Anne-Sophie Mutter, Roger Federer, John Williams, Daniel Barenboim, Andre Previn, Jorg Widmann, Lambert Orkis, Steve Cohen
Anne-Sophie Mutter: Vivace [ SWR Classics / DVD - released 29/Sep/2023 ] Anne-Sophie Mutter is one of the greatest musicians of our age and for the last five decades has appeared at the world's leading concert venues. In addition to premiering 31 new works from leading composers, she is an inspiring mentor, has promoted... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Violin Concertos 1 & 2 Arabella Steinbacher (violin) / Festival Strings Lucerne, Daniel Dodds [ Pentatone / CD - released 1/Oct/2021 ] After having recorded Mozart's last three violin concertos in 2014, Arabella Steinbacher, the Festival Strings Lucerne and its leader Daniel Dodds now complete the cycle by presenting Mozart's less well-known, but equally enchanting Violin Concertos... |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 4-9 (The Mature Symphonies) (6-DVD Box Set) Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim [ Unitel Classics DVD / 6 DVD - released 8/Aug/2011 ] "This unforgettable Bruckner cycle sets new standards, and guarantees the Staatskapelle Berlin and their principal conductor "a place in the Bruckner pantheon." Der Tagesspiegel |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: Serenade / Our Hunting Fathers Ian Bostridge (tenor) with Marie Luise Neunecker (horn) / Britten Sinfonia, Daniel Harding [ EMI Classics / CD - released 22/Apr/2013 ] Ian Charles Bostridge CBE (born 25 December 1964) is an English tenor, well known for his performances as an opera and lieder singer. |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Complete Symphonies / The Wasps (Overture) / Flos campi / etc Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kees Bakels, Paul Daniel, with Paul Silverthorne (viola) [ Naxos / 6 CD Box Set - released 28/Apr/2008 ] "Kees Bakels draws ravishing sounds from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra." Penguin Guide |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: The Great Edition Daniel Adni, Martha Argerich, Wayner Marshall, Marie-Claire Alain, Emmanuel Pahud, Maxim Vengerov, Victoria de los Angeles, Janet Baker, Sabine Meyer [ Warner Classics / 40 CD Box Set - released 16/Feb/2024 ] A child prodigy, Felix Mendelssohn is considered one of Europe's greatest composers. A virtuoso conductor and pianist, he was a respected all-round musician for whom Robert Schumann had great friendship and admiration. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven 2020 - The Very Best of Beethoven Daniel Barenboim, Murray Perahia, Emil Gilels, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Wilhelm Kempff, Krystian Zimerman, David Garrett, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 6/Dec/2019 ] Essential works in timeless interpretations by the biggest names in classical music - from Lang Lang to Anne-Sophie Mutter and Daniel Barenboim to Herbert von Karajan |
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Eight Piano Sonatas [Incls 'Waldstein' & 'Pastorale'] Daniel Barenboim (piano) [ EMI Classics DVD / DVD - released 1/Jul/2006 ] Live From Berlin 177 minutes |
FRANZ LISZT
The Liszt Recital (recorded in Milan in May 2007) Daniel Barenboim (piano) [ Euroarts DVD / DVD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] Recorded live at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 28 May 2007. |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Songs without Words Daniel Barenboim (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon Double / 2 CD - released 15/Jan/2006 ] Daniel Barenboim recorded Mendelssohn's famous Lieder ohne Worte for DG in 1973. |
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. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas, Cello Sonatas, String Trios, Piano Trios Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Lynn Harrell (cello), Pinchas Zukerman (violin) Itzhak Perlman (violin), Daniel Barenboim (piano) [ Warner Classics / 11 CD Box Set - released 5/Oct/2019 ] "The result is music-making of rare concentration, spontaneity and warmth." (Penguin Guide) |
WIDMANN / LISZT / SCHUBERT / WAGNER
Martha Argerich & Daniel Barenboim: Live from the BBC Proms 2016 BLU-RAY Daniel Barenboim (piano/conductor), Martha Argerich (piano) / West-Eastern Divan Orchestra [ EuroArts Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 28/Mar/2018 ] The Proms don't come more stellar than this! Daniel Barenboim and his West-Eastern Divan Orchestra would have comfortably filled the hall on their own, while Martha Argerich could have filled it three times over" - The Independent |
W. A. MOZART / SCHUBERT / STRAVINSKY / BEETHOVEN / RAVEL / etc
Martha Argerich & Daniel Barenboim: Piano Duos & Concerti (from the Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires Daniel Barenboim (piano/conductor), Martha Argerich (piano) / West-Eastern Divan Orchestra [ EuroArts DVD / 2 DVD - released 7/Oct/2016 ] G. For the first time the two musicians performed together in the city of their birth. The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra enthralled their audience at the Teatro Colón. With works by Beethoven, Bizet, Mores, Mozart, Ravel, Schubert,... |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Symphony No 3 'Organ' (with Moussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition) Daniel Chorzempa (organ) / Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra / Edo de Waart [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2009 ] "In the finale, the organ - played by Daniel Chorzempa - rises majestically to the occasion as part of one of the great final movements in the symphonic literature." Classik Reviews |
