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BEETHOVEN / BERLIOZ / BRUCKNER / COPLAND / MOZART / PROKOFIEV / SCHUBERT / etc
100 Great Symphonies [56 CD set] Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, etc [ Deutsche Grammophone / 56 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2014 ] A SYMPHONY EDITION CHOSEN BY POPULAR VOTE: Deutsche Grammophon rolls out a cornucopia of great symphonic music, chosen by the people - all the symphonies you'll ever need in a compact cube, at a great price! |
LUGWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Triple Concerto / Choral Fantasia Itzhak Perlman (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Daniel Barenboim (piano) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ Warner Classics / CD - released 6/Feb/2017 ] "They perform with the most tender expression in the slow movement, and there are fireworks from all three in the last movement" James Longstaffe |
PFITZNER / BRAUNFELS
Pfitzner & Braunfels: Piano Concertos Markus Becker, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin / Constantin Trinks [ Hyperion Great Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 79 / CD - released 30/Aug/2019 ] The Braunfels-a concerto in all but name-and Pfitzner make an apt pairing, two works dating from the twilight of German Romanticism. Both are heroically dispatched by Markus Becker, with Constantin Trinks and his Berlin Radio Symphony forces... |
ROSSINI
Overtures (with Bizet-Preludes and Ballet Music from Carmen) Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Ferenc Fricsay [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / CD - released 25/Mar/2006 ] "Fricsay is an easy recommendation for those not minding fast overall speeds. The orchestral playing is well up to the chosen tempi, the recording is first-rate and the whole effect exhilarating." [Rossini Overtures] Penguin Guide, 1966 |
WAGNER
Wagner Arias Rene Pape (bass) / Staatskapelle Berlin / Daniel Barenboim [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 20/Sep/2011 ] "..this remains Wagner singing of a rare beauty that will give much pleasure" (International Record Review) |
MAHLER
Symphonies Nos 2 "Resurrection" & 4 Renee Fleming (soprano) / Berlin Philharmoniker / Claudio Abbado [ Double Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2010 ] |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Pelleas and Melisande (Complete Opera recorded in 1978) Richard Stilwell, Frederica von Stade, Josa van Dam. Berlin Philharmonic / Herbert von Karajan [ Warner Classics Home of Opera / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Jan/2017 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "a very characteristically Karajan performance, deeply committed and full of beautiful things. The casting is excellent." (Gramophone) |
J. STRAUSS / SAINT-SAENS / VERDI / GODARD / ARDITI / FLOTOW / etc
Waltzes & Arias Rita Streich (soprano) / Radio-Symphonie orchester Berlin, RIAS-Symphonie Orchester Berlin [ Newton Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] "…she delights the ear from start to finish. Highly recommended, this true Original." (Gramophone) |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Messa da Requiem (recorded in 2002) Roberto Alagna / Angela Gheorghiu / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Claudio Abbado [ Warner Classics DVD / DVD - released 6/May/2002 ] Claudio Abbado Conducts A Live Gala Performance Of Verdi's Requiem With Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu And The Berlin Philharmonic There could have been no more fitting event and no greater sense of occasion than the live performance of Giuseppe... |
MASCAGNI
L'Amico Fritz (complete opera) Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu, Laura Polverelli & George Petean / Chor und Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Alberto Veronesi [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Dec/2009 ] Pietro Mascagni's charming though seldom recorded romantic comedy L'amico Fritz, featuring a "phenomenal" cast. |
WEBER / MENDELSSOHN / MOZART / DEBUSSY / SPOHR / etc
Clarinet Concertos Sabine Meyer (Clarinet, Basset-horn) / Berlin Philharmonic, Academy St Martins, Bamberg Symphony, etc [ Warner Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2015 ] Inspired Mozart, Romantic rarities and infectious jazz classics - In her award-winning discography Sabine Meyer has explored many facets of the clarinet repertoire, halping the black woodwind instrument gain great popularity in the process. This CD... |
J.S.BACH
Bach: A Strange Beauty Simone Dinnerstein (piano) / Staatskapelle Berlin [ SONY / CD - released 10/Jan/2011 ] American pianist Simone Dinnerstein has been called "a throwback to such high priestesses of music as Wanda Landowska and Myra Hess," by Slate magazine, and praised by TIME for her "arresting freshness and subtlety." The New York-based pianist gained... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 3 "Eroica", 4 & 5 (2 LP) Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim [ Warner Classics / 2 LP - released 27/Jun/2025 ] "This fine 1999 set of Beethoven's symphonies offers a near-ideal balance of expressive warmth, moment-to-moment imagination and wide musical vision." ClassicFM |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: The Symphonies [2 CDs + Blu Ray Audio] Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim [ Deutsche Grammophon 2 CDs + Blu-ray audio / 3 CD Box Set - released 9/Dec/2022 ] "Barenboim masterfully clarifies textures (violins are on his right and left), proving that Schumann's orchestration is wonderfully effective when tended to with care." TheClassicReview |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Symphony No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 55 Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim [ Decca / CD - released 15/May/2016 ] "Barenboim's long association with, and love for, Elgar has effectively made it part of his musical DNA..That is the really startling achievement here and it manifests itself in playing that is as exciting as it is nuanced." Gramophone Disc of May 16 |
EDWARD ELGAR
Symphony No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 63 Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim [ Decca / CD - released 20/Jul/2014 ] "this is a marvellously full-blooded reading of the Symphony, full of drama and passion...This must be one of the finest performances currently on offer." (Five Stars BBC Music) |
MOZART
Mozart W.A.-The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflote) (Complete Opera) Stader-Streich-Otto-Haefliger, RIAS Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Fricsay [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 2/Sep/2001 ] Classic recordings remastered |
MAX REGER
Reger: Violin Concerto in A / Two Romances Tanja Becker-Bender (violin) / Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek [ Hyperion Romantic Violin Concerto Vol 11 / CD - released 10/Jul/2012 ] "it's one of [Reger's] most heart-warming works, allowing his intensely lyrical streak free rein...Aided by first-rate orchestral playing, [Zagrosek] finds transparency in Reger's original" BBC Music Five Stars |
J.S. BACH
Dialogue Cantatas (BWV49 BWV57 BWV152) Thomas Quasthoff / Dorothea RAschmann / Mitglieder des RIAS-Kammerchor Berlin / Rainer Kussmaul [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 16/Nov/2007 ] "Performances of extraordinary beauty and intensity. Quasthoff brings to these works a richness of characterisation that connects at the deepest level with these powerful religious utterances . . . this is a powerful experience…" (Gramophone Awards... |
BARTOK
Herzog Blaubarts Burg (Duke Bluebeard's Castle) / Canata profana Topper, Fischer-Dieskau, Krebs / RIAS Kammerchor / Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Ferenc Fricsay [ DG The Originals / CD - released 23/Jul/2004 ] "Fricsay's conducting is like a man possessed, the orchesral playing is utterly magnificent...A quite wonderful disc." - www.musicweb.uk.net |
