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IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: Petrouchka; Le Sacre du Printemps (LP) Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez [ Deutsche Grammophon Vinyl / 2 LP - released 16/Apr/2021 ] Originally recorded in 1992 |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 (LP) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam, Leonard Bernstein [ Deutsche Grammophon / LP - released 25/Feb/2022 ] Leonard Bernstein's Mahler 1 with the Concertgebouw Orchestra. Mastered from original sources and pressed on 180g heavy-weight vinyl. |
Craig Armstrong / Various
Far From The Madding Crowd - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [ Sony Classical / CD - released 11/Sep/2015 ] |
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MOZART / BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / SCHUBERT / etc
Lili Kraus: The Complete Parlophone, Ducretet- Thomson & Discophiles Français recordings [1933-1958] Lili Kraus (piano), with Willi Boskovsky (violin) Gilbert Coursier (horn) Francois Etienne (clarinet) [ Erato / Warner Classics / 31 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2015 ] While the outstanding reputation of the Hungarian-born pianist Lili Kraus was built on a comparatively narrow repertoire of Viennese classics (Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert), her experience as a musician and as a human being was of... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor" [LP] Daniel Barenboim (piano), New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer [ Warner Classics LP / LP - released 16/Jun/2023 ] The German-born conductor Otto Klemperer, a towering figure in the musical history of the 20th century, died at the age of 88 on July 8th 1973, so 2023 will mark the 50th anniversary of his death. His complete recordings on Warner Classics catalogue... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Complete Piano Concertos (Recorded 1967 - 1974) Daniel Barenboim (piano/conductor), English Chamber Orchestra [ Warner Classics / 10 CD Box Set - released 12/Aug/2016 ] "Barenboim is assured and broadly enjoyable in both these concertos, but also perhaps a little idiosyncratic in such a way that we sometimes seem to be invited to listen to him for himself rather than simply to experience Mozart through him."... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven : The Complete Works [80 CD set] Daniel Barenboim, Pinchas Zukerman, Jacqueline du Pre, Itzhak Perlman, Gautier Capucon, Janet Baker, Andras Schiff, etc [ Warner Classics / 80 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2019 ] Carefully selected from the Warner Classics and Erato catalogues, and complemented by items licensed in from external catalogues, the recordings do full justice to the extraordinary breadth, diversity and depth of Beethoven's oeuvre. |
SERGEI RACHMANIMOV
Destination Rachmaninov: Departure - Piano Concertos 2 & 4 (LP) Daniil Trifonov (piano) / Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin [ Deusche Grammophon / 2 LP - released 26/Oct/2018 ] Grammy winner Daniil Trifonov presents a cycle of Sergei Rachmaninov's highly virtuosic Piano Concertos. Recorded with Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra, the orchestra most closely associated with the composer with which... |
OLIVER MESSIAEN
MessiaenL Saint Francois d'Assise Dawn Upshaw / JosAC van Dam / Halle Orchestra / Kent Nagano [ Deutsche Grammophon / 4 CD - released 1/Jan/1994 ] 1001 Classical Recordings You Must Hear Before You Die A wonderful live recording of the Salzburg production of the only opera by Messiaen. |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Lohengrin (complete opera recorded in 2016) Dresden Opera / Anna Netrebko, Piotr Beczala, Tomasz Konieczny, Georg Zeppenfeld / Christian Thielemann (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 15/Sep/2017 ] ".Netrebko brings a sensuality and an outraged awareness of how this woman is exploited not that common in Elsas, and the role lies well for her vocally at the moment" Gramophone |
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OTTORINO RESPIGHI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Essential Respighi [Incls 'Fountains of Rome' & 'The Birds'] Swiss Radio Orchestra, Ernst Ansermet / London Symphony Orchestra, István Kertész / Argo Chamber Orchestra, Laszlo Heltay [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/1995 ] "Ansermet, with his ear for detail and orchestral colour, yields up vivid results in the Fountains of Rome...Maazel's Pines of Rome is a strong, direct performance, and memorable in impact." (Penguin Guide) |
J. S. BACH
Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Books 1 & 2 Edwin Fischer (piano) [ Warner Classics Masters / 3 CD Box Set - released 3/Sep/2012 ] 50 GREATEST RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME (No 44) - BBC MUSIC - "His ego-less playing bequeaths some of the most life-affirming Bach on disc." BBC Music Magazine |
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 |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: The Complete Piano Sonatas Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano) [ Warner Classics / 8 CD Box Set - released 26/Aug/2022 ] "Olympian interpretation […], a lifetime's wisdom is here, don't miss it." BBC Music magazine |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos (LP) Emil Gilels (piano) / Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell [ Warner Classics Vinyl / 5 LP - released 1/Jun/2020 ] "Emil Gilels stands out as a giant among giants," wrote Gramophone when the Odessa-born pianist died in 1985. "In terms of virtuosity he was second to none, yet his leonine power was tempered by a delicacy and poetry that few have matched." |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: The Sturm und Drang Symphonies English Concert, Trevor Pinnock [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv Collector's Edition / 6 CD Box Set - released 25/May/2000 ] Haydn symphonies performed on period instruments! - *** Three Stars Penguin Stereo Guide. |
DESPREZ des PREZ / DUFAY / OCKEGHEM / ISAAC / LASSUS / de WERT / etc
Josquin & the Franco-Flemish School Ensemble Gilles Binchois, Taverner Consort, The Hilliard Ensemble, King's Singers, etc [ Warner Classics / 34 CD Box Set - released 24/Mar/2004 ] "Indeed, these performances will kindle the enthusiasm of the uninitiated as few others can. The recording is expertly balanced and eminently truthful.' PENGUIN GUIDE on the Josquin Chansons & Motets |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas / Fantasia K475 Fazil Say (piano) [ Warners / 6 CD Box Set - released 25/Jan/2017 ] With his extraordinary pianistic talents, Turkish pianist Fazıl Say has been touching audiences and critics alike for more than twenty-five years, in a way that has become rare in the increasingly materialistic and elaborately organised classical... |
FRANCO CORELLI
Icon: Franco Corelli (excerpts from I Puritani, Norma, Turandot, Pagliacci, Cavalleria Rusticana, etc) Franco Corelli (tenor) with various orchstras & conductors [ Warner Classics / EMI Icon / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2009 ] Franco Corelli began his stage career in Italy in 1951. With his powerful voice, charismatic stage presence and film-star good looks he soon became one of the 20th century's outstanding operatic superstars. |
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... |
