ROSSINI / SCHUMANN / SIBELIUS
Europakonzert 2015 from Athens [Recorded live in 2015] BLU-RAY Leonidas Kavakos (violin) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Simon Rattle [ EuroArts Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Apr/2016 ] The founding of the Berliner Philharmoniker on May 1st, 1882, is celebrated annually in an European city of cultural significance. In 2015 the EUROPAKONZERT took place in Athens' great concert hall, the Megaron, with Leonidas Kavakos joining the... |
CHAPLIN / BACH / LEGRAND / MORRICONE / PIAZZOLLA / etc
Lisa Batiashvili: City Lights Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Georgia Philharmonic, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Nikoloz Rachveli [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 12/Jun/2020 ] In her new project, City Lights, Lisa Batiashvili gathers all the places and memories that have been important in her life and career together with some of the world's most beautiful music. |
DVORAK / SMETANA
DVORAK: Symphony No. 9 / SMETANA: Moldau (Kleiber) (1927-1948) London Philharmonic Orchestra / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Berlin State Opera Orchestra / Erich Kleiber [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 3/Mar/2002 ] |
BARTOK / MAHLER / VERDI / BEETHOVEN / DVORAK / TCHAIKOVSKY / etc
Zubin Mehta Los Angeles Philharmonic / Berlin Philharmonic / Vienna Philharmonic / Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta, with Evgeny Kissin (piano) & others [ EuroArts Conductors DVD / 7 DVD Box Set - released 18/Jun/2021 ] A luxury edition for collectors with an extraordinary packaging: elegant deluxe hardcover book, extensive editorial and bonus material. |
BELLINI
Il Pirata Lucia Aliberti, Stuart Neill, Hermine May, Roberto Frontali / Deutsche Oper Berlin, Marcello Viotti [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 2 CD - released 9/Feb/2014 ] Il pirata is one of the most successful operas by Vincenzo Bellini. It was written in 1827 and was one of the first romantic operas written in Italy. Starring the great Lucia Aliberti and Stuart Neill, conducted by opera specialist Marcello Viotti. |
BELLINI
Il Pirata (complete opera) Lucia Aliberti, Stuart Neill, Jose Guadalupe Reyes, Kelly Anderson / Berlin Deutsche Opera Orchestra, Marcello Viotti [ Berlin Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2013 ] |
DAVID / SACHSE / GRAFE / REICHE / GABRIELI / SCHUTZ / etc
Trombone: Greatest works Ludwig Guttler Wind Band Ensemble & Berlin Wind Band Quintet [ Berlin Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2012 ] This collection includes trombone concertos by David, Sachse, Gräfe and Reiche as well as pieces by composers ranging from Gabrieli to Stravinsky. |
MENDELSSOHN
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Overture & Incidental Music) / Die Erste Walpurgisnacht Op 60 Lynne Dawson (soprano) Dalia Schaechter (mezzo) / Deutsches Sinfonie-orchester Berlin / Vladimir Ashkenazy [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] Vladimir Ashkenazy's truly magical account of Mendelssohn's most beautiful fairy music - A Midsummer Night's Dream - returns to the catalogue, coupled with another fantastical work, The First Walpurgisnacht, in a scintillating performance from... |
VERDI
Macbeth (complete opera recorded in 1984) Mara Zampieri, Renato Bruson, Robert Lloyd, Neil Shicoff / Chor und Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli [ Decca Grand Opera / 3 CD - released 20/Jun/2012 ] "Neil Shicoff as Macduff and Robert Lloyd as Banco make up the excellent quartet of principals. CD adds vividly to the realism of a recording that is well balanced and focused but atmospheric." (A Key Recording from The Penguin Guide to Classical CDs) |
MAX REGER
Reger: Piano Concerto in E minor [with Richard Strauss - Burleske] Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) / Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Ilan Volkov [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 53 / CD - released 10/Mar/2011 ] "While an easy majority of pianists would run for cover when faced with such sheerly physical demands, Hamelin relishes every challenge, clarifying and refining Reger's potential for opacity at every point." (Gramophone Award Finalist 2011 - Concerto) |
FRANZ LEHAR
