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BIZET / VILLA LOBOS / DEBUSSY / RAVEL / ROSSINI / PUCCINI / etc
Victoria de los Angeles - The Warner Classics Edition Victoria de los Angeles (soprano) with Nicolai Gedda, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Alicia de Larrocha, Gerald Moore, Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Thomas Beecham [ Warner Classics / 59 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2023 ] A singer who inspired the greatest admiration and affection, Victoria de los Ángeles was, in the words of Opera magazine, "one of the supreme vocal artists of the 20th century". |
PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Complete Piano Works Viktoria Postnikova (piano), with Gennady Rozhdestvensky (piano) [ Warner Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 5/Mar/2018 ] "A highly desirable library acquisition for all Tchaikovskians and serious lovers of the piano repertoire,' was Gramophone's verdict on this collection. "In every cycle of shorter pieces there are items to be treasured." Viktoria Postnikova, a... |
RICHARD STRAUSS / WAGNER / BEETHOVEN
Hans Knappertsbusch: The Opera Edition Wiener Philharmoniker, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Hans Knappertsbusch, with Kirsten Flagstad, Martti Talvela, Hans Hotter, George London, etc [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 19 CD Box Set - released 11/Feb/2022 ] A priceless collection of Hans Knappertsbusch's opera recordings made for Universal Music, including the legendary live Parsifal performances of both 1951 and 1962, the Vienna studio Die Meistersinger of 1950-51, the Munich Fidelio of 1961, etc. |
LOUIS VIERNE
Vierne: Complete Organ Music Wolfgang Rübsam (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 8 CD Box Set - released 11/Mar/2022 ] Organ works account for only 17 of Vierne's 62 opus numbers, and yet no one would now question his status as the organ's greatest symphonist after Franck and Widor. |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms Cycle [Symphonies, Concertos & Overtures] (recorded in 2015) Yefim Bronfman (piano) Julia Fischer (violin) / The Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Most [ Belvedere / BBC Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Nov/2017 ] The Cleveland Orchestra is the aristocrat among American orchestras (The Telegraph) and its conductor, Franz Welser-Möst, rules his subjects with a velvet glove. Indeed, velvet and silk keep showing up in descriptions of the Clevelanders sound under... |
BEETHOVEN / MENDELSSOHN / SCHUMANN / SCHUBERT / WAGNER / FRANCK / etc
The complete Wilhelm Furtwangler on record Yehudi Menuhin (violin) Edwin Fisher (piano) / Philharmonia Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwängler [ Warner Classics / 55 CD Box Set - released 24/Sep/2021 ] Wilhelm Furtwängler is a musical titan, one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century. Some would say he is the greatest of all. A supreme, inimitable interpreter of the Austro-German symphonic repertoire, and of Wagner's music dramas. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Symphonies / Concertos / German Requiem Yehudi Menuhin (violin) Edwin Fisher (piano) / Stockholm Philharmonic Chorus & Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, Berliner Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furt [ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 24/Aug/2018 ] Wilhelm Furtwängler saw "a wild, fantastic and even demonic universe" in the symphonies of Brahms. "Music is not something that is invented and constructed," he wrote, "but something that grows, emerging … directly from the hands of nature." |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: The Creation Yeree Suh (soprano), Tilman Lichdi (tenor), Matthias Winckhler (baritone) / Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 19/Nov/2021 ] "The orchestral side of this new recording of Haydn's oratorio "The Creation" brings many other delights, partly because Jordi Savall and his ensemble Le Concert de Nations are vigorous champions of period instruments" Times |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Cinderella (complete ballet recorded in 2003) Zurich Ballet / Karine Seneca / Stanislav Jermakov / Marine Castel / Jozef Varga / Vladimir Fedoseyev (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques / DVD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] G - Heinz Spoerli's Zurich Ballet Cinderella production, filmed as a musical from Hollywood, turned out to be a huge success at its premiere and must rank as one of the most 'dancerly' stagings Prokofiev's popular ballet has ever received. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No.9 "Choral" (studio & Live) / Egmont: incidental music Aase Nordmo-Løvberg, Christa Ludwig, Waldemar Kmentt, Hans Hotter, Birgit Nilsson / Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Otto Klemperer [ Warner SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 14/Feb/2025 ] "…Otto Klemperer's energy and momentum come not from his tempos but from the way the rhythms are articulated. In the first movement and Scherzo the heroic, teeth-gritted determination are physically gripping, In this Ninth combined urgency with... |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Symphonies Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 15 CD Box Set - released 22/Jan/2021 ] With the delightful original LP cover illustrations, this 'original jackets' presentation collects together for the first time the 33 Haydn Symphonies recorded by Sir Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel - Marriner: The Decca Legacy Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 19 CD Box Set - released 22/Mar/2024 ] A unique collection of L'Oiseau-Lyre, Argo, Decca and Philips albums in original covers, showcasing both the genius of Handel and the musicianship of the classic ASMF/Marriner pairing at its most stylish. |
