MOZART / VIVALDI / BOLLING / TELEMANN / HAYDN / BACH FAMILY / etc
Jean-Pierre Rampal - The Complete CBS Masterworks Recordings Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute) with Maurice Andre, Claude Bolling, Placido Domingo, Kathleen Battle, Juilliard String Quartet, English Chamber Orchestra [ Sony Classical Masters / 56 CD Box Set - released 10/Dec/2021 ] The most comprehensive boxed sets ever to feature the recordings of the great master of the flute: Jean-Pierre Rampal. |
JEAN-DANIEL BRAUN
Braun: Sonatas for Flute & Bass Continuo Jed Wentz (flute) / Musica ad Rhenum [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 10/Mar/2020 ] Very little is known about Jean-Daniel Braun (ca 1703-before 1740). He seems to have been a flutist of some renown, and he worked for the Duke d'Épernon. He published several books of Sonatas for the traverse flute and basso continuo, which are... |
LEOPOLD KOZELUCH
Kozeluch: Complete Keyboard Sonatas Volume 4 Jenny Soonjin Kim (fortepiano) [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 25/Sep/2020 ] This fourth and last installment of the Complete Keyboard Sonatas by Kozeluch contains the last batch: Sonatas nos. 34 till 50. Leopold Kozeluch (1747-1818) was in his time a highly regarded, even famous composer, on a par with C.P.E. Bach and... |
JAN ANTON KOZELUCH
Kozeluch: Complete Sonatas Jenny Soonjin Kim (fortepiano) [ Brilliant Classics / 12 CD Box Set - released 23/Oct/2020 ] 'Kim's playing is crystalline and lyrical...This set will interest pianists who would like to augment their repertoire with unknown gems from the period.' (Early Music America). |
LEOPOLD KOZELUCH
Kozeluch: Complete Keyboard Sonatas Vol. 3 Jenny Soonjin Kim (fortepiano) [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 10/Mar/2020 ] Leopold Kozeluch (1747-1818) was in his time a highly regarded, even famous composer, on a par with C.P.E. Bach and even Mozart. |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Sonatas (Complete) Jeno Jando (piano) [ Naxos / 10 CD Box Set - released 1/Jan/2009 ] The variety and boldness of invention found in Haydn's piano sonatas are rewarded by Jeno Jandó's "no-nonsense, down-to-earth vivacity" (BBC Music Magazine) in this boxed set. |
SIMEON TEN HOLT
Ten Holt: Canto Ostinato XL Jeroen Van Veen (piano) and friends [ Brilliant Classics / 12 CD Box Set - released 10/Mar/2014 ] Anyone having experienced the power of Canto Ostinato by Simeon ten Holt will come under the spell of the hallucinatory effect of this iconic work, the most famous Dutch work for piano of the 20th century, one of the "classics" of minimal music. |
GLASS / ADAMS / ten HOLT / EINAUDI / RICHTER / SAKAMOTO / PART / etc
Best of Minimal Piano Music Jeroen van Veen (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 23/Oct/2020 ] Highlights from the award-winning, much-praised series of Brilliant Classics recordings by today's leading champion of minimalist piano repertoire. |
GEORGES GURDJIEFF / THOMAS de HARTMANN
Gurdjieff / de Hartmann: Complete Music For the Piano Jeroen van Veen (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 15/Oct/2021 ] Dutch pianist Jeroen van Veen, a pioneer of unusual repertoire, recorded the complete piano music of Gurdjieff/De Hartmann, 6 CDs of extraordinary, meditative and deeply spiritual music. |
JEROEN VAN VEEN
Van Veen: Piano Music Volume 2 Jeroen van Veen (piano/organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 22/Jun/2018 ] Jeroen van Veen established himself as "The leading exponent of minimalism today" (Fanfare), "Jeroen van Veen has been a powerhouse in the piano world" (Musicweb) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Jessye Norman Complete Studio Recitals - Philips, Deutsche Grammophon, Decca (44CD + 3DVD) Jessye Norman (soprano) with Daniel Barenboim, Kathleen Battle, Herbert von Karajan, John Williams, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon / 45 CD Box Set - released 27/Oct/2023 ] Celebrating the life & recording career of the majestic American dramatic soprano Jessye Norman. Unquestionably one of the exceptional vocal performers of recent times, and most decorated sopranos of all time. |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov Edition: Complete works [Symphonies, chamber, concertos, operas, songs, choral & instrumental] Joan Rodgers (soprano) Sergei Leiferkus (baritone) Nikolai Lugansky (piano) Earl Wild (piano) Garrick Ohlsson (piano) and many more [ Brilliant Classics / 29 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2008 ] Here is the most complete collection of Rachmaninoff 's output ever assembled on disc: from the piano concertos and preludes of worldwide affection and esteem to his many songs and three operas. |
