|
J. S. BACH
Bach, (J.S.): Concertos (LP) Hilary Hahn (violin) / Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Kahane [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 LP - released 5/Apr/2024 ] Deutsche Grammophon presents the first vinyl release of Hilary Hahn's first recording on Deutsche Grammophon of Bach Violin Concertos. |
|
J. S. BACH
Bach: Sonatas & Partitas for solo violin (LP) Itzhak Perlman (violin) [ Warner Classics Vinyl / 3 LP - released 22/Jan/2021 ] Itzhak Perlman, the supreme violinist of his time, performs the supreme works for unaccompanied violin. In preparing the Bach 'Sonatas and Partitas', Perlman sought authenticity through the score itself, not through musicological research. |
|
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Double Concerto for Violin and Cello (LP) Itzhak Perlman (violin) Yo-Yo Ma (cello) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ Warner Classics / LP - released 29/Aug/2025 ] This recording of Brahms' Double Concerto with Itzhak Perlman and Yo-Yo Ma, with Daniel Barenboim conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, was originally released in 1997, captured from a live recording at Orchestra Hall in Chicago in 1996. |
|
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (LP) Itzhak Perlman (violin) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky [ Warner Classics / LP - released 24/Mar/2023 ] The distinctive character of each of Prokofiev's Violin Concertos seems rooted in its genesis: the first, nervy and iconoclastic, coincided with the Russian Revolution; the second, more sober and expansively lyrical, dates from 1935, when Prokofiev... |
|
FELIX MENDELSSOHN / MAX BRUCH
Mendelssohn / Bruch: Violin Concertos (LP) Itzhak Perlman (violin) / Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard haitink [ Warner Classics / LP - released 22/Mar/2024 ] Itzhak Perlman, born in 1945, is the supreme violinist of his time. More than a decade after his first recording of the Mendelssohn and Bruch concertos (with André Previn), Perlman returned to them with Bernard Haitink and the Concertgebouw Orchestra |
|
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (LP) Itzhak Perlman (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Rodney Friend [ Warner Classics / LP - released 22/May/2020 ] Itzhak Perlman is the supreme violinist of his time, adored by audiences around the world and a musician whose powerful but sympathetic artistic personality provides a model for the players who have followed him. |
|
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto / Serenade Melancolique (LP) Itzhak Perlman (violin) / The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ornandy [ Warner Classics / LP - released 22/May/2020 ] In Perlman's words, Tchaikovsky "wears his heart on his sleeve" and his violin concerto is a work of "unabashed Romanticism". While bringing sensitivity and substance to his interpretation, Perlman never slips into sentimentality, and he leads an... |
|
LUGWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Triple Concerto / Choral Fantasia (LP) Itzhak Perlman (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Daniel Barenboim (piano) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ Warner Classics / CD - released 21/Jun/2024 ] "They perform with the most tender expression in the slow movement, and there are fireworks from all three in the last movement" James Longstaffe "That Perlman and Barenboim have made distinguished-nay, superlative!-recordings of the Beethoven... |
|
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 (LP) Jacqueline du Pre (cello) Daniel Barenboim (piano) [ Warner Classics / LP - released 20/May/2022 ] Renowned as a great interpreter of Brahms, Jacqueline du Pré, here at the peak of her art and technical abilities, delivers the latest version recorded with her husband Daniel Barenboim in May-August 1968. |
|
CAVALLI / BORETTI / BONONCINI / Orlandini / HANDEL / etc
Jakub Józef Orliński: Facce d'Amore (LP) Jakub Józef Orliński (counter-tenor) / Il pomo d'oro, Maxim Emelyanychev [ Warner Classics Vinyl / LP - released 1/Jun/2020 ] "It's music by Luca Antonio Predieri (a nearcontemporary of Handel's) that really hits the mark. Predieri's gentle lyricism and clean lines suit Orliński's soft-grained voice well." Gramophone |
|
James Rhodes (piano)
Fuck Digital (LP) [ Signum / LP - released 16/Nov/2018 ] A special release showcasing James Rhodes's most popular performances on 180g vinyl for the very first time. |
|
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Complete Nocturnes (2 LP) Jan Lisiecki (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 24/Feb/2023 ] For his latest Deutsche Grammophon album, Polish-Canadian pianist Jan Lisiecki has chosen to return to the music of Frédéric Chopin, featuring profoundly personal interpretations of some of the most beautiful and best-loved pieces ever written for... |
|
J. S. BACH
Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV988 (LP) Jean Muller (piano) [ Hänssler / LP - released 29/Sep/2017 ] In 1741, at the height of his creativity, Bach published one of his pioneering works under the modest title "Keyboard exercise comprising an ARIA with diverse variations for harpsichord with two manuals". The title "Goldberg Variations" has attached... |
|
ANNA CLYNE
lyne: Mythologies (Limited Edition LP) Jennifer Koh (violin), Irene Buckley (voice), BBC Symphony Orchestra [ Avie / 2 LP - released 5/Feb/2021 ] Anna Clyne's Mythologies became an instant media and popular success when it was released in October 2020 - "hands-down one of the half-dozen best classical albums of 2020", according to New York Music Daily. The album is now presented... |
|
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No.9 "Ode an die Freiheit" (LP) June Anderson, Sarah Walker, Klaus Konig, Jan-Hendrik Bootering / Various orchestras, Leonard Bernstein [ Deutsche Grammophon LP / 2 LP - released 27/Sep/2019 ] Bernstein's legendary Beethoven performance "Ode to Freedom" (Symphony No. 9) with a special orchestra formed by members from both German States and the four Occupation Powers, celebrating the fall of Berlin Wall. |
|
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn 2032 Volume 6 - Lamentatione (Limited Edition LP & CD) Kammerorchester Basel, Giovanni Antonini [ Alpha Classics / 2 LP - released 31/Aug/2018 ] The year 2017 was a vintage one for Giovanni Antonini: he was awarded an Echo Klassik, two Gramophone Awards and a Diapason d'Or of the Year for his recent releases. Two of these prizes distinguished Il Distratto, volume 4 of the complete recording... |
|
TRADITIONAL
Carols from King's College, Cambridge (LP) King's College, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks, Philip Ledger, with The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble [ Warner Classics / LP - released 4/Nov/2022 ] It's not Christmas without the angelic voices of the Choir of King's College, Cambridge. These fifteen popular carols were originally recorded between 1969 and 1976 |
|
KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
Szymanowski: Piano Works {LP) Krystian Zimerman (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 LP - released 28/Aug/2017 ] "Krystian Zimerman captures the poetry, fantasy and fire of these works with exquisite tone and unfailing sensitivity." BBC Music |
|
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: 4 Ballades / Barcarolle / Fantaisie (LP) Krystian Zimerman (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / LP - released 28/Aug/2017 ] "Krystian Zimerman captures the poetry, fantasy and fire of these works with exquisite tone and unfailing sensitivity." BBC Music |
|
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (LP) Krystian Zimerman (piano/conductor) / Polish Festival Orchestra [ Deutsche Grammophon Vinyl / 2 LP - released 11/Sep/2016 ] Original tapes remastered by EBS and pressed on 180g heavyweight vinyl. |