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 ] |
BACH / MENDELSSOHN / TCHAIKOVSKY / DEBUSSY / LIGETI / MENDELSSOHN / TCHAIKOVSKY / etc
Khatia Buniatishvili - Motherland Khatia Buniatishvili (piano); Gvantsa Buniatishvili (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 23/May/2011 ] "soothing, intimate and reflective. Buniatishvili roduces the most ravishing, velvet-toned pianissimo, beautifully captured in Berlin's Jesus-Christus-Kirche." Gramophone |
MUSSORGSKY / RAVEL / STRAVINSKY
Kaleidoscope: Khatia Buniatishvili Khatia Buniatishvili (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 10/Oct/2016 ] Khatia Buniatishvili's new recording Kaleidoscope, a unique combination of masterful and challenging pieces, shows her true virtuosic playing and features the well-loved Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky, Ravel's La Valse and... |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 Khatia Buniatishvili (piano) / Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Paavo Järvi [ Sony Classical / CD - released 20/Mar/2017 ] A highlight of Khatia's recording career where she reunites with Paavo Järvi for her first orchestral recording in 4 years. Rachmaninoff's epic, dramatic Piano Concertos 2 & 3 are rarely combined on 1 CD. Two blockbuster concertos of the... |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV / FRANZ SCHUBERT
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos / Schubert: Sonata No 21 & Impromptus Khatia Buniatishvili (piano) / Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Paavo Järvi [ Sony Classical / 2 CD Box Set - released 14/Aug/2020 ] Two classic selling Khatia Buniatishvili recordings for the price of one single CD. |
TRADITIONAL
Christmas at King's - 35 Favourite Carols & Fantasia on Christmas Carols King's College Choir, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks [ Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/1995 ] 35 seasonal favourites to put you in the Christmas mood, plus Vaughan Williams' 'Fantasia on Christmas Carols' |
TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS
Christmas at King's College Cambridge King's College Choir, Cambridge / David Willcocks [ ALTO / CD - released 15/Nov/2012 ] 'The number of boy choristers was fixed at 16 by King Henry in 1453 and it is 16 still. While originally there were six lay clerks, there are now 12 choral scholars, who are undergraduates of the college studying for degrees. (The Director) therefore... |
The King's Singers
Christmas Carols with The King's Singers [ Signum / CD - released 19/Nov/2021 ] This brand new Christmas album from The King's Singers features 25 tracks covering everything from contemporary choral gems and folk songs through to well-loved carols. Dotted throughout the album are several of the most famous English church carols,... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Sound of the King's Singers The King's Singers [ Warner Classics / 3 CD - released 15/Sep/2017 ] With an unmistakable sound and repertoire that ranges from classical to pop, Renaissance to the Beatles, and from folksongs to pop songs through to the avant-garde, the fantastic vocal sextet the King's Singers have enjoyed a unique global career.... |
KING'S SINGERS
SPECIAL OFFER: The King's Singers: The Complete RCA Recording The King's Singers [ Sony RCA Red Seal / 11 CD Box Set - released 15/Feb/2018 ] The King s Singers remain unique for their musical intelligence, virtuosity and sheer good humour. All qualities this collection has in spades. |
Kirchschlager/Bonney
First Encounter [ Sony Classical / CD - released 18/Oct/2004 ] |
TRADITIONAL
Waiata Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra [ Sony / CD - released 15/Nov/2013 ] In 1999 Dame Kiri Te Kanawa released 'Maori Songs', her second collection of Maori folk songs and prayers. That project was initiated by prominent NZ pianist/arranger Carl Doy, who has 13 years later created the follow up album 'Waiata'. |
KIRI te KANAWA
I Could Have Danced all Night (Concert & Portrait) Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, John Hopkins / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Stephen Barlow [ Arthaus DVD / DVD - released 1/Oct/2015 ] The Portrait Dame Kiri Te Kanawa's story has all the best elements of an operatic fairytale. Coming from a part-Maori background she went on to become one of the world's most famous opera stars. In this exciting portrait, Kiri Te Kanawa talks about... |
FLOTOW / KORNGOLD / LORTZING / WAGNER / etc
Helden Klaus Florian Vogt (tenor) / Orchestra of Deutsche Oper Berlin, Peter Schneider [ Sony Classical / CD - released 20/Mar/2012 ] "his Siegmund, naive and ecstatic rather than virile and forceful, is striking. Vogt's vocal ease and cleanness of line is appealing in Weber and Wagner, and he proves an accomplished, elegant Mozartian." (Guardian) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Piano Trios, String Quintet, String Quartets Klavertrio Amsterdam / Brandis Quartet [ Brilliant Classics Quintessence / 5 CD Box Set - released 25/Sep/2020 ] "I really admire these heartfelt accounts for their warm expressiveness and sumptuous textures." MusicWeb [Quartets] |