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Mitropoulos’s fellow Busoni pupil Egon Petri is piano soloist in an arrangement of \u003cstrong\u003eLiszt\u003c\/strong\u003e’s \u003cem\u003eSpanish Rhapsody\u003c\/em\u003e (1940) and pianist Oscar Levant in concertos by \u003cstrong\u003eKhachaturian\u003c\/strong\u003e (1950) and Anton \u003cstrong\u003eRubinstein\u003c\/strong\u003e (1952).  \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith the \u003cstrong\u003eNEW YORK PHILHARMONIC\u003c\/strong\u003e, Mitropoulos conducts the epoch-making first recording of \u003cstrong\u003eBerg\u003c\/strong\u003e’s \u003cem\u003eWozzeck\u003c\/em\u003e (1951) with Mack Harrell and Eileen Farrell – “It is difficult to conceive any other conductor having an equivalent grasp of the score; and Mitropoulos infused his knowledge and vitality into his soloists” (\u003cem\u003eGramophone\u003c\/em\u003e); \u003cstrong\u003eSchoenberg\u003c\/strong\u003e’s \u003cem\u003eVerklärte Nacht\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eErwartung\u003c\/em\u003e with soprano Dorothy Dow (1951) and the first recording of his \u003cem\u003eViolin Concerto\u003c\/em\u003e, with Louis Krasner, Mitropoulos’s Minneapolis concertmaster (1952); \u003cstrong\u003eKrenek\u003c\/strong\u003e’s \u003cem\u003eSymphonic Elegy\u003c\/em\u003e (1951); and memorable \u003cstrong\u003eBerlioz\u003c\/strong\u003e including an “almost hallucinatory” (\u003cem\u003eClassical Net\u003c\/em\u003e) Symphonie fantastique (1957) and excerpts from Roméo et Juliette (1952).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncluded from New York are also \u003cstrong\u003eMendelssohn\u003c\/strong\u003e’s “Scottish” and “Reformation” Symphonies (1953); \u003cstrong\u003eTchaikovsky\u003c\/strong\u003e’s Fifth Symphony (1954), \u003cem\u003ePathétique\u003c\/em\u003e (1957) – “Mitropoulos achieves some remarkable flexibility of phrase for his expressive purposes…The first chord in the Adagio lamentoso movement of this recording sounds as if the conductor had reached the hearts of every individual string player” (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e) – and First Suite (1954); \u003cstrong\u003eScriabin\u003c\/strong\u003e’s \u003cem\u003ePoème de l’extase\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePromethée\u003c\/em\u003e (1953); \u003cstrong\u003eShostakovich\u003c\/strong\u003e’s Symphonies Nos. 5 (1952) and 10 (1954) – “Mitropoulos had a particular affinity for this symphony. He gave its Western Hemisphere premiere in 1954 … This recording conveys an exciting spontaneity” (High Fidelity), “Mitropoulos’s pioneering account probes more deeply into the heart of this score than any of the recent newcomers” (\u003cem\u003eGramophone\u003c\/em\u003e); \u003cstrong\u003eDebussy\u003c\/strong\u003e’s \u003cem\u003eLa Mer\u003c\/em\u003e (1950) and \u003cstrong\u003eStravinsky\u003c\/strong\u003e’s \u003cem\u003ePetrushka\u003c\/em\u003e (1951); excerpts from \u003cstrong\u003eProkofiev\u003c\/strong\u003e’s \u003cem\u003eRomeo and Juliet\u003c\/em\u003e (1957) as well as that composer’s Lieutenant Kijé and \u003cstrong\u003eKodály\u003c\/strong\u003e’s Háry János suites (1956); \u003cstrong\u003eVaughan Williams\u003c\/strong\u003e’s Fourth Symphony (1956) – “splendidly alert and unfailingly eloquent (nowhere more so than in the slow movement) … Mitropoulos’s deeply felt interpretation won the enthusiastic approbation of the composer” (\u003cem\u003eGramophone\u003c\/em\u003e) – and his Tallis Fantasia in the conductor’s 1958 glorious stereo remake (\u003cem\u003eBBC Music Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e: “A marvel of fine string playing”).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOther New York recordings with a soloist include David Oistrakh’s “unmissable…spellbinding…not least because of the conducting” (\u003cem\u003eGramophone\u003c\/em\u003e) first recording of the \u003cstrong\u003eShostakovich\u003c\/strong\u003e Violin Concerto No. 1 (1956); pianist Robert Casadesus in the \u003cstrong\u003eBeethoven\u003c\/strong\u003e “\u003cem\u003eEmperor\u003c\/em\u003e” (1955), with “accompaniment as dynamic and exciting as the soloist’s playing” (\u003cem\u003eClassics Today\u003c\/em\u003e), and \u003cstrong\u003eFalla\u003c\/strong\u003e’s \u003cem\u003eNights in the Gardens of Spain\u003c\/em\u003e (1956–57) – “Remarkable … Listen to the mystery and menace that he and Mitropoulos find in the first movement’s second half, or to the huge passion they bring to its climax” (\u003cem\u003eClassics Today\u003c\/em\u003e); the \u003cstrong\u003eMendelssohn\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eTchaikovsky\u003c\/strong\u003e (1954) and \u003cstrong\u003eProkofiev\u003c\/strong\u003e’s Second Violin Concerto (1952) with Zino Francescatti and the \u003cstrong\u003eProkofiev\u003c\/strong\u003e First Concerto with Isaac Stern (1956). Major American works from New York include the recording premiere of Roger \u003cstrong\u003eSessions\u003c\/strong\u003e’s Second Symphony (1950) – “one of the most important symphonic works ever produced in the United States” (\u003cem\u003eGramophone\u003c\/em\u003e) – as well as Peter Mennin’s Third Symphony (1954), Gunther \u003cstrong\u003eSchuller\u003c\/strong\u003e’s \u003cem\u003eSymphony for Brass and Percussion\u003c\/em\u003e (1956), Morton \u003cstrong\u003eGould\u003c\/strong\u003e’s Fall River Legend ballet suite (1952) and Leon \u003cstrong\u003eKirchner\u003c\/strong\u003e featured as soloist in his Piano Concerto No. 1 (1956).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFinally, the box also contains Mitropoulos’s complete \u003cstrong\u003eMETROPOLITAN OPERA\u003c\/strong\u003e sets: the world premiere of Samuel \u003cstrong\u003eBarber\u003c\/strong\u003e’s \u003cem\u003eVanessa\u003c\/em\u003e with Eleanor Steber, Nicolai Gedda, Regina Resnik and Rosalind Elias (1958) – “This recording stands the test of time as well as does the opera itself” (\u003cem\u003ePenguin Guide\u003c\/em\u003e); \u003cstrong\u003eVerdi\u003c\/strong\u003e’s \u003cem\u003eUn ballo in maschera\u003c\/em\u003e with Zinka Milanov, Jan Peerce, Leonard Warren and the Met debut of Marian Anderson (1955); and \u003cstrong\u003eMussorgsky\u003c\/strong\u003e’s \u003cem\u003eBoris Godunov\u003c\/em\u003e (in English; abridged) with Giorgio Tozzi (1956). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREVIEWS\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"dxeBase_PlasticBlue\" id=\"ctl00_MainContent_gvReviews_cell1_12_ASPxPopupControl1_ASPxLabel2\"\u003eHow best to sum up this set? Dimitri Mitropoulos was a lone force among 20th-century conductors...kindly, yet with a will of steel, who would surely have found today’s unapologetic commercialism a cheapening misrepresentation of an art form he so dearly loved and valued. Whatever passing faults one encounters in the course of listening to these recordings (and there aren’t many), one thing remains constant: an unwillingness to compromise for the sake of sugaring the pill. That ‘pill’ is either sweet or it isn’t, and Mitropoulos’s only concern was that it should be taken to aid spiritual enhancement. In that he was unique, as is his legacy[.] The present set, which is produced by Robert Russ and enshrines top-notch re-masterings, is sturdily presented with a 187-page hardbacked book, an excellent essay by [New York Philharmonic archivist] Gabryel Smith, numerous photographs and exhaustive discographical information.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-- MusicWeb International\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMitropoulos championed new music and made many recordings, all presented in this important new issue, which also contains all of his recordings for RCA. He also championed lesser-known composers including Rabaud, Sessions, Krenck, William Schuman, Travis, Siegmeister, and Rieger. Some famous soloists recorded with him: Zino Francescatti (Saint-Saëns Concerto No. 3), concertos of Walton, Prokofiev (No. 1), Lalo (\u003cem\u003eSymphonie espagnole\u003c\/em\u003e), Isaac Stern (Prokofiev Concertos), Robert Casadesus (Falla:\u003cem\u003eNights in the Gardens of Spain\u003c\/em\u003e), Leonard Rose (Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto), Oscar Levant (Rubinstein and Khachturian concertos). Egon Petri (Liszt \u003cem\u003eSpanish Rhapsody\u003c\/em\u003e), and David Oistrakh (Shostakovich Concerto No. 1).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMitropoulos also conducted opera and his 1951 New York Philharmonic concert performance of \u003cem\u003eWozzeck \u003c\/em\u003ewith Eileen Farrell and Mack Harrell; Verdi's \u003cem\u003eA Masked Ball\u003c\/em\u003e in the famous live 1955 performance featuring Marian Anderson; and a 1956 Met performance of \u003cem\u003eBoris Godounov\u003c\/em\u003e with Giorgio Tozzi in the title role. All of these are included in this new set.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a handsome deluxe set with an impressive 190-page book that contains numerous photos and complete recording information. Also included are reproductions of original LP releases. This is a major addition to anyone's collection, a perfect tribute to this amazing conductor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-- ClassicalCDReview.com\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sony Music Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":46908581314840,"sku":"194398882529","price":299.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/4346\/3192\/files\/194398882529.jpg?v=1697476219"},{"product_id":"chopin-edition-17-cds","title":"Chopin Edition [17 CDs]","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis year sees a refreshed Chopin Edition from Brilliant Classics; retaining many of the definitive recordings from its predecessor of 2015 (94660) but boasting some exiting updates. 