Browse: Building a Library, January 2020
Return to Building a Library.
-
Beethoven: Complete Symphonies
RecommendedDanish National Concert Choir, Danish Chamber Orchestra, Ádám Fischer
I find these performances utterly fascinating, though it would be next to impossible to offer a comprehensive catalogue of the various colourful twists and turns that characterise Fischer’s performances... — More…
Awards:
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 19th July 2019
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
-
Building a Library, January 2020, Recommended Recording
-
International Classical Music Awards, 2020, Winner - Symphonic Music
-
International Classical Music Awards, 2020, Winner - Recording of the Year
-
Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Conductor of the Year
-
Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Winner - Orchestral (19th-century music)
5 CDs
$38.00Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Beethoven - Complete Symphonies
RecommendedCharlotte Margiono (soprano), Birgit Remmert (alto), Ridolf Schasching (tenor), Robert Holl (bass)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Brimful of intrepid character and interpretative incident, this is surely one of the most stimulating Beethoven symphony cycles of recent times. As Harnoncourt himself states in the booklet:... — More…
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, 100 Greatest Recordings
-
Building a Library, July 2005, Budget Choice
-
Gramophone Awards, 1992, Recording of the Year
-
Building a Library, January 2020, Also Recommended
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Harnoncourt - Beethoven
RecommendedGidon Kremer & Pierre-Laurent Aimard
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Another absorbing set, with Nikolaus Harnoncourt bringing his impeccable, historically-informed sensibilities to the modern instruments of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. The Eroica is mightily... — More…
Awards:
-
Building a Library, January 2015, First Choice
-
Gramophone Awards, 1992, Recording of the Year
-
Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
-
Building a Library, January 2020, Also Recommended
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
In the use of words like sensational, extraordinary, phenomenal, etc., critics have to be sparing, at risk of their credibility. But these adjectives are all appropriate to this new Chopin recital... — More…
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, May 2004, Disc of the Month
-
Building a Library, January 2020, Also Recommended
CD
$15.75Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
New,
Beethoven: Symphonies, Overtures & Piano Concertos RecommendedMelvyn Tan (piano)
London Classical Players, Roger Norrington
Awards:
-
Gramophone Awards, 1987, Winner - Period performance
-
Building a Library, January 2020, Also Recommended
-
Building a Library, December 2022, Also Recommended - Beethoven 9
-
Building A Library, October 2023, Recommended Period Instrument Recording
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
With some pretty fast tempos throughout, Riccardo Chailly and the Gewandhausorchester certainly don't hang about, but there's never any question of the music sounding rushed, and the last movements... — More…
Awards:
-
Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
-
Building a Library, January 2020, Recommended Recording
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Offer,
Holst: The Planets, Op. 32, etc. RecommendedLondon Symphony Orchestra & Wiener Philharmoniker, Pierre Monteux & Herbert Von Karajan
Awards:
-
Building a Library, January 2020, Also Recommended
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Emanuel Ax Plays Chopin
RecommendedEmanuel Ax (piano), Pamela Frank (violin), Yo - Yo Ma (cello)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Sir Charles Mackerras
Awards:
-
Building a Library, January 2020, Also Recommended
-
Building a Library, March 2023, Also Recommended
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Awards:
-
Building a Library, January 2020, Recommended Recording
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Immense, yet light-fingered keyboard power from Richter, whose mastery opens out great vistas of space around the music. — More…
Awards:
-
Building a Library, January 2020, Recommended Recording
CD
$6.25 -
