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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Volodos plays Brahms Arcadi Volodos (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 20/May/2017 ] "Comparisons become irrelevant in interpretations of such mesmerising honesty. An award-winner if ever I heard one." Gramophone Award WINNER 2018 - Instrumental |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: 19 Nocturnes (rec 1965) Arthur Rubinstein (piano) [ Sony Classical Originals / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] "When we listen to Rubinstein at his finest, we come in contact with that rarest of rarities - a healthy, sanguine, affirmative genius. On disc, as it was in person, the playing is full-hearted and honest" Washington Post |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Arthur Rubinstein (piano) / New Symphony Orchestra of London / Symphony of the Air [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] "The result is wonderfully exciting. This is a really superb account of this lovely music." (Gramophone) |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Arthur Rubinstein: The Chopin Collection (10 CDs special price) Arthur Rubinstein (piano) with New Symphony Orchestra & Symphony of the Air [ Sony Classical Masters / 10 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2011 ] "The florid gusto of Rubinstein's playing may not suit modern tastes, but he is clearly engaged with his material, rendering such considerations meaningless; and at his best, he is breathtaking." the Independent |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Préludes, Images and Children's Corner [CDs + Blu-ray audio] Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon 2 CDs + Blu-ray audio / 3 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 6/Mar/2020 ] "I loved the Images and Children's Corner when they first came out, in 1971, and still think them among the finest versions recorded." Gramophone |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 'Emperor' (LP) Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano) / Wiener Symphoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini [ Deutsche Grammophon / LP - released 25/Feb/2022 ] Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli's Beethoven 5th Piano Concerto, recorded with Wiener Philharmoniker and Carlo Maria Giulini in 1982. |
PROKOFIEV
Symphonies No. 1 'Classical' / Symphony No. 5 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra / Yoel Levi [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2002 ] Special Award: Choc du Monde de la Musique (France) |
CAROLINE SHAW
Caroline Shaw: Orange (LP) Attacca Quartet [ Nonesuch / 2 LP - released 8/Sep/2020 ] Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw's Orange, performed by Attacca Quartet, is out now on New Amsterdam and Nonesuch Records. Orange, which features six of Shaw's pieces for string quartet, is the first full-length album to exclusively... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 (with Janacek-Violin Concerto) Baiba Skride (violin) / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Munich Philharmonic Orchestra / Marek Janowski / Mikko Franck [ Sony Classical / CD - released 28/Oct/2007 ] "A natural musicaon to the ends of her fingertips." Classic FM Magazine |
W.A. MOZART
Violin Concerto No 3 in G major, K. 216 / Rondo in C major, K. 373 (with Johann Michael Haydn-Violin Concerto) Baiba Skride (violin) / Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra / Hartmut Haenchen [ Sony Classical / CD - released 28/Oct/2007 ] "I'm a spontanteous person and if you've got to do the same thing ten times in a row and keep your concentration while you're at it..." (Baiba Skride) |
BARTOK / STRAVINSKY / SCHOENBERG / TCHAIKOVSKY / MUSSORGSKY / SCHUBERT
Seiji Ozawa: The Complete RCA Recordings Arnold Steinhardt (violin), Peter Serkin (piano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 21/Apr/2017 ] He is "one of those rarities, a natural conductor", exclaimed one reviewer after Seiji Ozawa's Chicago Symphony debut on July 16, 1963 at the orchestra's Ravinia Festival. "His technical facility is phenomenal, his sense of rhythm both solid and... |
J.S. BACH
Sacred Works: Masses BWV 232-236 / Christmas Oratorio, BWV248 Soloists / Collegium Vocale, Ghent, Philippe Herreweghe [ Virgin Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2011 ] "the four Lutheran Masses have been absurdly undervalued because they were largely revamped from earlier cantatas. But who could resist the singing of Gerard Lesne, the invigorating Kyrie of the F major Mass, the G major's tenor aria with oboe... |
RICHARD WAGNER
Richard Wagner Edition - Bayreuth Festival Bayreuth Festival / Martha Mödl; Ludwig Weber, Wolfgang Windgassen; Eberhard Wächter, Jess Thomas; George London, Birgit Nilsson, Christa Ludwig; etc [ Decca / 25 CD Box Set - released 11/Jul/2025 ] A quarter-century of postwar Bayreuth recordings, made live at the Festspielhaus by Decca, DG and Philips: this is an absorbing history in sound of Wagner interpretation featuring several albums of timeless authority. |
BOULEZ
Rituel in Memoriam Maderna, Eclat/Multiples BBC Symphony Orchestra / Ensemble Intercontemporain [ Sony Classical / CD - released 1/Dec/2007 ] 1001 Classical Recordings to hear before you die (1951-2007) - 'This disc, part of the fine Sony PIERRE BOULEZ series, can be recommended without reservation - it makes a great bargain-price introduction to Boulez, and it is an essential addition... |
RCAHMANINOV / DVORAK / MOZART / BIZET / ORFF / etc
Voice Of The Violin Joshua Bell (violin) / Orchestra of St. Luke's, Michael Stern [ Sony Classical / CD - released 18/Sep/2006 ] "The playing is unfailingly exquisite; the arrangements are generally sensitive - Mozart's Laudate Dominum being notably effective." Gramophone |
GABRIEL FAURE
The Secret Fauré 3: Sacred Vocal Works Benjamin Appl (baritone), Katja Stuber (soprano) / Sinfonieorchester Basel, Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Ivor Bolton [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 12/Jun/2020 ] Recording: August 23-29, 2019, Goetheaneum Dornach |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: 6 Symphonies [remastered CDs plus Blu-ray audio] Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra], Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon CDs plus Blu-ray audio / 5 CD Box Set - released 28/Jul/2019 ] "Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 and 3, dating from 1979 are Karajan's only recordings of those earlier works, but ones which saw him at his very finest combining high polish with freshness and lyrical spontaneity." Gramophone |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis (LP) Berlin Philharmonic, Karl Bohm, Maria Stader, Marianna Radev, Anton Dermota, Josef Greindl, Choir of St. Hedwig's Cathedral [ Vinyl Passion Classical / 2 LP - released 1/Jan/2018 ] |
RICHARD STRAUSS / MOZART / BEETHOVEN / LISZT / NONO
Claudio Abbado Edition Vol. 2 Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Claudio Abbado [ Sony Classical / 5 CD Box Set - released 10/Apr/2014 ] As the endlessly sad news of Claudio Abbado's passing broke on Monday 20th January 2014, heartfelt tributes quickly poured in from around the world: "a great musician and a generous man" (Sir Simon Rattle); "will always be part of the exalted group... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT / JOSEPH HAYDN
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 'The Great' / Haydn: Symphony No. 88 (LP) Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Wilhelm Furtwangler [ Vinyl Passion Classical / 2 LP - released 25/Feb/2018 ] Recorded in Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin, 1951 |
