W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626 (with Bruckner - Te Deum in C major, WAB 45) Sheila Armstrong, Janet Baker, Nicolai Gedda, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / English Chamber Orchestra / Daniel Barenboim [ Warner Classics Masters / CD - released 20/Apr/2013 ] "Barenboim has, of course, a superb quartet of soloists, an absolutely first-rate chorus and an orchestra that knows how to play Mozart with the utmost artistry…You really should not overlook this exciting and most beautiful performance." (Gramophone) |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Symphony No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 55 Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim [ Decca / CD - released 15/May/2016 ] "Barenboim's long association with, and love for, Elgar has effectively made it part of his musical DNA..That is the really startling achievement here and it manifests itself in playing that is as exciting as it is nuanced." Gramophone Disc of May 16 |
EDWARD ELGAR
Symphony No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 63 Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim [ Decca / CD - released 20/Jul/2014 ] "this is a marvellously full-blooded reading of the Symphony, full of drama and passion...This must be one of the finest performances currently on offer." (Five Stars BBC Music) |
SCUBERT
Winterreise D911 (filmed live in 2005) Thomas Quasthoff (baritone) Daniel Barenboim (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 1/Feb/2007 ] G - Regular [Pan & Scan 4:3] - Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0 - Colour - 124 Minutes - PAL |
ALBINONI / BACH / BEETHOVEN
Adagios I Solisti Veneti, the Amerdam Baroque Orchestra, Academy of St martins in the Fields, Ton Koopman, Daniel Barenboim, etc [ Warner Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 18/Aug/2008 ] "Scimone's complete set is very recommendable… They radiate simple vitality, a love of life and a youthful exuberance that belies the composer's age. The playing is warm and musical…" (Penguin Guide on Albinoni) |
Various Artists Incl Daniel Barenboim, Thomas Hampson, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Peru: Kingdom Of The Sun And Fiestas of Peru [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 28/Jul/1995 ] German import (catalog 7559791972) |
100 BEST RELAXING PIANO
100 Best Relaxing Piano (6 Discs) Various artists incls Daniel Barenboim, Bertrand Chamayou, Aldo Ciccolini, Georges Cziffra, Samson François, Hélène Grimaud, Stephen Kovacevich, etc [ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2018 ] The collection gathers the best relaxing tunes from the piano repertoire performed by most eminent musicians from the catalogues of Warner and Erato. |
50 BEST RELAXING PIANO
50 Best Relaxing Piano (3 Disc) Various artists incls Piotr Anderszewski, Leif Ove Andsnes, Daniel Barenboim, Bertrand Chamayou, Aldo Ciccolini, Samson François, Hélène Grimaud, etc [ Warner Classics / 3 CD - released 1/Jul/2018 ] The collection gathers the best relaxing tunes from the piano repertoire performed by the most eminent musicians from the catalogues of Warner and Erato. |
Soundtrack / Daniel Pemberton
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (Remake) [ Watertower Music / CD - released 1/Nov/2015 ] |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Eugene Onegin (complete opera Recorded at the 2007 Salzburg Festival) Vienna State Opera / Peter Mattei / Anna Samuil / Joseph Kaiser / Daniel Barenboim (com) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 10/Aug/2008 ] G : - Recorded at the 2007 Salzburg Festival, this production of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin features an excellent, young cast and the Wiener Philharmoniker conducted by maestro Daniel Barenboim. |
LISZT
Wild and crazy [2 CD set] Vladimir Ashkenazy, Daniel Barenboim, Lang Lang, Wilhelm Kempff, Martha Argerich, Mikhail Pletnev, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] This is a revelatory compilation of Liszt's most daring and virtuosic piano music, a special celebration of his wild and crazy side from an array of great pianists - dazzling virtuosity, extreme harmonies and textures. |
WAGNER
Parsifal (Complete Opera recorded in 1991) Waltraud Meier, Siegfried Jerusalem, Jose Van Dam, John tomlinson / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ Warner Classics Home of Opera / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2016 ] "For a studio performance my vote would go now-just-to the new version, largely on the strength of the recording and the performances of Meier and Jerusalem. (Gramophone) |
BEETHOVEN / MOZART
Ramallah Concert-Symphony No. 5 / Sinfonia Concertante K297b West-Eastern Divan Orchestra / Daniel Barenboim [ Warner Classics / CD - released 19/Feb/2006 ] "A marvellous score set alight by these young players, going for broke in Gaza" (MusicWeb March 2006) |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 'Pathétique' (with Schoenberg - Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31) West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ Decca / CD - released 10/Jun/2011 ] "It's a highly exciting performance, treating the work as a bravura concerto for orchestra...Lyricism could hardly be in short supply in the Tchaikovsky" (BBC Music) |
JOHANN FRIEDRICH FASCH
Fasch: New Year's Cantata, 'Jauchzet dem Herrn' / etc Deborah York & Klaus Mertens / Accademia Daniel, Shalev Ad-El [ CPO / CD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] |
TELEMANN
Three Cantatas Dorothee Mields (soprano) & Klaus Mertens (bass baritone) / Accademia Daniel, Shalev Ad-El [ CPO / CD - released 1/Oct/2007 ] "CPO continue to produce very high quality performances and recordings of some of the German baroque's very best pieces." (Early Music Review) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Chamber Music with Horn Alec Frank-Gemmill (horn), Daniel Grimwood (piano), Benjamin Marquise Gilmore (violin) [ BIS / CD - released 2/Oct/2020 ] The horn was one of the instruments that Johannes Brahms learned in his youth, from his father who played it professionally. His fondness and familiarity with the instrument is clear from the glorious solos that he provided it with in his symphonies,... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / EDWARD ELGAR
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 / Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 [Europa Konzert 2010 from Oxford] Alisa Weilerstein (cello) / Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Daniel Barenboim [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 21/Dec/2010 ] 'Barenboim's approach was refreshingly un-English, a bonus in Elgar, and the sound of the orchestra in the climaxes was overwhelming.' Guardian |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / EDWARD ELGAR
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 / Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 [Europa Konzert 2010 from Oxford] BLU-RAY Alisa Weilerstein (cello) / Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Daniel Barenboim [ EuroArts Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 16/Feb/2011 ] "Daniel Barenboim´s programme played to the orchestra's strengths, and the sound was sumptuous." (Guardian) |