MOZART / BEETHOVEN / WAGNER / C.P.E. BACH / HANDEL / DVORAK / etc
Dennis Brain - Homage Dennis Brain (horn) with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Sena Jurinac, Walter Gieseking, George Malcom, Gerald Moore, Malcolm Sargent, Herbert von Karajan, etc [ Warner Classics / 11 CD Box Set - released 14/May/2021 ] This 11CD collection presents all of Brain's Warner recordings as concerto soloist and chamber and ensemble player - including music composed with him in mind - and his most notable contributions to symphonic, choral and operatic works. |
Eagles
Live From The Forum MMXVIII (LP) [ Rhino / Warner / 4 LP - released 16/Oct/2020 ] The Eagles spent most of 2018 on the road with an extensive North American tour that found Don Henley, Joe Walsh, and Timothy B. Schmit joined by two new bandmates: Deacon Frey and Vince Gill. Earning rave reviews from fans and critics alike, the... |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini (Complete opera recorded in 2003) Gregory Kunde, Joyce DiDonato, Patrizia Ciofi, Laurent Naouri / Orchestre Nationale de France. John Nelson [ Erato / Warner Classics Home of Opera / 3 CD Box Set - released 15/Sep/2018 ] 'A splendid achievement. Here indeed is the 'verve and vitality' Berlioz always believed he had found.' - Gramophone |
BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / BRUCH / PAGANINI / TCHAIKOVSKY / SIBELIUS / etc
Best Of Maxim Vengerov Maxim Vengerov (violin) / Various orchestras & conductors [ Warner Classics / 11 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2006 ] "his technique is highly impressive, and he produces a beautiful tone even in the violin's lower regions." (BBC Music) |
GERSHWIN / KERN / PORTER / YOUMANS / SHEARING
Icon - Menuhin & Grappelli - Friends in Music Yehui Menuhin (violin) & Stéphane Grappelli (violin) [ Warner Classics / EMI Icon / 4 CD Box Set - released 5/Oct/2009 ] This 4 CD set containing all the recordings that the two legendary violinists Yehudi Menuhin and Stéphane Grappelli made for EMI is a further release in the Warner Classics ICON series. |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphonies [complete] (11 CD set) Lucia Popp, Edith Mathis, Doris Soffel, Elzabeth Connell / London Philharmonia Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt [ Warner Classics / 11 CD Box Set - released 10/Oct/2014 ] *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide -- "The experience hits one a full force" (Penguin Guide) |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 76 Nos. 1-6 (complete) / String Quartets Op.77 Nos 1 & 2 / etc Alban Berg Quartett [ Warner Classics Original Jacket Reissues / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2015 ] "The quality of the performances are uniformly excellent. Beyond its tremendous technical skill and ideal ensemble, the Alban Berg Quartet superbly captures all the elements that make Haydn Haydn: exquisitely lyrical melodies, vigorously rhythmic tem |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies (complete) Soile Isokoski (sop), Rosemarie Lang (cont) Robert Gambill (ten) René Pape (bass) / Staatskapelle Berlin / Daniel Barenboim [ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 22/Aug/2017 ] "I waited a very long time to record the Beethoven symphonies," said Daniel Barenboim when this cycle was first released in 2000. |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphonies 1-10 (complete) Arleen Auger, Janet Baker / City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus & Orchestra / Berlin Philharmonic / Vienna Philharmonic / Simon Rattle [ Warner Classics / 12 CD Box Set - released 4/Aug/2017 ] "There's no doubt that Rattle has inspired all concerned to an achievement which joins his groundbreaking readings of the Third, Seventh and Tenth Symphonies in the Mahlerian heaven." ***** BBC Music Magazine, May 2005, on Mahler 8 |
The Black Keys
Brothers (Deluxe Anniversary Edition 7" Vinyl Box Set) [ Nonesuch / Warner / 9 7in - released 8/Jan/2021 ] Brothers (Deluxe Remastered Anniversary Edition) is an expanded version of the watershed 2010 multi-platinum, Grammy-winning sixth studio album from The Black Keys. Brothers, originally released on May 18, 2010, was largely recorded at the famous... |
DEBUSSY / MUSSORGSKY / RAVEL / CHOPIN / RACHMANINOV / FAURE / etc
