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) |
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. |
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 |
RAMALLAH CONCERT
The Ramallah Concert / Knowledge is the Beginning Daniel Barenboim / The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra (Mohamed Seleh / Kinan Azmeh / Mor Biron / Sharon Polyak) / Paul Smaczny [ Warner Music Vision / EuroArts DVD / 2 DVD - released 10/Sep/2009 ] Revised Documentary & Live Recording. This DVD documents the orchestra's August 2005 concert in the Palestinian Territory in the city of Ramallah, and includes repertoire for which Barenboim is celebrated - Beethoven, Mozart and Elgar. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Overtures, Romances & Arias Daniel Behle (tenor) / L'Orfeo Barockorchester [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Sep/2017 ] "The German lyric tenor brings all his gifts as a lieder singer - cut-glass diction, eager storytelling persona - without dissuading me that Schubert was even less of a music dramatist than his idol, Beethoven." Sunday Times |
BELA BARTOK
Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra / Viola Concerto Daniel Benyamini (viola) / Boston Symphony / Orchestre de Paris [ SBS Deutsche Grammophon Eloquence / CD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] 'the committed performance here by soloist and conductor shows the concerto in the best possible light; and the slow movement is really touching' Gramophone [Viola Concerto] |
BELLINI
I Puritani (complete opera recorded in 2009) Netherlands Opera / Daniel Borowski, Mariola Cantarero, Riccardo Zanellato / Giuliano Carella (conductor), Francisco Negrin (director) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 2/Feb/2013 ] "Osborn manages a stupendous top F, non-falsetto, and his singing in the trio, lyrical but desperate, is even more wonderful...Go on, give it a whirl." (Gramophone) |
BELLINI
I Puritani (Recorded live at the Netherlands Opera, October 2009) BLU-RAY Netherlands Opera / Daniel Borowski, Mariola Cantarero, Riccardo Zanellato / Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Giuliano Carella (conductor) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Feb/2013 ] "Negrin gets some excellent performances from his cast, who are able to express emotion without being either hammy or cheesy. Scott Hendricks as the rejected lover sings nobly after a gusty start...Osborn manages a stupendous top F, non-falsetto, and |
EINAUDI / GLASS / NYMAN / PART / RICHTER
Spheres Daniel Hope (violin) / Deutsches Hammerorchester Berlin, Simon Halsey [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 18/Apr/2013 ] "Hope dances a path through a string of otherworldly new pieces, some intriguing, some sweet, some too brief to make much impression. Gabriel Prokofiev's Spheres, an impressive highwire act for Hope, easily stands out." (The Times) |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto / Octet for Strings Daniel Hope (violin) / Chamber Orchestra of Europe / Thomas Hengelbrock [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 19/Sep/2007 ] "The playing is consistently fine and the pairing of the concerto with the octet - with a few songs thrown in for good measure - makes for enjoyable listening. It is worth hearing this original version of the concerto, if only for interest's... |
DEBUSSY / BERG / HAHN / CHAUSSON / RAVEL / RACHMANINOV / etc
Daniel Hope - Belle Époque Daniel Hope (violin), Lise de la Salle (piano), Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano), Zürcher Kammerorchester [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 6/Mar/2020 ] "Hope's glidings and throbbings can be delightful, as can the music itself. Some of the sweetest, rarest pieces come from Webern's teacher Schoenberg, writing in the 1890s when he had yet to relinquish heart-tugging tunes...Treat this album like a... |
KOSMA / Max RICHTER / HEYMANN / SCHUBERT / SATIE / WEILL / etc
Hope@Home Daniel Hope (violin) with Christoph Israel (piano) Till Brönner (trumpet) Joy Denalane (vocals) Max Raabe (vocals) Jacques Ammon (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 11/Sep/2020 ] Violinist Daniel Hope spent his period of social distancing by performing chamber concerts from his living room in Berlin online and for Arte Concert with specially invited guests. Deutsche Grammophon is proud to present Hope@Home the album, a... |
EDWARD ELGAR
Complete Original Organ Music Daniel Justin (Grand organ of the Leeds Cathedral) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] This new recording contains Elgar's complete original works for organ, as well as several arrangements of his famous showpieces, the first Pomp & Circumstance March, the Imperial March and Nimrod from the Enigma Variations, an iconic piece of English... |