Lehar: Die Lustige Witwe [Merry Widow] (Complete opera recorded in 1965) Margit Schramm, Rudolf Schock, Dorothea Chryst, Jerry J. Jennings / Chor Der Deutschen Oper Berlin & Berliner Symphoniker, Robert Stolz [ Sony Opera House / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] Studio recording, 1965 |
BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Piano Concertos & Triple Concerto Mari Kodama (piano), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano [ Berlin Classics / CD - released 19/Nov/2014 ] Beethoven's Piano Concertos are undoubtedly amongst the most influential works in the history of music. "Art demands of us that we shall not stand still", the composer once wrote, placing the idea of development at the heart of his music. His five... |
Detlev GLANERT
Glanert: Oceane (complete opera) Maria Bengtsson (soprano) Nikolai Schukoff (tenor) / Choir & Orchestra Deutsche Oper Berlin/Donald Runnicles [ Oehms / 2 CD - released 28/Feb/2020 ] "Maria Bengtsson in the title role is hypnotic and carries all before her. Nikolai Schukoff is an ardent and besotted Martin. Nicole Haslett is a charming Kristina with a very florid part." MusicWeb recommended May 2020 |
W. A. MOZART / CHOPIN / SCHUMANN
Maria Joao Pires: Complete Concerto Recordings Maria Joao Pires (piano) / Orchestra Mozart, Vienna Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon / 5 CD Box Set - released 20/Jul/2020 ] This collection brings together all of Maria João Pires' concerto recordings for Deutsche Grammophon from between 1990 and 2011. It displays the great Portuguese pianist in the music of three composers who have always been close to her heart -... |
EMILIO de CAVALIERI
Rappresentazione di Anima e di Corpo Marie-Claude Chappuis, Johannes Weisser, Gyula Orendt, Mark Milhofer / Staatsopernchor, Concerto vocale, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Mar/2015 ] "Typically Jacobs make the orchestral realisation of the score sumptuous within its turn-of-the-17th-century constraints; no one could mistake this for anything but a grandly ceremonial piece." (Guardian) |
JADASSOHN / DRAESKE
Piano Concertos Markus Becker (piano) / Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin / Michael Sanderling (conductor) [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 47 / CD - released 28/Feb/2009 ] 'These pieces, which burst with … memorable tunes and lashings of showy arpeggios, are played with admirable swagger by Markus Becker and are a welcome addition to Hyperion's exhaustive study of the Romantic Piano Concerto' (The Observer) |
BEETHOVEN / DEBUSSY / FRANCK / HAYDN / PROKOFIEV / SCHUMANN / etc
Martha Argerich: The Complete Sony Recordings Martha Argerich (piano) with James Galway (flute), Ivry Gitlis (violin), Berlin Philharmonic, London Sinfonietta [ Sony Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 10/Jul/2016 ] Martha Argerich - The Complete Sony Classical Recordings is a 5 CD original jackets collection containing 2 CDs remastered from the original analogue tapes using 24bit/96 kHz technology. Martha Argerich (born June 5, 1941) is an Argentine pianist,... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Pianos concertos 1 & 4 Martin Helmchen / Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Andrew Manze [ Alpha / CD - released 24/Apr/2020 ] Beethoven's piano concertos are a precious source for understanding the history of the practice of this instrument, which, in the early nineteenth century, permanently replaced the harpsichord in the hearts of composers. Thus one can still hear the... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concerto 3 & Triple Concerto Martin Helmchen (piano), Antje Weithaas (violin), Marie-Elisabeth Hecker (cello) / Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Andrew Manze (cond) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 13/Nov/2020 ] German pianist Martin Helmchen continues his journey through Beethoven's piano concertos with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester and Andrew Manze. In the Third Concerto, published in 1804, Beethoven seems to be moving away from the Mozartian model... |
BEETHOVEN
The Concertos & Overtures [5 CD set recorded 1966-1988] Maurizio Pollini (piano) Christian Ferras (violin) Yo-Yo Ma (cello) Anne-Sofie Mutter (violin) / Vienna Philhamronic, Berlin Philharmonic [ Deutsche Grammophon / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2012 ] Recorded over a period of twenty years this is a mightly document featuring some of the world's most famous artists performing the music one of the world's greatest composers. |