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RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (complete opera recorded in 1983) Bayreuth Festival / Rene Kollo, Matti Salminen, Johanna Meier, Hermann Becht / Daniel Barenboim (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon / Unitel DVD / 2 DVD - released 25/Jun/2007 ] Jean-Pierre Ponnelle's celebrated Bayreuth production is filmed on the Festspielhaus stage with six cameras and in digital sound to recreate the unique intensity of a live performance in studio quality. |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Piano Quartets Nos 1 & 2 Michael Barenboim (violin) Yulia Deyneka (viola), Kian Soltani (cello) Daniel Barenboim (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 22/Dec/2018 ] One of the many delights of these performances is that they recognise the intimate and non-portentous nature of the works" BBC Music Five Stars Chamber Choice November 2018 |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berioz: Cantatas: Herminie, La Mort de Sardanapale, La Mort d'Orphee Michele Lagrange (soprano) Beatrice Uria-Monzon (mezzo) Daniel Galvez-Vallejo (tenor) / Pas-de-Calais North Regional Choir / Jean-Claude Casadesus [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Sep/2006 ] "Berlioz's youthful Cantatas are brimful with wild passion and energy that shaped his larger-than-life adventures in his early days as struggling composer. Jean-Claude Casadesus and dramatic soprano Michele Lagrange give a suitably full blooded... |
MODEST MUSSORGSKY / ALEXANDER BORODIN
Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition / Borodin: Polovtsian Dances Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniel Nazareth [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jun/1992 ] "its hard to imagine anyone being displeased by the generous vaiety, length and attractive performances found on this disc" Classical Express |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Cello Concertos Steven Isserlis (cello) / Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Harding [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Sep/2013 ] Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine October 2013 |
MORITZ MOSZKOWSKI
Works for Violin and Piano Nazrin Rashidova (violin) & Daniel Grimwood (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Dec/2015 ] Moritz Moszkowski enjoyed a considerable international reputation as a composer and pianist and was fêted as the natural successor to Chopin. It is a mark of his music's success that it was arranged for countless ensembles and solo... |
ROBERT SCHUMANN / CLARA SCHUMANN
Robert & Clara Schumann: Works for Oboe and Piano Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Julius Drake (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 23/Sep/2024 ] Following the success of last year's release of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!, John Wilson and Sinfonia of London turn their attention to Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel. As in the case of the previous release in the series, this world première... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Simple Symphony / Temporal Variations / Suite on English Folk Tunes Nicholas Daniel (oboe) / Philip Dukes (viola) / Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano) / Northern Sinfonia / Steuart Bedford, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2005 ] "And so Naxos has unfolded yet more layers of this astonishing composer; an issue to cherish, and, at over seventy minutes, excellent value too." (MusicWeb, 15 February 2005) |
BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / MOZART / MENDELSSOHN / WAGNER / etc
Otto Klemperer - The Warner Classics Remastered Edition Otto Klemperer (conductor) with Daniel Barenboim, Alan Civil, Yehudi Menuhin, Janet Baker, Dennis Brain, Annie Fischer, Christa Ludwig, etc [ Warner Classics / 95 CD Box Set - released 2/Jun/2023 ] The German-born conductor Otto Klemperer, a towering figure in the musical history of the 20th century, died at the age of 88 on July 8th 1973, so 2023 will mark the 50th anniversary of his death. |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: The Five Piano Concertos / Wedding Cake Pascal Roge, Daniel Chorzempa, Bella Davidovich, Michele Campanella, Magda Tagliaferro (pianos) / various orchestras [ Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 9/Apr/2007 ] Saint-Saëns complete piano concertos on a 2CD Eloquence set presents some truly rare recordings - Campanella's of the Fourth and Tagliaferro's of the Fifth. |
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 |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra La Scala Opera / Plácido Domingo (Simon Boccanegra), Anja Harteros (Amelia Grimaldi (Maria), etc / Daniel Barenboim (cond) [ Arthaus Musik / DVD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] "[Barenboim] delivers the kind of eloquently moulded, dramatically succinct phrases heard in his Wagner performances of late...[His] status as a Verdian outsider - and the fresh insights that come with that - is a genuine drawing card." |
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Telemann: Chamber Music for Bassoon and Guitar Rainer Seidel (bassoon) Daniel Valentin Marx (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Apr/2022 ] Georg Philipp Telemann was the most famous of all German composers during his lifetime and a master of all musical genres. Every piece in this album dates from his triumphant years in Hamburg, where he was the city's music director. |
HILDEGARD von BINGEN / HENRY PURCELL / CLARA SCHUMANN / AMY BEACH / FLORENCE PRICE / etc
Raphaela Gromes - Femmes Raphaela Gromes (cello), Festival Strings Lucerne, Daniel Dodds, Julian Riem (piano) [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 24/Mar/2023 ] For years the star cellist and Opus Klassik laureate Raphaela Gromes has taken up the cause of women composers. Three of her albums, acclaimed by critics and listeners alike, have featured music by unknown women composers, and she maintains a... |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte (complete opera recorded in 2002 at the Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin) Dorothea Roschmann, Katharina Kammerloher, Hanno Muller-Brachmann, Werner Gura / Daniel Barenboim (cond) [ TDK/Euroarts DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "It is very well performed. All the singers are on good form, and work well together in this most ensemble-based of Mozart operas. The picture quality and sound quality are both excellent, and there are loads of index points." (MusicWeb) |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique (with Mark-Anthony Turnage: "Shadow Walker" Concerto) Vadim Repin, Daniel Hope (violins) / Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, Sascha Goetzel [ Onyx / CD - released 1/Oct/2018 ] "Vadim Repin and Daniel Hope are, not surprisingly, ideally fluent, and the excellent Turkish players recreate Turnage's enigmatic soundworld with aplomb." BBC Music |
GIACOMO MEYERBEER
Meyerbeer: Robert Le Diable (complete opera recorded in 2012) BLU-RAY Royal Opera House / Bryan Hymel, Patrizia Ciofi, John Relyea, Marina Poplavskaya / Daniel Oren (conductor) [ Opus Arte Royal Opera House Collection Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Aug/2013 ] "Meyerbeer's vocal writing demands virtuoso singing, and receives that here. Bryan Hymel hurls himself unstintingly at the title role, impossible high notes and all." BBC Music |
ALLEGRI / VICTORIA / GUERRERO / POULENC / SCHUTZ / etc
Miserere (For Lent, Holy Week & Easter) Saint Cecilia Choir of St John Cantius Church, Daniel V Robinson [ Sony Classical / CD - released 26/May/2017 ] From the heart of Chicago, St. John Cantius presents the St. Cecilia Choir through the emotional depth of Holy Week from Chicago's St. John Cantius Church. The triumphal Ingrediente Domino of "Palm Sunday" marks Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem... |
HEGGIE / SCHUBERT / MENDELSSOHN
Violins Of Hope Sasha Cooke, Daniel Hope, Sean Mo, Dawn Harms, Kay Stern, Emil Miland, Patricia Heller [ Pentatone / CD - released 22/Jan/2021 ] Violins of Hope presents instruments that were owned by Jewish musicians before and during the Holocaust, representing strength and optimism for the future during mankind's darkest hour. They have been refurbished by luthiers Amnon and Avshalom... |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E major Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim [ Accentus Music DVD / DVD - released 10/Apr/2016 ] BBC Music Magazine August 2014 - Orchestral Choice |