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Sony Classical is proud to present the first complete retrospective collection of his albums for CBS\/Sony and RCA on 46 CDs and DVDs. Barenboim the pianist made his first commercial recordings in 1964 and soon began documenting his refreshing, vital interpretations of Mozart and Beethoven on disc. Before long he had added conducting to his already intensive musical activities, in 1965 beginning a close relationship with the English Chamber Orchestra. Much of that collaboration is to be found in Sony's vast new set, notably Mozart concerto recordings in which Barenboim's deep understanding of the composer is placed in the service of violinists Isaac Stern and Pinchas Zukerman. Soon Barenboim was conducting virtually all the leading European and American symphony orchestras. Among hte ensembles spotlighted in the new collection is the London Philharmonic, with whom he made a series of distinguished Elgar recordings, including ''a red-blooded passionate performance'' of the Second Symphony: ''The playing of teh LPO is superb throughout and the orchestra responds to Barenboim's every whim...Music seldom brings actual tears to my eyes, but I confess that the playing of the very soft last bars, from the molto lento, did'' (Gramophone). Another treasurable Barenboim\/LPO project found him partnering the legendary Arthur Rubinstein in the complete Beethoven Piano Concertos (when his own recording as a soloist accompanied by Otto Klemperer had already become a catalogue landmark). Of this 1977 Grammy winner for “Best Classical Album”, Gramophone wrote: “Have the Beethoven concertos ever been better accompanied, if accompaniment is the right word? … In each work [Barenboim and the orchestra] provide an opening tutti of such weight, richness of characterization and beauty of sound that the entry of the soloist, so splendidly prepared for, comes almost as an anti-climax. It is a little while before even Rubinstein's personality can match the splendour of the scene which has been set for him.”The list of Barenboim’s other remarkable collaborations in this set is too long to be detailed here. A few examples must suffice: with Itzhak Perlman, the Brahms Violin Sonatas – not only on CD, but now for the first time on DVD; with Isaac Stern, Beethoven’s Violin Concerto (New York Philharmonic) and Saint-Saëns Third Concerto (Orchestre de Paris); with Jacqueline du Pré, the Elgar Cello Concerto with the Philadelphia Orchestra; with Pinchas Zukerman, the Elgar Violin Concerto (London Philharmonic) – “a reading which gloriously combined the virtuoso swagger of a Heifetz with the tender, heartfelt warmth of the young Menuhin. Barenboim is a splendid partner” – and viola soloist in Berlioz’s Harold in Italy (Orchestre de Paris); with John Williams, guitar concertos by Rodrigo and Villa-Lobos (English Chamber Orchestra); and with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Mahler song cycles (Berlin Philharmonic).The wide range of symphonic works in this collection finds Daniel Barenboim conducting Tchaikovsky’s Fourth (New York Philharmonic); Beethoven’s Seventh, Schubert’s “Unfinished” and Berlioz’s “Fantastique” (Berlin Philharmonic); and Schoenberg’s Pelleas und Melisande (Orchestre de Paris). Barenboim the soloist can also be heard in piano concertos by Brahms (with Zubin Mehta and the New York Philharmonic) and Beethoven (conducting the Berlin Philharmonic himself from the keyboard). There’s also a large-scale choral work, the Berlioz Te Deum, in an imposing recording made in St. Eustache with Orchestre de Paris forces.The video releases in the new collection are especially enticing. As already mentioned, there is a first DVD release of the Brahms Violin Sonatas with Itzhak Perlman, coupled with Brahms’s Horn Trio (with the Chicago Symphony’s famed Dale Clevenger). And Barenboim’s unusually imaginative and varied Vienna Philharmonic New Year’s Concert from 2014 – one of the most highly praised of these occasions in years – is also included on DVD as well as CD. The Times of London remarked on its special qualities: “Recent New Year’s Day concerts have been flat affairs, but the champagne spirit flows freely in Daniel Barenboim’s second stint on the podium… The plums (encores apart) are a seductive Tales from the Vienna Woods (Johann II) and a gorgeous ‘Moonlight Interlude’ from Capriccio”, while Presto Classical wrote: “Despite his associations with more heavyweight Austrian composers, Barenboim never overplays his hand and has the idiom absolutely off-pat… he shapes and paces things quite beautifully, revealing all sorts of detail.”And so, Sony Classical’s 46-disc Daniel Barenboim retrospective is not only a stunning display of this exceptional musician’s versatility; it also serves as a showcase for many of the world’s great orchestras and soloists.DISC 1 Berg: Chamber Concerto for Violin, Piano \u0026amp; 13 Wind Instruments (Boulez, Pierre, Daniel Barenboim, piano; Saschko Gawriloff, violin)Berg: Three Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6 (Boulez, Pierre)Berg: Altenberg Lieder, Op. 4 (Boulez, Pierre Halina Lukomska, soprano)DISC 2: Mozart: Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219, \"Turkish\" (Pinchas Zukerman, violin)Mozart: Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218 (Pinchas Zukerman, violin) DISC 3: Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36 DISC 4 Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in E-flat Major, K. 364 (Isaac Stern, violin; Pinchas Zukerman, viola)Stamitz: Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in D Major (Isaac Stern, violin; Pinchas Zukerman, viola) DISC 5Elgar: Symphony No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 63 DISC 6 Elgar: Falstaff (Symphonic Study) for Orchestra, Op. 68Elgar: Overture \"Cockaigne\" (In London Town), Op. 40 DISC 7Elgar: Symphony No. 1 in A-flat Major, Op. 55 DISC 8 Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Major, K. 207 (Pinchas Zukerman, violin)Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216 (Pinchas Zukerman, violin) DISC 9 Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches, Op. 39Elgar: The Crown of India - Suite, Op. 66Elgar: Imperial March, Op.32 DISC 10 Mozart: Concertone in C Major for Two Violins and Orchestra, K. 190 (Isaac Stern, violin; Pinchas Zukerman, violin; N. Black, oboe)Pleyel: Sinfonie concertante in B-Flat Major for Violin, Viola, and Orchestra, Op. 29 (Isaac Stern, violin; Pinchas Zukerman, violin; N. Black, oboe) DISC 11 Mozart: Concerto No. 2 in D Major for Violin and Orchestra, K. 211 (Pinchas Zukerman, violin)Mozart: Rondo in C Major, K. 373 (Pinchas Zukerman, violin)Mozart: Adagio in E Major, K. 261 (Pinchas Zukerman, violin)Mozart: Rondo in B-Flat Major for Violin and Orchestra, K. 269 (Pinchas Zukerman, violin) DISC 12 Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez (John Williams, guitar)Villa-Lobos: Concerto for Guitar and Small Orchestra (John Williams, guitar) DISC 13 Elgar: Chanson de Matin, Op. 15, No. 1Elgar: Chanson de Nuit, Op. 15, No. 2Elgar: Elegy for Strings, Op.58Elgar: Serenade for Strings, Op.20Elgar: Salut d'amour, Op.12Elgar: Romance, Op. 62 for Bassoon \u0026amp; Orchestra (Martin Gatt, bassoon)Elgar: RosemaryElgar: CarissimaElgar: Sospiri, Op. 70 DISC 14Beethoven: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra In D Major, Op. 61 (Isaac Stern, violin) DISC 15 Beethoven: Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 15 in C (Arthur Rubinstein, piano)Beethoven: Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 19 in B-flat (Arthur Rubinstein, piano) DISC 16 Beethoven: Concerto No. 3 for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 37 in C Minor (Arthur Rubinstein, piano)Beethoven: Concerto No. 4 for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 58 in G (Arthur Rubinstein, piano) DISC 17 Beethoven: Concerto No. 5 for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 73 in E-flat (Arthur Rubinstein, piano) DISC 18Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe, Suite No. 2Chabrier EspañaDebussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a FaunIbert Escales DISC 19 Elgar: Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61 (Pinchas Zukerman, violin) DISC 20 Elgar: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in E Minor, Op. 85 (Jacqueline Du Pré, cello)Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme for Orchestra, Op. 36 \"Enigma\" DISC 21 Berlioz: Te Deum, Op. 22 DISC 22 Berlioz: Harold en Italie, Op. 16 (Harold in Italy) (Pinchas Zukerman, viola) DISC 23 Saint-Saens: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61 (Isaac Stern, violin)Chausson: Poème, Op. 25 (Isaac Stern, violin)Frauré: Berceuse, Op. 16 (Isaac Stern, violin) DISC 24 Berlioz : Chasse royale et orage\/Royal Hunt and StormBerlioz: Roméo et Juliette, op. 17 Suite DISC 25 R. Strauss: Concerto for Oboe and Small Orchestra (Neil Black, oboe)R. Strauss: Le bourgeois gentilhomme: Suite, Op. 60 (Peter Frankl, piano) DISC 26 Elgar: Sea Picture for Contralto and Orchestra, Op. 37 (Yvonne Minton, soprano)Elgar: In the South Overture, Op. 50, \"Alassio\" DISC 27 Brahms: Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra in B-Flat Major, Op. 83 (Mehta, Zubin, Daniel Barenboim, piano) DISC 28Brahms: Concerto No. 1 in D Minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 15 (Mehta, Zubin, Daniel Barenboim, piano) DISC 29 Schoenberg : Pelleas Et Melisande: Symphonic Poem, Op. 5 DISC 30Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 DISC 31 Schubert: Symphony No. 2 in B-flat Major, D. 125Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759 \"Unfinished\" DISC 32 Schubert: Symphony No. 3 in D Major, D. 200Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, D. 485 DISC 33Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21 (Boulez, Pierre, Barenboim, Daniel) DISC 34 Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C Major, D. 944 (\"The Great\")R. 