Johannes B
Klavierkonzert No. 2, Symphonie No. 4 Dietrich Fischer Dieskau, Konstantin Lifschitz, Konzertorchester Berlin [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 31/May/2010 ] |
MAHLER
Kindertotenlieder (with orchestral works by Mozart & Richard Strauss) [recorded live in 1962] Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bar) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Boehm [ Testament / 2 CD - released 15/Mar/2015 ] "Born in Graz in Austria in 1894, Karl Böhm began his professional career at the Munich Opera working alongside Bruno Walter and Richard Strauss. It was here that he acquired his Mozart style: cogent, balanced, and subtly various. Strauss, in... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Kindertotenlier / Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (with Schumann - Liederkreis) (Rec 1952-1955) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwangler / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Rudolf Kempe / Gerald Moore (piano [ Naxos Historical Great Singers / CD - released 20/Nov/2008 ] "Naxos are to be congratulated on this welcome series and the welcome opportunity provided to enjoy these performances again. However, the sound, although lightly and sensitively re-mastered, is still clearly that of a historic recording. …This... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro [The Marriage of Figaro] (Complete Opera recorded in 1961) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Maria Stader, Irmgard Seefried, Renato Capecchi / RIAS Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Ferenc Fricsay [ Deutsche Grammophon Eloquence / 3 CD Box Set - released 15/Dec/2013 ] One of Fricsay's last recordings, this sublime Figaro is once more restored to the catalogue. It boasts a Who's Who of great Mozarteans from the late-1950s/early 1960s, including Irmgard Seefried, Maria Stader and Hertha Töpper, with, of course, the... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Cosi fan tutte (complete opera recorded in 2002) Dorothea Roschmann / Werner Gura / Hanno Muller-Brachmann / Katharina Kammerloher / Berlin State Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Daniel Barenboim [ Euroarts DVD / DVD - released 15/Jun/2010 ] "Outstanding Dorothea Röschmann as Fiordiligi […]" Neue Züricher Zeitung, 2001 |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: A German Requiem [Ein Deutsches Requiem] Dorothea Roschmann (soprano) Thomas Quasthoff (baritone) / Berlin Radio Choir / Berliner Philharmoniker / Sir Simon Rattle [ Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Apr/2007 ] 'This strikes me as probably the best new version of the Requiem I've heard in quite some years' Disc of the Month BBC Music Magazine (April 2007) |
Dso Berlin/Wand
Gunter Wand Box [ Profil / 8 CD - released 30/Nov/2009 ] |
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 |
J.S. BACH
Coffee Cantata / Peasant Cantata [rec 1977] Edith Mathis (soprano) Peter Schreier (tenor) Theo Adam (bass) / Kammerorchester Berlin / Peter Schreier [ Berlin Classics Basics / CD - released 10/Mar/2008 ] "This is music to enjoy and the Berlin recording certainly allows it to be enjoyed. (MusicWeb March 2008) |
BEETHOVEN / WAGNER / FURTWANGLER
Furtwangler Vol. 2: Orchestral Concert (1937-1939) Edwin Fischer (piano) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Wilhelm Furtwangler (conductor) [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / CD - released 18/Nov/2007 ] "This disc offers a good example of why Wilhelm Furtwängler is regarded by so many good musical judges as a great conductor. These are performances that will grace any collection and I strongly recommend this disc." -- John Quinn, MusicWeb, 4... |
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 |
C. P. E. BACH
Bach, (C.P.E.): Magnificat in D, Wq. 215 (H772) / etc Elizabeth Watts, Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Lothar Odinius & Markus Eiche / RIAS Kammerchor & Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Hans-Christoph Rademann [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Apr/2014 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD WINNER 2014 - Baroque Vocal |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Sea Pictures / Falstaff Elīna Garanča (mezzo-soprano) / Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 24/Jul/2020 ] "Elgar's orchestral writing is richly rewarding, and these fine Berlin players respond to it with a will. The Latvian mezzo Garanca sings Sea Pictures with splendid fervour and lustrous tone." Sunday Times |
JOSEPH HAYDN / ANTONIN DVORAK
Haydn/Dvorak: Cello Concertos Emanuel Feuermann (cello) / Symphony Orchestra / Malcolm Sargent / Berlin State Opera Orchestra / Michael Taube [ Naxos Historical Great Cellists / CD - released 3/Mar/2002 ] "the beauty of Feuermann's playing impresses mightily." Audiophile Audition (Robert Moon), May, 2000 |
BERLIOZ
Europa Konzert 2001: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 (with music by Haydn & Mozart) [recorded in 2001] BLU-RAY Emmanuel Pahud (flute) / Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Mariss Jansons [ EuroArts Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Apr/2014 ] "Mariss Jansons and the Berlin Philharmonic are clearly enjoying themselves in their elegant account of Haydn's Surprise Symphony, and this sense of enjoyment continues through the Mozart into Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique" (BBC Music) |
JS BACH
Badinerie - J S Bach For Three Recorders Ensemble Dreiklang Berlin [ Hanssler Classic / CD - released 26/Feb/2016 ] In the eighteenth century, a Badinerie (fr. badiner = to flirt, joke around) was a light and enjoyable piece of music, which along with the Gavotte, Sarabande, Minuet, and other dance movements, could be part of a suite. Badinerie was the name Johann... |
Ensemble Dreiklang Berlin
Blue Train [ Profil / CD - released 28/Aug/2006 ] |
Ensemble Dreiklang Berlin
Music at the Court of Henry VIII [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 8/Sep/2004 ] This is a fascinating anthology which shows the richness and variety of music performed at the court of Henry VIII. |
ANONYMOUS / CORNYSHE / HENRY VIII / etc
Pastyme With Good Companye: Music at the Court of Henry VIII Ensemble Dreiklang Berlin [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 9/Aug/2004 ] When Henry VIII was crowned king in 1509, aged seventeen, he was the youngest king in Europe. He spent the first decade of his reign predominantly on chivalrous self-display. This was his most productive period as a composer. Pastyme with good... |
JOSEF HAYDN
Six Divertimenti Ensemble Sans Souci Berlin [ CPO / CD - released 20/Feb/2011 ] Joseph Haydn first turned to chamber music for the flute in his Six Divertimenti Hob. IV:6-11. The Six Divertimenti and the Trio Hob. XI:82 are performed on this disc by the Ensemble Sans Souci Berlin. |