ALFRED SCHNITTKE
Schnittke: Works for Violin and Piano Daniel Hope (violin) Alexey Botvinov (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 26/Feb/2021 ] "In the summer of 1989, when I was 15, my 'love affair' with Alfred Schnittke's music began", recalls Daniel Hope. Three years later the violinist became acquainted with the Russian composer, studying with and performing for Schnittke. |
TRADITIONAL
Daniel Hope: Irish Roots Daniel Hope (violin) with Seán Smyth (fiddle) Kevin Crawford (flute) Trevor Hutchinson (double bass) Cillian Vallely (uilleann pipes) Siobhan Armstron [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 5/Jul/2024 ] "There's charm here for sure, though a better title might have been 'Irish Stew ' given the different array of flavours. The traditional tunes, like Morning Nightcap, are really appealing and the Ina Boyle is grand." BBC Music |
EDVARD GRIEG / CESAR FRANCK / DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH / ALEXEY SHORE-MIKHAIL PLETNEV
Franck, Grieg, Shor-Pletnev: Violin Sonatas Daniel Lozakovich (violin) Mikhail Pletnev (piano) [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 30/Aug/2024 ] A debut album for Daniel Lozakovich on Warner Classics, in collaboration with pianist Mikhail Pletnev The repertoire includes Edvard Grieg: Solveig's song, César Franck: Sonata for violin and piano in A Major FWV 8, Dimitri Shostakovitch: Romance,... |
CARL NIELSEN / EDVARD GRIEG
Nielsen: Concerto for Clarinet / Grieg: Lyric Pieces Daniel Ottensamer (clarinet), Christoph Traxler (piano) / Wiener Philharmoniker, Ádám Fische [ Sony Classical / CD - released 23/Jun/2023 ] The Clarinet Concerto by the Danish composer Carl Nielsen is one of the absolute pillars of the repertoire for clarinet and orchestra. Austrian clarinettist Daniel Ottensamer associates very special memories with this work as 2009 winner of The Carl... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven - Triple Concerto / Choral Fantasy Itzhak Perlman (violin) Daniel Barenboim (piano) Yo-Yo Ma (cello) / The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra [ EMI Classics / EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 1/Oct/2015 ] Itzhak Perlman is joined by fellow veteran Daniel Barenboim and Yo-Yo Ma in two great Beethoven works |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Lieder Jessye Norman (soprano) Daniel Barenboim (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 29/Apr/1983 ] "Jessye Norman, full and golden of tone, consistently reveals how her art has developed, in most ways matching even the imagination of Fischer-Dieskau. Not the least important elemant is the playing of Barenboim." Penguin Guide |
MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG
Weinberg: Concertinos / Rhapsody / Symphony No. 7 Jewish Chamber Orchestra Munich, Daniel Crossmann (conductor) [ Onyx / CD - released 29/Sep/2023 ] "Grossmann and his players get unerringly to the emotional heart of the matter...In short, this is a fabulous disc, which immediately joins my shortlist of most urgently recommendable Weinberg recordings." Gramophone Award Nomination 2024 - Concerto |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527 (complete opera recorded in 2011) BLU-RAY La Scala Milan / Anna Netrebko, Bryn Terfel, Anna Prohaska, Barbara Frittoli / Daniel Barenboim (conductor) [ Deutsche Grammophon Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 6/Dec/2015 ] Recorded live at the opening of the 2011-12 La Scala season, Don Giovanni was released in honour of Bryn Terfel's 50th birthday which was on 9 November 2015. It also tied in with the traditional opening of the new season at La Scala - 7 December. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Rule Britannia: The Last Night of the Proms (featuring 'Crown Imperial'; 'Jerusalem' & 'Fantasia on British Sea Songs') Leeds Festival Chorus; English Northern Philharmonia; Paul Daniel, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Jan/2004 ] Christian Sinding was born in 1856 in Kongsberg, Norway, where his father was an engineer. His mother was artistically minded, encouraging her three sons' artistic interests and both Christian's brothers pursued artistic careers |
DANZI / MOZART / DEVIENNE / PLEYEL
Les Vents Français: Concertante! Les Vents Français / Munich Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Giglberge [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2018 ] The members of Les Vents Français, which has been described as "the wind-quintet equivalent of a supergroup" join the Munich Chamber Orchestra and conductor Daniel Giglberger in five examples of the sinfonia concertante. The form flourished in the... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La Traviata (complete opera) Lisette Oropesa, René Barbera, Lester Lynch / Dresdner Philharmonie, Daniel Oren [ Pentatone / 2 CD Box Set - released 27/May/2022 ] The Dresdner Philharmonie, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden and conductor Daniel Oren present Verdi's masterpiece La Traviata, together with a stellar cast including Lester Lynch as Germont, and world star soprano Lisette Oropesa as Violetta. |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
