LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-32 Idil Biret (piano) [ Naxos / 10 CD Box Set - released 10/Oct/2011 ] Turkish pianist Idil Biret's series of Beethoven Sonatas prove the depth of her expression and performing power. Biret is one of the finest interpreters of her generation, and on this collection, favors slower tempos and a light touch, all the more... |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Complete Piano Music Idil Biret (piano) / Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice / Robert Stankovsky [ Naxos / 15 CD Box Set - released 5/May/1999 ] "anyone wanting a Chopin cycle, will be well served by this set. Biret is one of the finest pianists before the public today… Definitely a rewarding reissue." ClassicalNet |
VERDI / RACHMANINOV / BERNSTEIN / ELGAR / SIBELIUS / etc
Schoenbrunn 2021 - Summer Night Concert 2021 BLU-RAY Igor Levit (piano) / Wiener Philharmoniker, Daniel Harding [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 23/Jul/2021 ] The Summer Night Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic is the world's biggest annual classical open-air concert and took place in the magical setting of the Schönbrunn Palace Baroque park in Vienna on 18 June 2021. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Summer Night's Concert 2021 Igor Levit (piano) / Wiener Philharmoniker, Daniel Harding [ Sony Classical / CD - released 16/Jul/2021 ] The Summer Night Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic is the world's biggest annual classical open-air concert and will take place in the magical setting of the Schönbrunn Palace Baroque park in Vienna on June 18, 2021. The theme for this year is... |
Il Volo
Buon Natale: The Christmas Album [ Interscope / CD - released 1/Nov/2013 ] BUON NATALE is classical crossover trio Il Volo's new Christmas album. |
SCHUMANN
Chamber Music [5 CD set] Ilya Gringolts (violin), Gringolts Quartet, with Peter Laul (piano) and Dmitry Kouzov (cello) [ Onyx / 5 CD Box Set - released 17/Mar/2013 ] Ilya Gringolts won the 1998 Premio Paganini international violin competition, in fact he won two prizes for the youngest ever competitor, and for the best Paganini Caprices interpretation. This 5CD box represents both great value for money and music... |
DVORAK
Complete Piano Works Inna Poroshina (piano) [ Brilliant Classics Piano Library / 5 CD Box Set - released 6/Dec/2010 ] Gramophone Magazine Re-issue of the Month - March 2011 |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Igor Stravinsky conducts Stravinsky - Symphonies and concertos [3 CD set] Isaac Stern (violin) Benny Goodman (clarinet) Charles Rosen, Philippe Entremont (piano) / CBC Symphony Orchestra, Columbia Symphony Orchest [ Sony Classical Masters / 3 CD Box Set - released 26/Jan/2016 ] Hearing a composer conduct their own work offers a fascinating interpretive insight into their oeuvre, all the greater when the composer in question is one of the biggest and most-influential names in 20th century music, Igor Stravinsky. |
BIZET / MAHLER / BEETHOVEN / GERSHWIN / IVES / STRAVINSKY / BERNSTEIN / etc
Leonard Bernstein - Maestro on Record (12 CDs plus 224 page book) Andre Watts (piano) Zino Francescatti (violin) Glenn Gould (piano) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) / Conducted by Leonard Benstein [ Sony Music / 13 CD/Book - released 15/Sep/2023 ] Leonard Bernstein first signed with Columbia Masterworks in 1956, and up to 1979 he recorded over 500 compositions as conductor, pianist, and commentator for the label. Just a year before, legendary photographer Don Hunstein joined Columbia Records... |
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Isabelle Faust plays Bach Isabelle Faust (violin) [ Harmonia Mundi / 8 CD Box Set - released 23/Sep/2022 ] For the past several years, Isabelle Faust has been exploring Johann Sebastian Bach's music for the violin. First came her recording of the solo Sonatas and Partitas, which earned widespread acclaim. It was followed by the sonatas for violin and... |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 7/Nov/2011 ] "This 1989 performance of the Hungarian Rhapsodies that Liszt (and his assistants) orchestrated has stunning sonics; Mehta conjures highly idiomatic performances out of the Israel Phil." BBC Music |
C.P.E. BACH
Chamber Music for Clarinet Italian Classical Consort, Luigi Magistrelli (clarinet/director) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 12/Jun/2016 ] The Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, the most famous and influential son of the great Johann Sebastian, was one of the first composers to give a prominent role to the clarinet as solo and chamber music instrument. |
WILLIAMS / MORRICONE / BONFA / PREVIN / BERNSTEIN / LEGRAND / etc
John Williams Conductor Itzhak Perlman, Joshua Bell (violins) Yo Yo Ma (cello) / Pittsburg Symphjony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops, John Williams [ Sony Classics / 20 CD Box Set - released 20/Jan/2018 ] In 1980, composer John Williams became one of the most visible conductors on the planet after being named Music Director of the Boston Pops Orchestra. Since then he has lead hundreds of high-profile concerts with the Pops and with many other leading... |
TCHAIKOVSKY / SIBELIUS / RAVEL / BLOCH / PAGANINI / etc
The Essential Itzhak Perlman [2 CD set] Itzhak Perlman (violin) with Vladimir Ashkenazy, Daniel Barenboim, Jorge Bolet. the Boston Symphony Orchestra, etc [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] All the best of Itzhak Perlman on a special double CD collection. |
Itzhak Perlman/Tan Dun
O.S.T. - Hero [ Sony Classical / CD - released 20/Sep/2004 ] |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos 22 7 24 (with Rachmaninov: Piano Sonata No 2) Ivo Pogorelich (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 13/Sep/2019 ] After a 20 year break from releasing music, the legendary classical pianist Ivo Pogorelich returns with his breathtaking new album featuring piano sonatas by Beethoven and Rachmaninoff. Hailed for his virtuosity, technical mastery and evocative... |
EDWARD ELGAR / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Elgar: Cello Concerto / Beethoven: The Ghost... Jacqueline du Pre in Portrait Jacqueline du Pre (cello) / Daniel Barenboim / Pinchas Zukerman / Sir John Barbirolli / Philharmonia Orchestra [ Opus Arte / BBC DVD / DVD - released 1/Sep/2004 ] Jacqueline du Pré's extraordinary career was cut cruelly short by illness in 1973 when she was only 28 years old. When she died 14 years later, she remained as vibrant a figure in the public mind as she had been at the pinnacle of her career. |
BACH / SATIE / VIVALDI / CHOPIN
Classic Jacques Loussier Jacques Loussier Trio [ Concord / Telarc / 5 CD Box Set - released 16/Mar/2019 ] Ever since his landmark recordings (over six million albums were sold) made with the Play Bach Trio in the '60s, the name of classically-trained pianist/composer Jacques Loussier has been linked with that of the great master of Western... |
JAN ANTONIN LOSY
Losy: Note d'oro - Lute Music Jakob Lindberg (lute by Sixtus Rauwolf, Augsburg c. 1590) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 2/Jan/2020 ] "The quality of Losy's music and the superb interpretations by Jakob Lindberg are further enhanced by a third factor - the instrument he plays. He employs a unique instrument with a beautiful and distinctive sound." MusicWeb Recommended |
PIAZZOLLA
Song of the Angel James Crabb (classical accordian) Benjamin Martin (piano) Australian Chamber Orchestra. Richard Tognetti [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 8/Dec/2003 ] 'Accordion wizard and company delight in a seductive and exuberant sound world.' Gramophone |