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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Jonas Kaufmann - It's Christmas! - Extended Version Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Jochen Rieder [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 29/Oct/2021 ] An extended Christmas album from Jonas Kaufmann, one of the world's most acclaimed and celebrated tenors. As ever, Kaufmann shows his versatility across 49 songs from around the world, covering an impressive variety of languages and musical styles... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 5 & 6 Kammerakademie Potsdam, Antonello Manacorda [ Sony Classical / CD - released 24/Nov/2023 ] "Played on modern instruments but with a strong awareness of historical performance, the Fifth and Sixth show off the orchestra's taut ensemble playing, rhythmic discipline and sense of drama." BBC Music |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Poetic Tone Pictures, Op.85 Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 11/Nov/2022 ] "Andsnes is the first big name to champion the Poetic Tone Pictures. We need more highprofile pianists on major labels to show the same initiative and introduce their fans to piano music beyond the safe, predictable and over-recorded." Gramophone |
WAGNER / SMETANA / VERDI / KALMAN / etc
Summer Night Concert in Vienna 2024 Lise Davidsen (soprano) / Wiener Philharmoniker, Andris Nelsons [ Sony Classical DVD / DVD - released 19/Jul/2024 ] The Summer Night Concert 2024 with the Vienna Philharmonic, conducted by Andris Nelsons featuring soprano Lise Davidsen was performed this year on 7 June. It is an annual open-air event, which has been held since 2004 in the magical setting of... |
FREDERIC CHOPIN / ALEXANDER SCRIABIN / AKIO YASHIRO
Mao Fujita - 72 Preludes Mao Fujita (piano) [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 13/Sep/2024 ] Following his 'consistently impressive' (Gramophone) traversal of Mozart's complete Piano Sonatas for Sony Classical - winner of an Opus Klassik Award - Japanese pianist Mao Fujita has recorded a similarly ambitious project. |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: The Complete Piano Sonatas Mao Fujita (piano) [ Sony Classical / 5 CD Box Set - released 4/Nov/2022 ] "Despite his young years, Fujita is fully inside these works and makes an impressive job in imparting his vision. All the ingredients for outstanding Mozart performance are here." MusicWeb |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde Piotr Beczala (tenor), Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Gerold Huber (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 5/May/2023 ] "[Gerhaher shades] each note and word with such beauty and subtlety that it feels as if he's whispering into your ear. Huber's extensive piano contributions, too, are always expressive and well-judged." - The Times |
BERTHOLD GOLDSCHMIDT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Goldschmidt: Beatrice Cenci (complete opera with libretto) Roberta Alexander, Stefan Stoll, Simon Estes, Della Jones / Berlin Radio Chorus, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek [ Sony Classical / 2 CD Box Set - released 7/Feb/1995 ] "The cast is a strong one, dominated by the burnished tone of Roberta Alexander in the title role of the abused daughter. Della Jones as her stepmother Lucrezia is equally fine" BBC Music |
Various Composers
Caruso (1873) Roberto Alagna [ Sony Classical / CD ] Superstar tenor, Roberto Alagna, returns with his sensational new album Caruso. Caruso 1873 is Alagna's tribute to the Neapolitan singer who Alagna considers to be the greatest tenor of all time. Alagna honours his legendary predecessor with a... |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival Musicians / Roger Waters (narrator) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 16/Nov/2018 ] Rock legend Roger Waters has adapted the narration and recorded Igor Stravinsky's The Soldier's Tale where he narrates the whole of this harrowing modern fairy tale himself. |
VINCI / BONONCINI / HASSE / STING / ALBINONI / etc
Simone Kermes - Inferno e Paradiso Simone Kermes (soprano), Amici Veneziani [ Sony Classical / CD - released 15/May/2020 ] Simone Kermes releases her latest album, which features arias by baroque composers that have long numbered among her favorites, including Handel, Hasse, and Caldara. |
CONSTANZE GEIGER / JOSEPH HELLMESBERGER II / STRAUSS FAMILY
New Year's Concert in Vienna 2025 (Blu-ray) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Riccardo Muti [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 31/Jan/2025 ] Few concerts in the world are awaited with as much excitement as the New Year's Concert from Vienna. Under the direction of Riccardo Muti, the Vienna Philharmonic ushers in the New Year with a concert in the magnificent Golden Hall of the Vienna... |
STRAUSS FAMILY / etc
New Year's Concert in Vienna 2020 Wiener Philharmoniker, Andris Nelsons [ Sony Classical DVD / DVD - released 31/Jan/2020 ] The New Year's Concert, one of the world's most famous and spectacular classical music events, returns for the 81st time to present to viewers a sensational programme made up of the vast repertoire of the family of Johann Strauss and its... |
HENRY KRIEGER
Krieger: Side Show Alice Ripley & Emily Skinner / Original 1997 Broadway Cast [ Sony Classical / CD - released 2/Feb/1997 ] Side Show is a musical by Bill Russell (book and lyrics) and Henry Krieger (music) based on the lives of Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins who became famous stage performers in the 1930s. |
KALMAN / LEHAR / SUPPE / STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: My Heart Alone: Favourite Operetta Arias and Duets Angelika Kirchschlager / Simon Keenlyside / Tonkunstler Orchestra / Alfred Eschwe [ Sony Classical / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "What impresses is not only the natural brilliance of the singers' vocal production but also the way in which pure display is subordinated to expression of true feeling." Gramophone Magazine, Editor's Choice September 2008 |
FEDERICO MOMPOU
Volodos plays Mompou Arcadi Volodos (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 20/May/2013 ] BBC Music Magazine Awards 2014 Instrumental Finalist / GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD WINNER 2014 - Instrumental |
BIZET / RACHMANINOV / LISZT / PROKOFIEV / MOZART / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Piano Transcriptions Arcadi Volodos (piano) [ Sony Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/1997 ] 'Sony's sound is superlative and this delectable recital makes one long for more substantial as well as glittering fare from a pianist who, as his producer puts it, "never loosens the reins of his guiding intellect".' Gramophone |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS / CESAR FRANCK / MAURICE RAVEL
Saint-Saens / Franck / Ravel: French Impressions Joshua Bell (violin) Jeremy Denk (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 20/Mar/2017 ] a spirited, varied, sensitively imagined recital. [The artists] are on equal terms artistically, responding to one another with spontaneity and unanimity in the interpretation of nuances that give their playing a sense that they are inside the music" |
JULIE von WEBENAU / THEODOR KIRCHNER / JONNES BRAHMS / CLARA SCHUMANN
Love? Homage to Clara Schumann Yaara Tal (piano), with Andreas Groethuysen (piano) Julian Pregardien (tenor), Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks [ Sony Classical / CD - released 6/Sep/2019 ] Composer and piano virtuoso Clara Schumann played an influential role both on Robert Schumann and her musician friends such as Brahms and Kirchner. The compostitions on this album express deep feelings of love, affection and friendship. September... |
KORNGOLD / THOMAS / GOUNOD / MASSENET / BRITTEN / WAGNER
Bo Skovhus sings Arias Bo Skovhus (baritone) / English National Opera Orchestra, James Conlon [ Sony Classical / CD - released 8/Apr/1997 ] Bo Skovhus studied at the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus, at the Royal Academy for Opera of Copenhagen and in New York with Oren Brown. |
