JOHANNES BRAHMS / RICHARD WAGNER
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 / Wagner: Siegfried Idyll Berlin State Opera Orchestra, Otto Klemperer [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / CD - released 28/Jan/2008 ] "From the very opening of the Brahms symphony, we are in for a surprise, for the timpanist's strokes - far from driving all before them in the usual relentless and dominating fashion - are, while remaining the music's key propulsive driver, far more |
BELLINI
Beatrice di Tenda (complete opera recorded in 1992) Paolo Gavanelli, Lucia Aliberti, Camille Capasso / Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutschen & Oper Berlin, Fabio Luisi [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 2 CD - released 22/Jul/2013 ] Packed with intrigue, jealousy and revenge, Beatrice di Tenda is a tragic opera in two acts that retells the final months of one of Renaissance history's most fascinating and ill-fated characters. |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Simon Rattle Edition: Stravinsky Peter Donohoe (piano) / London Sinfonetta, Berlin Philharmonic, City of Birmingham Symphony, Sir Simon Rattle [ EMI Simon Rattle Edition / 4 CD Box Set - released 9/Feb/2009 ] The box of Stravinsky contains works from all parts of Stravinsky's musical life including six ballets, Symphonies, Suites, the Ebony Concerto, and more. |
ALBERT LORTZING
Der Wildschütz Peter Schreier (tenor) & Edith Mathis (soprano) / Rundfunkchor Berlin & Staatskapelle Berlin, Bernhard Klee [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2014 ] Reissue of one of the gems of the East Germany archive recordings of Berlin Classics: Der Wildschütz by Albert Lortzing...A star studded cast of the best German voices of the time. |
PFITZNER
Palestrina Peter Schreier (tenor), Siegfried Lorentz (bass) & Rosemarie Lang / Chor der Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin & Staatskapelle Berlin, Otmar Suitner [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Apr/2015 ] Pfitzner's opera on the great 16th‐century composer Palestrina became popular with those in German musical society who had become hostile to the direction which Schoenberg and Busoni had taken |
Pfitzner/Berlin Philharmonic
Beethoven:symphonies Nos 3 & 8 [ Naxos / CD - released 5/Jun/2000 ] |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies 1 & 6 Berlin State Opera Orhestra, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Hans Pfitzner [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Jul/2000 ] Recorded 1928 & 1930 |
MAX REGER
Clarinet Quintet Op. 146 / String Quartet Op. 109 Philharmonia Quartett Berlin / Wenzel Fuchs (Clarinet) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] "This is music that you will have to spend time with to really appreciate...it is unquestionably exquisite and loaded with fine moments." - American Record Guide |
BACEWICZ / PANUFNIK / SPOSAK / TANSMAN
Polish Violin Concertos Piotr Plawner (violin) / Kammersymphonie Berlin, Jürgen Bruns [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Jul/2016 ] The works on this recording were written by four roughly contemporary Polish composers who settled and pursued their careers in different parts of the world. Grażyna Bacewicz's First Violin Concerto displays her own glittering virtuosity as a... |
BEETHOVEN
Christus am a-lberge, Op.85 Placido Domingo (tenor), Luba Orgonasova (soprano), Andreas Schmidt (bass), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Kent Nagano [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/Jan/2014 ] "Besides being an astounding technician, Nakamatsu shows impeccable taste; he puts a high gloss on anything he plays." - CHICAGO TRIBUNE |
RACHMANINOV
Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, Op. 43 / Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18 Peter RAsel (Piano) / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Kurt Sanderling [ Berlin Classics Basics / CD - released 10/Mar/2008 ] These performances are highlights from Peter Rosel's highly acclaimed cycle of the complete works for piano and orchestra by Rachmaninov. |
W. A. MOZART
Symphonies 35 & 36 / Horn Concerto / Piano Concerto No 22 (rec 2006) BLU-RAY Radek Baborak (horn) Daniel Barenboim (piano/conductor) / Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic] [ EuroArts Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 15/Apr/2014 ] For over 20 years, the Berliner Philharmoniker have celebrated their foundation on May 1st with the annual EUROPA KONZERT - the 2006 event took place at the Theatre of the Estates in Prague. |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Moscow-Cheryomushki-Suite / Jazz Suite No. 1 / etc Radio Symphony Orchestra of Berlin / Steven Sloane [ Capriccio SACD / SACD - released 1/May/2007 ] Capriccio launches an ambitious recording project with Russian violinist Vladmir Spivakov and American conductor james Conlon: violin concertos of the 20th century. The first recording to be issued includes Dmitri Shostakovitch's First Violin... |
W.F. BACH
Symphonies; Concerto for piano (Cembalo) Raphael Alpermann, cemb. Akademie fAr Alte Musik Berlin [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 30/Jul/2005 ] "The Berlin period orchestra gives typically earthy, upfront readings of this intriguing music, bringing a crackling energy to the fast movements and relishing every disconcerting twist and turn in Bach's arguments." Richard Wigmore The Daily... |
ANDRZEJ PANUFNIK
Symphonic Works Volume 8 {Incls 'Cello Concerto'] Raphael Wallfisch (cello) Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin) Ewa Kupiec (piano) / Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Łukasz Borowicz [ CPO / CD - released 20/Sep/2014 ] "The excellent Konzerthausorchester Berlin under Łukasz Borowicz puts not a foot wrong and plays exceptionally well." (MusicWeb International Recording of the Year 2014) |
VIVALDI / RICHTER
Vivaldi Recomposed: The Four Seasons (Recomposed by Max Richter) Daniel Hope (violin) Max Richter (moog) Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 6/May/2014 ] "I anticipated hating this postmodern reworking of The Four Seasons by the film composer Max Richter. But it is so wittily done that I was gripped, if not quite enchanted." (The Times) |
J. S. BACH / MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER / ARCANGELO CORELLI / etc
A Baroque Christmas (Limited Edition) Akademie fur Alte Berlin, RIAS Kammerchor, René Jacobs / Ensemble 415,Chiara Banchini / Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé [ Harmonia Mundi / 4 CD Box Set - released 4/Oct/2019 ] Ranging from unaffected simplicity to elaborate polyphony, the composers of the 17th and 18th centuries left us some of the most sublime pages of sacred music intended to tell the story of the Nativity. The extraordinary musical legacy produced as a... |
VERDI
Verdi - La Traviata (Highlights from the complete opera) Giacomo Aragall, Virgilio Carbonari, Mirella Fiorentini, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Pilar Lorengar / Orchestra of the Deutsche Opera Berlin, Lorin Maaz [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Mar/2016 ] Classic recordings now available at a budget price |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Macbeth (Complete opera recorded in 1987) BLU-RAY Berlin Opera / Renato Bruson, Mara Zampieri, James Morris, Dennis O'Neill / Giuseppe Sinopoli (cond) [ Arthaus Legendary Performances BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jul/2015 ] Luca Ronconi's new production of Verdi's early masterpiece, which was first performed in June 1987 at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin, was received in Germany and around the world with great praise. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
An Evening with Renée Fleming (Recorded live at Waldbühne, Berlin, 2010) Renée Fleming (soprano) / Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Ion Marin [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 3/Sep/2021 ] The Waldbühne in Berlin, one of the most appealing outdoor amphitheatres on the European continent, is the home of the Berliner Philharmoniker's summer concerts. |