ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: Sacred Music Vol 7 (Includes 'Gloria in excelsis Deo' & 'Laudate pueri RV601') Susan Gritton (sop) Carolyn Sampson (sop) Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto) Charles Daniels (tenor) / The King's Consrt, Robert King [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Aug/2001 ] .."A superb release of little-heard Vivaldi" Gramophone Magazine |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Theodora (Complete Oratorio) Susan Gritton, Susan Bickley, Robin Blaze, Paul Agnew / Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh [ Archiv / 3 CD Box Set - released 14/Aug/2000 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1700-1760) - 2001 GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST - Baroque Vocal |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat, op.83 (with Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 23 "Appasionata") Sviatoslav Richter (piano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Erich Leinsdorf (Recorded 1960 & 1988) [ Sony Classical Originals / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "This is a legendary, visionary statement about the music, to be heard on its own terms." - MusicWeb Sept 2004 |
SVIATOSLAV RICHTER
Icon: Sviator Richter - The Master Pianist (Complete EMI Recordings, 1961-1980) Sviatoslav Richter (piano) with with Oleg Kagaan (violin) David Oistrakh (violin) and others [ Warner Classics / EMI Icon / 14 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2011 ] 'Idiosyncratic, plain-speaking, heroic, reserved, lyrical, virtuosic and perhaps above all profoundly enigmatic, Sviatoslav Richter remains one of the greatest recreative artists of all time.' (Bryce Morrison) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Symphonies, Overtures & Hungarian Dances Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard [ BIS SACD / 4 Hybrid SACD - released 25/Feb/2022 ] Brahms' symphonies and much more in Thomas Dausgaard's interpretations. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: The Symphonies Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard [ BIS SACD / 4 Hybrid SACD - released 5/Aug/2022 ] It was only after his death that Franz Schubert's symphonic works made an impact in music history. In fact, the first public performance of any of Schubert's symphonies took place at a memorial concert held a few weeks after the composer had passed... |
J.S BACH / VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Brandenburg Project: Twelve Concertos The Swedish Chamber Orchestra / Thomas Dausgaard (cond) [ BIS SACD / 3 CD Box Set - released 9/Apr/2021 ] Bach's celebrated concertos are joined by new commissions. |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: The Symphonies and Overtures Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard, conductor [ BIS SACD / 3 CD Box Set - released 3/Feb/2023 ] During their long collaboration (1997 - 2019) Thomas Dausgaard and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra developed a project they named 'Opening Doors', performing orchestral works from the Romantic era with the smaller-than-usual forces of a chamber... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The World of Classical Music (Incls 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Entrance of the Little Fauns & The Carnival of the Animals) Sydney Symphony Orchestra / Melbourne Symphony Orchestra / West Australia Symphony Orchestra / Adelaide Symphony Orchestra [ ABC Classics / 2 CD - released 14/Oct/2007 ] The greatest orchestral favourites in a special double CD set. |
Jansons,Mariss/BR SO
JANSONS: His Last Concert (LP) [ Br-Klassik / LP ] On November 8, 2019, at Carnegie Hall, New York, during a tour with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks and only a few weeks before his unexpected death, Mariss Jansons conducted his final concert. On the programme was Johannes Brahms'... |
Szell/Cleveland Orchestra
Schumann: Complete Symphonies [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 24/May/2004 ] |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Great Classical Masterpieces - Bestselling Naxos Recordings 1987-2012 Takako Nishizaki (violin), Jeno Jando (piano), Norbert Kraft (guitar), Klara Kormendi (piano), Colm Carey (organ), Kathryn Selby (piano) Slovak Radio [ Naxos / CD - released 12/May/2012 ] Artists Takako Nishizaki (violin), Jeno Jando (piano), Norbert Kraft (guitar), Klara Kormendi (piano), Colm Carey (organ), Kathryn Selby (piano) Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Oxford Camerata, Capella Istropolitana, Slovak Philharmonic Chorus,... |
JOSEPH MARTIN KRAUS
Kraus: Violin Concerto in C Major / Olympie: Incidental Music / etc Takako Nishizaki (violin) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Uwe Grodd [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2007 ] "Takako Nishizaki plays the concerto with grace and expression. She is up to Kraus' challenges and is able to conquer them unobtrusively, letting the music sing. She receives warm support from the trimmed down New Zealand Symphony Orchestra under Uwe... |
Taku Wana - The Enduring Spirit / The Wheel Turns
Fisher, Helen [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 12/Jul/2003 ] Helen Fisher's music gently convinces us that a creative marriage between Maori and western cultures is indeed possible. |
Tal/Groethuysen
Wagner: Goetterdaem-Merung [ Sony Classical / CD - released 4/Mar/2013 ] |
Tal/Groethuysen
Wagner: Piano Transcriptions F [ Sony Classical / CD - released 6/May/2013 ] |
ARVO PÄRT
Tintinnabuli [incls 'Magnificat' & 'Triodion'] Tallis Scholars [ Gimell / CD - released 2/Mar/2015 ] "the purity of The Tallis Scholars' sound provides the perfect scaffolding for the pieces on this disc...And in their performance...The Tallis Scholars have presented their chosen repertoire in the way they have always done best - as a sound world o |
JOHN TAVERNER
Taverner: Missa Corona spinea The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips [ Gimell / CD - released 30/Oct/2015 ] BBC Music Magazine Award Finalist 2016 - Choral |
MOZART
Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots, K35 The Orchestra of Classical Opera, Ian Page, Allan Clayton (Christian), Andrew Kennedy (Spirit of Christianity) [ Signum / 2 CD - released 30/Sep/2013 ] The first release in a new partnership between Classical Opera and Signum Records begins with Mozart's remarkable sacred singspiel, composed when he was just 11. |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues Tatiana Nikolayeva (piano) [ Hyperion / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/May/2005 ] 'The recording is clear and atmospheric, and the playing has power, grandeur, character, intellectual clarity and unforced intensity' - Gramophone |