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... |
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. |
GEORGE TSONTAKIS
Tsontakis: Anasa / True Colors / Unforgettable Eric Berlin, Luosha Fang, Eunice Kim, David Krakauer / Albany Symphony Orchestra, David Alan Miller [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 7/Aug/2017 ] "These recent concertos demonstrate Tsontakis's remarkable ability to absorb and transform sources as disparate as klezmer and popular song. Conductor Miller is one of the composer's most ardent champion" Gramophone |
MOZART / SCHUBERT / BERLIOZ / ROSSINI / SMETANA / DVORAK / etc
Erich Kleiber - The Complete Polydor 78s Erich Kleiber conducting the Berliner Philharmoniker & Staatskapelle Berlin [ Deutsche Grammophon Australian Eloquence / 3 CD Box Set - released 9/Apr/2021 ] Collected for the first time - Erich Kleiber's rare recordings with the Staatskapelle Berlin and the Berliner Philharmoniker made for Polydor/Grammophon and newly remastered for this release. |
ARENSKY / BORTKIEWICZ / KABALEVSKY / RACHMANINOV / PROKOFIEV / etc
Russian Piano Concertos Evgeny Kissin, In-Ju Bang, Felicja Blumental, Ştefan Doniga, Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Hamburg Symphony etc [ Brilliant Classics / 15 CD Box Set - released 23/Mar/2018 ] There is a special quality to Russian Piano Concertos: apart from their jawdropping virtuosity and orchestral brilliance they share that common Slavonicflavor, an undefinable mixture of melancholy and passion, whether smouldering or blazing. |
GRIEG / RAVEL / STRAVINSKY / RICHARD STRAUSS / etc
Dances & Dreams: Gala from Berlin 2011 Evgeny Kissin (piano) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle [ Euroarts DVD / DVD - released 10/Sep/2013 ] "Where Rattle and company radiate love, Kissin gives us duty. Still, nothing else casts a chill. Hearing the orchestra's splendours, observing the smiles and eye contact, you'd never believe the past stories of turbulence between musicians and conductor." |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem [German Requiem], Op. 45 Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Elisabeth Grummer / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Rudolf Kempe [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 5/Oct/2009 ] On its first release, this 1955 recording was praised as 'a worthy performance of the work and a well recorded one' by Gramophone, which also commented that 'Elisabeth Grümmer sings her solo with beautiful tone and deep feeling' and 'Fischer-Dieskau... |
WAGNER
Der Fliegende Hollande [The Flying Dutchman] Gottlob Frick, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Marianne Schech, Rudolf Schock / Staatskapelle Berlin & Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin, Franz Konwitsch [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 22/Apr/2013 ] One of the greatest and most revolutionary composers of the nineteenth century, Richard Wagner transformed the realm of musical drama. Years before his towering successes of the Ring Cycle, Tristan und Isolde and Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, he... |
LIGETI
1948 - 2001: A Ligeti Odyssey Fredrik Ullen (piano) Hans-Ola Ericsson (organ) / Schola Heidelberg / Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet / Nobuko Imai (viola) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] BIS present a chronological exploration of the music of György Ligeti. |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Kreisler: Complete Concerto Recordings Vol.1 Fritz Kreisler (Violin) / Berlin State Opera Orchestra, Leo Blech [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 23/Jun/2001 ] The first of an important series |
Furtwangler/Berlin Po
Bruckner:symphony No.8 [ Testament / CD ] |