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Ever since his first LP, soon after his triumph at the 1972 Leeds International Piano Competition, aged 25, the great American pianist’s performances have more than stood the test of time; and along the way they have been recognised with an astonishing crop of awards. The Grammys in the US, the Gramophone Awards in Britain, the Diapason d’or in France and the ECHO Klassik awards in Germany are among the organisations that have picked out many of Perahia’s recordings as some of the finest of their day. This set is devoted to Perahia’s award-winning discs for Sony Classical \/ CBS Masterworks. These also trace the story of his journey through the musical world, capturing magnificent collaborations, unforgettable partnerships and peerless solo accounts alike. The earliest recording here dates from 1983 and presents Perahia as soloist and director in two exquisite Mozart piano concertos, No. 15 in B-flat major, K 450 and No. 16 in D major, K 451. Much influenced by his studies at the Curtis Institute with the Polish pianist Mieczyslaw Horszowski and by playing chamber music at summer courses such as Marlboro and Blue Hill, Perahia was attracted to the close-knit, chamber music-like qualities of the concertos and sought to bring these to the fore, particularly spotlighting the English Chamber Orchestra’s fine wind soloists. This was named Best Concerto Recording at the Gramophone Awards 1984, and soon afterwards Perahia and the ECO’s complete set of the Mozart concertos was also awarded a Rosette by the Penguin Guide to Compact Discs. Two years later, Perahia joined forces with a close friend and musical kindred spirit: the Romanian pianist Radu Lupu, who shares Perahia’s affinity for the most intimate works among the Viennese classics, including Mozart, Schubert and Brahms. They teamed up for some memorable joint performances, not least at the Snape Maltings, Suffolk, while Perahia was co-artistic director of the Aldeburgh Festival (1981–1989). He and Lupu recorded the Mozart Sonata for Two Pianos, K 448 and the Schubert F minor Fantasy for Piano Duet, D 940 live at Snape; it became an instant classic, winning Best Instrumental Recording at the Gramophone Awards in 1986. It was around the same time, having explored the Mozart concertos to happy effect, that Perahia was turning his attention in the studio to those by Beethoven, in a cherished collaboration with the conductor Bernard Haitink and his Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra from Amsterdam. Their recording of the Piano Concertos No. 3 and 4 scooped a Gramophone Award in 1986 (Best Concerto Recording). Beethoven has been central to Perahia’s repertoire for his whole career and in recent years he has been preparing a new edition of the piano sonatas for Henle Urtext. If Haitink has been a close colleague for Perahia over many years, so was Sir Georg Solti. “He was a formidable musician,” Perahia said of him in an interview a few years ago with the present writer. “He once played for me a Haydn oratorio as if it was a piano piece, reading from the score or memorised, as if it were the most natural thing in the world. I have only happy memories of him.” The fiery Hungarian conductor was also a magnificent pianist – and in this role he recorded with Perahia one of the most thrilling accounts yet set down of the Bartók Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, together with the percussionists David Corkhill and Evelyn Glennie. Again the Snape Maltings was the venue and the joyous result was recognised with the 1989 Grammy for Best Chamber Music Performance. By this time Perahia had built a reputation second to none for his interpretations of the German-Austrian classics. Yet at the Leeds International Piano Competition he had triumphed by playing the Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 in the final. Chopin might have seemed to take a back seat to Beethoven and Mozart as Perahia’s career progressed, but his recording of the Four Ballades and a selection of mazurkas, waltzes, études and nocturnes proved a revelation to many, winning him the Gramophone Award for Best Instrumental Recording in 1995. Eight years later, his account of the Études opp. 10 and 25 was recognised with a Grammy for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance. Perahia has cited the Chopin Études as a vital practice tool, remarking in the aforementioned interview, “I’m occupied with ideas of legato touch and smoothness of line,” and suggesting that work on these studies can be of vital benefit in achieving those qualities. When Perahia chose to record a disc of Handel Suites and Scarlatti Sonatas, the result was showered with accolades, winning Record of the Year at the 1997 Midem Cannes Classical Awards and the Best Instrumental Solo or Chamber Performance – 17th \/ 18th Centuries. It was also given the 1997 Gramophone Award for Best Instrumental Recording. The link between Handel and the Romantic era came to the fore when Perahia recorded Brahms’s grand-scale Variations on a Theme of Handel, along with the two Rhapsodies op. 79 and the late Klavierstücke opp. 118 and 119. The critic for Gramophone declared: “Time and again Brahms’s potential for strenuousness and opacity is clarified with a superfine musical intelligence and technique … I doubt whether the concluding and exultant fugue has often been given with a more formidable yet lightly worn articulacy in its entire history.” No surprise, then, that this recording won a Gramophone Award and an ECHO Klassik in 2011. But if Perahia’s Handel and Scarlatti recording was ultimately a fascinating, beautifully executed excursion, Bach has been a stronger presence – and has also brought him more awards than any other single composer. His Bach recordings include the Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 and the Concerto for Flute, Violin and Keyboard BWV 1044 – most unusual on the modern piano – as well as the Keyboard Concertos, which pair him with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, of which he became principal guest conductor in 2000. The concerto discs won ECHO Klassik awards in 2002 and 2003. In the Bach solo keyboard music, Perahia’s accounts of the English Suites were honoured with an ECHO Klassik 1999 and Nos. 1, 3 and 6 with a Grammy; the Goldberg Variations won the Gramophone Award for Best Instrumental Recording 2001 and an ECHO Klassik; and the second disc of his Six Partitas won an ECHO Klassik in 2008, with both CDs scooping the Diapason d’or in 2008 and 2009 respectively. In 2013, London’s Royal Academy of Music, of which Perahia is an honorary fellow, presented him with its Bach Prize. Playing Bach has had a profound impact on Perahia’s approach to composers such as Beethoven and Chopin, whose music, he reflects, would have been “unthinkable” without it. “It’s so joyful, so full of buoyancy and spirituality, that it affects all of the music written after it,” he says.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sony Masterworks","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":47105297285400,"sku":"889854139520","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/4346\/3192\/files\/91c9G5ATtKL.jpg?v=1780931072"},{"product_id":"boston-symphony-chamber-players-complete-rca-album-collection-10-cds","title":"Boston Symphony Chamber Players - Complete RCA Album Collection [10 CDs]","description":"\u003cp\u003eSony Classical is now pleased to present all the Boston Symphony recordings together for the first time on album. 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A few years later came his Carnegie Hall debut, then the prestigious Leventritt Award, followed by triumphant tours of Israel, North America and Europe between 1965 and 1968. By then he was an international celebrity and recognized “not just as the finest violinist of his generation but as one of the greatest musical talents to emerge since World War II” (leading string authority Tully Potter writing in the NEW GROVE).And it was then that Perlman began his illustrious, virtually unparalleled career as a recording artist. His first sessions for RCA, accompanied by pianist David Garvey – with works ranging from sonatas by Handel, Leclair and Hindemith to showpieces by Paganini, Bazzini, Sarasate and Falla – took place in New York in 1965 but were not issued for nearly 40 years because the label felt concertos would make a more suitable commercial debut for the rising star. When an album of these pieces was finally released – as “Perlman Rediscovered”, in 2004 – it was hailed “an outstanding tribute to one of the great names among violinists of any age, as well as a remarkably varied and interesting recital in its own right” (ClassicsToday). These tracks are, of course, included in the new collection.Perlman’s first concerto efforts for RCA – the Tchaikovsky, Sibelius and Prokofiev Second, with Leinsdorf and the Boston Symphony – were set down in 1966\/1967 and released the following years as his recording debut. ClassicsToday acclaimed them in a recent reissue as “offering playing that is gutsy and shamelessly virtuosic, and with a sharper rhythmic focus than Perlman often achieved subsequently. The finale of the Sibelius remains a potent example of the playing’s youthful fire.” In 1969, Perlman recorded what was arguably one of the finest albums of his career, the two Prokofiev Sonatas (which he never remade), partnered by pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy at the beginning of their long and distinguished collaboration: “Delicate where needs be … and yet with a Heifetzian resilience that both sonatas willingly respond to … Perlman and Ashkenazy play with astonishing virtuosity” (Gramophone).Itzhak Perlman’s work for American Columbia began in the mid-1970s and – apart from Bach and Vivaldi multi-violin concertos with Isaac Stern, Pinchas Zukerman and the New York Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta – cover a wide swath of chamber music with special partners: pianists Daniel Barenboim and Emanuel Ax, cellists Yo-Yo Ma and Lynn Harrell and guitarist John Williams. The Mendelssohn Piano Trios with Ax and Ma, first released in 2010, appear here for the first time in a Perlman collection (“…ensemble balance, clarity of inner part-writing, drama, lyricism, and phrase shaping of the highest order … I find these performances not just outstanding; I find them astounding” (Fanfare).That other John Williams, the legendary composer for the silver screen, was Perlman’s collaborator in another medium, the movies: his two best-selling “Cinema Serenade” albums arranged and conducted by Williams, with Perlman featured in selections from such classic films as Modern Times, Gone with the Wind, The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Out of Africa, Cinema Paradiso, The Color Purple and, of course, the theme that Perlman memorably performed on the soundtrack of Williams’s Oscar-winning score for the Spielberg masterpiece Schindler’s List.New to Perlman CD editions are two complete soundtrack albums: John Williams’s “elegant and thoughtful score” for Memoirs of a Geisha in which the violinist is joined by Yo-Yo Ma and to which Perlman “brings a magical and peculiarly oriental sound to his violin-playing” (Gramophone), and the music for Yimou Zhang’s Hero by Tan Dun: “Few composers today write more effective melodies for bowed strings” (Gramophone). And to round off this uniquely wide-ranging survey of the violinist’s musical passions and triumphs, in its first appearance in a Perlman collection, the artist is joined by golden-voiced cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot in Eternal Echoes, a highly praised album of liturgical and traditional selections which the violinist has affectionately described as “Jewish comfort music – everything that I recognize from my childhood is in this program.”SET CONTENTSDISC 1:Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 63   Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47DISC 2:Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35, TH 59Dvořák: Romance in F Minor, Op. 11, B. 39   DISC 3:Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 80   Prokofiev: Violin Sonata in D Major No. 2, Op. 94bis   DISC 4:Lalo: Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21   Ravel: Tzigane, M. 76 (Version for Violin \u0026amp; Orchestra)   DISC 5:Paganini: Centone di sonate, Op. 64, MS 112 (Sonata No. 1 in A Minor)   Paganini: Sonata for Violin and Guitar in E Minor, Op. 3, No. 6, MS 27   Paganini: Sonata concertata in A Major, Op. 61, MS 2   Giuliani: Duo concertante in E Minor, Op. 25 \"Grand Sonata\"   Giuliani: Cantabile in D Major, Op. 17, MS 109   DISC 6:Dohnányi: Serenade in C Major, Op. 10   Beethoven: Serenade in D Major, Op. 8   DISC 7:Bach, J.S.: Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043   Vivaldi: Concerto for 3 Violins in F Major, RV 551   Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in E-Flat Major, K. 364   DISC 8:Chausson: Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Quartet in D Major, Op. 21   DISC 9:Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78   Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100   Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108   DISC 10:Mozart: Duo for Violin \u0026amp; Viola in G Major, K. 423   Mozart: Duo for Violin and Viola, K. 424   Leclair: 6 Sonatas for 2 Violins, Op. 3, No. 4   DISC 11:Lubbock\/Rosenbaum\/Jones\/Temperton: The Color Purple: Main Title   Gardel: Scent of a Woman: Tango (Por Una Cabeza)   Legrand: Yentl: Papa, Can You Hear Me?   Bacalov: Il Postino: Theme   Bernstein: The Age of Innocence: Theme   Williams: Theme (From \"Far and Away\")   Legrand: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg: I Will Wait for You   Previn: Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Theme   Williams: Sabrina: Theme   Barry: Out of Africa: Main Title   Bonfa: Black Orpheus: Manha de Carnaval   Williams: Main Theme (From \"Schindler's List\")   Morricone: Love Theme (From \"Cinema Paradiso\")   DISC 12:Raksin: Theme from \"Laura\" (1944)   Steiner: Theme from Now, Voyager (1942)Chaplin: Smile from \"Modern Times\" (1936)   Rózsa: Love Theme from Lost Weekend (1945)Young: St. Patrick's Day from The Quiet Man (1952) (Traditional)   Korngold: Marian \u0026amp; Robin Love Theme from \"The Adventures of Robin Hood\" (1938)   Hupfeld: As Time Goes By from \"Casablanca\" (1942)   Walton: Touch Her Soft Lips and Part (From \"Henry V\")   Young: Stella by Starlight from The Uninvited (1944)   Young: Theme from My Foolish Heart (1949)Steiner: Tara's Theme (From \"Gone with the Wind\" 1939)   Newman: Cathy's Theme from \"Wuthering Heights\" (1939)   DISC 13:Tan Dun: Overture   Tan Dun: For the World   Tan Dun: Warriors   Tan Dun: Gone with Leaves   Tan Dun: Longing   Tan Dun: At Emperor's Palace   Tan Dun: In the Chess Court   Tan Dun: Love in Distance   Tan Dun: Spirit Fight   Tan Dun: Swift Sword   Tan Dun: Farewell, Hero   Tan Dun: Sorrow in Desert   Tan Dun: Home   Tan Dun: Above Water   Tan Dun: Snow   Tan Dun: Yearning for the Peace   DISC 14:Paganini: 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1, MS 25   Ben-Haim: Berceuse Sfaradite   Sarasate: Navarra, Op. 33   Handel: Violin Sonata in E Major, Op. 1 No. 15, HWV 373   Hindemith: Violin Sonata, Op. 11 No. 1 in E-Flat   Leclair: Violin Sonata, Op. 9 No. 3 in D   Bloch: Baal Shem: II. Nigun (Version for Violin \u0026amp; Piano)   Falla: Spanish Dance No. 1 (from La vida breve)   Bazzini: La ronde des lutins, Op. 25   DISC 15:Williams: Sayuri's Theme   Williams: The Journey to the Hanamachi   Williams: Going to School   Williams: Brush on Silk   Williams: Chiyo's Prayer   Williams: Becoming a Geisha   Williams: Finding Satsu   Williams: The Chairman's Waltz   Williams: The Rooftops of the Hanamachi   Williams: The Garden Meeting   Williams: Dr. Crab's Prize   Williams: Destiny's Path   Williams: A New Name... A New Life   Williams: The Fire Scene and the Coming of War Medley   Williams: As the Water...   Williams: Confluence    Williams: A Dream Discarded   Williams: Sayuri's Theme and End Credits   DISC 16:Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 49   Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 2 in C Minor Op. 66   Mendelssohn: Songs without Words, Op. 19, No. 1 Sweet Remembrance\" - Andante con moto\"Mendelssohn: Songs without Words, Op. 38, No. 2 - Allegro non troppoDISC 17:Berditchever: A Dudele   Shenker: Mizmor L'Dovid   Goldfaden: Shoyfer Shel Moshiakh   Schwartz: Romanian Doyne   Rosenblatt: T'filas Tal   Traditional: Yism'chu   Schloßberg: R'tzay   Traditional: Dem Trisker Rebns Khosid   Schorr: Sheyibone Bays Hamikdosh   Traditional: Kol Nidrei   DISC 18:Tchaikovsky: Sérénade mélancolique, Op. 26, TH 56   Tchaikovsky: Valse-Scherzo, Op. 34, TH 58   Dvořák: Romance in F Minor, Op. 11, B. 39Dvořák: 8 Humoresques, Op. 101, B. 187: No. 7, Poco lento e grazioso (Transcribed by Oscar Morawetz for Violin, Cello \u0026amp; Orchestra)   Dvořák: Piano Trio No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 90, B. 166: \"Dumky\", V. 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Apart from this box, he is not celebrated enough; he was the last great violinist 'for everyone.'\" -- Kulturradio Berlin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIsaac Stern would have turned 100 in 2020. To mark this beloved artist’s centenary, Sony Classical is proud to present a new edition of his entire American Columbia analogue discography: 75 CDs of the recordings that established the Ukrainian-born American violinist’s worldwide reputation as one of the outstanding musical figures of his time.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Like so many other of history’s famous fiddlers, Stern was a child prodigy, entering the conservatory in San Francisco (where his family had settled) when he was only eight. In 1936, at 16, he made his recital debut and played with the San Francisco Symphony under Monteux and the Los Angeles Philharmonic under Klemperer. His first New York appearance came in 1937, his European debut after the war, in 1948. By then, much of the world had already heard if not seen him, performing classical showpieces under Franz Waxman’s baton on the soundtrack of the popular 1946 Warner Bros. film Humoresque. An album of selections from the movie, first issued by Columbia on 78s in 1947, appears on CD for the first time in this new set. They include Waxman’s Carmen Fantasy, a thrilling arrangement for Stern’s “Hollywood debut”.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The violinist’s earliest releases, beginning in 1946, already included the indispensable concertos of Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn, Wieniawski, Brahms and others, works he would revisit in the studio at various stages of his career. One telling example: Stern’s 1951 recording of the Sibelius concerto, with Beecham conducting the Royal Philharmonic, immediately was held up as a rival to Heifetz’s iconic prewar recording, also under Beecham. A recent survey of Sibelius recordings in the leading string magazine, The Strad, declares that “the young Stern’s tone already burns” in 1951, then extols his second recording, made in stereo with Ormandy and the Philadelphia in 1969: “Stern is even more intense, more pointed, more rhythmically incisive in the outer movements, retaining and refining his total command over the sustained line in the second movement … Everyone in the session is digging in, and the sound is a miracle of balance; it hasn’t aged a day.