FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream (complete incidental music) Kathleen Battle, Frederica von Stade, Judi Dench (speaker) / Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Sep/2006 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1801-1850) - "The recording is first class and the balance is very well judged indeed." *** Three Stars Penguin Stereo Guide |
LISZT
The Liszt Recordings [2 CD set] Krystian Zimerman (piano), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 19/Sep/2011 ] "Coinciding with the death of his mother and the birth of his daughter, these recordings were intensely personal for Zimerman. The Concertos are scintillating, the Sonata Olympian." (Five Stars BBC Music) |
BACH / BARTOK / BERLIOZ / MAHLER / POULENC / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / TCHAIKOVSKY / etc
Seiji Ozawa Anniversary [11 CD Boxed set special price] Boston Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Saito Kinen Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic, Seiji Ozawa, with Kiri te Kanawa & Marilyn Horne [ Decca Bargain Boxes / 11 CD Box Set - released 5/May/2011 ] This new 11-CD set presents Seiji Ozawa in a wide variety of symphonic repertory with the orchestra's with which he has been most closely associated since the early 1970s |
SCOTT JOPLIN
Rags and Ragtime Morten Gunnar Larsen, Eric Rogers (pianos) / Philip Jones Brass Ensemble / The Boston Pops Orchestra / Houston Grand Opera Chorus [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 15/Sep/2007 ] World class performances from the artist rosters of the Deutsche Grammophon catalogues. |
DVORAK
Dvorak: Cello Concerto (with Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme) Mstislav Rostropovich, cello / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa [ Warner Classics The Erato Story / CD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] Now reissued at a special price |
LULLY
Thesee (complete opera) Aaron Engebreth, Aaron Sheehan, Amanda Forsythe, Teresa Warkim, Yulia Van Doren / Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra & Chorus / Paul O'Dette [ CPO / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Sep/2008 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD NOMINATION 2008 - Baroque Vocal - "Still often underrated, Lully is an operatic giant, and this fine recording makes eloquent proof" Gramophone Magazine |
CHARPENTIER
La couronne de fleurs / La descente d'Orphée aux enfers Aaron Sheehan, Teresa Wakim, Amanda Forsythe, Douglas Williams, Jesse Blumberg, Dorothee Mields / Boston Early Music, Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs [ CPO / CD - released 16/Aug/2014 ] "Sheehan, who sings the role of Orpheus, [delivers] a finely nuanced interpretation...Amanda Forsythe is a charming Euridice and Roselie, Teresa Wakim a beautifully styled Flore, and Dorothee Mields a compelling Amaranthe and Proserpine." Gramophone |
VALI
Flute Concerto / Deylaman / Folk Songs (Set No. 10) Alberto Almarza (flute) / Janna Baty (soprano) / Boston Modern Orchestra Project / Gil Rose, conductor [ Naxos 21st Century Classics / CD - released 2/Jun/2004 ] This CD will continue to find a place in my changer for months to come, and it probably will be counted among 2004's best new releases." -- Raymond Tuttle, classical.net |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Alexander Brailowsky plays Chopin: The Complete RCA Album Collection Alexander Brailowsky (piano) / RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch [ RCA Red Seal / Sony / 8 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2019 ] Mr. Brailowsky has a sheer instinct for the secrets of the piano, declared the distinguished New York Times music critic Olin Downes in his review of the Ukrainian-American pianist s 1925 Carnegie Hall recital. He recreates his music with all the... |
REZA VALI
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra, etc Alberto Almarza (flute), Jana Baty (soprano), George Mgrdichian (bárbát) / Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose [ Naxos 21st Century Classics / CD - released 1/Mar/2004 ] |
