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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 (LP) Jacqueline du Pre (cello) Daniel Barenboim (piano) [ Warner Classics / LP - released 20/May/2022 ] Renowned as a great interpreter of Brahms, Jacqueline du Pré, here at the peak of her art and technical abilities, delivers the latest version recorded with her husband Daniel Barenboim in May-August 1968. |
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W. A. MOZART / SCHUBERT / STRAVINSKY / BEETHOVEN / RAVEL / CHOPIN / etc
Martha Argerich Martha Argerich (piano) / Berlin Philharmonic, London Symphony, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, with Daniel Barenboim, Guy Braunstein, etc [ EuroArts DVD / 6 DVD Box Set - released 18/Jun/2021 ] This special edition, released for the occasion of Martha Argerich's 80th birthday, combines some of her most impressive recordings. At the same time, it is testimony to the enormous musical and creative versatility with which she has succeeded in... |
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SCHUMANN / MOZART / BARTOK / PROKOFIEV / CHOPIN / BACH / RACHMANINOV / etc
Martha Argerich: The Warner Classics Recordings Martha Argerich (piano) with Daniel Barenboim, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Gidon Kremer, Itzhak Perlman, Nelson Freire, etc [ Warner Classics / 20 CD Box Set - released 10/Nov/2016 ] "Unquestionably one of the greatest pianists of all time" is how Gramophone magazine has described Martha Argerich. Her relationship with Warner Classics goes back to 1965 and her victory at the International Chopin Competition in Warsaw. Over... |
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BARTOK / BEETHOVEN / BERLIOZ / BRAHMS / DVORAK / BRUCKNER / etc
Masters of Classical Music: 20 documentaries on 4 Blu-ray Discs Martha Argerich (piano) Gil Shaham (violin) / Pierre Boulez, Claudio Abbado, Daniel Barenboim, Riccardo Chailly, Kurt Masur, Bernard Haitink [ Euroarts Blu-ray / 4 Blu-ray Box Set - released 29/Sep/2017 ] Masters of Classical Music is an informative and captivating guide to twenty of the most important works in music history. Outtakes from the original scores within the documentaries, assist the viewer by making it easier to follow the music and to... |
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LUGWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Triple Concerto / Choral Fantasia Itzhak Perlman (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Daniel Barenboim (piano) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ Warner Classics / CD - released 6/Feb/2017 ] "They perform with the most tender expression in the slow movement, and there are fireworks from all three in the last movement" James Longstaffe |
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BRAHMS
Sonate per violin op. 78-op. 100-op. 108 / Sonate per viola: op. 120 Nos. 1 & 2 Pinchas Zukerman (violin) Daniel Barenboim (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 18/Jun/2005 ] "These are spontaneous-sounding performances, and the expressiveness never sounds contrived, always buoyant. The recording has good presence." (**(*) Penguin Guide on the Viola sonatas) |
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BRUCH / BRAHMS / RAVEL
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra 70th Anniversary Concert (rec 2006) Pinchas Zukerman (violin) Daniel Barenboim (piano) / Israel Philharmonic Orchestra / Zubin Mehta [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 22/Jun/2007 ] G - Recorded live at the Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Tel Aviv, 26 December 2006 |
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BEETHOVEN
Beethoven For All: The Piano Concertos [3 CD set] Daniel Barenboim (piano & conductor) / Staatskapelle Berlin [ Decca Music Group / 3 CD - released 16/Aug/2012 ] The third release in Daniel Barenboim's Beethoven For All project is the complete Beethoven Piano Concertos featuring Barenboim as soloist and conductor with the Staatskapelle Berlin. |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Fantaisie / Violin Sonata / Cello Sonata / La Mer Daniel Barenboim (piano), Michael Barenboim (violin), Kian Soltani (cello) / Martha Argerich (piano), Staatskapelle Berlin [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 25/Jun/2021 ] Daniel Barenboim performs Debussy with Martha Argerich, Michael Barenboim, Kian Soltani and the Staatskapelle Berlin. |
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PIAZZOLLA / GARDEL / SALGAN / etc
Argentinian Tangos - Mi Buenos Aires Querido (Tangos amongst friends) Daniel Barenboim (piano), Rodolfo Mederos (bandoneon), Hector Console (bass) [ Teldec / CD - released 22/Mar/1996 ] German import (catalog 0630134742) |
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MOZART / SCARLATTI / CHOPIN / SCHUMANN / SCHUBERT / etc
Fou Ts'ong - Complete Westminster Recordings Fou Ts'ong (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Peter Maag, Vienna Radio Orchestra, Brian Priestman, with Vladimir Ashkenazy, Daniel Barenboim, etc [ Westminster Australian Eloquence / 10 CD Box Set - released 10/Dec/2021 ] The Westminster label legacy of a master Chopin interpreter, issued complete for the first time in an 'original covers' box of new remasterings. |
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SCHUMANN / DEBUSSY / BARTOK
Live From Buenos Aires Martha Argerich, Daniel Barenboim (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 18/Mar/2016 ] "this concert...is clearly an emotional homecoming...If there's less youthful elan and rhythmic incisiveness in her playing with Barenboim [compared to earlier recordings with Kovacevich], their easy rapport in this music comes across with astonishin |