norma Procter (contralto) [ RCA Red Seal / Sony music Masters / 12 CD Box Set - released 13/Mar/2020 ] In the 1970s, the Classic Film Scores series introduced a new generation to the sumptuous sound of music in Hollywood's "Golden Age." |
GERSHWIN / GROFE / HAYDN / BEETHOVEN / STRAVINSKY / BERNSTEIN / MAHLER
This is Leonard Bernstein: His Greatest Recordings Rudolf Serkin, Lukas Foss (pianos), Original Broadway Cast, Dietrich Fischer Dieskau (baritone) / New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein [ Sony Classical / 16 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2009 ] This special edition collects the conductor-composer's 15 most celebrated original albums from the 1950s and 60s on 16 CDs. The best selection of his benchmark recordings as a conductor, composer and pianist. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: The Complete Piano Sonatas Paul Badura-Skoda (piano) [ RCA Red Seal / Sony Classical / 12 CD Box Set - released 25/Oct/2017 ] Badura-Skoda plays Schubert sonatas - The first CD release of a landmark edition Paul Badura-Skoda is unquestionably the outstanding Schubert pianist of the 20th century, declared the Leipzig Volkszeitung in 2012. An astute interpreter, a sensuous... |
Paul Robeson
Voice of Freedom; His Complete Columbia, RCA, HMV, and Victor Recordings [ Sony Classics / 14 CD Box Set - released 6/Sep/2024 ] This is a special edition, documenting Paul Robeson's complete major-label discography recorded 1925-1947! It contains the first release of Robeson's groundbreaking Victor recordings on CD with 16 recordings reissued for the first time. |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Eugene Ormandy Conducts Richard Strauss Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, with Rudolf Serkin (piano) & Lorne Munroe (cello) [ Sony Classical / 4 CD Box Set - released 13/Mar/0020 ] Ormandy is best known for his longstanding post as the conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra. He also developed what came to be known as the "Philadelphia Sound" emphasizing lush string sonorities and, legato phrasing and rounded tone. |
Various Artists
Broadway In A Box: The Essenti [ Sony Classical / 25 CD - released 15/Oct/2012 ] |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Bernstein Conducts Beethoven: Symphonies / Overtures / Missa Solemnis [remastered] New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein, with Kim Borg (bass), Eileen Farrell (soprano), Carol Smith (contralto), Richard Lewis (tenor) [ Sony Classical / 10 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2019 ] Celebrating Beethoven's 250th anniversary and following Bernstein's centenary in 2018, Sony Classical is proud to re-release Bernstein's first recorded cycle of Beethoven symphonies, made with the New York Philharmonic between 1958 and 1964 Also... |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Complete Symphonies Edition Wiener Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann [ Sony Classical / 11 CD Box Set - released 13/Oct/2023 ] Sony Classical is excited to release the full cycle of Bruckner's symphonies recorded by the Vienna Philharmonic under Christian Thielemann on CD. |
DVORAK / HERBERT / BRITTEN / BRAHMS / SAINT-SAENS / BACH / WALTON / etc
Yo-Yo Ma: The Classical Cello Collection Yo-Yo Ma (cello) / with Emanuel Ax (piano) / New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Masur, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman, etc [ Sony Classical / 15 CD Box Set - released 21/Dec/2016 ] Excellent value, budget-priced x15 CD Box-set. The set features great works from the classical cello repertoire with compositions by 23 classical composers. |
J. S. BACH / ELGAR / DVORAK / TCHAIKOVSKY / HAYDN / SCHUMANN
Yo-Yo Ma Plays Cello Masterworks (8CD box set) Yo-Yo Ma (cello) / various accompaniments [ Sony Classical / 8 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/2013 ] "The CD gives an absolutely truthful projection of a cello image which in the concert hall can seem too reticent, but here is perfectly balanced with the orchestra." (Gramophone on the Lalo / Saint-Saens) |