VERDI
Aida (complete opera recorded in 2012) Arena di Verona / Hui He, Marco Berti, Andrea Ulbrich, Ambrogio Maestri / Daniel Oren (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 15/Jan/2014 ] "[Hui He] is quite magnificent, her silvery-toned soprano soaring above the orchestra. Add her involved and expressive acting and excellent vocal characterisation to a smooth legato line and I was bowled over." (MusicWeb) |
VERDI / RACHMANINOV / BERNSTEIN / ELGAR / SIBELIUS / etc
Schoenbrunn 2021 - Summer Night Concert 2021 BLU-RAY Igor Levit (piano) / Wiener Philharmoniker, Daniel Harding [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 23/Jul/2021 ] The Summer Night Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic is the world's biggest annual classical open-air concert and took place in the magical setting of the Schönbrunn Palace Baroque park in Vienna on 18 June 2021. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Summer Night's Concert 2021 Igor Levit (piano) / Wiener Philharmoniker, Daniel Harding [ Sony Classical / CD - released 16/Jul/2021 ] The Summer Night Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic is the world's biggest annual classical open-air concert and will take place in the magical setting of the Schönbrunn Palace Baroque park in Vienna on June 18, 2021. The theme for this year is... |
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Schoenberg: Violin concerto / Verklärte Nacht [Transfigured Night] Isabelle Faust (violin) / Daniel Harding, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, A. Tamestit & J-G. Queyras [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 28/Feb/2020 ] "Faust brings a fabulous range of colour and expressive nuance to this music, and Daniel Harding matches her understanding in the way he teases out the wiry orchestral textures around her violin lines." The Guardian Five Stars |
BELA BARTOK
Bartok: Violin Concertos Isabelle Faust (violin) / Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 29/Jul/2013 ] BBC Music Magazine Awards 2014 Concerto Finalist / GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD NOMINATION 2014 |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Complete Masses / Te Deum Isabelle Müller-Kant (sop) Daniel Sans (ten) Eibe Möhlmann (mezzo) Christof Fischesser (bass) / Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Heinz Rögner [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 20/Apr/2013 ] Described and caricatured as an eccentric and even as a late developer, Anton Bruckner, born in Linz, Austria, in 1824, is today considered one of the greatest late‐ Romantic composers. Famed for his symphonies - grand, epic creations that are... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra: 60th Anniversary Concert BLU-RAY Israel Philharmonic / Zubin Mehta, Daniel Barenboim [ EuroArts Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 28/Feb/2014 ] The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, one of the best orchestras in the world, celebrated its 60th Anniversary with a Gala Concert in 1996 conducted by Zubin Mehta and Daniel Barenboim. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Violin Concerto / Romances Itzhak Perlman (violin) / Berliner Philharmoniker, Daniel Barenboim [ Warner Classics Itzhak Perlman Edition / CD - released 15/Nov/2015 ] |
TCHAIKOVSKY / SIBELIUS / RAVEL / BLOCH / PAGANINI / etc
The Essential Itzhak Perlman [2 CD set] Itzhak Perlman (violin) with Vladimir Ashkenazy, Daniel Barenboim, Jorge Bolet. the Boston Symphony Orchestra, etc [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] All the best of Itzhak Perlman on a special double CD collection. |
FRANZ ANTON HOFFMEISTER / LEOPOLD MOZART / FRIEDRICH WITT
The Golden Age of the Horn - Concertos for 2 Horns Jacek Muzyk (horn primo), Daniel Kerdelewicz (horn secondo), Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Oct/2024 ] Ivor Gurney was a poet as well as a composer and was accomplished in a number of musical genres including song. With his intuitive approach to poetry he selected texts widely, from contemporaries to ballads, Elizabethan and Jacobean poets, and even... |
