ALLAN PETTERSSON
Symphony No 9 Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Alun Francis [ CPO / CD - released 22/Sep/2007 ] "The performance and recording are, of course,...top-flight" (amazon.com) |
JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Le Royaume de Neptune, Musique symphonique et ballets d'Orphée aux Enfers Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Howard Griffiths [ CPO / CD - released 20/Feb/2020 ] "The CD is captivating from start to finish" MusicWeb |
BRUCKNER
Symphony No.3 'Wagner Symphony' Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 25/Jul/2014 ] "A fascinating recording... Nagano captures the reverence and agitation of the symphony perfectly..." - The Independent (UK) |
BRUCKNER
Kent Nagano Conducts Classical Masterpieces 5 - Symphony No. 8 in C minor Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Kent Nagano [ Arthaus / DVD - released 1/Dec/2007 ] Exclusive 52 min documentary with Kent Nagano talking about Bruckner, then a complete performance of Symphony No. 8 in C minor. |
BRAHMS
Symphony No 4 (with Schoenberg - Variations Op 31) Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Kent Nagano [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 1/Feb/2015 ] "Nagano delivers an overwhelming and superbly articulated account of the Schoenberg. His Brahms is beautifully played, but lacks the last ounce of passion, especially in the outer movements." BBC Music Magazine, March 2015 **** |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphony no.6 Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Kent Nagano [ Harmonia Mundi musique d'abord / CD - released 10/May/2012 ] Premiered in Vienna on 26 February 1899 under the direction of Gustav Mahler, Bruckner's Sixth Symphony was never altered or revised by its composer, which shows his exceptional confidence in it. He was, indeed, especially proud of its compositional... |
KHACHATURIAN
Spartacus (complete ballet) Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Michail Jurowski (cond) [ Capriccio / 2 CD - released 22/Sep/2007 ] " The execution is clean, but a bit too light and lacking in drama. Still, this is a nice set for fans of the music of Aram Khatchatourian." (Amazon.com) |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Symphonies 1 & 7 / Lieutenant Kije Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Tugan Sokhiev [ Sony Classics / CD - released 26/May/2017 ] "The young Russian's laid-back style is far removed from, say, Gergiev's in this repertoire, but it brings rewards in the composer's two most "classical" symphonies, packed with witty pastiche and rollicking high jinks." Sunday Times |
STRAVINSKY
Le sacre du printemps / Symphony in Three Movements / Agon Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Vladimir Ashkenazy [ Decca 20th Century / CD - released 4/Jun/2012 ] "The engineering is consistently fine. Worth considering, then, even if most collectors will have alternatives, for The Rite at the very least." (Arkivmusic.com) |
BRUCKNER
Symphony in F minor / Adagio from the String Quintet (arranged for string orchestra by Fritz Oeser) Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Vladimir Ashkenazy. [ Ondine / CD - released 20/Sep/2006 ] "... the great Bruckner on this disc is Ashkenazy and the Deutsche-Symphonie's performance of the Adagio from Bruckner's String Quintet transcribed for string orchestra by Fritz Oeser. The Adagio is top-drawer Bruckner from 1885 and Ashkenazy... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection' (recorded at the Philharmonie Berlin 2005) Diana Damrau / Petra Lang / Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin Chorus / Eberhard Friedrich / Staatskapelle Berlin / Pierre Boulez [ Euroarts DVD / DVD - released 10/May/2007 ] G :- Recorded live at the Philharmonie, Berlin, 26-27 March 2005 |
MAHLER
Symphony No. 2 in C minor 'Resurrection' (recorded in 2005) BLU-RAY Diana Damrau & Petra Lang / Staatskapelle Berlin & Staatsopernchor, Pierre Boulez [ EuroArts BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Dec/2011 ] Born in 1925 in Montbrison, France, Pierre Boulez is one of the most distinguished composers and conductors in the world today. |
Meyerbeer,
Klarinettenquintette Dieter Klöcker, Philharmonia Quartett Berlin, Consortium Classicum [ ORFEO / CD - released 5/Jun/1990 ] |
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 |
Dso Berlin/Wand
Gunter Wand Box [ Profil / 8 CD - released 30/Nov/2009 ] |
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) |