Since you are interested in Complete Piano Works, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
BRAHMS
Lieder Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) Gerald Moore (piano) Wolfgang Sawallisch(piano), Daniel Barenboim and Sviatoslav Richter (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 13/Mar/2006 ] Johannes Brahms wrote some 200 songs, many of them for a single voice and piano accompaniment. The piano parts are played several outstanding accompanists: Gerald Moore, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Daniel Barenboim and Sviatoslav Richter. |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Salome (Complete opera recorded in 1972) Gwyneth Jones / Dietrich Fischer Dieskau / Hamburg State Opera / Karl Bohm [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2009 ] This supposedly is the first commercial "live" recording of Salome but actually it is taken from rehearsals as well as the live performance November 4, 1970. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Heinz Holliger Edition [special priced boxed set] Heinz Holliger (oboe) with various orchestras & accompaniments [ Brilliant Classics / 10 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2010 ] "...superlative performances by Holliger and the ECO. As in the case of Fiala, not just an oboe-player: Holliger also contributes cadenzas where called for that are exactly right for their purpose. A good quality of recording" (Gramophone) |
DONIZETTI
Lucia di Lammermoor (Complete opera) [Recorded 1953] Maria Callas / Giuseppe Di Stefano / Tito Gobbi / Raffaele Arie / Coro e Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Tullio Serafin [ EMI Classics / Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 2 CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] 'Here is certainly some of the finest singing of our time, and there is one moment in the repeat of Spargi d'amaro when the voice is recorded with all the actuality of 3-dimensional sound. It is startling.' Gramophone 1954 |
SCHUBERT
Complete Piano Works (Rec 1989-1995) Michel Dalberto (piano) [ Brilliant Classics Piano Library / 14 CD Box Set - released 10/Mar/2011 ] "Michel Dalberto has looked deeper than many into the soul of Schubert, and at his best his playing the equal of all comers. This and the myriad other little discoveries to be made throughout this box make it well worth the asking price." (MusicWeb... |
DVORAK
Stabat Mater / Serenade for Strings Stefania Woytowicz (soprano), Vera Soukupová (alto), Ivo Zídek (tenor) Kim Borg (bass) / Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Vaclav Smetácek [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Dec/2010 ] "Kubelik does the [Serenade] very beautifully." (Gramophone) |