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Needless to say, the new collection holds even more than Stern’s acclaimed recordings of virtually every major violin concerto in the repertoire, from Bach, Vivaldi and Mozart to Prokofiev, Bartók and Berg, with conductors including Mitropoulos, Walter, Szell and, above all, Ormandy and Bernstein – not to mention Stravinsky’s concerto under the composer’s baton, and newer specimens created expressly for Stern by Penderecki and Rochberg.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Also on full display is Stern’s extraordinary love and affinity for chamber music: much of the sonata repertoire explored with his longtime preferred accompanist, pianist Alexander Zakin, including the first time on CD for their mono recordings of violin sonatas by Mozart, Franck, Brahms (all three) and Bartók; the great piano trios surveyed with his regular partners Leonard Rose and Eugene Istomin; and treasured collaborations with Pablo Casals and his festival ensembles that featured such distinguished players as Alexander Schneider, Milton Katims, Paul Tortelier and Myra Hess – including the first CD releases of the Brahms Second String Quintet and Schumann Piano Quintet from 1952. Like that Sibelius recording and so many others in this vast new Isaac Stern edition, they haven’t aged a day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSET CONTENTS\u003cstrong\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 1:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35, TH 59   \u003cbr\u003e Wieniawski: Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 22   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 2:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Mozart, W.A.: Violin Sonata No. 26 in B-Flat Major, K. 378\u003cbr\u003e Haydn (cadenzas: Klengel): Violin Concerto in C Major, Hob.VIIa:1\u003cbr\u003e Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 3:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Dinicu (arr. Heifetz): Hora staccato   \u003cbr\u003e Wagner (arr. Wilhelmj): Albumblatt in C Major\u003cbr\u003e Milhaud (arr. Levy): Saudades do Brasil, Op. 67: VIII. Tijuca   \u003cbr\u003e Pugnani (arr. Mufatt): Sonata in D Major, Op. 8, No. 3: Largo espressivo   \u003cbr\u003e Sarasate: Caprice basque, Op. 24   \u003cbr\u003e Dvořák (arr. Kreisler): Slavonic Dance in E Minor, Op. 72, No. 2\u003cbr\u003e Bloch: Baal Shem, B. 47: 2. Nigun   \u003cbr\u003e Prokofiev (arr. Grunes): Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75   \u003cbr\u003e Novácek: Perpetuum Mobile, Op. 5, No. 4   \u003cbr\u003e Dvořák (arr. Waxman): Humoresque in G-Flat Major, Op. 101, No. 7\u003cbr\u003e Rimsky-Korsakov (arr. Waxman): The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Act III: Flight of the Bumblebee \u003cbr\u003e Wagner (arr. Waxman): Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Liebestod - Arrangements for Violin, Piano and Orchestra\u003cbr\u003e Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20   \u003cbr\u003e Bizet-Sarasate (arr. Waxman): Carmen-Fantasie   \u003cbr\u003e Copland: 4 Dance Episodes from Rodeo: No. 4, Hoe Down\u003cbr\u003e Mozart, W.A.: Rondo\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 4:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bach, J.S.: Concerto for Violin \u0026amp; Oboe in C Minor, BWV 1060R  \u003cbr\u003e Bach, J.S.: Concerto in D Minor for Two Violins, BWV 1043\u003cbr\u003e Bach, J.S.: Violin Concerto in A Minor, BWV 1041   \u003cbr\u003e Bach, J.S.: Trio Sonata in G Major, BWV 1038\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 5:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Mozart, W.A. (cadenzas: Franko): Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216\u003cbr\u003e Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 7, Op. 30 No. 2 \u003cbr\u003e Handel: Violin Sonata No. 4 in D Major, Op. 13, No. 1: Iv. Allegro\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 6:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bartók: Violin Sonata No. 1, Sz. 75, BB 84\u003cbr\u003e Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major, FWV 8\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 7:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Brahms (cadenza: Kreisler): Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77   \u003cbr\u003e Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 8:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Mozart, W.A.: Sinfonia concertante in E-Flat Major, K. 364   \u003cbr\u003e Mozart, W.A.: Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-Flat Major, K. 493   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 9:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Kreisler: Schön Rosmarin\u003cbr\u003e Dvorák (arr. Kreisler): Slavonic Dance in G Minor, Op. 46, No. 1\u003cbr\u003e Schumann (arr. Auer): Prophetic Bird from Waldscenen, Op. 82, No. 7 \u003cbr\u003e Tchaikovsky (arr. Zakin): Valse Sentimentale, Op. 5, No. 6\u003cbr\u003e Schubert, Francois: L'Abeille, op. 13, No. 9\u003cbr\u003e Gluck\/Kreisler): Mélodie No. 2 (Dance of the blessed spirits) from Orphéus et Euridyce\u003cbr\u003e Mozart, W.A. (arr. Kreisler): Serenade in D Major, KV 250 \"Haffner\": IV. Rondo\u003cbr\u003e Leclair (arr. Kreisler): Sarabande et Tambourin   \u003cbr\u003e Szymanowski (arr. Kochanski): König Roger, Op. 46: Chant de Roxane   \u003cbr\u003e Szymanowski (arr. Kochanski): Mythes, Op. 30: 1. La Fontaine d'Arethuse   \u003cbr\u003e Stravinsky (arr. Dushkin): Firebird Suite: V. Berceuse   \u003cbr\u003e Mussorgksy (arr. Rachmaninov): Gopak (Hopak)\u003cbr\u003e Falla (arr. Kochanski): Suite populares españolas   \u003cbr\u003e Hindemith: Sonata for Violin \u0026amp; Piano in C Major   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 10:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Brahms: String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 111  \u003cbr\u003e Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op.44\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 11:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Brahms: String Sextet No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 18   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 12:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Schubert: String Quintet in C Major, D. 956, Op. 163  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 13:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 14:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 80   \u003cbr\u003e Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 2 in D Major, Op. 94bis   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 15:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bach, C.P.E: Violin Sonata in G Minor, H.542.5   \u003cbr\u003e Bach, J.S.: Violin Sonata in E Major, BWV 1016 Violin   \u003cbr\u003e Bach, J.S.: Violin Sonata in E Minor, BWV 1023   \u003cbr\u003e Handel: Violin Sonata in D Major, Op. 1, No. 3   \u003cbr\u003e Tartini: Violin Sonata in G Minor, Op. 1, No. 10 \"Didone abbandonata\"   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 16:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Brahms: Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano in G Major, Op. 78   \u003cbr\u003e Brahms: Sonata No. 3 for Violin and Piano in D minor, Op. 108   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 17:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100 \"Thun\"\u003cbr\u003e Various: F.A.E. Sonata For Violin and Piano (\"Frei Aber Einsam\")   \u003cbr\u003e Dietrich: I. Allegro   \u003cbr\u003e Schumann: II. Intermezzo   \u003cbr\u003e Brahms : III. Scherzo (Op. Posth.)   \u003cbr\u003e Schumann: IV. Finale \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 18:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Vivaldi: Concerto in A Minor for Two Violins and String Orchestra, RV 522\u003cbr\u003e Bach, J.S.: Concerto No. 1 in A Minor for Violin and Orchestra, BWV 1041\u003cbr\u003e Bach, J.S.: Violin Concerto No. 2 in E Major, BWV 1042\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 19:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Lalo: Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21   \u003cbr\u003e Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 20:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bernstein: Serenade for Violin, Strings and Percussion\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 21:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Wieniawski: Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 22   \u003cbr\u003e Saint-Saens: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28   \u003cbr\u003e Ravel: Tzigane, M. 76   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 22:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 19   \u003cbr\u003e Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 63   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 23:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2, Sz. 