Various Artists
Explorer Set: Slavic Edition [ Piano Classics / 10 CD - released 1/Sep/2023 ] Piano Classics was the first label to exclusively devote itself to piano music. Since its founding in 2010 it has released countless extraordinary recordings, presenting many repertoire rarities and amazing young pianists. The press has always been... |
JOLIVET / ROUSSEL / FRANCK / DEBUSSY / SAINT-SAENS / MILHAUD / POULENC / FAURE / VIEUXTEMPS / etc
French Violin Sonatas Daniele Orlando, Linda di Carlo, Mauro Tortorelli, Angela Meluso, Krysia Osostowicz, Susan Tomes, Kristóf Baráti, Klára Würtz, Bruno Monteiro, etc [ Brilliant Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 14/Jan/2022 ] The works in this collection emerged from the genre of duo concertant initially conceived as showcases for the virtuosity of Nicolò Paganini and his successors in the Franco-Belgian school of violin playing, notably Henry Vieuxtemps. |
GIROLAMO FRESCOBALDI
Frescobaldi: Complete Edition Roberto Loreggian (organ & harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / 15 CD Box Set - released 22/Aug/2011 ] A release of great importance: the first time CD-issue of the Complete Works of Girolamo Frescobaldi. The CD's in this edition are all newly recorded, by the foremost scholar/musicians of Italy, using period instruments. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel Edition Various Artists [ Brilliant Classics / 65 CD Box Set - released 1/Jan/2015 ] An exact contemporary of Bach, George Frideric Handel was one of the most important composers of the Baroque era, carving out a career for himself which was equally as impressive as his fellow countryman's. Born in Halle, Germany, to parents who were... |
JOSEPH HAYDN / W. A. MOZART / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Haydn/Mozart/Beethoven: Great Classical Symphonies Capella Istropolitana; Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia; Nicolaus Esterházy Chorus [ Naxos / 10 CD Box Set - released 26/Mar/2012 ] Without doubt, the most important symphonists of the latter part of the eighteenth century are Haydn and Mozart. Often credited with expanding the symphonic form to the four movements we are familiar with today. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Jack-In-The-Box: A collection of amusing and entertaining works by classical compsers (Incls 'The Typewriter' & 'Kitten on the Keys') Klara Kormendi (piano), Eteri Andjaparidze (piano), Olivier Cazal (piano), Marian Lapsansky (piano), Peter Toperczer (piano), Cecile Licad (piano), Wa [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 27/Jan/2008 ] A collection of delightful light classical works to entertain, delight and amuse the listener. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Night music: Classical Favourites for Relaxing and Dreaming Various Artists [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 31/Mar/2008 ] A package of three individual albums in the Night Music range. NIGHT MUSIC VOL. 1 8.556815 NIGHT MUSIC VOL. 2 8.556816 NIGHT MUSIC VOL. 3 8.556817 |
ARVO PART
Part: The Collection Ulster Orchestra, Hungarian State Opera, Leeds Cathedral Choir, Elora Festival Singers, Benjamin Hudson (violin, viola) Jurgen Kruse (piano), etc [ Brilliant Classics / 9 CD Box Set - released 17/Dec/2021 ] The most comprehensive collection ever issued of Arvo Pärt's music, surveying the full range of an output from one of the most distinctive voices in late 20th-century music. |
KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI
Penderecki: The Symphonies and Other Orchestral Works Olga Pasichnyk (soprano), Aga Mikol/aj (soprano), Ewa Marciniec (alto), Wiesl/aw Ochman (tenor), Romuald Tesarowicz (bass) & Boris Carmeli (narrator) [ Naxos / 5 CD - released 3/Sep/2012 ] "Antoni Wit's ongoing cycle of Penderecki orchestral works is yet another of those truly outstanding Naxos projects that's unlikely to get the attention it deserves..." |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Queen Elisabeth Competition - Violin 2019 Various Artists [ Queen Elisabeth Competition / 4 CD - released 23/Aug/2019 ] This 4CD box set includes highlights from the performances of the 12 laureates of the 2019 Violin Competition. These young artists are heard in their chamber music programme of the semi-finals, in their performances of the Mozart concertos in the... |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Complete Symphonies and Concertos Bernd Glemser (piano) / Polish National Radio Symphony, Antoni Wit / Ireland National Symphony, Alexander Anissimov [ Naxos / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2001 ] "There are shattering climaxes when music calls for them, and the symphony ends in rousing style...thoroughly recommendable" Gramophone [Symphony No 3] |