J. S. BACH
Bach: The Complete Secular Cantatas Joanne Lunn, Robin Blaze, Carolyn Sampson, Katsuhiko Nakashima, Hiroya Aoki, Makoto Sakurada, etc / Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS SACD / 10 CD Box Set - released 6/Dec/2019 ] "The SACD sound is near ideal for such music, needing as it does to balance the intimate with a sense of public rejoicing. It catches the colours of the distinctive solo voices on display." MusicWeb |
PROKOFIEV
Erich Leinsdorf conducts Prokofiev [6 CD set] John Browning (piano) Erick Friedman (violin) / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf [ Sony Classical Masters / 6 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2011 ] "All the hard work RCA have put in on their methods of recording the Boston Symphony seems to have been well worth while. The orchestral sound is splendidly solid but not thick, with excellent internal balance and a very full dynamic range." Gramophone |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Walkure (Complete Opera recorded in 1967) [Remastered CDs plus Blu-ray Audio] Jon Vickers, Martti Talvela, Thomas Stewart, Gundula Janowitz, Régine Crespin / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon Remastered CDs plus Blu-ray audio / 4 CD Box Set - released 12/Jun/2020 ] Remastered at Emil Berliner Studios in 24 bit/192kHz. Blu-ray Audio in DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0. CDs are produced from the new remastering. |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Walkure (complete opera recorded in 2011) Jonas Kaufmann, Nina Stemme, Rene Pape / Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Valery Gergiev [ Mariinsky SACD / 4 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2013 ] "Act I has Jonas Kaufmann's heroic, poetic Siegmund at the peak of his powers, partnering a limpid, youthful-sounding Sieglinde in Anja Kampe - a dream pair of Wälsung twins for our time, and one to compare with the greatest on disc." (Sunday Times) |
CESAR FRANCK
Franck: Complete Organ & Harmonium Works Joris Verdin (organ/harmonian) [ Ricercar / 5 CD Box Set - released 13/May/2022 ] César Franck gradually abandoned his career as a virtuoso pianist as he completed his training under various Parisian masters, one of whom was the organist François Benoist. Franck then served as organist in various important Parisian churches. |
MASSENET / VERDI / ROSSINI / MASSENET / BERLIOZ / DONIZETTI / TRADITIONAL / etc
Jose Carreras - The Philips Years Jose Carreras (tenor), with Montserrat Caballé, Katia Ricciarelli, Agnes Baltsa, Frederica von Stade, etc [ Philips / 21 CD Box Set - released 22/Dec/2023 ] Celebrating one of the most remarkable tenors of our time, this 21-CD set brings together the legendary Philips recital recordings of José Carreras: 17 CDs of recitals discs including Spanish and popular songs, plus highlights from complete operas. |
BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / J. STRAUSS / MOZART / TCHAIKOVSKY / etc
Josef Krips Edition - Volume 2 Josef Krips, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Concertgebouworkest, Wiener Symphoniker, Wiener Philharmoniker, Zubin Mehta, Inge Borkh, Wiener Staatsoper [ Decca Eloquence / 21 CD Box Set - released 7/Jun/2024 ] Mozart was Josef Krips's yardstick in music: 'My maxim is that everything has to sound as though it were by Mozart, or it will be a bad performance.' Collected here are his Mozart symphony recordings with the Concertgebouworkest for Philips. |
CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR
Widor: The Complete Organ Works Joseph Nolan (organ) [ Signum / 9 CD Box Set - released 25/Oct/2019 ] Charles-Marie Widor was born to the organ. Raised in a family of organ-makers, he showed early talent for the instrument and would later come to embody all its might and splendour. His life heavily intertwined with that of the great French organ... |