BLOW
Venus and Adonis (complete opera) Amanda Forsythe / Tyler Duncan / Mireille Lebel / Boston Early Music Festival Vocal & Chamber Ensembles / Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs [ CPO Records / CD - released 18/May/2011 ] Again in cooperation with the Boston Early Music Festival, we are now releasing yet another baroque opera, this time a work by John Blow regarded as the first »real« English opera. |
RAVEL / KORNGOLD / SHOSTAKOVICH / PREVIN / STRAUSS / PROKOFIEV
Andre Previn: A Celebration Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) Kyung Wha Chung (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony, Royal Philharmonic, Andre Previn [ Deutsche Grammophon / 6 CD Box Set - released 14/Jul/2014 ] "Some performers make it all about themselves …while André puts the music first" Barbara Bonney (Gramophone 2008) |
GRIEG / TCHAIKOVSKY
Piano Concerto (Rec 56) / Piano Concerto (Rec 63) Arthur Rubinstein (piano) / RCA Victor Sym, Boston Symphony, Wallenstein, Leinsdorf [ RCA Rubinstein Collection / CD - released 12/Nov/2001 ] "When we listen to Rubinstein at his finest, we come in contact with that rarest of rarities - a healthy, sanguine, affirmative genius. On disc, as it was in person, the playing is full-hearted and honest, without distortion or neurotic excess.... |
BEETHOVEN / MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No 5 in C minor, Op.67 / Symphony No.4 in A, Op.90 Italian (Rec 1974-76) BBC Symphony Orchestra. Boston Symphony Orchestra Sir Colin Davis [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 6/Jul/2005 ] "The performances of two of the most venerable warhorses in the symphonic repertoire sound as fresh and vibrant in their SACD reincarnations as if heard for the first time." Classik Reviews (May 2004) |
BEAUTIFUL WEDDING
Beautiful Wedding: Ceremony (Incls 'Entrance of the Queen of Sheba', 'Trumpet Voluntary' & 'Ave Maria') Various artists and performers including Empire Brass, Boston Baroque, Boston Symphony Orchestra & Frederick Fennell [ Telarc Records / CD - released 9/Jun/2008 ] The soundtrack to your perfect wedding provides all the pomp and pageantry you'll need for your special day. Float down the aisle to the fanfare of Clarke's "Trumpet Voluntary in D Major," lights candles with Bach's reverent "Sheep May Safely Graze,"... |
BEAUTIFUL WEDDING
Beautiful Wedding: Prelude (Incls 'Flower Duet', 'Clair de lune' & 'Air On A G String') Various artists and performers including Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Boston Baroque, Leonard Slatkin & Charles Mackerras [ Telarc / CD - released 9/Jun/2008 ] Set the mood for your beautiful wedding with Prelude. Serenade arriving guests with this lovely collection of classical music, featuring tranquil works from Satie, Handel, Mozart, Bach and more. From the first dreamy strains of Delibes' "Flower Duet"... |
W.A. MOZART
Concerto for Clarinet & Orchestra / Quintet for Clarinet & String Quartet Benny Goodman (clarinet) / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch / Boston symphony String Quartet [ Sony Originals / CD - released 20/May/2011 ] Two classic reformances now remastered. |
JOHANN STRAUSS 11
Strauss Waltz Gala The Waltz Collection (Incls The Blue Danube & Roses from the South) Boston Pops Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Antal Dorati, Arthur Fiedler [ Australian Decca SBS Eloquence / CD - released 14/Jul/2014 ] From 'On the Beautiful Blue Danube' to 'Roses from the South'. The ideal romantic evening escape with the Austrian waltz master. |
Boston
Boston [ Epic Records / CD - released 8/Jun/1986 ] This is the initial 1986 (non-re-mastered) CD release of the debut Boston album, which was originally issued in 1976. |
Boston
Feeling It In Cleveland [ Parallel Lines / CD - released 25/Apr/2014 ] Boston's debut album was released on August 8, 1976 and was an enormous success. The record ranks as the bestselling debut album in U.S. history with over 17 million copies sold. During the late summer and early fall of 1976, Boston attracted much... |