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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Alto Rhapsody / Symphony no 2 Marjana Lipovsek (alto) / Berlin Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "How pleasant it is to be able to welcome a new recording of a Brahms symphony. The sessions took place before the BPO elected Abbado as their Chief Conductor, but the orchestra responds with unmistakable enthusiasm to the Italian conductor" Gramopho |
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... |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto no 3 (coupled with Ravel-Piano Concerto in G) Martha Argerich (piano) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / CD - released 5/May/2000 ] "all done with the most engaging reckless abandon." (Gramophone) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 5 Martin Helmchen (piano) / Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Andrew Manze [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 13/Dec/2019 ] As the celebration of the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth approaches, and following a much admired version of the Diabelli Variations (Alpha 386 - Gramophone Editor's Choice), Martin Helmchen has decided to record his complete piano concertos... |
W. A. MOZART / CHOPIN / DEBUSSY / SCHUBERT / DVORAK / etc
Menahem Pressler: The Pianist (recorded live 2011-2014) Menahem Pressler (piano) / Orchestre de Paris, Berlin Philharmonic, Quatuor Ebene [ Euroarts DVD / 4 DVD Box Set - released 24/Sep/2016 ] "the playing is eloquent in its simplicity, and the final reprise of the melody, with the piano doubled by the first violins on their own, is infinitely touching. Pressler is sympathetically accompanied throughout by Paavo Järvi" |
FERDINAND RIES
Ries: Piano Trios Mendelssohn Trio Berlin [ Cpo / CD - released 28/Mar/2005 ] Ferdinand Ries was a slightly younger contemporary of Beethoven and even studied piano with him for a time. Like Beethoven, Ries took composition with Johann Georg Albrechtsberger. The resemblance of Ries' music to Beethoven's own was so close that... |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons / etc Michel Schwalbe (violin) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD ] Recorded: 1972 |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: VERDI: Requiem (coupled with Bruckner's te Deum) Mirella Freni, Christa Ludwig, Carlo Cossutta, Nicolai Ghiaurov / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 26/Mar/2000 ] "If you are an adherent of Karajan's Verdi, you will certainly enjoy this performance. It has all the characteristics of measured tempos and forceful attack that one expects from him...Ludwig is satisfying in every way." Gramophone |
RICHARD STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Zubin Mehta conducts Richard Strauss New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta, with Éva Marton, Bernd Weikl & Jane Eaglen [ Sony Classical Masters / 8 CD Box Set - released 10/Nov/2016 ] This orchestral release here features the Richard Strauss recordings conducted for Sony Classical by Zubin Mehta. ClassicsToday.com's reviewer observed that "Mehta always has been an excellent Straussian". |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations (with Dvorak - Cello Concerto) Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] "the intensity of lyrical feeling and the spontaneity of the partnership between Karajan and Rostropovich ensures the position of their disc at the top of recommendations for this peer among nineteenth century cello concertos." Rosette. Penguin... |
MENDELSSOHN / MOSCHELES / SCHUBERT / LISZT / SCHUBERT
Unplayed Stories … in 40 Fingers MultiPiano Ensemble, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin / Ivor Bolton [ Hyperion / CD - released 4/Oct/2024 ] This truly is an album of 'Unplayed Stories'-a journey of discovery and re-discovery, presenting multiple premiere recordings. The MultiPiano Ensemble here delves into intergenerational musical collaborations that transcend time, culture and... |
BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / TCHAIKOVSKY / VERDI / WAGNER / etc
Paul van Kempen - the Complete Philips Recordings Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Paul van Kempen [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 10 CD Box Set - released 7/Feb/2020 ] "Beethoven is represented by an Eroica that is truly among the greatest of the period - of any period, I'd say...testimony to a genuinely great conductor who up until now has rarely been acknowledged as such." Gramophone reissue of the Month June '20 |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons / Concertos for Two Violins [2003 recording] Nigel Kennedy (violin) Daniel Stabrawa (violin) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra [ EMI / Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Jan/2003 ] |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berliner Philharmoniker - Vivaldi ltd edition (CD+DVD) Nigel Kennedy (violin) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra [ EMI CD + DVD / CD - released 1/Jan/2003 ] This recording by Nigel Kennedy with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra inlcudes a 17-minute DVD of Kennedy in session and performance footage, as well as an interview. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Symphonies / Piano Concertos / Overtures / Haydn Variations Rudolf Buchbinder (piano), Berlin Philharmonic & Royal Concertgebouw orchestras, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Warner Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 17/Oct/2016 ] "The Berlin Philharmonic plays beautifully throughout, sounding in these 1996-97 recordings like its old, distinctive self" ClassicsToday |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Mass No 3 In F Minor Lenneke Ruiten, Iris Vermillion, Shawn Mathey, Franz Josef Selig / Swiss Romande Orchestra, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Marek Janowski [ Pentatone / Hybrid SACD - released 8/Apr/2013 ] "The greatest plaudit here goes to the bass, Franz Josef Selig, who is warmly resonant. This flawless performance is of the highest quality." Gramophone |
CHARLES KOECHLIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Koechlin: The Jungle Book Johan Botha (tenor) Ralf Lukas (baritone) iris Vermillion (mezzo) / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra [ RCA / 2 CD - released 3/Nov/1994 ] CD released in 1994; DDD recordings from June 1993. |
CARL MARIA von WEBER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Weber: Der Freischutz (complete opera with libretto) Hermann Prey, Elisabeth Grummer, Lisa Otto, Rudolf Schock / Berlin Philharmonic, Joseph Keilberth [ EMI Studio / 2 CD - released 6/Mar/1989 ] "All soloists in this effort shine like the stars. Particularly the lovely (as always) Elisabeth Grummer...my God this lady was wonderful, and is, I am sure, greatly missed by all the great German opera houses today." (review) |
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BACH FAMILY / BEETHOVEN / HAYDN / GLUCK / MONN / TELEMANN / VIVALDI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lumieres: The Unprecedented Expansion of Music in the Age of Enlightenment [30 CD set] Paul Lewis (piano) / Tokyo String Quartet / Freiburg Baroque Orchestra / Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin / English Concert / etc [ Harmonia Mundi / 30 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2011 ] "Harmonia Mundi have somehow contrived to telescope that most industriously inventive of musical centuries into this 30CD set, by dint of ingenious thematic programming which apportions discs to different modes...it's an indisputable bargain... |
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 |
