BEETHOVEN
The Beethoven Collection [16 CD set] Svlatoslav Richter, David Oistrakh, Herbert von Karajan, Leonard Bernstein, Daniel Barenboim, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon / 16 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2012 ] |
HECTOR BERLIOZ / JEAN PHILIPPE RAMEAU
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique / Rameau: Suite de Hippolyte et Aricie Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Sep/2016 ] Harding's Berlioz is resilient, pliant, conducted with a temporal freedom that always seems ambitious but ends up feeling electrifyingly right. Turn from Harding to his current peers and it's like going from IMAX cinema to living-room black-and-white |
JESPER NORDIN
Nordin: Voices From the Past Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding (conductor) Musica Vitae, Malin Broman (electric violin), Jesper Nordin (electronics) [ BIS / CD - released 7/Jul/2023 ] Music in which Swedish folklore, rock and electronics meet. |
JEAN-FREY REBEL / FRANCOIS FRANCOEUR
Pirame & Thisbe (complete opera) Thomas Dolie, Judith Van Wanroij, Jeffrey Thompson, Katia Velletaz / Choeur de l'AcadACmie Baroque, Stradivaria / Daniel Cuiller [ Mirare / 2 CD - released 11/Nov/2008 ] "The Baroque violinist Daniel Cuiller, making his operatic debut in this recording, brings to life a delightful forgotten Rococo work, full of beguiling instrumental music, compelling monologues… and duets." Gramophone Magazine, October 2008 |
WAGNER
Götterdämmerung (complete opera recorded in 2013) Teatro alla Scala / Lance Ryan, Iréne Theorin, Mikhail Petrenko, Johannes Martin Kränzle, Gerd Grochowski, Waltraud Meier / Daniel Barenboim (cond) [ Arthaus DVD / 2 DVD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD NOMINATION 2014 |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Siegfried (complete opera recorded in 2012) BLU-RAY Teatro alla Scala / Lance Ryan, Peter Bronder, Terje Stensvold, Johannes Martin Kränzle / Daniel Barenboim [ Arthaus Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jan/2017 ] "Stensvold (Wanderer) sings with perfectly centred tone, terrific staying power and command of broad legato phrases...Surprisingly, though, it's Alberich here who possesses the more beautiful voice: baritone Johannes Martin Kranzle." (IRR) |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Walkure (complete opera recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Teatro alla Scala / Simon O'Neill, John Tomlinson, Vitalij Kowaljow, Waltraud Meier / Daniel Barenboim (cond) [ Arthaus Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jan/2017 ] "Gubanova is a steely, imperious Fricka. Best of all, though, is Nina Stemme's Brunnhilde. It's a radiant performance, occasionally effortful, but Stemme's golden tone stands the pressure." (BBC Music) |
CHARLES WUORINEN
Brokeback Mountain (Complete Opera recorded in 2014) Teatro Real Madrid / Daniel Okulitch, Tom Randle, Heather Buck / Titus Engel (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques DVD / DVD - released 20/Nov/2015 ] "Wuorinen's setting reminds one of Monteverdi - formal, stately and psychologically precise...[Okulitch] gives a magnificent and deeply powerful performance...His Ennis emerges as an Orpheus for a new age of love and loss." (Gramophone) |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527 (complete opera recorded in 2012) BLU-RAY Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Conal Coad, Rachelle Durkin, Daniel Sumegi, Henry Choo / Mark Wigglesworth (cond) [ Opera Australia Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jan/2017 ] "For those who are tired of 'concept' productions of operas, this very traditional Don Giovanni from Australian Opera may be refreshing. Ensembles are spotless. The Australian Opera Orchestra impresses with its energy and accuracy" IRR |
JORG WIDMANN
