30 Monday Sep 2019
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Alan Feinberg, Alexander Tamir, András Schiff, Argerich, Ashkenazy, Backhaus, Bernstein, Bolet, Bracha Eden, Cherkassky, Curzon, Eileen Joyce, Freire, Grosvenor, Gulda, Haskil, Ivan Davis, Jean-Rodolphe Kars, Jorge Luis Prats, Katchen, Kathleen Long, Kempff, Kun-Woo Paik, Larrocha, Lipatti, Lisitsa, Lympany, Michelangeli, Ogdon, Olli Mustonen, Pascal Roge, Peter Jablonski, Peter Katin, Radu Lupu, Robert Levin, Thibaudet
19 Monday Aug 2019
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András Schiff, Andre Watts, Argerich, Arrau, Arthur Rubinstein, Arthur Schnabel, Ashkenazy, Backhaus, Barenboim, Bolet, Brendel, Byron Janis, Cherkassky, Cortot, Curzon, Cziffra, Earl Wild, Edwin Fischer, Emil Gilels, Eschenbach, Freire, Gavrilov, Geza Anda, Gieseking, Glenn Gould, Grigory Ginsburg, Gulda, Haebler, Haskil, Horowitz, Ignacy Friedman, Josef Hofmann, Kapell, Katchen, Kempff, Kissin, Kovacevich, Larrocha, Lhevinne, Lipatti, Magaloff, Maria João Pires, Michelangeli, Moiseiwitsch, Moravec, Myra Hess, Ogdon, Paderewski, Perahia, Pletnev, Pollini, Previn, Rachmaninov, Radu Lupu, Robert Casadesus, Rudolf Serkin, Samson Francois, Sofronitsky, Solomon, Sviatoslav Richter, Tureck, Uchida, Van Cliburn, Weissenberg, Yudina, Zimerman, Zoltan Kocsis
Label : Philips
Format : Flac track
Cover : Yes
Great Pianists of the 20th Century was a 202-CD box set released by Philips Records in 1999 and sponsored by Steinway & Sons.
The box set comprised 101 volumes featuring 72 pianists of the 20th century, each volume with two CDs and a booklet about the life and work of the featured pianist. The set contains a variety of composers from different eras, from Baroque to Contemporary classical. The material was the result of a collaborative association between Philips (who had access to the Polygram Records back catalogue) and a number of other labels, notably EMI Classics, as no single label possessed a representative set of recordings for every pianist considered to be significant. Material from Warner Classics and Sony Classics was also used.
12 Friday Apr 2019
11 Thursday Apr 2019
10 Wednesday Apr 2019
29 Monday Jan 2018
Posted in Boxset, RCA-Sony Masters, Sony
26 Sunday Nov 2017
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Argerich, Arrau, Arthur Rubinstein, Bolet, Bronfman, Byron Janis, Chamayou, Dalberto, Emanuel Ax, Emil Gilels, Freire, Glenn Gould, Horowitz, Katia Labèque, Kissin, Lang Lang, Larrocha, Lazar Berman, Le Sage, Leon Fleisher, Luisada, Marielle Labèque, Perahia, Radu Lupu, Rudolf Serkin, Sviatoslav Richter, Varsano, Volodos
05 Saturday Aug 2017
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Arthur Rubinstein, Barenboim, Bartok, Beethoven, Ben-Haim, Berlioz, Bernstein, Bloch, Brahms, Dvorak, Giulini, Grieg, Hindemith, Isaac Stern, Katchen, Kertész, Kletzki, Krips, Maazel, Mahler, Martinon, Massenet, Masur, Mehta, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Perlman, Pnina Salzman, Radu Lupu, Rimsky-Korsakov, Saint-Saëns, Schubert, Schumann, Shlomo Mintz, Smetana, Solti, Starker, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Vivaldi, Weber, Zukerman
19 Friday May 2017
19 Thursday Jan 2017
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András Schiff, Argerich, Arrau, Arthur Rubinstein, Backhaus, Barenboim, Curzon, Gavrilov, Gulda, Haskil, Katchen, Kempff, Kissin, Kovacevich, Larrocha, Lazar Berman, Luisada, Olli Mustonen, Pascal Roge, Previn, Radu Lupu, Roberto Szidon, Rudolf Serkin, Sviatoslav Richter, Thibaudet, Toradze, Zoltan Kocsis
02 Monday Jan 2017
Posted in Boxset, EMI, EMI Collectors
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Augustin Dumay, Barbara Hendricks, Ciccolini, Collard, Eschenbach, Fassbaender, Fischer-Dieskau, Frieder Bernius, Geoffrey Parsons, Gerald Moore, Heutling String Quartet, Hilliard Ensemble, Hungarian String Quartet, Irwin Gage, Janet Baker, Jon Vickers, Justus Frantz, Karl Engel, Katsaris, Leinsdorf, Lucia Popp, Melos Ensemble, Menuhin, Mikhail Rudy, Olaf Bar, Paolo Bordoni, Radu Lupu, Rampal, Robert Heger, Sawallisch, Schubert, Tacchino, Ulf Hoelscher, Veyron-Lacroix, Zacharias