Cécile Ousset - The Complete Warner Recordings Cecile Ousset (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony, Bournemouth Symphony, London Symphony Orchestra [ Warner Classics / 16 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/2022 ] "Cecile Ousset is an arrestingly ebullient artist...who leaves her own distinctive stamp on everything she plays" Gramophone |
J. S. BACH
Bach: St Matthaus-Passion [St Matthew Passion] Christoph Prégardien, Matthias Goerne, Christine Schäfer, Dorothea Röschmann / Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 26/Mar/2007 ] 2001 GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER - Baroque Vocal |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Sonatas / Fantasia in C minor Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano) [ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 18/Feb/2022 ] 'Leonskaja always treads the tightrope between prettiness and excessive emphases...Perfection? For me, it's a yes. Can we have the Haydn and even the Beethoven sonatas complete from Leonskaja in good time, please?' BBC Recording of the Month April 20 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf: The Complete 78 RPM Recordings Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) with Gerald Moore, Peter Gelhorn, Herbert von Karajan, Josef Krips, etc [ Warner Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 17/Nov/2016 ] In 1946, the young Elisabeth Schwarzkopf made her first recording with the British producer Walter Legge in Vienna. He became her husband in 1953. The recordings in this set date from the first years of their professional and personal relationship. |
DOWLAND / JONES / HANDEL / ABEL / etc
Emma Kirkby: 5 Classic Albums Emma Kirkby (soprano) with Anthony Rooley (lute & orpharion) Evelyn Tubb (soprano) London Baroque, etc [ Erato / Warner Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2015 ] With her uncommonly pure voice, agile coloratura and particular sensitivity to words, Dame Emma Kirkby is one of the world's leading sopranos in the field of early music. This release brings together five of the many album recordings she has made... |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Tristan Und Isolde (complete opera recorded in 1952) Ludwig Suthaus, Kirsten Flagstad, Blanche Thebom, Josef Greindl, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Philharmonia Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler [ Warner Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Mar/2004 ] 50 GREATEST RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME (No 7) - BBC MUSIC |
Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac: 1973-1974 (Vinyl Box Set) [ Rhino / Warner / 5 LP - released 4/Sep/2020 ] Fleetwood Mac 1973-1974 follows on from 2013's 1969-1972 vinyl boxset that continues to bring the band's early albums back into print. The collection includes three remastered studio albums: Penguin (1973), Mystery To Me (1973), and Heroes Are... |
W. A. MOZART
Fritz Busch at Glyndebourne - Mozart Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender, Audrey Mildmay, Heddle Nash, John Brownlee, Ina Souez, Sena Jurinac, Alexander Young, Richard Lewis / Fritz Busch (cond) [ Warner Classics / 9 CD Box Set - released 8/Jul/2017 ] Fritz Busch (1890-1951) was one the greatest German conductors of the first half of the twentieth century, noted for his illuminating performances and his ethical principles. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Fritz Wunderlich - The Legendary Tenor Fritz Wunderlich (tenor) with Anneliese Rothenberger, Hermann Prey & Gottlob Frick [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Sep/2016 ] When the German tenor Fritz Wunderlich died after falling down a flight of stairs in September 1966, just a few days short of his 36th birthday, the world of music lost one of its brightest stars. This set offers an attractive cross-section of his... |
Kate Bush
Before The Dawn (Live) (4 LP) [ Warner Music / 4 LP - released 25/Nov/2016 ] Kate performed a series of 22 live dates in August/September/October 2014 at London's Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith. These were her first live shows in 35 years! The venue was the same (now renamed) Hammersmith Odeon where the Tour of Life ended in... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Complete Symphonies National Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Academy Symphony, Mstislav Rostropovich [ Warner Classics / 12 CD Box Set - released 19/Mar/2007 ] Composed over a period of nearly 50 years, Dmitri Shostakovich's 15 symphonies are astonishingly diverse in conception and expression, reflecting the composer's personal experiences, the history of the 20th century and the tensions and struggles of... |
