Since you are interested in Lieder, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
RICHARD STRAUSS
Salome (Complete opera recorded in 1972) Gwyneth Jones / Dietrich Fischer Dieskau / Hamburg State Opera / Karl Bohm [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2009 ] This supposedly is the first commercial "live" recording of Salome but actually it is taken from rehearsals as well as the live performance November 4, 1970. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Heinz Holliger Edition [special priced boxed set] Heinz Holliger (oboe) with various orchestras & accompaniments [ Brilliant Classics / 10 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2010 ] "...superlative performances by Holliger and the ECO. As in the case of Fiala, not just an oboe-player: Holliger also contributes cadenzas where called for that are exactly right for their purpose. A good quality of recording" (Gramophone) |
DVORAK
Complete Piano Works Inna Poroshina (piano) [ Brilliant Classics Piano Library / 5 CD Box Set - released 6/Dec/2010 ] Gramophone Magazine Re-issue of the Month - March 2011 |
W.A. MOZART
Essential Mozart (Incls 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik', Piano Concertos 20, 21 & 23, Symphonies 38, 40 & 41, Clarinet Concerto & Horn Quintet) Klara Wartz (piano) the Philharmonia Orchestra / the Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra. Sir Colin Davis etc [ Brilliant Classics / 10 CD - released 14/Aug/2005 ] The Essential masterworks in a handsome 10-CD wallet package, substantial but manageable. The great, complete masterworks together in superb performances by renowned artists. |
DONIZETTI
Lucia di Lammermoor (Complete opera) [Recorded 1953] Maria Callas / Giuseppe Di Stefano / Tito Gobbi / Raffaele Arie / Coro e Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Tullio Serafin [ EMI Classics / Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 2 CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] 'Here is certainly some of the finest singing of our time, and there is one moment in the repeat of Spargi d'amaro when the voice is recorded with all the actuality of 3-dimensional sound. It is startling.' Gramophone 1954 |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphonies / Jazz Suites / Chamber music [3 CD] WDR Symphony Orchestra, Rudolf Barshai / National Symphony of Urkraine, Theore Kuchar / Edwar Auer, piano [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 20/Jun/2010 ] "No. 9: Magnificent; Shostakovich's subversive, Haydnesque wit and underlying anxiety is made perfectly plain; wonderful brass playing. No. 10: A lithe, lean, and dramatic reading, with powerful climaxes" (10/10 ClassicsToday) |