Violin Concerto Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding [ Ondine / CD - released 29/Apr/2013 ] The acclaimed violinist Christian Tetzlaff, for whom the Violin Concerto was written, plays the solo part in these works and handles their challenges with incredible precision. |
Daniel O'Donnell
Halfway To Paradise (3CD) [ Demon Music Group / 3 CD - released 29/Nov/2019 ] Daniel's rock'n'roll trilogy sold more than 650, 000 units and which included two no. 3 chart positions and his spectacular 'the rock'n'roll show' Live tour and sold more than 120, 000 units of the concert DVD. Now, the release of 'halfway to... |
Tomter/Eng.Nothern Po/Daniel
Walton:sym.2/Viola Concerto [ Naxos / CD ] |
W.A. MOZART
The Great Mass in C minor KV427 Valentina Farcas, Annemarie Kremer, Daniel Sans / Chamber Choir of Europe / Suddeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim / Nicol Matt [ Brilliant Classics Musica Sacra / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] The Chamber Choir of Europe under Nicol Matt has become recognised as one of the finest choirs in the world. |
City of Prague Philharmonic / Daniel Caine Orchestra
100 Greatest TV Themes [ Silva Screen / 4 CD Box Set - released 8/Apr/2002 ] This bumper collection covers over half-a-century of TV themes from the early days of black & white flickering tubes through to the technology of flat screen HDTV. |
City Of Prague Philharmonic / Daniel Caine Orchestra / etc
100 Greatest TV Themes - Volume Two [ Silva Screen / 4 CD Box Set - released 5/May/2008 ] This bumper collection covers over half-a-century of TV themes from the early days of black & white flickering tubes through to the technology of flat screen HDTV. From the quaint, animated adventures of Captain Pugwash through to the high-tech world... |
The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, The Daniel Caine Orchestra, etc
100 Greatest Western Themes [6 CD set] [ Silva Screen / 6 CD Box Set - released 6/Sep/2010 ] 100 Greatest Western Themes is the sixth release in Silva Screen's "100" series. Featuring the very best of close to 70 years of Western music from both the cinema and TV screen, the set includes music from the greatest screen composers such as... |
VIVALDI / MENDELSSOHN / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / GLAZUNOV / SATIE / BERLIOZ / etc
40 Most Beautiful Summer Classics Various Artists including Kurt Masur, Michel Legrand, John Eliot Gardiner, Andrew Davis, Keller Quartet, Daniel Barenboim, etc [ Warner Classics & Jazz / 2 CD - released 2/Feb/2009 ] Summer masterpieces from Vivaldi, Villa-Lobos, Berlioz, Mozart, Glazunov and Delius over a double disc set. All performed by top artists from the Warner catalogues. |
VIVALDI / TCHAIKOVSKY / PROKOFIEV / GLAZUNOV / DEBUSSY / etc
40 Most Beautiful Winter Classics Various Artists including Monique Haas, Daniel Barenboim, Barbara Bonney, Piero Toso, Kiri Te Kanawa, etc [ Warner Classics & Jazz / 2 CD - released 13/Apr/2009 ] Winter masterpieces from Vivaldi, Bach, Debussy, Schubert, Prokofiev and Mendelssohn over a double disc set. All performed by top artists from the Warner catalogues. |
CARL MICHAEL ZIEHRER
Die Landstreicher [The Vagabonds] Daniel Behle, Thomas Dewald, Maria Leyer, Karl Fäth / WDR Rundfunkchor Köln & WDR Funkhausorchester Köln, Helmuth Froschauer [ Capriccio / CD - released 1/Jun/2016 ] Ziehrer quickly became one of Vienna's foremost composers in the field of light music, receiving particularly valuable help from Carl Haslinger, who was Johann Strauss Jr's publisher. Unlike Strauss, Ziehrer was a pianist, who directed with a... |
Various Artists / Mixed by Billy Daniel Bunter & Slipmatt
Helter Skelter / Raindance Present - The Sound of Hardcore 2009 (U.K. Edition) [ Ministry of Sound U.K. / 2 CD - released 6/Jul/2009 ] 'The Sound of Hardcore 2009' oofers the finest selection of upfront bangers handpicked and mixed by Hardcore gods Billy Bunter and Slipmatt. |