Since you are interested in Stabat Mater / Serenade for Strings, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
SHOSTAKOVICH / KABALEVSKY / TANEYEV / ROKOFIEV / TCHAIKOVSKY
David Oistrakh: Russian Violin Concertos [3 CD set] David Oistrakh (violin) / State Symphony Orchestra of USSR / Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra / Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra [ Brilliant Classics Historic Russian Archive Edition / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2011 ] "..to compare and to contrast multiple recordings by this artist is an unmissable one, and rendered even more so by the budget price range. What are you waiting for?" (MusicWeb) |
LISZT / SCHUMANN / RAVEL / BEETHOVEN / RACHMANINOV / TCHAIKOVSKY / DVORAK / CHOPIN
The Great Piano Concertos: Liszt, Schumann, Ravel. Beethoven, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky, etc Emil Gilels, Rudolf Firku?ny, Klara Wartz, Halane Grimaud, Nelson Freire, Evgeny Kissin, Nikolai Lugansky (pianos). Various orchestras. Various conduc [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD - released 14/Aug/2005 ] "A mixed bag, to say the least" (MusicWeb Dec 2004) |
ROMANTIC VIOLIN
Romantic Violin (violin pieces by Dvorak, Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Bruch, etc) Gil Sharon, Bohuslav Matousek, Emmy Verhey, Ilya Grubert (violins) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/May/2008 ] Gil Sharon lives in the Netherlands, where he is concertmaster of the Limburg Symphony Orchestra. In 1971 he won first prize in the "Internatyional Emily Anderson Violin Competition" in London. As a result of this he was invited for solistic... |
DVORAK
Complete Works For Piano Duet (Incls Slavonic Dances) (Rec 1989-90) Ingryd Thorson and Julian Thurber (pianos) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 14/Aug/2005 ] "the fact remains that this ridiculously cheap Brilliant box gives us consistently generous performances, idiomatically played, of music that moves irresistibly through the bloodstream infusing the body with its infectious brio." (MusicWeb Oct 2004) |
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 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Classical Masterworks: from Bach's Brandenburg Concertos via some of Paganini's violin concertos to Satie's piano miniatures. John Lill (piano) / Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra / Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt / Eliahu Inbal / Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra / etc [ Brilliant Classics / 40 CD - released 1/Oct/2006 ] Make your acquaintance with the some of the best music written in over three centuries and revel at its beauty. These 40 CD’s cover highlights of classical music |
DVORAK
Rusalka (Complete opera) Marcel Rosca, Ursula Furi-Bernhard, Nelly Boschkova, Walter Coppola / Academic Choir Ivan Goran & Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Rahbari [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 2 CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] 'The standard of the orchestral playing is high' Gramophone 1999 |
DVORAK
Complete Choruses & Duets (Incls Moravian Duets) Martina Kritznerova (soprano) Å arka Mistrova (mezzo) Daniela Demuthova (alto) Michal KruÅek (bass) / Prague Singers under Stanislav Mistr [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 28/Mar/2006 ] New recordings of excellent performances by the multiple prize winning Prague singers under Stanislav Mistr. |
PROKOFIEV / DVORAK / TCHAIKOVSKY / SHOSTAKOVICH / STRAVINSKY / KNIPPER / etc
Mstislav Rostropovich Edition: Historic Russian Achives (Rec 1961-72) Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) with various orchestras plus Alexander Dedukhin and Aram Khatchaturian (pianos) [ Brilliant classics / 10 CD - released 17/Nov/2005 ] "There’s plenty here to get one’s teeth into, not least at Brilliant’s advantageous price bracket, and a variety of works, both big and small, well-known and obscure. As with the Gilels I would say that concerns over provenance will be swept away by... |
DVORAK
Symphonies Nos 5, 7, 8 & 9 / Othello Overture / Scherzo Capriccioso Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 20/Nov/2005 ] "If the coupling appeals this box will serve the listener well and deliver a Dvorak that is not merely affable but also lyrically urgent" (MusicWeb Nov 2005) |