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 24:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35, TH 59\u003cbr\u003e Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64, MWV O 14   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 25:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 26:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Franck: Violin Sonata in A Major, M. 8   \u003cbr\u003e Debussy: Violin Sonata in G Minor, L. 140   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 27:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77   \u003cbr\u003e Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor, Op. 102   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 28:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor, RV 514   \u003cbr\u003e Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Violins in C Minor, RV 509   \u003cbr\u003e Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Violins in G Minor, RV 517   \u003cbr\u003e Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Violins in D Major, RV 512   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 29:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bartók: Violin Concerto No.1, Sz. 36\u003cbr\u003e Viotti (cadenzas: Ysaye): Concerto No. 22 in A Minor for Violin and Orchestra  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 30:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Stravinsky: Concerto in D Major for Violin and Orchestra   \u003cbr\u003e Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 31:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bartók: Violin Rhapsody No. 1, Sz. 87\u003cbr\u003e Bartók: Violin Rhapsody No. 2, Sz. 90\u003cbr\u003e Berg: Violin Concerto \"To the Memory of an Angel\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 32:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Tchaikovsky (arr. Harris): 6 Romances, Op. 6: No. 6, Net Tol'Ka Tot Kto Znal (None but the Lonely Heart) [Arr. A. Harris for Violin \u0026amp; Orchestra]   \u003cbr\u003e Brahms (arr. Harris): 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G Minor (Arr. A. Harris for Violin \u0026amp; Orchestra)   \u003cbr\u003e Gershwin (arr. Heifetz): Porgy and Bess: Bess, You Is My Woman Now (Arr. A. Harris for Violin \u0026amp; Orchestra)   \u003cbr\u003e Rimsky-Korsakov: Tale of Tsar Saltan, Op. 57: Flight of the Bumblebee (Arr. A. Harris for Violin \u0026amp; Orchestra)   \u003cbr\u003e Foster (arr. Harris): Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair (Arr. A. Harris for Violin \u0026amp; Orchestra)   \u003cbr\u003e Kreisler (arr. Rachmaninoff): 3 Old Viennese Dances: No. 2, Liebesleid (Arr. A. Harris for Violin \u0026amp; Orchestra)    \u003cbr\u003e Traditional: Greensleeves (Arr. A. Harris for Violin \u0026amp; Orchestra)   \u003cbr\u003e Dvořák (arr. Harris): 8 Humoresques, Op. 101, B. 187: No. 7 in G-Flat Major. Poco lento e grazioso (Arr. A. Harris for Violin \u0026amp; Orchestra)   \u003cbr\u003e Debussy (arr. Harris): Suite bergamasque, L. 75: III. Clair de lune (Arr. A. Harris for Violin \u0026amp; Orchestra)   \u003cbr\u003e Benjamin (Arr. Harris): 2 Jamaican Pieces: No. 2, Jamaican Rumba (Arr. A. Harris for Violin \u0026amp; Orchestra)   \u003cbr\u003e Schubert (arr. Harris): Ellens Gesang III, Op. 52 No. 6, D. 839 (Ave Maria \"Hymne an die Jungfrau\") [Arr. A. Harris for Violin \u0026amp; Orchestra]   \u003cbr\u003e Copland (arr. Harris): 4 Dance Episodes from Rodeo: No. 4, Hoe Down (Arr. A. Harris for Violin \u0026amp; Orchestra)   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 33:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78   \u003cbr\u003e Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 34:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Mozart, W.A. (cadenzas: Joachim): Violin Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Major, K. 207   \u003cbr\u003e Mozart, W.A. (cadenzas: Joachim): Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219 \"Turkish\"   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 35:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 19   \u003cbr\u003e Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 63  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 36:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Barber: Violin Concerto, Op. 14\u003cbr\u003e Hindemith: Violin Concerto\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 37:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Schubert: Piano Trio No. 1 in B-Flat Major, D. 898, Op. 99   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 38:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bloch: Baal Shem (Version for Violin \u0026amp; Piano)   \u003cbr\u003e Bloch: Violin Sonata No. 1   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 39:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Brahms: Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor, Op. 102   \u003cbr\u003e Beethoven: Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello \u0026amp; Piano in C Major, Op. 56   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 40:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 53, B. 96   \u003cbr\u003e Dvořák: Romance in F Minor, Op. 11, B. 39   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 41:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bach, J.S.: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, BWV 1041   \u003cbr\u003e Bach, J.S.: Concerto No. 2 in E Major for Violin and Strings, BWV 1042  \u003cbr\u003e Bach, J.S.: Concerto for Violin, Oboe and Orchestra in C Minor, BVW 1060R (Remastered)   \u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 42:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 43:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Brahms: Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major Op. 87   \u003cbr\u003e Brahms: Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 101   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 44\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e Lalo: Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21   \u003cbr\u003e Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 45:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Herz Imber : HaTikvah   \u003cbr\u003e Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64, MWV O14   \u003cbr\u003e Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor \"Resurrection\": Im Tempo des Scherzos\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 46:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Mozart, W.A. (cadenzas: Franko): Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216: I. Allegro  \u003cbr\u003e Mozart, W.A.: Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in E-Flat Major, K. 364: I. Allegro maestoso\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 47:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Schubert: Piano Trio in E-Flat Major, D. 929   \u003cbr\u003e Haydn: Piano Trio No. 10 in E-Flat Major, Hob. XV:10   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 48:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Beethoven: Piano Trio in E-Flat Major, WoO 38   \u003cbr\u003e Beethoven: Variations in E-Flat Major, Op. 44   \u003cbr\u003e Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 1 No. 1   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 49:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 2 in G Major, Op. 1 No. 2   \u003cbr\u003e Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 1 No. 3   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 50:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Beethoven: Piano Trio in B-Flat Major, Op. 11 \"Gassenhauer\" (Version for Violin, Cello \u0026amp; Piano)   \u003cbr\u003e Beethoven: 10 Variations on \"Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu\", Op. 121a   \u003cbr\u003e Beethoven: Piano Trio in D Major, Op. 70 No. 1 \"Ghost\"   \u003cbr\u003e Beethoven: Allegretto from Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in B-Flat Major, WoO 39   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 51:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 6 in E-Flat Major, Op. 70 No. 2   \u003cbr\u003e Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 7 in B-Flat Major, Op. 97 \"Archduke\"   \u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 52:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Sibelius: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Minor, Op. 47   \u003cbr\u003e Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Op. 11   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 53:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Mozart, W.A.: Quartet for Flute and Strings in D Major, K. 285   \u003cbr\u003e Mozart, W.A.: Quartet for Flute and Strings in A Major, K. 298   \u003cbr\u003e Mozart, W.A.: Quartet for Flute and Strings in G Major, K. 285a   \u003cbr\u003e Mozart, W.A.: Quartet for Flute and Strings in C Major, K. 285b   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 54:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bartók: Violin Sonata No. 1, Sz. 75\u003cbr\u003e Bartók: Violin Sonata No. 2, Sz. 76 (Instrumental)   \u003cbr\u003e Webern: 4 Pieces for Violin \u0026amp; Piano, Op. 7   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 55:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chopin (arr. Harris): Nocturnes, Op. 9: No. 2 in E-Flat Major (Arr. A. Harris for Violin \u0026amp; Orchestra)   \u003cbr\u003e Mendelssohn (arr. Achron): 6 Gesänge, Op. 34: No. 2, Auf Flügeln des Gesanges (Arr. A. Harris for Violin \u0026amp; Orchestra)   \u003cbr\u003e Rubinstein (arr. Orch.): 6 Soirées à Saint-Petersbourg, Op. 44: No. 1, Romance in E-Flat Major (Arr. for Violin \u0026amp; Orchestra)   \u003cbr\u003e Wieniawski: Romance from Violin Concerto No. 2 (Remastered)   \u003cbr\u003e Schubert (arr. Harris): Schwanengesang, D. 957: No. 4, Ständchen (Arr. A. Harris for Violin \u0026amp; Orchestra)   \u003cbr\u003e Debussy (arr. Harris): Preludes, Book 1: No. 8, La fille aux cheveux de lin (Arr. for Violin \u0026amp; Orchestra)   \u003cbr\u003e Rachmaninoff (arr. Harris): 14 Romances, Op. 34: No. 14, Vocalise in E Minor (Arr. A. Harris for Violin \u0026amp; Orchestra)   \u003cbr\u003e Borodin (arr. Harris): String Quartet No. 2 in D Major: III. Nocturne (Arr. A. Harris for Violin \u0026amp; Orchestra)   \u003cbr\u003e Satie (arr. Harris): 3 Gymnopédies: No. 3, Lent et grave (Arr. A. Harris for Violin \u0026amp; Orchestra)   \u003cbr\u003e Tchaikovsky: Sérénade mélancolique, Op. 26 (Orchestrated by A. Harris)   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 56:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Mozart, W.A.: Sinfonia concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in E-Flat Major, K. 364   \u003cbr\u003e Stamitz: Sinfonia concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in D Major   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 57:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100 \"Thun\"\u003cbr\u003e Brahms: Clarinet Sonata No. 2, Op. 120 No. 2\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 58:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Copland: Sonata for Violin and Piano (1942\/3)   \u003cbr\u003e Copland: Duo for Flute and Piano   \u003cbr\u003e Copland: Nonet   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 59:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Enescu: Violin Sonata No. 3, Op. 25  \u003cbr\u003e Dvořák: 4 Romantic Pieces, Op. 75, B. 150\u003cbr\u003e Various: F.A.E. Sonata for Violin and Piano (\"Frei Aber Einsam\")\u003cbr\u003e Schumann: II. Intermezzo   \u003cbr\u003e Brahms: III. Scherzo (Op. Posth.)   \u003cbr\u003e Haydn: Violin Concerto in C Major, Hob.VIIa: II. Adagio \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 60:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Mozart, W.A.: Concertone for Two Violins and Orchestra in C Major, K. 190\u003cbr\u003e Pleyel: Symphonie concertante in B-Flat Major for Violin, Viola, and Orchestra, B. 112  \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 61:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Mozart, W.A. (arr. Kreisler): Divertimento in E-Flat Major, K. 563   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 62:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 63:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72a   \u003cbr\u003e Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50: I. Pezzo elegiaco  \u003cbr\u003e Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19: III. Andante   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC 64:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48   \u003cbr\u003e Bach, J.S.: Concerto for Two Violins and Orchestra in D Minor, BWV 1043 (Remastered)   \u003cbr\u003e Tchaikovsky: Nine Sacred Pieces, TH. 78, No. 6: Pater Noster   \u003cbr\u003e Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 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The selection of the works takes the importance of big names and well known works into account, but also presents modern or even avant-garde approaches or less well known chamber music works. The world’s leading orchestras, conductors and soloists, outstanding concert venues like the KKL Culture and Convention Centre by the renowned architect Jean Nouvel in Lucerne, a breathtaking landscape: there are many reasons for falling in love with the Swiss music festivals. The Swiss festivals now draw more than 500,000 classical music enthusiasts to the shores of Lake Lucerne or the Verbier mountains every year. And the numbers of visitors is growing from year to year. 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This box set of three CDs wishes to be a summa not only of Vivaldi’s art, but also of Carmignola’s, interweaving their personal histories and careers. The violinist is here accompanied by Riccardo Doni, directing the Accademia dell'Annunciata, musicians with whom he has enjoyed an over-ten-year collaboration.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arcana","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":47105340801304,"sku":"3760195735503","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/4346\/3192\/files\/4408839-3332319.jpg?v=1777534496"},{"product_id":"jean-pierre-rampal-the-complete-cbs-masterworks-recordings-56-cds","title":"Jean-Pierre Rampal - The Complete CBS Masterworks Recordings [56 CDs]","description":"\u003cp\u003e“L’Homme à la flûte d’or”Rampal’s Complete CBS, RCA and Sony Classical Recordings on 56 CDsBefore Jean-Pierre Rampal appeared on the music scene in the 1950s, wind players were rarely hired as soloists with an orchestra. This legendary French flute virtuoso broke through that barrier with his astonishing talent, flair, and commanding stage presence, attaining the kind of visibility previously enjoyed only by pianists and violinists. He regularly filled the world’s largest concert halls for his recitals and chamber performances. Rampal was the father figure of the flute renaissance in the 20th century which restored the instrument to the exalted position it held during the 18th.He also became one the world’s most recorded artists, commanding all the essential repertoire of his instrument but equally embracing previously unknown works, his own discoveries, jazz, pop, folk and contemporary works. Virtually anything written for the flute or plausibly adapted for it was grist for his mill. In his autobiography Rampal referred to the discography that brought him numerous prizes and awards as being so enormous that not even he could keep track of it. In 1969, he began recording for CBS, and in 1979 he signed an exclusive contract with the label. To mark his 100th birthday, Sony Classical will release in a 56-CD box set the first complete edition of Jean-Pierre Rampal’s recordings for CBS, RCA and Sony Classical.Rampal was born in 1922 in Marseille, where his father Joseph was a professor at the conservatoire and principal flute in the orchestra. When he was twelve, Jean-Pierre was given his own flute and went to the conservatory to study with his father. “He was my teacher and my hero,” he later wrote. “I wanted to do what he did.” Playing the flute was the supreme passion of Rampal’s life, as important to him as food or water. In 1945, after the liberation of Paris where he had been studying at the conservatoire, Rampal was invited to play the Ibert Concerto – written in 1934 for another of his idols, the great French flautist Marcel Moyse – on live radio with the Orchestre National de France. That performance launched a career that would span over 50 years. But the music that was already making his heart beat the fastest was Baroque, then enjoying a new wave of popularity in France. Rampal recalled: “Bach, Handel, Vivaldi \u0026amp; Co., with their precise, measured music, gave the public the security and sense of order that the war had taken away. You knew where this music was going and what it would do.”Immediately after the war, Rampal began turning out 78-rpm discs. In time, he would become perhaps the most recorded classical instrumentalist in history. During the LP era, he worked with more than 20 different labels before signing with CBS as an exclusive artist. Having inaugurated his CBS discography with Mozart – joined by Isaac Stern, Alexander Schneider and Leonard Rose in the Flute Quartets – he capped it in 1996 with Boccherini Quintets, partnered by four distinguished French string players. In between came a vast trove of memorable releases, including much more Mozart as well as music by Bach and his sons, Vivaldi, Handel, Telemann, Rameau, Sammartini, Quantz, Benda, Frederick the Great, Kuhlau, Carulli, Cimarosa, Haydn, Gluck, Beethoven, Schubert, Weber, Paganini, Giuliani, Spohr, Rossini, Donizetti, Chopin, Dvořák, Fauré, Saint-Saëns, Debussy, Ravel, Ibert, Gershwin, Kreisler, Martinů and Penderecki, with partners including Mstislav Rostropovich, Kathleen Battle, Plácido Domingo, Pinchas and Eugenia Zukerman, Salvatore Accardo and Trevor Pinnock.And those are just the classical releases. Rampal also became famous for exploring non-traditional flute repertoire as well as for being a proud trailblazer in crossover. His CBS recording of the French jazz pianist Claude Bolling’s Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano, released in 1975, made the Billboard chart of top-selling albums for ten consecutive years, only the second time that milestone had been reached (the first was Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon). This unprecedented sensation (“Sprightly and consistently romantic … the performances of the two principals are impeccable” – Gramophone) led to two highly successful sequels, Bolling’s Picnic Suite and his Suite No. 2 for Flute and Jazz Piano.Those recordings alone would have sufficed to make Rampal’s name a household word for music lovers of every stripe (a TV appearance with Miss Piggy and the Muppets extended his celebrity to children). But there is also his album of Gershwin songs with the Los Angeles Philharmonic; and Rampal playing European folksongs with trumpeter Maurice André; and a Rampal Christmas album, Pastorales de Noël, with guitarist Alexandre Lagoya – a regular Rampal collaborator, arranged by Michel Legrand who conducts the London Symphony Orchestra; and a haunting album of traditional Japanese melodies with three koto players (Rampal enjoyed an especially devoted following in that country); and an album of Scott Joplin rags accompanied by Tommy Johnson on tuba, Shelly Manne on drums and John Steele Ritter, his long-time musical partner, on piano. Etc. etc. etc.Rampal played for many years on what is probably the most famous flute in the world, the first gold instrument by the legendary Parisian flute maker Louis Lot. Built in 1869 for a French player who moved to Shanghai, this unique 18-carat gold somehow found its way back to Europe, and one day in 1948 the young Jean-Pierre Rampal fortuitously acquired it from a Paris antiques dealer. Soon he was dubbed “L’Homme à la flûte d’or” – “The Man with the Golden Flute”. (Later in his career he would play a 14-carat copy of his golden Lot and consign the priceless original to the safety of a vault.) Jean-Pierre Rampal became permanently associated with gold: not only for the flute he held in his hands, but also for the sound with which he captivated his listeners and, not least, for the sales figures his countless recordings chalked up all over the planet.SET CONTENTS:DISC 1:Mozart Flute QuartetsDISC 2: Bach FamilyDISC 3: Bolling: Suite for Flute and Jazz PianoDISC 4\/5: Rampal and Lagoya in ConcertDISC 6: Vivaldi\/TelemannDISC 7: Bolling: \"Picnic Suite\"DISC 8: Mozart: Flute Quartets K. 285 \u0026amp; K. 298\/Divertimento K. 334DISC 9: Carnaval de Rampal (Showpieces)DISC 10: Schubert: Sonata In A Minor\/Moscheles: Sonata concertanteDISC 11: Pastorales De NoelDISC 12: From Prague With Love (Dvorak, Feld, Martinu)DISC 13: Japanese Melodies, Vol. IIIDISC 14: HaydnDISC 15: Sonatas of J.S. Bach And SonsDISC 16: Jean-Pierre Rampal Plays Scott JoplinDISC 17: Weber: Sonatas for Violin and PianoDISC 18: Bach: Concerto for Flute, Strings and Basso ContinuoDISC 19: Vivaldi: Six Concertos for FluteDISC 20: Fascinatin' Rampal: Jean-Pierre Rampal Plays GershwinDISC 21\/22: Bach: Sonatas and Partita for FluteDISC 23\/24: Haydn: ConcertosDISC 25: The Flute at The Court of Frederick The GreatDISC 26: Night at The Opera: The Magic FluteDISC 27: Chants de Noel \/ Children’s SongsDISC 28: Mozart: SonatasDISC 29: Bolling: Suite No. 2 For Flute and Jazz Piano TrioDISC 30: Mozart: The Flute QuartetsDISC 31: Telemann: Overture\/ConcertosDISC 32: Telemann Kuhlau Bach Mozart DopplerDISC 33: Kuhlau: Flute QuintetsDISC 34: Mozart: Concerto for Flute and Harp\/Sinfonia concertanteDISC 35: Carulli: Flute Concerto and moreDISC 36: Concertos for Two FlutesDISC 37\/38: C.P.E. 