FROM SCRATCH
Pacific 3-2-1-Zero (recorded live in 1986) From Scratch / Don McGlashan [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 6/Dec/2001 ] Recorded live at Auckland Girls Grammar , June 2nd, 1986. "A work of protest against nuclear testing and waste dumping in Oceania" |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Works for Cello and Piano, Vol. 2 Gabriel Schwabe (cello), Nicholas Rimmer (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Nov/2024 ] After establishing a new genre with his Sonatas for Piano and Cello, Op. 5, Beethoven returned to it a decade later, working on his Sonata in A major, Op. 69 in parallel with his Fifth and Sixth symphonies. With its unexpected shifts of harmony and... |
ANDREA & GIOVANNI GABRIELI
A New Venetian Coronation, 1595 (LP) Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh [ Signum / 2 LP - released 2/Sep/2013 ] 180g vinyl, gatefold sleeve. The Gabrieli Consort and Players return to the programme that put them on the musical map when it was originally recorded and released in 1990: 'A Venetian Coronation 1595' is a musical re-creation evoking the grand... |
BEETHOVEN / SAINT-SAENS / ENESCU / SMETANA / ROSSINI / etc
Summer Night Concert in Vienna 2022 (CD) Gautier Capuçon (cello) / Wiener Philharmoniker, Andris Nelsons [ Sony Classical / CD - released 22/Jul/2022 ] The Summer Night Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic is the world's biggest annual classical open-air concert that takes place in the magical setting of the Schönbrunn Palace Baroque Park in Vienna. This is the tenth release in the series. "This... |
BEETHOVEN / SAINT-SAENS / ENESCU / SMETANA / ROSSINI / etc
Summer Night Concert in Vienna 2022 (Blu-ray) Gautier Capuçon (cello) / Wiener Philharmoniker, Andris Nelsons [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 22/Jul/2022 ] The Summer Night Concert in the beautiful setting of the Schönbrunn Palace is one of the great highlights of the Philharmonic year. The open-air concert takes place annually in the park of Schönbrunn Palace. |
HUMMEL / NERUDA / VANHAL / DVORAK
Bohemian Rhapsody Gábor Boldoczki (trumpet), Prague Philharmonia [ Sony Classical / CD - released 6/Oct/2017 ] |
GUBAIDULINA
Silenzio / De Profundis / Et Exspecto / In Erwartung Geir Draugsvoll (classical accordian) Arne Balk Moller (violin) / Rascher Saxophone Quartet / Kroumata Percussion Ensemble [ BIS / CD - released 1/Feb/1995 ] Since it was established in 1978 Kroumata has been synonymous with a youthful spirit of curiosity and adventure. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Concerti grossi Op. 3 and Op. 6 Georg Kallweit, Bernhard Forck, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin [ Pentatone / 3 CD Box Set - released 12/Mar/2021 ] BRILLIANT PERFORMANCES OF HANDEL'S MASTERWORKS Handel's concerti grossi Op. 3 and Op. 6 are among the most exceptional instrumental music of the baroque age, and the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin brings out all the brilliance of these delightful... |
ALBAN BERG
Wozzeck (complete opera recorded at the Bolshoi in 2010) Bolshoi Theatre / Georg Nigl, Mardi Byers, Maxim Paster / Teodor Currentzis (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques DVD / DVD - released 20/Sep/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Opera |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Rheingold (LP) George London, Kirsten Flagstad, Claire Watson, Set Svanholm, Waldemar Kmentt / Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca / 3 Vinyl Box Set - released 4/Aug/2023 ] For these new editions, a decade since the last remastering, a completely new set of high-definition 24 bit/192kHz transfers of the original master tapes have been utilized. |
TALLIS / RUTTER / PRAETORIUS / HOLST/ HANDEL etc
Christmas The Gesualdo Six / Owain Park [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] From the timeless plainchant 'Veni Emmanuel' via Jonathan Harvey to a riotous 'Jingle bells': Owain Park presents a programme of Christmas treats which effortlessly spans the centuries. |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Discovering Masterpieces of Classical Music - Robert Schumann (Piano Concerto, 1845) Martha Argerich (piano) / Gewanhausorchester Leipzig / Riccardo Chailly [ EuroArts / DVD - released 9/Nov/2009 ] The DVD series "Discovering Masterpieces of Classical Music" features one of the world's most fascinating pianists, highlighting piano repertoire from the Romantic period. Martha Argerich - often regarded as the greatest pianist of our time - plays... |
DUPRÉ / FRANCK / COUPERIN / BRUHNS / BACH / MESSIAEN
Gillian Weir: A Celebration Gillian Weir (organ) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 22 CD Box Set - released 12/Feb/2021 ] 'Dame Gillian is one of the greatest of living artists; her playing shows a perfect mixture of hand and heart, a true musician with the technique to tackle anything.' - JOHN AMIS, WRITER AND CRITIC |
Gillian Whitehead
Ipu [ Rattle Records / CD ] Ipu is a poetic tale of love based on a story by Tungia Baker (translated into Maori by Wena Tait). Literally, an ipu is a gourd used to carry food and goods. Accordingly, ipu korero denotes a storyteller, someone who 'carries' stories. The ipu is... |
BRAHMS / CHOPIN / BEETHOVEN / RAVEL / LISZT / etc
Gina Bachauer - The Mercury Masters Gina Bachauer (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, StanisÅ‚aw Skrowaczewski / London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti [ Mercury Living Presence Eloquence / 7 CD Box Set - released 28/Jul/2022 ] Seven classic Mercury Living Presence albums, newly remastered and compiled for the first time to celebrate the legacy of Greek pianist Gina Bachauer, who thrilled audiences and challenged stereotypes wherever she went. LIMITED EDITION. |
MILHAUD / SAINT-SAENS / ALKAN / POULENC / LALO / PIERNE / etc
French Piano Concertos Giovanni Bellucci, Martin Galling, Florian Uhlig, Rosario Marciano, François-Joël Thiollier, Marylène Dosse, etc [ Brilliant Classics / 12 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/2019 ] A worthy collection of some of the greatest French piano concertos issued at a special price on 12 CDs. |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos (recorded April 2007) Giuliano Carmignola, Michala Petri, Alois Posch, Reinhold Friedrich, Ottavio Dantone / Orchestra Mozart, Claudio Abbado [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 8/Apr/2022 ] In November 2004 a new name caused listeners to prick up their ears on the international orchestral scene: under Claudio Abbado's artistic guidance the Orchestra Mozart came into being. |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (LP) Giuliano Carmignola (violin), Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca, Andrea Marcon [ Divox / LP - released 4/May/2017 ] |
FRANCISCO TARREGA
Tarrega: Guitar Edition (solo works & transcriptions) Giulio Tampalini (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 23/Sep/2015 ] Francisco Tárrega may have written little, but the works that he did compose have been a cornerstone of every guitar player's oeuvre since the composer's death in 1909. Particularly famous is his Recuerdos de la Alhambra, one of the most beautiful... |
Glenn Gould
Bach: Partitas Vol.1 [ Sony Classical / CD - released 9/Sep/2002 ] |