HARTMANN
20TH CENTURY PORTRAITS TATJANA MASURENKO (VIOLA), FRANK-IMMO ZICHNER (PIANO), RUNDFUNK-SINFONIEORCHESTER BERLIN, MAREK JANOWSKI [ CAPRICCIO / SACD ] |
LORTZING / WEBER / WAGNER / RICHARD STRAUSS
Evening Star-German Opera Arias Thomas Quasthoff, baritone, Berlin Deutsche Opera. Thielemann (with Christiane Oelze) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 2/Jul/2002 ] Editor's Choice (Gramophone Magazine) July 2002 |
WAGNER
Rienzi (complete opera recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Berlin Opera / Torsten Kerl, Kate Aldrich, Camilla Nylund / Sebastian Lang-Lessing (cond) [ Arthaus Musik Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 21/Dec/2010 ] "…spectacularly thanks to brilliant pseudo-historic footage in the style of Leni Riefenstahl's Nazi propaganda films…The production is a knockout." The Sunday Times |
Tortelier/Cappone/Berlin Po
Strauss: Don Quixote [ Testament / CD - released 24/Feb/2003 ] |
Trojahn/Deutsches So Berlin
Pettersson: Symphony No.6 [ Cpo / CD ] |
SPOHR
Concertantes No. 1 in A major, for two violins and orchestra, Ulf Hoelscher, Gunhild Hoelscher (violins) / Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin / Christian Frohlich [ CPO / CD - released 30/Oct/2004 ] "A refreshing alternative to the usual repertoire. Well performed and recorded!" (MusicWeb Aug 2004) |
MAX BRUCH
Works for Violin and Orchestra Ulf Wallin (violin) / Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Okko Kamu [ BIS SACD / CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] A highly versatile musician, Ulf Wallin has recorded a succession of discs for BIS, including music by Schoenberg, Schnittke, Janacek and Hindemith. Lately he has focussed on Romantic composers, resulting in an acclaimed recording of Schumann's... |
KURT ATTENBERG
Violin Concerto / Varmlands Rhapsody Ulf Wallin (violin) / Rundfunk Symphony Orchestra Berlin / Roger Epple [ CPO / CD - released 20/May/2006 ] "This is a disc not to be missed" (Recording of the Month MusicWeb May 2006) |
Spontini,
Olympie Varady, Fischer-Dieskau, Toczyska, Tagliavini, Fortune, Becker; RSO Berlin, Albrecht [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 11/Aug/1987 ] |
MACHALA / MEDAGLI / BARBER / CARTER / VILLA-LOBOS / etc
Summer Music Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet, with Nigel Shore (cor anglais) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] |
BRUCKNER
Symphony No.8 in C minor Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini [ Testament / 2 CD - released 16/Nov/2009 ] Giulini's haunting interpretations of Bruckner with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra still linger in the memory. On 11 and 12 February 1984 he conducted his Symphony No.8. According to Klaus Geitel (Berliner Morgenpost on 14 February), Giulini's... |
BARTOK / DORATI / MARTINU
Concert for Lidice Will Quadflieg (speaker) HdK Chamber Choir, Berlin / Dresden Trio / Members of the Czech Chamber Orch / New Berlin Chamber Or / Martin Fischer-Dieskau [ BIS / CD - released 1/Dec/1992 ] Martin Fischer-Dieskau was born in Berlin to a musical family; his father is the noted singer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. Fischer-Dieskau's older brother, Mathias, is a highly regarded stage designer, and his younger brother, Manuel, is a cellist.... |
Hodges, Nicolas / Kalitzke, Johannes / Berlin Symphony Orchestra ao.
Mundry, Isabel / Mochizuki, Misato ao. - 40. Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik Darmstadt 2000 [ Col Legno / CD - released 18/Sep/2017 ] |
SIBELIUS
Finlandia / LemminkANinen Suite, Op. 22 / Kuolema (with music by Grieg, Sinding & Svendsen) Adele Stolte (Soprano) Egon Morbitzer (Violin) / Berlin Octet / Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra / Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra / Berlin Symphony Orch [ Berlin Classics Basics / CD - released 10/Mar/2008 ] A special concert of popular Nordic favourites. |
BRAHMS / LISZT / BARTOK / KODALY / etc
Hungarian Classics (incls Hungarian Rhapsody No 2, Hary Janos Suite & Hungarian Dances) Sylvia Geszty (Soprano) David Oistrakh (Violin) Naum Walter (Piano) / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra / etc [ Berlin Classics Basics / CD - released 10/Mar/2008 ] Although part of the Basics series, there are a number of unusual items here - the voice and piano version of Bartok's 'Village Scenes' and the spirited, rarely-heard 'Overture' by Bela Keler. |
WAGNER
Orchestral Music & Arias Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) Swedish Radio Choir / Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon Duo / 2 CD - released 15/Mar/2012 ] "Terfel brings a wide palette of tone to peer into the Dutchman's soul and express Wolfram's evening thoughts, where his legato and half-voice are admirable" (Gramophone) |
W.A. MOZART
Overtures (Incls 'Marriage of Figaro', 'Don Giovanni' & 'Idomeneo') Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra / Otmar Suitner [ Berlin Classics Basics / CD - released 10/Mar/2008 ] Here are delightful performances of the most popular Mozart overtures. The late Otmar Suitner was especially praised for his attention to detail and original approach to the music of this composer. |
MAX REGER
Reger Collection [11 CD set] Amadeus Webersinke (piano) Manfred Scherzer (violin) Annelies Burmeister (alto) / Radio Chorus Berlin, Dietrich Knothe / RSO Leipzig / Dresden Philhar [ Brilliant Classics / 11 CD Box Set - released 22/Apr/2015 ] "splendid music in excellent, sympathetic performances." MusicWeb International, 1st July 2013 |
Various Artists / Mixed by Armin van Buuren, Dash Berlin, John O'Callaghan, Arty and Orjan Nilsen
A State of Trance 550: Invasion [ 405 Recordings / Armada / 5 CD - released 4/May/2012 ] |
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 3 / Coriolan Overture (Furtwangler, Commercial Recordings 1940-50, Vol. 2) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwangler (Conductor) [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / CD - released 18/Apr/2006 ] The recordings presented on this disc of Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture and his Third Symphony, the ‘Eroica’, formed part of the extensive schedule of concerts and recordings which Furtwängler undertook with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra during... |