JAN PIETERSZOON SWEELINCK
Sweelinck: Psalms & Magnificat Cappella Amsterdam, Daniel Reuss [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 30/Aug/2017 ] Composer, organist, organ builder and teacher of international renown, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck was known in his own time as the 'Orpheus of Amsterdam'. Among his significant contributions to Franco-Flemish polyphony, one finds both psalms in French... |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: The Sacred Music Vol.1 Carolyn Sampson, Rebecca Outram, Rogers Covey-Crump, Daniel Auchincloss, Charles Daniels, James Gilchrist / The King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Oct/2003 ] ***** Five Stars (Pick of the Month) BBC Music Magazine (Jan 04)"This is life-enhancing stuff" |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Now the Green Blade Riseth: Choral Music For Easter Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Daniel Hyde [ Kings College / CD - released 29/Apr/2022 ] The Choir of King's College, Cambridge releases a beautiful and varied selection of Easter choral music on its new album under the direction of Daniel Hyde. Now the Green Blade Riseth is a procession through time and history, with music rooted in... |
ARTHUR HONEGGER
Honegger: Le Roi David (complete oratorio) Christophe Balissat, Athéna Poullos, Lucie Chartin / Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne, Marianne Beate Kielland / Daniel Reus [ Mirare / CD - released 15/Jun/2017 ] "There are some ravishing moments, and it is given a polished performance" BBC Music |
JOHN IRELAND
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ireland: Piano Concerto in E flat / A London Overture / Mai-Dun - Symphonic Rhapsody / etc Colin Horsley (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Basil Cameron with Daniel Adni, Desmond Wright and the composer on piano [ EMI Classics / CD - released 3/Mar/1993 ] This release restores a classic of the catalogue, the Piano Concerto with Colin Horsley from 1957. |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: MASTERPIECE Chopin Daniel Adni, Maurizio Pollini, John Ogdon / Philhamonia Orchestra, Robert Irving [ EMI Studio / CD - released 10/Feb/1990 ] This CD contains all the most familiar and best-loved works by the Polish composer Frédéric Chopin, performed by a galaxy of star pianists. |
EDWARD GRIEG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Grieg: Lyric Pieces Daniel Adni (piano) [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 1/May/2018 ] Nordic magic: Altogether Edvard Grieg wrote 66 Lyric Pieces, romantic miniatures for piano in the tradition of Robert Schumann. Partly virtuosic, partly playable even for amateurs, they have enjoyed an extraordinary popularity that occasionally drew... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Trios Daniel Barenboim (piano), Michael Barenboim (violin), Kian Soltani (cello) [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 4/Oct/2019 ] Maestro Barenboim teams up for the second time with his fellow musicians Kian Soltani (cello) and Michael Barenboim (violin). |
BEETHOVEN / BRUCKNER / BOULEZ
Salzburg Opening Concert 2010 - Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 / Bruckner's Te Deum / Boulez's Notations BLU-RAY Daniel Barenboim / Dorothea Roschmann / Elina Garanca / Klaus Florian Vogt / René Pape / Chorus State Opera Vienna / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 26/Oct/2011 ] "there is no doubting the powerful authority that characterizes Barenboim's direction of Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto from the keyboard. Perhaps rather unexpectedly, the magic really starts with a reading of Boulez's Notations I-IV and VII" IRR |
RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: Die Walkure (complete opera recorded in 1992) Daniel Barenboim / Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele / Harry Kupfer / Poul Elming / Nadine Secunde / Matthias Holle / etc. [ Warner Music Vision / Unitel DVD / 2 DVD - released 28/Oct/2005 ] "In many ways this is now the best bet for anyone wanting a DVD version of Die Walkure." (International Record Review) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethven: Complete Piano Sonatas (with bonus Early Westminster Recordings) Daniel Barenboim (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / 13 CD Box Set - released 30/Oct/2020 ] This project - recorded completely during this year's lockdown - is set to become one of the classical recording events of the year! |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Sonata No 3 / Four Ballades Daniel Barenboim (piano) [ Teldec Warner Apex / CD - released 10/Oct/2011 ] "…enjoyment of the disc came from Barenboim's richly imaginative, very personally committed response to the composer's overflowing romanticism." (Gramophone) |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: The complete piano sonatas, variations, etc Daniel Barenboim (piano) [ Warner Classics / 9 CD Box Set - released 26/Aug/2022 ] "His crispness of detail and clarity of partwriting and texture are everywhere admirable, his sheer nimbleness and dexterity are often a joy." Gramophone |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
The Warsaw Recital Daniel Barenboim (piano) [ Accentus Music DVD / DVD - released 16/Feb/2011 ] "The Barcarolle and sequence of three Waltzes are quite beguiling...a magnificent and genuinely impassioned account of the A flat major Polonaise...The neat, unfussy direction makes the film a pleasure to watch." (Gramophone) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Concerto No 1 / Piano Quartet No 1 [orch Schoenberg] (recorded in 2004) Daniel Barenboim (piano) / Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 20/Sep/2011 ] BBC Music Magazine DVD Choice - July 2005. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor" [LP] Daniel Barenboim (piano), New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer [ Warner Classics LP / LP - released 16/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. His complete recordings on Warner Classics catalogue... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Complete Symphonies & Concertos Daniel Barenboim (piano), New Philharmonia Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Sir John Barbirolli [ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 17/Mar/2023 ] The music of Brahms held an important place in Sir John Barbirolli's repertoire, and these recordings of the symphonies, made with the Vienna Philharmonic in 1966 and 1967, stand as one of the peaks of his discography. |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 9, 19, 20, 21, 23 & 24 (LP) Daniel Barenboim (piano/conductor), English Chamber Orchestra [ Warner Classics LP / 4 LP - released 11/Jun/2021 ] Barenboim conducts from the piano, leading the English Chamber Orchestra in performances of breathtaking passion and verve. Mozart's most famous Piano Concertos in the bestselling version from EMI then Warner catalogue since its release in the late... |
WIDMANN / LISZT / SCHUBERT / WAGNER
Martha Argerich & Daniel Barenboim: Live from the BBC Proms 2016 Daniel Barenboim (piano/conductor), Martha Argerich (piano) / West-Eastern Divan Orchestra [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 28/Mar/2018 ] The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, a symbol of tolerance and understanding between people, opens with Jörg Widman's Con brio and are then joined by the legendary Martha Argerich for Franz Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Works for Piano (4 Hands) Daniel Barenboim / Radu Lupu (pianos) [ Teldec / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] "Excellently recorded, this disc can be warmly recommended." Gramophone |