FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Les Préludes, Orpheus, Tasso, Festklänge Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos [ BIS / CD - released 26/Feb/2001 ] "This is the best Liszt orchestral recital to come along in many a moon, and it's all the more enjoyable given the involvement of Rafael Frübeck de Burgos" ClassicsToday |
JOAQUIN RODRIGO
Joaquin Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez (with music by Rachmaninov & Chabrier) [Europa Konzert 2011 from Madrid] Cañizares (guitar) / Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Simon Rattle [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] For over 20 years, the Berliner Philharmoniker have celebrated their foundation on May 1st with the annual EUROPA KONZERT - this year's event takes place at the magnificent Teatro Real in Madrid. The renowned orchestra, under the baton of Sir... |
RODRIGO
Concierto de Aranjuez (with music by Rachmaninov & Chabrier) [Europa Konzert 2011 from Madrid] BLU-RAY Cañizares (guitar) / Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Simon Rattle [ EuroArts Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Apr/2014 ] "Flamenco star Cañizares brings nonchalant authority to the Concierto de Aranjuez in a concert fizzing with energy, from a playful Espana to the sweeps of Rachmaninov's Symphony No. 2." (BBC Music) |
SCHUBERT
Sacred Music (Incls Stabat Mater in G minor & Magnificat in C major) Celina Lindsley (soprano) Peter Schreier (tenor) Walton Gronroos (bass) / Rundfunkchor Berlin / Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchestra / Marcus Creed [ Capriccio SACD / SACD - released 29/Sep/2005 ] "The performances of all concerned invites considerable praise and when combined with the integrity of Schubert's music this becomes a very desirable release." (MusicWeb June 2005) |
DVORAK / MARTINU
Cello Concertos Christian Poltera (cello) / Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, Thomas Dausgaard [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Feb/2016 ] ChrisBorn in Zurich, cellist Christian Poltéra was a pupil of Nancy Chumachenco and Boris Pergamenschikov before studying with Heinrich Schiff in Salzburg and Vienna. Since replacing Yo-Yo Ma performing the Elgar concerto with the Tonhalle Orchestra... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH / BOHUSLAV MARTINU
Shostakovich & Martinů - Cello Concertos Christian Poltéra (cello), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Gilbert Varga [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD ] "The stellar performance of the Martinů concerto alone makes this disc commendable. Both works are warmly recorded." MusicWeb |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / JEAN SIBELIUS
Beethoven / Sibelius: Violin Concertos Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Robin Ticciati [ Ondine / CD - released 27/Sep/2019 ] If Beethoven's Concerto emerges as uncompromisingly provocative, Tetzlaff's Sibelius also errs on the side of danger…In many respects, a real knock-out." Gramophone Awards 2020 Short List - Concerto |
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... |
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN / WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART / LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
La Passione Christina Landshamer, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin [ Pentatone / CD - released 19/Aug/2022 ] Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin returns to Pentatone together with soprano Christina Landshamer, presenting La Passione, a collection of dazzling concert arias on love, longing and loss by Mozart, Beethoven and Haydn, paired with the latter's "La... |
J. S. BACH
Cantatas Christine Schäfer (soprano) / Berlin Barock Solisten, RIAS Kammerchor [ Sony Classical / CD - released 16/Sep/2014 ] "The present-day pitch favoured by the Berlin ensemble assists Christine Schäfer in conveying much of [Mein Herz schwimmt]...with a near-manic desperation...The Dorian Fugue and the six-part Ricercar are beautifully played." (Gramophone) |
PROKOFIEV
Eugene Onegin (incidental music) / Pique Dame (film music) Chulpan Chamatova (speaker) Jakob Kaf (speaker) Boris Statsenko (baritone) / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Michail Jurowski [ Capriccio / 2 CD - released 11/Nov/2005 ] RECORDING OF THE MONTH (MusicWeb Oct 2005) |
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) |
Cold in Berlin
And Yet [ Candlelight / CD - released 31/Aug/2012 ] |
PERGOLESI / SCARLATTI / CLERAMBAULT / RAMEAU
Orfeo(s): French and Italian Cantatas Sunhae Im (soprano) / Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Jun/2015 ] "Im avoids triviality by investing her phrases with an appropriate urgency...The playing, mostly one-to-a-part, is exquisite; so is the singing." (Gramophone) |
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Halffter, Cristóbal / Orán, María / Preece, Simon
Halffter, Cristóbal - Siete Cantos de Espa?a [ Col Legno / CD - released 18/Sep/2017 ] |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5 (recorded in 2007) BLU-RAY Daniel Barenboim (piano and conductor) / Staatskapelle Berlin [ Medici Arts Blu-Ray / 2 Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Sep/2011 ] Recorded live at the prestigious Klavier-Festival Ruhr in May 2007, this Blu-ray recording reflects both a very individual and special reading of Beethoven's music and the artist's life-long dedication to the composer. |
BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS
Europakonzert 1994 from Berlin [Recorded live in 2000] BLU-RAY Daniel Barenboim (piano) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ EuroArts Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Apr/2014 ] New release of the EUROPAKONZERT Blu-ray Disc series. The EUROPAKONZERT annually celebrates the founding of the Berlin Philharmonics on 1st May 1882. Recorded at the Staatstheater Meiningen, in the middle of Germany, 5 years after the German... |
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! |
BEETHOVEN
Beethoven For All: The Piano Concertos [3 CD set] Daniel Barenboim (piano & conductor) / Staatskapelle Berlin [ Decca Music Group / 3 CD - released 16/Aug/2012 ] The third release in Daniel Barenboim's Beethoven For All project is the complete Beethoven Piano Concertos featuring Barenboim as soloist and conductor with the Staatskapelle Berlin. |