Warner Classics
Telemann: Flute Concertos (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) An absolute winner – a delightful sense of collegial give and take [KS]
Belcea Quartet – Debussy, Dutilleux and Ravel (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) This disc represents the flowering of talent of an ensemble that, if they continue on their present well-chosen path, will achieve great things [CC]
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) Kovacevich’s technique is never in question, but the performances are somewhat mannered and un-spontaneous [SF]
Strauss, Johann Jr.: Die Fledermaus (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) A vocally definitive version [RMK]
Foulds: Three Mantras (Warner Classics)
Deserves wide appreciation among general music lovers [JT]
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 5 & 7 (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) The stuff of legends, but what are legends made of? [CH]
Cherubini: Medea (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) The set should be heard for its documentation of an extraordinary musical meeting [CH]
Verdi: Falstaff (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) Truly one of the ‘Great Recordings of the Century’ [CF]
Tchaikovsky: Symphonies & Overtures (Warner Classics)
Slava’s unjustly overlooked early Tchaikovsky symphony cycle reissued in fine sound [LD]
Bruckner: Symphony No 7 (Warner Classics)
A grand, majestic performance catching all the requisite light and shade of Bruckner’s most popular and accessible symphony [RMo]
Schubert: Lieder Vol 2 (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) Bostridge is surely worthy of a position in the same illustrious gallery as Fischer-Dieskau, Janet Baker and a few others [TB]
Bridge: Orchestral Works (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) An authoritative introduction to Bridge’s orchestral music … an ideal place to start [JQ]
Fatma Said (soprano) (Warner Classics)
A ravishing debut album that heralds a great future for this artist [MP]
Otto Klemperer (conductor): The Remastered Edition (Warner Classics)
Klemperer consolidated; his full Warner legacy in best-yet transfers [JW]
Mussorgsky: Songs and Dances of Death (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) Anyone who wants this particular coupling need not hesitate [GF]
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) Ravel & Carter (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) Aimard positively revels in complexities, eating up fistfuls of notes and spitting them out with ease [TH]
Mozart: …che cosa è amor… (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) I have derived much pleasure from this disc and I expect many opera lovers will like it too [GF]
Beethoven & Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) These performances will leave you marvelling anew at the music itself [CH]
La Divina Maria Callas in all her roles (Warner Classics)
A magnificent and comprehensive testament to the supremacy of the greatest singing actress of the 20C [RMo]
Sabine Meyer (clarinet) French Works (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) An outstanding achievement [MC]
Massenet: Werther (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) This issue will be prized by admirers of the two principals, but there are drawbacks [CH]
Schoenberg: Gurrelieder (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) Recorded just a week after 9/11, this stunning performance heralds a new era for Rattle in Berlin [CT]
Puccini: Turandot (Warner Classics)
Great sound, conducting, choral singing and orchestral playing, but only one principal singer who really comes up to scratch [RMo]
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) One of the classic performances of this symphony [CH]