MOZART / VERDI / BIZET / PUCCINI / MASCAGNI / LEONCAVALLO
Great Opera Regina Schorg (soprano), Ildiko Raimondi (soprano), Torsten Kerl (tenor), Janusz Monarcha (bass), Bo Skovhus (baritone), Ramón Vargas (tenor), etc [ Naxos / 10 CD Box Set - released 26/Mar/2012 ] The Great Classics series from Naxos is the perfect introduction to myriad genres of classical music. Comprising both complete and compiled selections from the greatest works in the repertoire, the boxes are bursting with wonderful pieces of music,... |
BEETHOVEN / MOZART / SCHUMANN / TCHAIKOVSKY / CHOPIN / PROKOFIEV / etc
Great Piano Concertos Jenö Jandó, Stefan Vladar, Idil Biret, Eldar Nebolsin, Sequeira Costa, Bernd Glemser, Francois-Joel Thiollier (piano) [ Naxos / 10 CD - released 26/Mar/2012 ] The Great Classics series from Naxos is the perfect introduction to myriad genres of classical music. Comprising both complete and compiled selections from the greatest works in the repertoire, the boxes are bursting with wonderful pieces of music,... |
Great Romantic Symphonies
[ Naxos / 10 CD - released 26/Mar/2012 ] The word 'symphony' is used to describe an extended orchestral composition in Western classical music. By the eighteenth century the Italianate opera sinfonia-musical interludes between operas or concertos-had assumed the structure of three... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Edition (90 CD Box Set) Various artists and performers from the vast Naxos catalogue [ Naxos / 90 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2019 ] Beethoven's monumental contribution to Western classical music is celebrated here in this definitive collection marking the 250th anniversary of the composer's birth. Surveying the totality of his career and achievement, the Complete Edition spans... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Trusted Guide to Classical Music [4 CDs at a special price] Various artists incl Alison Balsom, Stephen Hough, David Frey, Simon Rattle, Mstislav Rostropovich, Andre Previn, etc [ EMI / Virgin / 4 CD Box Set - released 10/May/2012 ] EMI'S Trusted Guide to Classical Music is a great introduction for the novice to this exciting musical world. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Ultimate Classical Chill Out: (Incls, Clair de lune, Moonlight Sonata, The Blue Danube & Faure's Pavane) Vladimir Ashkenazy, Radu Lupu, Sir Georg Solti, Sir Neville Marriner, Jorge Bolet & Herbert von Karajan, etc [ Decca Budget Boxes / 5 CD Box Set - released 16/Dec/2006 ] Relax - A programme to listen to over a glass of wine. Over 5 hours of the world's most relaxing classical melodies. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: 30 of the Best Various artists & performers from the vast Naxos catalogue [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2020 ] Beethoven is regarded by many to be the greatest composer who ever lived, and this collection presents 30essential recordings of his most well-known works. From the beautiful moods of lamentation in the 'Moonlight' Sonata to the amorous... |
ALKAN / BEETHOVEN / HUMMEL / MENDELSSOHN / SCHNITTKE / VIVALDI / etc
Cello Sonatas Edition various cellists from the vast Brillian Classics catalogue [ Brilliant Classics / 33 CD Box Set - released 10/Apr/2020 ] This set offers an extensive anthology of Cello Sonata on 33 CDs. The deep resonant and eloquent sound of the cello is able to express the widest spectrum of human emotions, from intimately whispering, mournfully lamenting to passionately singing. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
101 CLASSICS - The Best Loved Classical Melodies Various orchestras and conductors [ Naxos / 8 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2010 ] All your favourites in one great package! |