The Chopin Masters - 28 Great Albums Maria Joao Pires, Geza Anda, Martha Argerich, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Stefan Askenase, Daniel Barenboim, Maurizio Pogorelich, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon / 28 CD Box Set - released 4/Mar/2022 ] Deutsche Grammophon presents a 28-CD set highlighting the riches of their Chopin catalogue: including eight Chopin Competition winners and many of the most legendary Chopin artists of all time. |
W. A. MOZART / FRANZ SCHUBERT / IGOR STRAVINSKY
Mozart/Schubert/Stravinsky: Piano Duos Martha Argerich, Daniel Barenboim (pianos) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 27/Oct/2014 ] NZ LISTENER BEST CLASSICAL Recordings 2014 |
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... |
Tony Sheldon, Jeremy Stanford, Daniel Scott / Original Cast Recording
Priscilla Queen of the Desert: The Musical [ Universal Music / CD - released 17/Apr/2008 ] 'Priscilla; Queen of the Desert' became one of the most internationally successful Australian movies of all time. This version of the stage musical is the Australian Cast in all their fabulous glory. |
GEORGE ANTHEIL
Antheil: Ballet Mecanique,/ Serenade for String Orchestra No.1 / Symphony for Five Instruments, etc Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Spalding [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Nov/2001 ] "The Philadelphia players sound as if they are enjoying themselves, and at its super-budget price it's an ideal introduction to the 'bad boy of music', who certainly wasn't nearly as bad a composer as many who've come after him." International Record |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Gloriana (complete opera recorded in June 2013) BLU-RAY Royal Opera House / Susan Bullock, Toby Spence, Patricia Bardon, Mark Stone, Kate Royal / Paul Daniel (conductor) [ Opus Arte Royal Opera House Collection Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 25/Nov/2013 ] "At its moments of greatest drama and pathos this 2013 production is undeniably effective." (MusicWeb) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms The Symphonies Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim [ Deutsche Grammophon / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2018 ] ""The blend of clarity, intimacy and power the engineers have been able to achieve here fits the lustre and glow of these Staatskapelle performances like a glove" Editor's Choice Gramophone |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Tannhauser (complete opera recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY Staatsoper Berlin / Peter Seiffert, Marina Prudenskaya, Ann Petersen, Peter Mattei, René Pape / Daniel Barenboim (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 18/Dec/2015 ] "Daniel Barenboim provides spacious and lucid conducting … Mattei's finely enunciated Wolfram and Peter Seiffert encompassing the title-role's difficulties with a constant eye on their dramatic import." (Gramophone January 2016) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 1 - 5 (recorded live in 2007) Stattakapelle Berlin / Daniel Barenboim (piano and conductor) [ Euroarts / 2 DVD Box Set - released 22/Dec/2007 ] In November 2007, Daniel Barenboim completed a cycle of Beethoven's piano concertos. Recorded live at the prestigious Klavier-Festival Ruhr in May 2007, this DVD recording reflects both a very individual and special reading of Beethoven's music. |
EDWARD ELGAR / WILLIAM WALTON
Elgar / Walton: Cello Concertos Steven Isserlis (cello) / Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Harding [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Feb/2016 ] "This mesmerising meditation couldn't be in better hands" BBC Music Magazine Instrumental Choice March 2016 |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
The Salzburg Concerts - Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique" (and works by Mozart, Beethoven and Schoenberg) West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ C Major DVD / DVD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "captures the sense of music-making on the wing...rarely has the final coda erupted with such overwhelming joy. The same electrifying concentration informs performances of Schoenberg's Variations and Tchaikovsky's Pathetique Symphony, which find Bare |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Schwanengesang Andrè Schuen (baritone), Daniel Heide (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 18/Nov/2022 ] "one enjoys Schuen's fresh, beautifully contoured baritone, deployed with breath control that allows him to sail into long vocal lines with an illuminating sense of long-term musical direction, plus telling articulation of text." Gramophone |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Die Schone Mullerin Andrè Schuen (baritone), Daniel Heide (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 5/Mar/2021 ] Schubert's song cycle Die schöne Müllerin, written almost two hundred years ago, is one of the supreme tests of the lieder singer's art. The duo brings to life the story of a young miller who wanders the countryside in search of work and sees his... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Requiem Anja Harteros, Elina Garanca, Jonas Kaufmann, Rene Pape / Orchestra e coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Daniel Barenboim [ Decca / 2 CD - released 8/Sep/2013 ] "The non-Italian soloists are in good fearless voice and aurally well integrated into this concept." Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine, November 2013 |