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RODRIGO / ALBENIZ / BARRIOS / COSTE / GIULIANI / VILLA-LOBOS / etc
Panorama de la guitare: The world of classical guitar music Turibio Santos, Oscar Caceres, Graciela Pomponio, Maria Luisa Anido, Leo Brouwer, Konrad Ragossnig, Barbara Polasek, Angel Romero, etc [ Erato / Warner Classics / 25 CD Box Set - released 10/Apr/2018 ] A treasury of the classical guitar: as a solo and concerto instrument, and as a partner to other instruments, in music from Europe and Latin America that spans five centuries. Most of these recordings are making their first appearance on CD. |
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Vangelis
O.S.T. - Alexander [ Sony Classical / CD - released 8/Nov/2004 ] |
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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. |
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BEATLES
Classical Beatles [2 CD set] Göran Söllscher, Kaori Muraji (guitars) / Peter Rostal, Paul Schaefer (pianos) / Frank Chacksfield & his Orchestra / etc [ Decca Music Group / 2 CD - released 6/Oct/2011 ] 45 tracks of the most imaginative classical arrangements of Beatles music. The first CD consists of arrangements for classical guitar, the second CD features orchestral arrangements. |
Various Artists
Mr. Bach Comes to Call-An Adventure in Time and Space [ Classical Kids / CD - released 18/Dec/2004 ] After the dramatic send-off of his music into space aboard Voyager 2, Mr. Bach along with his magic orchestra and choir, drops in on a little girl as she practices the piano. |
Soundtrack / Original Cast Recording
South Pacific [ Sony Classical / CD - released 16/Apr/2012 ] |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saëns Edition Victoria de los Angeles, Marie-Claire Alain, Maurice Andre, Michel Beroff, Frank Braley, Gautier Capucon, Stephen Hough, Alexandre Tharaud, and more [ Warner Classics / 34 CD Box Set - released 15/Oct/2021 ] "Arriving in time to mark the centenary of his death, this is more than merely a sensible collection. It presents some of the very best recordings of the composer's music ever made" MusicWeb |
JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Operas Victoria de los Angeles, Nicolai Gedda, Cheryl Studer, Beverly Sills, Renee Doria, Teresa Berganza, Jose van Dam, Sherrill Milnes, etc [ Erato / 16 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2018 ] "This is as good a performance as we are likely to get of this persuasive work. Victoria de los Angeles as Charlotte is adorable, both in character and in the sheer beauty of sound." (Gramophone on Werther) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No.5 (LP) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber [ Deutsche Grammophon Vinyl / LP - released 23/Oct/2015 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1801-1850) - ROSETTE (Highest Rating) Penguin Stereo Guide - 50 GREATEST RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME (No 2) BBC MUSIC |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 5 (LP) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein [ Deutsche Grammophon Vinyl / 2 LP - released 16/Apr/2021 ] "Bernstein was never one to underplay the emotion of any piece that he conducted, and that intensity leads to a thrilling performance of the Fifth Symphony with the Vienna Phiharmonic. He wrings every last drop of emotion from the Adagietto, and some... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La Traviata (complete opera recorded in 2005) BLU-RAY Vienna State Opera / Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazon, Thomas Hampson / Carlo Rizzi (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 26/Mar/2009 ] "This production is something special: a Traviata so dramatically intense and vocally secure that no other contemporary contender can beat it." - The Times, London |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Ultimate Classical Piano: Includes the Moonlight Sonata, Ritual Fire Dance & Rondo all Turca Vladimir Ashkenazy, Alicia de Larrocha, Jorge Bolet, Andras Schiff, Radu Lupu and others [ Decca Budget Boxes / 5 CD - released 20/Aug/2007 ] An outstanding collection of the great keyboard masterpieces featuring some of the world's greatest pianists. Substantially identical to "Pianomania". |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Piano Concertos (complete) / Bagatelles Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Collector's Edition / 3 CD Box Set - released 5/Aug/2013 ] "He is one of those pianists who so often seems to me to sound just right. No gimmicks, the music just speaks as it should . . . innate musicality, impeccable taste." Jed Distler, Gramophone (London) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Ultimate Classical Relaxation (Incls 'Air on a G string', Meditation from Thais, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik & Dance of the Hours) Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) Kyung Wha Chung (violin) Alicia de Larrocha (piano) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra [ Decca / 5 CD Box Set - released 25/Mar/2008 ] This set includes two CDs devoted to the music of J.S. Bach and one devoted to Tchaikovsky. The remaining two contain a sublime programme of music by Dvorák, Barber, Saint-Saëns, Bruch, Canteloube and many more. |
SCARLATTI / MOZART / RACHMANINOV / SCRIABIN / CHOPIN / etc
Horowitz in Moscow (LP) Vladimir Horowitz (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon Vinyl / LP - released 26/Jan/2018 ] Vladimir Horowitz's legendary 1986 recital in Moscow was the then 81-year-old pianist's first recital in Russia since he left the Soviet Union 61 years before - it was an immense success, as was Deutsche Grammophon's 'live' recording of the concert;... |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Intense Tchaikovsky - a collection of Russian romantic masterpieces (LP) Vladimir Spivakov (violin), Maxim Vengerov (violin), Itamar Golan (piano), Mikhail Pletnev (piano), Viktoria Postnikova (piano), Berlin Philharmonic, [ Warner Classics / LP - released 3/May/2024 ] Tchaikovsky stands as the central figure of 19th-century Russian Romanticism, embodying its widespread and vibrant vitality alongside a profound and sincere depth. This collection seeks to encapsulate the epic and intense qualities inherent in the... |
MAHLER
The People's Edition: Symphonies 1 - 10 Wiener Symphoniker, Berliner Philharmoniker, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Chicgao Symphony, various conductors [ Deutsche Grammophon / 13 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2012 ] Over 5000 votes were cast in DG's Mahler web poll, over 400 customers have submitted their suggestions for a complete Mahler Symphony cycle … and now we know who will appear in the People's Edition. |
HANDEL / RAMEAU / VIVALDI / CAMPRA / PURCELL / etc
The Enchanted Island (complete opera recorded in 2012) Metropolitan Opera / Joyce DiDonato, David Daniels, Danielle de Niese, Placido Domingo / William Christie (cond) [ Virgin Classics DVD / 2 DVD - released 19/Oct/2012 ] "The singing from Danielle de Niese, David Daniels and Joyce DiDonato is stellar...William Christie conducts magisterially." (The Observer) |
Yehudi Menuhin & Ravi Shankar
West Meets East (LP) [ Warner Classics / LP - released 25/Mar/2016 ] Perhaps the most moving and exciting quality of Indian music is the innocence of its rapture, the ecstatic and spontaneous delight which binds performers and audience alike. However sophisticated the means, however complex the structure, not one... |
BEETHOVEN / MENDELSSOHN / SCHUMANN / SCHUBERT / WAGNER / FRANCK / etc
The complete Wilhelm Furtwangler on record Yehudi Menuhin (violin) Edwin Fisher (piano) / Philharmonia Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwängler [ Warner Classics / 55 CD Box Set - released 24/Sep/2021 ] Wilhelm Furtwängler is a musical titan, one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century. Some would say he is the greatest of all. A supreme, inimitable interpreter of the Austro-German symphonic repertoire, and of Wagner's music dramas. |