PROKOFIEV / LISZT / BEETHOVEN / TCHAIKOVSKY / MENDELSSOHN / DEBUSSY / etc
Kurt Masur - The Complete Warner Classics Edition (Teldec & EMI recordings) Michel Beroff (piano) Boris Berezovsky (piano) Sharom Kam (clarinet) Klaus Konig (tenor) Sylvia McNair (soprano) Sarah Chang (violin), etc / Kurt Masu [ Warner Classics / 70 CD Box Set - released 22/Apr/2022 ] Kurt Masur's achievement is defined above all by his relationships with two orchestras exemplifying vastly different traditions. This 70CD set consolidates the entirety of the catalogues that Masur built for EMI and Teldec between 1974 and 2009. |
MONTSERRAT CABALLE
Icon: Montserrat Caballe : Great Operatic Recordings Montserrat Caballe (soprano) with various orchestras & conductors [ Warner Classics Icon / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2009 ] "Like many Caballé followers I have lots of these recordings already, but I will come back to this set as it gives such a finely digested overview of the soprano's art. And if you don't have many - or any - Caballé recordings or are unfamiliar with... |
J. S. BACH
50 Best Bach (3 CDs special price) Nancy Argenta, Bob van Asperen, Fabio Biondi, Ian Bostridge, Philippe Herreweghe, Monica Huggett, etc [ Warner Classics / 3 CD - released 20/Jun/2010 ] An amazing selection of period performances of the greatest pieces of Bach recorded by some of today's top musicians. |
Neil Young
After The Gold Rush (50th Anniversary Vinyl Box Set) [ Reprise / Warner / LP - released 19/Mar/2021 ] In the years before he passed away, Gary Burden, Neil's long time art director, had envisaged solarizing the album art - especially the back cover shot of Neil's jeans & patches. Gary's partner, Jenice Heo, has now executed Gary's vision and created... |
LEHAR / STRAUSS II
Nicolai Gedda - My Favourite Operetta Heroes [five complete operettas] Nicolai Gedda, with Anneliese Rothenberger, Erich Kunz, Rita Streich, Lucia Popp, Grace Bumbry, etc [ Warner Classics / 10 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2015 ] The star tenor and his operetta heroes. These legendary releases on the former Electrola label document Nicolai Gedda's incomparable artistry as an operetta singer and have long enjoyed the status of benchmark recordings. Appearing alongside such... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9 / Overtures Philadelphia Orchestra, Ricccado Muti [ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Mar/2017 ] "Plenty of drive and good, clear articulation" - Gramophone Magazine |
TCHEREPNIN / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / STRAVINSKY / SATIE / PROKOFIEV / BALAKIREV / etc
Diaghilev - Ballets Russes Pierre Boulez, André Cluytens, Igor Markevitch, Seiji Ozawa, André Previn, Sir Simon Rattle, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Jean Martinon, Charles Dutoit, et [ Warner Classics / 22 CD Box Set - released 11/Mar/2022 ] The Ballets russes was founded in Paris in 1909 by the visionary impresario Serge Diaghilev. Innovative and flamboyant, he had a genius for bringing together the most brilliant composers, dancers, choreographers and designers. |
Rod Stewart
1975-1978 (5LP Box Set) [ Rhino / Warner / 5 LP - released 4/Jun/2021 ] A new boxed set that features Stewart's first four Warner albums on vinyl, plus a bonus LP of rare and unreleased studio outtakes from those albums: Atlantic Crossing (1975), A Night on the Town (1976), Footloose & Fancy Free (1977), and Blondes Have... |
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Glazunov: Complete Symphonies & Concertos Rachel Barton Pine (violin), Wen-Sinn Yang (cello), Alexander Romanovsky (piano) / Royal Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Russian National Orchestra, Jose [ Warner Classics / 8 CD Box Set - released 10/Sep/2018 ] "Clear and slightly reverberant recording maximises the textures and appeal of these works making the disc worthy of consideration as a benchmark recording" (MusicWeb on Symphony 5 & Seasons) |
BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / DVORAK / WAGNER / etc
