WAGNER
The Flying Dutchman (Der fliegende Hollender) (Complete Opera) Bernd Weikl - Cheryl Studer - Placido Domingo / Berlin Opera, Giuseppe Sinopoli [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 17/May/2000 ] The complete Dutchman at a special price |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Sinfonia concertante KV 297b / Sinfonia concertante KV 364 Thomas Brandis (violin) Giusto Cappone (viola) Karl Steins (oboe) Karl Leister (clarinet) etc / Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Karl Bo [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / CD - released 5/May/2003 ] "The account of the Sinfonia concertante (K297b) is of superlative quality, sounding amazingly idiomatic and well blended, with the balance between soloists and orchestra nicely managed. This is altogether refreshing." Penguin Guide to Compact Discs |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Das klagende Lied / Funf Lieder nach Ruckert / Kindertotenlieder / etc Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo) Susan Dunn (soprano) Markus Baur (boy alto) / Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Riccardo Chailly [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 30/Sep/2007 ] "The strength of the Chailly version lies with the splendid singing of the Dutsseldorf Choir and the demonstration-worthy Decca recording, full of presense." (3 Stars Penguin Stereo Guide on Das Klagende Lied) |
RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: Tannhauser (Complete opera at a special price) Brigitte Nilsson, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Theo Adam / Berlin Opera, Otto Gerdes [ Deutsche Grammophon Trio / 3 CD Box Set - released 11/Sep/2002 ] "...a fine chorus and orchestra, and Windgassen offers an experienced, sincere, and intensely sung account of the title role, Fischer-Dieskau, in peak form, a wonderful Wolfram ...one has to admire [Nilsson's] vocal security throughout." Gramophone,... |
CARL ORFF
Orff: Carmina Burana Christiane Oelze, David Kuebler, Simon Keenlyside / Chor und Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin / Christian Thielemann [ Deutsche Grammophon Virtuoso / CD - released 27/Oct/2011 ] "The choral singing is superb, warm and dramatic, reflecting the work of singers from the opera house, and the Knabenchor Berlin in the penultimate movement of the 'Court of Love' section adds an aptly earthy tang, well caught by the... |
STRAVINSKY
Boulez conducts Stravinsky [6 CD set] The Cleveland Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez [ Deutsche Grammophon / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2012 ] "Few conductors have invigorated repertoires with the verve that Pierre Boulez has brought to his interpretations of Stravinsky, compiled here across six CDs...Bristling with energetic innovation... it's an absolute bargain." (The Independent) |
W. A. MOZART
Piano Concertos Nos 24 & 25 Daniel Barenboim (piano & cond) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra [ Warner Maestro / CD - released 1/Aug/2009 ] Barenboim and the Berlin Philharmonic at a special price! |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas & Concertos Daniel Barenboim (piano/conductor) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra [ Warner Classics / 14 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2021 ] In his first recording of the cycle, the young Daniel Barenboim combines clarity of tone with freshness of thought to deliver superlative readings. |
VIVALDI / RICHTER
Vivaldi Recomposed: The Four Seasons (Recomposed by Max Richter) [plus bonus concert DVD] Daniel Hope (violin) Max Richter (moog) Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD/DVD - released 6/May/2014 ] Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) wrote the four violin concertos known as Le quattro stagioni - "The Four Seasons." Today The Four Seasons may be the most widely heard piece of classical music ever composed. Max Richter, the award-winning British... |
SCHOENBERG
Gurrelieder / Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 / Chamber Symphony Siegfried Jerusalem, Susan Dunn, Brigitte Fassbaender, Hermann Becht, Peter Haage / Royal Concertgebouw, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Riccard [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 7/Apr/2003 ] "Brigitte Fassbaender reigns supreme [as Waldtaube]...Susan Dunn is a vivdly drawn Tove...Best of all, there's finally a Waldemar who measures up to his part: Siegfried Jerusalem, who can sing the role as well as the notes." (Gramophone) |
Edita Gruberova, John Aler, Thomas Hampson, Berlin Philharmonic, Ozawa
Orff - Carmina Burana [ Philips 50 / CD - released 20/Jan/2001 ] Classic recordings digitally remastered and reduced in price |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Four Last Songs / 12 Songs with Orchestra Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) / Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, George Szell [ Warner Classics Original Jacket Reissues / CD - released 16/Nov/2015 ] "There are few records in the catalogue which so magnificently capture the magic of a great performance" - Rosette (highest rating) Penguin Stereo Guide |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphonies 1 - 9 Eteri Gvazava (soprano) Anna Larsson (contralto) / Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / 11 CD Box Set - released 21/Oct/2017 ] The 11 CD MAHLER box brings together Abbado's complete Berlin cycle for the first time. It is regarded as one of the crowning achievements of his final years. "In performance, he became a conduit between the forces assembled on stage and the... |
BLOCH / BRUCH / LALO / SAINT-SAENS
Works for cello and orchestra Pierre Fournier (cello) / Orchestre Lamoureux, Berlin Philharmonic, Jean Martinon, Alfred Wallenstein [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / CD - released 20/Jan/2009 ] "Fournier is impassioned and eloquent [in the Lalo]...expressive in the slow movement and rhythmic in the delightful Allegro presto dance section […] the Bruch is played with dignity and without undue emotionalism" Gramophone |
BARTOK / BEETHOVEN / BERLIOZ / BRAHMS / HAYDN / KODALY / etc
Ferenc Fricsay: Complete Recordings On DG - Vol.1 - Orchestral Works Gaza Anda (piano) Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Ferenc Fricsay [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD Box Set - released 10/Oct/2015 ] Deutsche Grammophon unites all of its Fricsay recordings into 2 volumes, of which this is the first. FERENC FRICSAY - Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon Vol. 1 presents Fricsay's orchestral output in its entirety. |
W. A. MOZART / BRAHMS / SCHUMANN / BARTOK / BEETHOVEN / etc
Géza Anda: Complete Deutsche Grammophon Recordings Geza Anda (piano) / Camerata Academica of the Salzburg Mozarteum, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / 17 CD Box Set - released 8/Oct/2021 ] D. G. celebrates one of the greatest pianists of our time, Géza Anda - the "troubadour of the keyboard" (Furtwängler) - in a limited edition 17-CD set. Anda was for the most part of his sadly too-short career a Deutsche Grammophon artists. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: A German Requiem (Ein Deutsches Requiem) [rec 1964] Gundula Janowitz, Eberhard Wachter / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / CD - released 1/Apr/2002 ] "Beautifully refined performance" (Penguin Guide) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D Op 123 Gundula Janowitz (sop) Christa Ludwig (mezzo) Walter Berry (bass) / Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon CD + Blu-ray audio / CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 28/Feb/2020 ] Newly remastered by Emil Berliner Studios and presented on Blu-ray Audio in 24bit/192kHz + 1 CD produced from the new remastering |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Concerto No 2 (with Grieg - Piano Concerto) Gaza Anda (piano) / Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / CD - released 16/Mar/2004 ] Géza Anda and Herbert von Karajan have recorded their first LP together, finding a perfectly unified approach to Brahms's Second Piano Concerto that explores its mood swings, its sweetness and bitterness, its lyricism and drama. |
BARTOK
Piano Concertos 1 - 3 Gaza Anda, piano, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. Ferenc Fricsay [ DG The Originals / CD - released 23/Jul/2004 ] "Anda seems ideally cast as soloist and Fricsay is an ideal Bartokian" - Penguin Guide |