Since you are interested in Il viaggio a Reims (Complete Opera), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
THE STRAUSS FAMILY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: New Year's Concert 1987 Kathleen Battle (soprano) / Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon Grand Prix / CD - released 15/Feb/2007 ] "A splendid and indispensable issue for all admirers of Karajan and Johann Strauss.." Gramopohone |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokofiev: Violin Sonatas Nos 1 & 2 / 5 Melodien Martha Argerich (piano) Gidon Kremer (violin) [ Deutsche Grammophon Grand Prix / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] "these performances are mercurial and provocative. Kremer and Argerich find expectedly dark resonances in the lyrical Second Sonata whilst projecting a radiant beauty in the Five Melodies." BBC Music Magazine, August 2008 ***** |
CAVATINA
Cavatina Goran Sollscher (guitar) [ Deutsche Grammophon Grand Prix / CD - released 16/Jul/2008 ] "Göran Söllscher is at his finest here. The programme is essentially Romantic and very tuneful and atmospheric. The indelible opening Myers Cavatina is of course the justly famous Deerhunter theme, while even the anonymous Romance will be familiar."... |
BARTOK
Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 / Two Portraits Maurizio Pollini (piano) Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon Grand Prix / CD - released 1/May/2007 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - A recording of Bartók's demanding concertos that set new standards of precision and clarity in this repertoire. "Virtuosity goes with a sense of spontaneity. The Chicago orchestra,... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: String Quintet D 956 Melos Quartett with Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) [ Deutsche Grammophon Grand Prix / CD - released 1/May/2007 ] "Probably the best all-round version" - BBC Radio3 |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Manon Lescaut (complete opera) Mirella Freni, Placido Domingo, Renato Bruson / Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / [ Deutsche Grammophon Grand Prix / 2 CD - released 1/May/2007 ] "The sound is consistently spacious and free to bring out the strongly dramatic and characterful qualities of Sinopoli's reading" - Gramophone |