Since you are interested in Bartok: Complete Solo Piano Music [8 CDs special price], here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Symphonies complete (budget price) Arleen Auger, Catherine Robbin, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Gregory Reinhart / The Academy of Ancient Music / Christopher Hogwood [ Decca Collectors Edition / 5 CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] "As befits Hogwood's performances, the L'Oiseau-Lyre recordings have a mingled size and clarity that tend to outshine not only Nimbus's obviously idiosyncratic sound but also the slightly grey sound of Norrington's EMI Seventh. Only time will tell... |
POULENC
Songs / Melodies Catherine Dubosc (soprano) Felicity Lott (soprano) Gilles Cachemaille (baritone) Francois Le Roux (baritone) Urszula Kryger (mezzo) Pascal Roge (pia [ Decca Collectors Edition / 4 CD Box Set - released 10/Aug/2012 ] "Consistently refined and idiomatic performances...Lott is a stylist par excellence and her sympathy for and affinity with the songs of Poulenc is long-standing." Penguin Guide, 2011 edition |
BRAHMS
Symphonies (complete) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Riccardo Chailly [ Decca Collectors Edition / 3 CD - released 20/Dec/2006 ] "The recording is outstanding, as is the playing of the full orchestra" The Classical Good CD Guide. |