W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Requiem (LP) Simone Kermes, Stephanie Houtzeel, Markus Brutscher / MusicAeterna / New Siberian Singers, Teodor Currentzis [ Alpha Classics / 2 LP - released 23/Aug/2019 ] Mozart's Requiem is a supreme masterpiece of the history of music and a work inextricably bound up with the Mozartian legend. Now Alpha's recording of it under the direction of Teodor Currentzis is given a new lease of life in a vinyl reissue. A... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte [The Magic Flute] (Complete Opera recorded in 1964) [3 LP] Nicolai Gedda, Gundula Janowitz, Walter Berry, Lucia Popp / Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer [ Warner Classics LP / 3 LP - released 10/Nov/2023 ] "I have never heard The Magic Flute sound so magical and the complete ease and seeming rightness of this performance is a wonder. The cast, chorus and orchestra are inspired under Klemperer, whom I here salute as a real genius" (Gramophone) |
FRANZ LISZT / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Liszt, Schumann: Sonate h-moll, Sonata B minor, Sonate si mineur, Carnaval Oleg Maisenberg (piano) [ Orfeo / LP - released 1/Aug/2015 ] |
STRAVINSKY / BERG / SCRIABIN
Petruschka-Suite • Sonate Op. 1 • Klavierstücke Oleg Maisenberg (piano) [ Orfeo / LP - released 1/Aug/2015 ] |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: Rite of Spring / Firebird (LP) Orchestre de Paris, Klaus Mäkelä [ Decca / 2 LP - released 5/May/2023 ] Klaus Mäkelä brings the Orchestre de Paris to Decca Classics for a major new album of Stravinsky's most iconic ballet scores. The album represents Mäkelä's first recording with his French orchestra, which will be followed by a further Ballet Russes... |
PUCCINI / GOUNOD / MASSENET / MASCAGNI / VERDI / BERLIOZ
Nessun Dorma (LP) Pene Pati (tenor) / Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Emmanuel Villaume [ Warner Classics / LP - released 20/Sep/2024 ] Taking its title, Nessun Dorma, from the greatest tenor hit of them all, Pene Pati's second album balances favourite numbers with operatic rarities - one of them in world premiere recording. In addition to Puccini, the Italian composers are Verdi,... |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: La Mer / Trois Nocturnes (LP) Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini [ Warner Classics / LP - released 27/Sep/2024 ] "I love music passionately. And because I love it I try to free it from barren traditions that stifle it... There is no theory. You only have to listen. Pleasure is the law". Claude Debussy |
Philip Glass
Glassworks (LP) [ Music On Vinyl / LP - released 23/May/2014 ] Glassworks is the most pleasant craftwork ever from the great minimalist exploiter. Six warm pieces in a successful attempt to create a more pop-oriented work. Glassworks is another Music On Vinyl Classical release by this fantastic composer. |
Philip Glass
Glassworks (Coloured LP) [ Music On Vinyl / LP - released 25/Nov/2022 ] Philip Glass is an American composer. His music is considered to be minimal music, although he himself uses the term theatre music. Glassworks was originally released in 1982. The album is a six-part chamber music work by Philip Glass. After his... |
RAVI SHANKAR
Shankar: Sitar Concerto (LP) Ravi Shankar (sitar), London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn [ Warner Classics / LP - released 4/Nov/2022 ] This album features Ravi Shankar's first Concerto for sitar, commissioned by the London Symphony Orchestra in 1970. The work was premiered at London's Royal Festival Hall on 28 January 1971 and sets a sitar recital of four ragas (including one by... |
JOE HISAISHI
Joe Hisaishi - A Symphonic Celebration: - Music From The Studio Ghibli Films Of Hayao Miyazaki (2LP set) Royal Philahmonic Orchestra, Joe Hisaishi (piano, conductor), with The Tiffin Choirs & Bach Choir [ Deutsche Grammophon LP / 2 LP - released 29/Sep/2023 ] For his first album on Deutsche Grammophon, Joe Hisaishi, the revered Japanese composer whose work has become synonymous with the magical Studio Ghibli animations of director Hayao Miyazaki has created an exciting series of symphonic arrangements.. |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Symphony No. 101 (LP) Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Robin Ticciati [ Linn / LP - released 18/Sep/2015 ] Haydn: Symphony No. 101 is the first LP featuring Robin Ticciati and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra's charismatic partnership. To make it extra special this is a 45rpm Supercut, 180g vinyl which gives you everything you love about LPs but more:... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Song (LP) Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello) [ Decca / 2 LP - released 9/Sep/2022 ] Stretching from Bach to Bacharach, 'Song' sees Sheku present an extraordinary kaleidoscope of music, joined by some of the musicians he loves working with, collaborating with both family and friends while showcasing his skills as both arranger and... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Sviatoslav Richter Volume 1 (LP) Sviatoslav Richter (piano) [ Melodiya / LP - released 18/Aug/2014 ] |
JOHANN JOHANNSSON
Jóhannsson: Drone Mass (LP) Theatre of Voices, American Contemporary Music Ensemble, Paul Hillier [ Deutsche Grammophon / LP - released 20/May/2022 ] The previously unrecorded Drone Mass was described by its composer, the late Jóhann Jóhannsson, as "a contemporary oratorio". Written for voices, string quartet and electronics, it was commissioned and premiered by the American Contemporary Music... |
ISAO TOMITA
Snowflakes Are Dancing (LP) Isao Tomita [ Music On Vinyl / LP - released 25/Feb/2022 ] Isao Tomita, also known as Tomita, was a Japanese composer, regarded as one of the pioneers of electronic music and space music, and as one of the most famous producers of analog synthesizer arrangements. Many of his albums are electronic versions... |
ZIEHRER / HELLMESBERGER / STRAUSS FAMILY
New Year's Concert in Vienna 2022 (LP) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ Sony Classical / 3 LP - released 28/Jan/2022 ] There are few concerts in the world that are awaited with as much excitement as the New Year's Concert from Vienna. Under the direction of Daniel Barenboim, the Vienna Philharmonic ushers in the New Year. |
ZIEHRER / SUPPE / HELLMESBERGER / STRAUSS FAMILY
New Year's Concert in Vienna 2023 (LP) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst [ Sony LP / 3 LP - released 27/Jan/2023 ] The New Year's Concert live from Vienna is one of the world's most famous and spectacular classical music events. It will be broadcast on TV and radio and reaches over 90 countries around the world with more than 50 million viewers |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY / JEAN PHILIPPE RAMEAU
Debussy / Rameau (2LP) Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon LP / 2 LP - released 27/Mar/2020 ] The Times Records of the Year 2020 Opus Klassik Awards 2020 Winner - Solo Instrumental Recital (Piano) |
J.S. BACH / SCHUMANN / KURTAG / BARTOK / BRAHMS / KALDALONS / etc
Víkingur Ólafsson - From Afar (LP) Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 LP - released 7/Oct/2022 ] Childhood memories and a tribute to a musical hero are the inspiration behind Víkingur Ólafsson's most personal album to date. The Icelandic pianist presents From Afar, a unique double album containing two recordings of the same repertoire, one... |