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ERIK SATIE
Erik Satie - Old Sequins and Ancient Breastplates [Historial Recordings 1926-1961] Aldo Ciccolini, Francis Poulenc, William Masselos, Manuel Rosenthal, Igor Markevitch, Pierre Bernac, etc [ Cherry Red Records / 4 CD Box Set - released 9/Dec/2022 ] A four disc Box set collection of historic Satie recordings, ranging from the 1920's onwards. Including such rarities as Henri Sauguet's 'Socrate' for solo voice and orchestra; piano sets by William Masselos and Aldo Ciccolini. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Essential Beethoven - The New Complete Essential Edition Amadeus Quartet, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Emil Gilels, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Amadeus Quartet, Claudio Arrau, John Eliot Gardiner, Wilhelm Kempff, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon / 95 CD/DVD Box Set - released 22/Oct/2021 ] Deutsche Grammophon are proud to present the most modern and complete set of Beethoven's work ever issued. Assembled in cooperation with Decca and ten other labels, this New Complete Edition features over 250 legendary performers. |
RAVEL / PROKOFIEV / MOZART / BACH / CHOPIN
Andre Tchaikowsky - The Complete RCA Collection André Tchaikowsky (piano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner [ RCA Red Seal / Sony Classical / 4 CD Box Set - released 15/Feb/2018 ] First ever release of André Tchaikowsky's complete RCA recordings in a 4CD collection. The set includes Tchaikowsky's debut LP recording remastered for the first time on CD. This recording features Ravel's Gaspard de la Nuit which Tchaikowsky... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Decca Conductors' Gallery Ansermet, Van Beinum, Bernard, ·Blech, Celibidache, Coates, Coppola, Desormiere, Enescu, Fitelberg, Furtwangler, Harty, Van Kempen, Kleiber, Knapperts [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / 21 CD Box Set - released 25/Aug/2023 ] An A-Z of 23 conductors in a feast of classic recordings from Decca's early years - 1929-1949 - including the golden age of its 'ffrr' technology. Newly remastered from the best available sources. |
BRAHMS / ARENSKY / TCHAIKOVSKY / YEARDUMIAN / CHERUBINI / HAYDN / IBERT / etc
Anshel Brusilow - The Complete RCA Album Collection Anshel Brusilow Conducts the Chamber Symphony Of Philadelphia, with Lili Chookasian (contralto) [ Sony Originals / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2023 ] "An orchestra of rare quality" - that's how High Fidelity described the Chamber Symphony of Philadelphia, founded in 1966 by Anshel Brusilow, then concertmaster of The Philadelphia Orchestra. |
BARTOK / TCHAIKOVSKY / BEETHOVEN / MENDELSSOHN / BRAHMS / etc
Antal Doráti: The Mercury Masters Vol 2 - Antal Dorati in London Antal Doráti, London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Festival Chamber Orchestra [ Australian Eloquence Mercury Living Presence / 28 CD Box Set - released 18/Apr/2025 ] Volume 2 of Antal Doráti's London recordings for Mercury covers sessions between June 1960 (Tchaikovsky's Pathétique Symphony) and August 1966 (Tchaikovsky's Orchestral Suites). By way of a bonus, the set concludes with a rarity issued on Philips and... |
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / RACHMANINOV / DEBUSSY / MENDELSSOHN / RESPIGHI / TCHAIKOVSKY/ MOZART / etc
Antal Doráti: The Mercury Masters - The Mono Recordings Antal Doráti, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra [ Australian Eloquence Mercury Living Presence / 31 CD Box Set - released 26/May/2023 ] A tour de force of thrilling orchestral playing and brilliant audio engineering, Antal Doráti's mono recordings are collected for the first time. Newly remastered, this collection comprehensively documents a golden era in American classical recording |
PROKOFIEV / LISZT / BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / DVORAK / SIBELIUS / etc
Antal Doráti: The Mercury Masters Vol 1 - Antal Dorati in London Antal Doráti, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Hungarica, Byron Janis, Henryk Szeryng [ Australian Eloquence Mercury Living Presence / 29 CD Box Set - released 7/Mar/2025 ] Covering recordings from July 1956 to July 1961, here are early stereo spectaculars on Mercury, under the inspired baton of Antal Dorati: classic albums of Haydn, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky and many more in a new 'Original Jackets' Limited... |
