JOAQUIN RODRIGO
Rodrigo: Concierto De Aranjuez / Fantasia para un Gentilhombre / etc Julian Bream (guitar) / Chamber Orchestra of Europe, RCA Victor Chamber Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Leo Brouwer [ Sony RCA Classical Masters / CD - released 10/Dec/2017 ] "There is Bream's marvellous performance of the solo part, excellent orchestral playing and excellent recording." (Gramophone) |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Les États D'ame [24 Preludes / Sonata No 2] Julien Brocal (piano) [ Rubicon Classics / CD - released 20/Jan/2016 ] "this young French pianist says them with complete naturalness, for there is nothing contrived or attention-seeking about his approach to such well-known repertoire." BBC Music Award WINNER 2018 - Jury Award - Newcomer |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral' - Ode to Freedom June Anderson, Sarah Walker, Klaus König & Jan-Hendrik Rootering / Various orchestras, Leonard Bernstein [ EuroArts / Medici Arts DVD / DVD - released 1/Oct/2016 ] The historic concert in celebration of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989: re-issued with new packaging, now available at midprice! Leonard Bernstein spontaneously accepted an invitation to conduct a performance to celebrate freedom.Adding to the... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No.9 "Ode an die Freiheit" (LP) June Anderson, Sarah Walker, Klaus Konig, Jan-Hendrik Bootering / Various orchestras, Leonard Bernstein [ Deutsche Grammophon LP / 2 LP - released 27/Sep/2019 ] Bernstein's legendary Beethoven performance "Ode to Freedom" (Symphony No. 9) with a special orchestra formed by members from both German States and the four Occupation Powers, celebrating the fall of Berlin Wall. |
Jussi Bjorling
Various: Bjorling Sings At Car [ Sony Classical / CD - released 6/Jun/2011 ] |
Jussi Bjorling
Various: Complete Rca Album Co [ Sony Classical / 14 CD - released 6/Jun/2011 ] |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Aida (complete opera recorded in 1955) Jussi Bjorling (Tenor) Zinka Milanov (Soprano) Fedora Barbieri (mezzo-soprano) / Rome Opera House Orchestra / Jonel Perlea (Conductor) [ Sony RCA Classical Opera / 3 CD - released 1/Oct/2013 ] Famed for her raptly floated pianissimi, Croatian-born soprano Zinka Milanov was the Met's leading lady for three decades until her 1966 farewell. Here she stars as Verdi's Ethiopian slave alongside Jussi Björling as a superbly heroic Radamès,... |
WAGNER
Gotterdammerung (complete opera) [Recorded in stereo live at the 1955 Bayreuth Festival] Jutta Vulpius, Elisabeth Schartel, Maria Graf, Wolfgang Windgassen, Georgine von Milinkovic / Bayreuth Festival Chorus & Orchestra / Joseph Keilberth [ Testament / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2007 ] "Windgassen may be more vocally secure for Solti but nowhere else is he so tender, so moving as here. Josef Greindl is a far more saturnine, charismatic Hagen here than elsewhere. But it is Astrid Varnay who is the great revelation." Recording of... |
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn 2032 Volume 6 - Lamentatione (Limited Edition LP & CD) Kammerorchester Basel, Giovanni Antonini [ Alpha Classics / 2 LP - released 31/Aug/2018 ] The year 2017 was a vintage one for Giovanni Antonini: he was awarded an Echo Klassik, two Gramophone Awards and a Diapason d'Or of the Year for his recent releases. Two of these prizes distinguished Il Distratto, volume 4 of the complete recording... |
SAMUEL BARBER
Barber: Complete Orchestral Works [6 CD set] Karina Gauvin (soparno), Thomas Trotter (organ), Stéphane Rancourt (oboe), John Gracie (trumpet) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Marin Alsop [ Naxos American Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 6/Dec/2010 ] "The RSNO positively glows in this extremely welcome and romantically rewarding and alluringly-priced set. It hardly matters that this is in fact the only such collection." (MusicWeb Sept 2010) |
SCHOENBERG / WEBERN / BERG
Second Viennese School (5 CD set incls 'Gurrelieder') Karita Mattila, Anne Sofie von Otter, Philip Langridge / Berlin Philharmonic Simon Rattle [ EMI Classics Budget Box Sets / 5 CD Box Set - released 10/Feb/2011 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER 2002 - Choral (for Gurrelieder) |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, Die (The Abduction from the Seraglio) - The complete opera recorded in 1980. Bayerischen Staatsoper / Edita Gruberova / Reri Grist / Francisco Araiza / Karl BAhm (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 6/Sep/2005 ] G :- All Regions - Regular 1.33:1 / 4:3 - PCM Stereo / DTS 5.1 Surround - Colour - NTSC A classic DVD of Mozart's beloved comic opera conducted by one of the most acclaimed Mozart conductors of the 20th century, Karl Böhm. Edita Gruberova's... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Deutsche Volkslieder / German Folk Songs Katharina Kammerloher (mezzo-soprano), Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano), Christian Gerhaher (baritone) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 5/Nov/2021 ] Artists: Detlef Roth (bass), Helmut Deutsch (piano), Christiane Karg (soprano), Eric Schneider (piano), Katharina Kammerloher (mezzo-soprano), Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano), Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Gerold Huber (piano), Franz-Josef... |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore (complete opera recorded in 1991) Metropolitan Opera / Kathleen Battle, Luciano Pavarotti, Juan Pons, Enzo Dara / James Levine (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 8/Jun/2005 ] "Kathleen Battle sings Adina with perfect, pearl-like tone, absolute fluency and commitment, and a trill to die for." (9/8 Classics Today) |
RAVEL / DEBUSSY / BRIDGE / IRELAND / LISZT / FAURE / CHOPIN
Kathryn Stott: The complete solo recordings Kathryn Stott (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley [ Sony Classical / 9 CD Box Set - released 20/Mar/2017 ] Kathryn Stott: The Complete Solo Recordings presents the celebrated British pianist's entire solo recording output on Conifer Records, newly remastered and collected together in this 9 CD box set. Features works by Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Liszt,... |
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: La donna del lago (complete opera recorded in 1984) Katia Ricciarelli, Lucia Valentini-Terrani, Dalmacio Gonzalez, Dano Raffanti / Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Maurizio Pollini [ Sony RCA Classical Opera / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/2017 ] Rossini's La donna del lago, loosely based on Sir Walter Scott's The Lady of the Lake, "succeeds in conjuring up the atmosphere of the Scottish Highlands," said BBC Music Magazine. "This tuneful, delicately orchestrated opera of innocent Romantic... |
Keenlyside/Schafer
Christmas Concert From The Dre [ Sony Classical / CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] |
Kent Nagano
Bruckner: Symphony No.7 In E [ Sony Classical / CD - released 5/Sep/2011 ] |
HARRY BURLEIGH / WILLIAM Levi DAWSON / FLORENCE PRICE / WILLIAM Grant STILL
DVOŘÁK'S PROPHECY - Film 3: The Souls of Black Folk and the Vexed Fate of Black Classical Music Kevin Deas, Arthur Fagan, James Jeter, Roderick Cox, Joseph Horowitz, Michael Morgan, George Shirley [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 3/Dec/2021 ] If George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess embodies a glorious (and controversial) fulfilment of Dvořák's prophecy, there also exists a buried lineage of exceptional compositions by Black composers following in Dvořák's wake. |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Piano Works Khatia Buniatishvili (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 23/May/2011 ] |