Icon: Rudolf Kempe: The Genius of the Podium Rudolf Kempe conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, etc [ Warner Classics Icon / 11 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2011 ] The German conductor Rudolf Kempe (1910-1976) began his musical career playing the oboe in various symphony orchestras. The programme begins with recordings of four Beethoven Symphonies that Kempe made with the Munich Philharmonic in 1971-72. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Complete Secular Choral Works Ruth Ziesak, Angelika Kirchschlager, Christoph Prégardien, Robert Holl / Wiener Concert-Verein, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Erwin Ortner, with András Sch [ Warner Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 19/Mar/2021 ] A voyage of discovery through a lesser-known area of Schubert's rich and prolific output, this collection comprises seven themed CDs: Transience; Love; Eternity; Heroism; Nature; Celebrations, and Circle of Friends. |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Symphonies 1-9 / Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis / On Wenlock Edge; etc (7 CD set) Sarah Chang (violin) Ian Bostridge (tenor) / London Philharmonic Orchestra. Bernard Haitink [ Warner Classics Budget Boxes / 7 CD Box Set - released 25/Sep/2013 ] Building a Library - First Choice - May 2002 |
MAURICE RAVEL
Maurice Ravel: The Complete Works Sir Simon Rattle, Martha Argerich, Bertrand Chamayou, Samson François, André Cluytens, Armin Jordan, Lorin Maazel, Charles Münch, etc [ Warner Classics / 21 CD Box Set - released 4/Sep/2020 ] An essential collection of landmark performances, this 21-CD box of Ravel's complete works brings together major interpreters of the present day and preceding generations. |
VERDI / ROSSINI / MOZART / GOUNOD / STRAUSS / DONIZETTI / etc
Sumi Jo: The Erato Recitals Sumi Jo (soprano) / Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, Garzenich-Orchester Kalner Philharmoniker, English Chamber Orchestra, etc [ Warner Classics / 10 CD Box Set - released 16/Feb/2018 ] International Korean superstar Korean soprano Sumi Jo made 10 recital albums for Erato and Warner Classics. They include some of her most captivating performances from Mozart to Johann Strauss, from Bach to Rossini, from Scarlatti to Verdi, Baroque,... |
BACH / VIVALDI / BOCCHERINI / SAINT-SAENS / FRANCK / ELGAR / etc
50 Best Cello [3 CD set] Various Artists incls Pablo Casals, Han-Na Chang, Natalie Clein, Robert Cohen, Jacqueline du Pre, Lynn Harrell, Steven Isserlis, etc [ Warner Classics CD / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2014 ] This collection features a host of celebrated cellists performing 50 iconic tracks, from three of Bach's suites for solo cello, to a rare recording of the Arthur Sullivan cello concerto. |
BACH / HANDEL / MENDELSSOHN / FRANCK / SAINT-SAENS / etc
50 Best Organ Classics [3 CD set] Various Artists incls Fredric Bayco, Herrick Bunney, Melville Cook, Maurice Durufle, Simon Preston, Lionel Rogg, etc [ Emi Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 11/Feb/2013 ] This 3CD set contains 50 tracks of popular organ music from the catalogues of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics performed by some of the world's finest organists on a wide variety of instruments from all over the UK and Continental Europe. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
50 Best Tango Various Artists including Jose Basso y su Orquesta, Francisco Canaro y su IOrquesta, Leopoldo Federico y su Orquesta, Carlos Garcia y su Orquesta, etc [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Apr/2011 ] Three CDs entitled The original Tango, The Piazzolla Tango, and, Tango Sensations |
PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Complete Piano Works Viktoria Postnikova (piano), with Gennady Rozhdestvensky (piano) [ Warner Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 5/Mar/2018 ] "A highly desirable library acquisition for all Tchaikovskians and serious lovers of the piano repertoire,' was Gramophone's verdict on this collection. "In every cycle of shorter pieces there are items to be treasured." Viktoria Postnikova, a... |
GEORGE GERSHWIN
Gershwin: Porgy and Bess (Complete Opera) Willard White, Cynthia Haymon, Cynthia Clarey / Glyndebourne Chorus & London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle [ Warner Classics Home of Opera / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Jan/2017 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE 100 GREATEST RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME "A performance that entranced audiences at Glyndebourne and which crosses over to CD virtually intact, revealing what a great dramatic world Gershwin conjured up." (Gramophone) |