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Murray Perahia: First 40 Years [63 CDs & 5 DVD-Videos]

73 DVD Video / Sony Classical / 2012-11-06

Works: Robert Schumann: Davidsbündlertänze for Piano, Op. 6; Fantasiestücke, Op. 12; Symphonic Etudes for Piano, Op. 13; Symphonic Etudes in Variation Form, WoO 6; Moderato; Songs (5) for voi...
Performers: Ax, Emanuel; Brainin, Norbert [Violin]; Cole, Vinson; Corkhill, David [Conductor]; Cox, Michael; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Fleming, Renée; Frank, Pamela; Glennie, Evelyn; Kremer, Gidon; Kroyt...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Perahia, Murray; Mehta, Zubin; Haitink, Bernard; ; Davis, Colin; Solti, Sir Georg; Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: ; English Chamber Orchestra

In recognition of his 40th anniversary with the label, Sony Classical is proud to present Murray Perahia: The First 40 Years. This limited edition box...continue...

Appassionato / Yo-Yo Ma

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2007-01-09

Works: John Williams: Going To School, for cello & piano; César Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, M 8; George Gershwin: Preludes (3) for piano; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in F m...
Performers: Ax, Emanuel; Brunetti, Octavio; Casadesus, Gaby; D'Rivera, Paquito; Entremont, Philippe; Fan, Joel; Kahane, Jeffrey; Lubambo, Romero; Ma, Yo-Yo; Meyer, Edgar; O'Connor, Mark [Violin]; Stern, Isaac; S...
Conductors: Koopman, Ton; Ormandy, Eugene; Morricone, Ennio; Abbado, Claudio

This album represents the entire span of Ma's recording career, beginning with his first recording (Saint-Saens 'The Swan') and culminating with three new tracks by...continue...
Appassionato (2007), the follow-up album to the well-received Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone (2005), is a 15-track collection of love-themed material handpicked by the classical crossover cellist hims...continue...

Mozart: Symphonies no 28, 29 & 35 / Abbado, Berlin PO

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2005-10-18

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 28 in C major, K 200 (189k); Symphony no 29 in A major, K 201 (186a); Symphony no 35 in D major, K 385 "Haffner"
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

"Abbado is never mannered and his phrasing and pointing of rhythm are delicately affectionate, conveying an element of fun and with speeds never aloud to...continue...

Drive Time - Autobahn

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2005-06-28

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Lohengrin; Maurice Jarre: Mad Max; Aram Khachaturian: Gayaneh; Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano, S 244; Johannes B...
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry; Mehta, Zubin; Jarre, Maurice; Kostelanetz, André; Fiedler, Arthur; Thomas, Michael Tilson; ; Maazel, Lorin; Boulez, Pierre; Salonen, Esa-Pekka; Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Wien-Berlin

Expanded Edition - Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich / Midori

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2004-02-24

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35; Souvenir d'un lieu cher; Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Violin no 1 in A minor, Op. 77; Preludes (24) for Piano, Op. 34; Prelude ...
Performers: McDonald, Robert; Midori
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

"The Berlin Philharmonic, Abbado, Midori, Tchaikovsky, and especially Shostakovich are disparate elements that add up to an urgent recommendation." - Fanfare...continue...

Expanded Edition - Brahms / Stern, Ma , et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2003-09-30

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double"; Quartet for Piano and Strings no 3 in C minor, Op. 60; Quartet for Piano and Strings no 1 in G minor, Op. 25
Performers: Ax, Emanuel; Laredo, Jaime; Ma, Yo-Yo; Stern, Isaac
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

"...this is a very good performance. Ma is warm, assured and romantic, while Abbado moves the piece along well, never sounding lumpy and sectionalized." -...continue...

The Tsar - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1996-10-29

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tale of Tsar Saltan (Skazka o Tsare Saltane), musical pictures (suite) for orchestra, Op. 57; The Tsar's Bride; Snow Maiden; Modest Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina; Pictures at...
Performers: Karr, Gary; Rogers, Allen; Tourel, Jennie
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene; Tchakarov, Emil; Kostelanetz, André; Abbado, Claudio; Somary, Johannes; Davis, Andrew; Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Philadelphia Orchestra; Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Sofia National Opera Orchestra

Mozart: Symphonien 23 & 36, Sinfonia Concertante / Abbado

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1996-07-02

Performers: Christ, Wolfram; Kussmaul, Rainer
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Cartoons - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1996-05-14

Works: Raymond Scott: Powerhouse; In an 18th-Century Drawing Room (after Mozart's piano sonata No 1),; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite no 1, Op. 46; Felix Mendelssohn: Song Without Words; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaik...
Performers: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Eastman Wind Ensemble; Entremont, Philippe; Faine, Maria Luisa; Glazer, Frank; Herman, Woody; Hogner, Gunter; Hungarian State Orchestra; Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; Kos...
Conductors: Kostelanetz, André; Salonen, Esa-Pekka; Abbado, Claudio; Mehta, Zubin; Chailly, Riccardo; ; Patanè, Giuseppe; Adler, Samuel; Kostelanetz, André; Bernstein, Leonard; Herman, Woody; Hu...
Ensemble: André Kostelanetz Orchestra ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Eastman Wind Ensemble; Ensemble Wien-Berlin; Hungarian State Orchestra; Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; La Scala Theater Orchestra; New ...

This disc includes both ADD and DDD recordings.

Personnel: HansJörg Schellenberger (oboe); Milan Turkovic (bassoon); Frank Glazer, Philippe Entremont, Maria Luisa Faine, Eugene List, Bar...continue...

Isaac Stern - A Life In Music - Berg: Violin Concerto, etc

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1995-07-25

Works: Alban Berg: Concerto for Violin; Chamber Concerto for Piano, Violin and 13 Winds
Performers: Serkin, Peter [Piano]; Stern, Isaac
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard; Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra members; New York Philharmonic

"...It is less Stern than the magnificent Peter Serkin and Abbado - with his marvelous feel for structure and timbre - that enliven this Chamber...continue...

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 3, etc / Abbado, Chicago SO

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1991-08-27

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 3 in D major, Op. 29 "Polish"; 1812 Overture, Op. 49
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 4, etc / Abbado, Chicago SO

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1989-03-28

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 4 in F minor, Op. 36; Romeo & Juliet
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 6, etc / Abbado, Chicago SO

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1987-11-03

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Pathétique Symphony, Op. 74; Marche slave, Op. 31
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 2, etc / Abbado, Chicago SO

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1987-01-01

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: The Tempest, Op. 18; Symphony no 2 in C minor, Op. 17 "Little Russian"
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra