This month's heavyweights include mammoth centenary celebrations of both Isaac Stern and the Salzburg Festival, a seventy-fifth birthday tribute to Itzhak Perlman on Euroarts, and Delitiae Musicae's complete Monteverdi madrigals on Naxos.
Sony Classical mark the centenary of Stern’s birth with this 75-CD collection, comprising almost all the major concertos in the repertoire (including a performance of the Stravinsky with the composer conducting), Mozart, Brahms and Bartók sonatas with Alexander Zakin, piano trios with Leonard Rose and Eugene Istomin, numerous performances with Pablo Casals and his festival ensembles, and a sixtieth-birthday concert with the New York Philharmonic.
Available Format: 75 CDs
Recorded between 2001 and 2019, Longhini’s Monteverdi series with his Verona-based ensemble has been described as ‘compelling, simultaneously controlled and imaginative’ (American Record Guide), ‘brilliantly stylish’ (BBC Music Magazine) and reaching ‘rare heights of early Baroque eloquence’ (The Observer). The performances (which include numerous premiere recordings) use authentic uncut editions and employ male voices only.
Available Format: 15 CDs
Itzhak Perlman Anniversary Box
Itzhak Perlman (violin), Berliner Philharmoniker, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
The great Israeli-American violinist celebrates his 75th birthday next month, and this 6-DVD set marks the occasion with Christopher Nupen’s 1978 documentary I know I played every note, two full-length concerts with the Israel Philharmonic, Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with Daniel Barenboim and Yo-Yo Ma, the Tchaikovsky concerto with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Eugene Ormandy, and the Brahms and Beethoven concertos with the Berliner Philharmoniker.
Available Format: 6 DVD Videos