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This pupil of Bartók at the Academy of Music in his native Budapest, former conductor of the Dresden Royal Opera, where he worked with Richard Strauss, and for the past 16 years music director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra was still rarely mentioned in the national press and never in record reviews. Although he had actually made some discs in 1938 with the New York Philharmonic, they were issued anonymously.Everything changed for Reiner when his move to Pittsburgh led to nearly a decade of major recordings for American Columbia. Sony Classical is now pleased to present a new 14-CD box set collecting all of Reiner’s Pittsburgh Symphony discography together with the Columbia recordings he made after moving to New York in 1948 to become a principal conductor at the Metropolitan Opera.Reiner was already an experienced Wagner conductor when he came to Pittsburgh and, not surprisingly, his first sessions in February and March 1940 included, among other popular selections, the “Ride of the Valkyries”. This is the oldest recording in the new set and Reiner’s first credited commercial record. Electrical problems unfortunately spoiled the remaining 1940 Wagner masters, so those works had to be re-recorded in 1941, but now at the huge Syria Mosque, the orchestra’s regular venue and site of all the other Pittsburgh recordings collected here. Others dating from before the war include Strauss’s Don Juan (from January 1941) and Don Quixote, with cellist Gregor Piatigorsky (November 1941), as well as Debussy’s Ibéria (also November 1941).Following the wartime national recording ban, Reiner and the orchestra returned to the Syria Mosque in March 1945 to set down some prime examples of the conductor’s widely varied repertoire: Shostakovich’s Sixth Symphony; the premiere recording of Robert Russell Bennett’s suite from Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, commissioned by Reiner; his Hungarian friend Léo Weiner’s Divertimento No. 1; the Galánta Dances by another compatriot, Zoltán Kodály; and Beethoven’s Second Symphony.A number of his most memorable Pittsburgh recordings were made in February 1946: the first-ever studio production of the Concerto for Orchestra by his erstwhile teacher Bartók; Brahms’s Hungarian Dances and the First Piano Concerto with Rudolf Serkin; Falla’s El amor brujo, a perennial Reiner favorite, with the fine mezzo soloist Carol Brice, who also recorded Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen during those sessions; and the suite from Strauss’s Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, which Reiner had introduced in the US at Cincinnati. None of these except the Brahms concerto and the Strauss has ever before appeared on CD at Sony Classical.Reiner conducted his last Pittsburgh recording, Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben, in November 1947. Two years later, his first New York sessions for Columbia took place at the 30th Street Studio, producing a remarkably stylish complete set of Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos. Also being released by Sony Classical on CD here for the first time, it features such illustrious names as harpsichordists Sylvia Marlowe and Fernando Valente, flautist Julius Baker, trumpeter William Vacchiano, oboist Robert Bloom, violist William Lincer and cellist Leonard Rose. A few months earlier, Fritz Reiner made one his most famous recordings of all. He was at the Metropolitan conducting Strauss’s Salomé with the finest exponent of the title role, Ljuba Welitsch, making her house debut. In the midst of the run in March, at the 30th Street Studio, Columbia captured the final scene on disc, a recording that has retained its benchmark status.In 1953, the final chapter of Fritz Reiner’s long career began when he became music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and began a celebrated series of stereo recordings for RCA Victor. But any full appreciation of this legendary conductor’s legacy has to include his earlier achievements for Columbia Records in Pittsburgh and New York. For all Reiner’s countless aficionados around the world, Sony Classical’s new 14-CD box set will be essential listening.SET CONTENTSDISC 1:Ravel: La Valse, M. 72 (Remastered)   Debussy: Images, L. 122: Ibéria (Remastered)   Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, H. 111: Marche hongroise (Remastered)   Debussy (orch. Ravel): Danse \"Tarantelle styrienne\", L. 69 (Remastered)   DISC 2:Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96: Prelude to Act I (Remastered)   Wagner: Siegfried, WWV 86C: Waldweben (Remastered)   Wagner: Lohengrin, WWV 75: Prelude to Act I (Remastered)   Wagner: Lohengrin, WWV 75: Prelude to Act III (Remastered)   Wagner: Die Walküre, WWV 86B: Walkürenritt (Remastered)   Wagner: Tannhäuser, WWV 70, Act I: Bacchanale and Venusberg Music (Remastered)   Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96, Act III: Vorspiel (Remastered)   Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96, Act III: Tanz der Lehrbuben (Dance of the apprentices) (Remastered)   Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96, Act III: Aufzug der Meister (Entrance of the Meistersingers) (Remastered)    DISC 3:Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36   Mussorgsky: A Night on Bald Mountain, IMM 43 (Remastered)   Gershwin (arr. Bennett): Porgy and Bess \"A Symphonic Picture\"    DISC 4:Brahms: Concerto No. 1 in D Minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 15    DISC 5:Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116 (Remastered)   Glinka: Kamarinskaja \"Wedding Song and Dance Song\"   Rossini: Il signor Bruschino, IGR 64: Overture (Remastered)    DISC 6:Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Remastered)   Bach: Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243, No. 2: Et exultavit (Remastered)   Bach: Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243, No. 9: Esurientes implevit bonis (Remastered)   Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232, Part I, No. 10: Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris (Remastered)   Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232, Part IV, No. 26: Agnus Dei (Remastered)   Falla: El amor brujo \"Ballet-pantomime\" (Remastered)    DISC 7:Brahms: 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 5 in G Minor (Orch. Parlow) (Remastered)   Brahms: 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 7 in F Major (Orch. Schmeling) (Remastered)   Brahms: 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 12 in D Minor (Orch. Parlow) (Remastered)   Brahms: 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 13 in D Major (Orch. Parlow) (Remastered)   Brahms: 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 6 in D Major (Orch. Parlow) (Remastered)   Brahms: 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 21 in E Minor (Orch. Dvorák) (Remastered)   Brahms: 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 19 in B Minor (Orch. Dvorák) (Remastered)   Brahms: 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 1 in G Minor (Orch. Brahms) (Remastered)   Strauß, J. II: Rosen aus dem Süden, Op. 388 (Remastered)   Strauß, J. II: Schatz-Walzer, Op. 418 (Remastered)   Strauß, J. II: Wiener Blut, Op. 354 (Remastered)   Rodgers (arr. Don Walker): The Carousel Waltz (From \"Carousel\") (Remastered)    DISC 8:Strauss, R.: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40   Strauss, R.: Le bourgeois gentilhomme, Op. 60    DISC 9:Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D Major, KV. 385 \"Haffner\"   Bach, J. S.: Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067 (Remastered)   Bach, J.S. (arr. 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Marche Miniature   Bartók: Hungarian Pictures, Sz. 97    DISC 11:Bach, J.S.: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV 1046 (Remastered)   Bach, J.S.: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047 (Remastered)   Bach, J.S.: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048 (Remastered)    DISC 12:Bach, J.S.: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049 (Remastered)   Bach, J.S.: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050 (Remastered)   Bach, J.S.: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-Flat Major, BWV 1051 (Remastered)DISC 13:Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I: \"Don Ottavio! son morta!\" (Recit.), \"Or sai, chi l'onore\" (Aria)   Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act II: \"Crudele! Crudele?...\" (Recit.), \"Non mi dir, bell'idol mio\" (Aria)\" (Voice)   Dargomizhsky: Songs and Romances, Volume I: 36. Mne grustno   Dargomizhsky: Songs and Romances, Volume I: 46. 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