DEBUSSY / MUSSORGSKY / RAVEL / CHOPIN / RACHMANINOV / FAURE / etc
Cécile Ousset - The Complete Warner Recordings Cecile Ousset (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony, Bournemouth Symphony, London Symphony Orchestra [ Warner Classics / 16 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/2022 ] "Cecile Ousset is an arrestingly ebullient artist...who leaves her own distinctive stamp on everything she plays" Gramophone |
MOZART / BEETHOVEN / WAGNER / C.P.E. BACH / HANDEL / DVORAK / etc
Dennis Brain - Homage Dennis Brain (horn) with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Sena Jurinac, Walter Gieseking, George Malcom, Gerald Moore, Malcolm Sargent, Herbert von Karajan, etc [ Warner Classics / 11 CD Box Set - released 14/May/2021 ] This 11CD collection presents all of Brain's Warner recordings as concerto soloist and chamber and ensemble player - including music composed with him in mind - and his most notable contributions to symphonic, choral and operatic works. |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini (Complete opera recorded in 2003) Gregory Kunde, Joyce DiDonato, Patrizia Ciofi, Laurent Naouri / Orchestre Nationale de France. John Nelson [ Erato / Warner Classics Home of Opera / 3 CD Box Set - released 15/Sep/2018 ] 'A splendid achievement. Here indeed is the 'verve and vitality' Berlioz always believed he had found.' - Gramophone |
BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / BRUCH / PAGANINI / TCHAIKOVSKY / SIBELIUS / etc
Best Of Maxim Vengerov Maxim Vengerov (violin) / Various orchestras & conductors [ Warner Classics / 11 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2006 ] "his technique is highly impressive, and he produces a beautiful tone even in the violin's lower regions." (BBC Music) |
GERSHWIN / KERN / PORTER / YOUMANS / SHEARING
Icon - Menuhin & Grappelli - Friends in Music Yehui Menuhin (violin) & Stéphane Grappelli (violin) [ Warner Classics / EMI Icon / 4 CD Box Set - released 5/Oct/2009 ] This 4 CD set containing all the recordings that the two legendary violinists Yehudi Menuhin and Stéphane Grappelli made for EMI is a further release in the Warner Classics ICON series. |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphonies [complete] (11 CD set) Lucia Popp, Edith Mathis, Doris Soffel, Elzabeth Connell / London Philharmonia Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt [ Warner Classics / 11 CD Box Set - released 10/Oct/2014 ] *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide -- "The experience hits one a full force" (Penguin Guide) |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 76 Nos. 1-6 (complete) / String Quartets Op.77 Nos 1 & 2 / etc Alban Berg Quartett [ Warner Classics Original Jacket Reissues / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2015 ] "The quality of the performances are uniformly excellent. Beyond its tremendous technical skill and ideal ensemble, the Alban Berg Quartet superbly captures all the elements that make Haydn Haydn: exquisitely lyrical melodies, vigorously rhythmic tem |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphonies 1-10 (complete) Arleen Auger, Janet Baker / City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus & Orchestra / Berlin Philharmonic / Vienna Philharmonic / Simon Rattle [ Warner Classics / 12 CD Box Set - released 4/Aug/2017 ] "There's no doubt that Rattle has inspired all concerned to an achievement which joins his groundbreaking readings of the Third, Seventh and Tenth Symphonies in the Mahlerian heaven." ***** BBC Music Magazine, May 2005, on Mahler 8 |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas Artur Schnabel (piano) [ Warner Classics / 8 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2016 ] 50 GREATEST RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME (No 15) - BBC MUSIC |
The Black Keys
Brothers (Deluxe Anniversary Edition 7" Vinyl Box Set) [ Nonesuch / Warner / 9 7in - released 8/Jan/2021 ] Brothers (Deluxe Remastered Anniversary Edition) is an expanded version of the watershed 2010 multi-platinum, Grammy-winning sixth studio album from The Black Keys. Brothers, originally released on May 18, 2010, was largely recorded at the famous... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: St Matthaus-Passion [St Matthew Passion] Christoph Prégardien, Matthias Goerne, Christine Schäfer, Dorothea Röschmann / Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 26/Mar/2007 ] 2001 GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER - Baroque Vocal |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas, Cello Sonatas, String Trios, Piano Trios Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Lynn Harrell (cello), Pinchas Zukerman (violin) Itzhak Perlman (violin), Daniel Barenboim (piano) [ Warner Classics / 11 CD Box Set - released 5/Oct/2019 ] "The result is music-making of rare concentration, spontaneity and warmth." (Penguin Guide) |
Eagles
Live From The Forum MMXVIII (LP) [ Rhino / Warner / 4 LP - released 16/Oct/2020 ] The Eagles spent most of 2018 on the road with an extensive North American tour that found Don Henley, Joe Walsh, and Timothy B. Schmit joined by two new bandmates: Deacon Frey and Vince Gill. Earning rave reviews from fans and critics alike, the... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Sonatas / Fantasia in C minor Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano) [ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 18/Feb/2022 ] 'Leonskaja always treads the tightrope between prettiness and excessive emphases...Perfection? For me, it's a yes. Can we have the Haydn and even the Beethoven sonatas complete from Leonskaja in good time, please?' BBC Recording of the Month April 20 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf: The Complete 78 RPM Recordings Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) with Gerald Moore, Peter Gelhorn, Herbert von Karajan, Josef Krips, etc [ Warner Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 17/Nov/2016 ] In 1946, the young Elisabeth Schwarzkopf made her first recording with the British producer Walter Legge in Vienna. He became her husband in 1953. The recordings in this set date from the first years of their professional and personal relationship. |
DOWLAND / JONES / HANDEL / ABEL / etc
Emma Kirkby: 5 Classic Albums Emma Kirkby (soprano) with Anthony Rooley (lute & orpharion) Evelyn Tubb (soprano) London Baroque, etc [ Erato / Warner Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2015 ] With her uncommonly pure voice, agile coloratura and particular sensitivity to words, Dame Emma Kirkby is one of the world's leading sopranos in the field of early music. This release brings together five of the many album recordings she has made... |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Tristan Und Isolde (complete opera recorded in 1952) Ludwig Suthaus, Kirsten Flagstad, Blanche Thebom, Josef Greindl, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Philharmonia Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler [ Warner Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Mar/2004 ] 50 GREATEST RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME (No 7) - BBC MUSIC |
Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac: 1973-1974 (Vinyl Box Set) [ Rhino / Warner / 5 LP - released 4/Sep/2020 ] Fleetwood Mac 1973-1974 follows on from 2013's 1969-1972 vinyl boxset that continues to bring the band's early albums back into print. The collection includes three remastered studio albums: Penguin (1973), Mystery To Me (1973), and Heroes Are... |
W. A. MOZART
Fritz Busch at Glyndebourne - Mozart Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender, Audrey Mildmay, Heddle Nash, John Brownlee, Ina Souez, Sena Jurinac, Alexander Young, Richard Lewis / Fritz Busch (cond) [ Warner Classics / 9 CD Box Set - released 8/Jul/2017 ] Fritz Busch (1890-1951) was one the greatest German conductors of the first half of the twentieth century, noted for his illuminating performances and his ethical principles. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Fritz Wunderlich - The Legendary Tenor Fritz Wunderlich (tenor) with Anneliese Rothenberger, Hermann Prey & Gottlob Frick [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Sep/2016 ] When the German tenor Fritz Wunderlich died after falling down a flight of stairs in September 1966, just a few days short of his 36th birthday, the world of music lost one of its brightest stars. This set offers an attractive cross-section of his... |