EDWARD ELGAR / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Elgar: Cello Concerto / Beethoven: The Ghost... Jacqueline du Pre in Portrait Jacqueline du Pre (cello) / Daniel Barenboim / Pinchas Zukerman / Sir John Barbirolli / Philharmonia Orchestra [ Opus Arte / BBC DVD / DVD - released 1/Sep/2004 ] Jacqueline du Pré's extraordinary career was cut cruelly short by illness in 1973 when she was only 28 years old. When she died 14 years later, she remained as vibrant a figure in the public mind as she had been at the pinnacle of her career. |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Don Quixote / Violin Concerto James Ehnes (violin) Daniel Müller-Schott (cello) / Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ ABC Classics / CD - released 7/Jun/2019 ] The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and their Chief Conductor Sir Andrew Davis continue their acclaimed survey of the orchestral music of Richard Strauss, with this latest volume featuring three world-class soloists James Ehnes, Daniel Müller-Schott... |
CHOPIN / SAINT-SAENS
Cello Sonatas Jamie Walton (cello) & Daniel Grimwood (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 13/Jun/2011 ] "Jamie Walton's mature cello timbre and perceptiveness in matters of interpretation are winningly applied to this coupling of two 19th-century sonatas..Finely honed stylistic judgment here goes hand in hand with re-creative panache." (Daily Telegraph) |
BRITTEN / SHOSTAKOVICH / PROKOFIEV
Cello Sonatas Jamie Walton (cello) Daniel Grimwood (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 1/Jan/2012 ] "Both players are technically flawless, play with the utmost musical intelligence and sensitivity, and are totally at one in all three works." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb July 2012) |
SAINT-SAENS
Cello Works (including the concertos and sonata No 1) Jamie Walton (cello) / Daniel Grimwood (piano) / Philharmonia Orchestra / Alex Briger (conductor) [ Quartz Music / CD - released 15/Feb/2006 ] This wonderful new album from the rising star of the cello world is both a showcase for Jamie Walton's extraordinary talent and, at the same time, a demonstration of the breadth and beauty of Saint-Saens' writing for this instrument. |
XAVIER BENGUEREL
Concertante / Music for Percussion and Strings / Concert de tardor / Porta Ferrada Double Concerto Jaume Torrent (guitar) / Philippe Spiesser (percussion) / Manon Philippe (violin) / Mélodie Giot (cello) / O. Perpignan Méditerranée / Daniel Tosi [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 25/Aug/2011 ] Born in Spain and raised in Chile, Xavier Benguerel plays an important part in his native country's musical life, his compositions influenced by the work of Bartók, Stravinsky and the Second Viennese School. The concerto form has long fascinated the... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Jessye Norman Complete Studio Recitals - Philips, Deutsche Grammophon, Decca (44CD + 3DVD) Jessye Norman (soprano) with Daniel Barenboim, Kathleen Battle, Herbert von Karajan, John Williams, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon / 45 CD Box Set - released 27/Oct/2023 ] Celebrating the life & recording career of the majestic American dramatic soprano Jessye Norman. Unquestionably one of the exceptional vocal performers of recent times, and most decorated sopranos of all time. |
PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY / SAMUEL BARBER
Tchaikovsky / Barber: Violin Concertos Johan Dalene (violin) / Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Blendulf [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Jan/2020 ] "The Barber really suits Dalene… it is testament to a maturity way beyond his years that he comes close to breaking your heart with it" Gramophone Editor's Choice Feb 2020 |
JOAQUIN RODRIGO
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez / Fantasia Para un Gentilhombre (with Villa-Lobos - Guitar Concerto) John Williams (guitar) / English Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim & Charles Groves [ Sony Originals / CD - released 10/Apr/2011 ] "A warm, outgoing account, captured in a recording that focuses sharply on both guitaristic and orchestral details without seeming overly clinical" (New York Times) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
An English Sett for Trumpet Jonathan Freeman-Attwood, Daniel-Ben Pienaar [ Linn / CD - released 22/Jun/2018 ] Trumpeter Jonathan Freeman-Attwood and pianist Daniel-Ben Pienaar continue their 'ear-ticklingly imaginative' series of musical reinventions with a celebration of the golden era of English music. Featuring heavyweights of the 16th and 17th centuries,... |