Warner Classics
Verdi: La traviata (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) An excellent bargain which competes with the very best versions on record [DBe]
Alexander Gibson (conductor): Opening the Doors (Warner)
Celebrating a Centenary so auld acquaintance should ne’er be forgot [PH]
R Strauss: Elektra (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) A sensible and impressive performance with no significant weak links [DH]
Brahms: Late Piano Works (Warner Classics)
I had not expected to be so impressed by this recital [SB]
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor): The Complete Teldec Recordings (Warner Classics)
Consistently thought-provoking [DF]
Mahler: Symphony No.2 (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) Acquire this superb new Mahler Second, but hang on to your copy of Rattle’s 1986 recording too [JQ]
Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) A modern makeover for an old favourite [GD]
Cabinet of Curiosities (Warner Classics)
Such an odd mix of music, but somehow it works [DJB]
Sir Adrian Boult: Complete Warner Stereo Recordings (Warner Classics)
A cornucopia of patrician music-making that has rarely been rivalled [RMo]
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 & Piano Concerto No. 3 (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) The Third Piano Concerto is more than just a curio [IL]
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, La Mort de Cléopâtre (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) A fresh approach to this remarkable symphony [JQ]
Bach: Christmas Oratorio (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) A performance that will give much pleasure [JQ]
Mozart: Requiem & Say: Mozart & Mevlana (Warner Classics)
An intriguing piece of cross-cultural programming combining an energised performance of Mozart’s Requiem with an exotic new work [RMo]
Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor): The Complete Warner Classics Edition (Warner Classics)
A solid chunk of Mackerras, spanning half a century of recordings for the Warner group [JW]
Myaskovsky: Complete Symphonies & Orchestral Works (Warner Classics)
Wondrous works, at minimal price (and presentation) – not to be missed [RB]
Beecham: The Mono Era on HMV and Columbia Graphophone 1926-1959 (Warner Classics)
Beecham’s monos minus the acoustics (demerit) but with some previously unissued material in a well-compiled 53-CD box [JW]
Sir Adrian Boult: The Warner Classics Edition (Warner Classics)
A 36-CD remastered box that restores (almost) all Boult’s mono legacy for the Warner umbrella of labels [JW]
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis & Mass in C (Warner Classics)
These performances are still worthy of collectors’ attention [JQ]
Shani Diluka (piano): Renaissance (Warner Classics)
Suffused with serenity and poetry; look elsewhere for keyboard fireworks [DJB]
Offenbach: Orphée aux Enfers (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) Singers who know how to sing Offenbach and to act it [JPJ]
Prokofiev: Piano Concertos (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) Below par recording, uninspired playing [DM]
Mahler: Symphonies 4 & 8 (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) Incredible, intriguing, and worth a hearing [EML]
Haydn: Favourite Symphonies (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) Partnership of conductor and orchestra at something like its best [JW]






