06 Sunday Nov 2016
Posted in Boxset, Decca, Decca Collectors
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05 Wednesday Oct 2016
Posted in Boxset, Collection
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Ashkenazy, Aurèle Nicolet, Barenboim, Bernstein, Bolet, Caballé, Chailly, Christoph von Dohnanyi, Claudio Abbado, Colin Davis, Domingo, Dorati, Gardiner, Giulini, Haitink, Holliger, I Musici, James Levine, Karajan, Karl Bohm, Koopman, Kyung Wha Chung, Maazel, Markevitch, Marriner, Mehta, Norrington, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Pavarotti, Perlman, Pinnock, Previn, Radu Lupu, Rostropovich, Rudolf Serkin, Seiji Ozawa, Sinopoli, Solti, Sutherland
17 Saturday Sep 2016
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Bach JS, Bartok, Beethoven, Berg, Brahms, Bruch, Cesar Franck, Chausson, Chung Trio, Debussy, Dutoit, Dvorak, Edouard Lalo, Elgar, Kempe, Kondrashin, Kyung Wha Chung, Lawrence Foster, Mendelssohn, Myung-Whun Chung, Pascal Gallois, Patrick Gallois, Previn, Prokofiev, Radu Lupu, Ravel, Respighi, Richard Strauss, Saint-Saëns, Sibelius, Solti, Tchaikovsky, Vieuxtemps, Zimerman
13 Tuesday Sep 2016
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Bach JS, Bartok, Beethoven, Brahms, Bruch, Cesar Franck, Chopin, Claudio Abbado, Colin Davis, Domenico Scarlatti, Grieg, Haitink, Handel, Liszt, Marriner, Mehta, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Perahia, Rachmaninov, Radu Lupu, Schubert, Schumann, Solti, Tippett
08 Sunday May 2016
Posted in Collection, Decca, Decca Legendary Performances
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Adrian Boult, Ansermet, Anthony Lewis, Ashkenazy, Borodin, Boskovsky, Britten, Curzon, di Stefano, Dutoit, Eduard Strauss, Fistoulari, Giuseppe Taddei, Glinka, Janet Baker, Johann Strauss II, Josef Strauss, Karajan, Kondrashin, Leontyne Price, Liszt, Maazel, Mussorgsky, Peter Pears, Prokofiev, Puccini, Purcell, Rachmaninov, Radu Lupu, Ravel, Respighi, Ricci, Rimsky-Korsakov, Schubert, Solti, Suppe, Tchaikovsky, Vaughan Williams
06 Friday May 2016
Posted in Collection, Decca, Decca Legendary Performances
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Albeniz, Argenta, Chabrier, Claudio Abbado, Debussy, Dvorak, Falla, Fruhbeck de Burgos, Granados, Grieg, Handel, Haydn, Hindemith, Janacek, Kempe, Kertész, Kodaly, Kubelik, Larrocha, Marriner, Molinari-Pradelli, Montsalvatge, Moszkowski, Previn, Prokofiev, Radu Lupu, Rimsky-Korsakov, Schumann, Soler, Sutherland, Tchaikovsky, Turina, Vivaldi, Willcocks
21 Thursday Apr 2016
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Ansermet, Ashkenazy, Bartok, Beethoven, Bernstein, Bloch, Bonynge, Brahms, Britten, Bruckner, Cesar Franck, Chopin, Claudio Abbado, Copland, Curzon, David Oistrakh, Debussy, Dorati, Dutoit, Dvorak, Fistoulari, Fitzwilliam Quartet, Fjeldstad, Fruhbeck de Burgos, Gardelli, Gershwin, Grieg, Gustav Holst, Haitink, Haydn, Hindemith, Horenstein, Horst Stein, Karajan, Karl Munchinger, Kertész, Kodaly, Krips, Kyung Wha Chung, Maazel, Mahler, Massenet, Mehta, Mendelssohn, Monteux, Montsalvatge, Mozart, Offenbach, Pascal Roge, Piero Gamba, Previn, Prokofiev, Puccini, Radu Lupu, Ravel, Ricci, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rostropovich, Saint-Saëns, Schmidt-Isserstedt, Schoenberg, Schubert, Schumann, Scriabin, Serafin, Shostakovich, Sibelius, Solti, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Walter Weller, Walton, Wolf-Ferrari
Label : Decca
Format : Flac track
Cover : Front
In the late 1940s, the pioneering Decca recording engineers perfected a new set of microphone techniques that allowed the full range of frequencies to be fully heard by listeners for the first time, and the term ‘full frequency range recording’ was launched. It was a major revolution in sound quality, and the beginnings of high fidelity.
Perfected with the birth of stereo in the mid-1950s, Decca’s ‘Full Frequency Stereophonic Sound’ became a worldwide hallmark of sonic excellence and a golden age of classical recorded music was born. THE ANALOGUE YEARS presents a 50-Album overview across 53 CDs, in original jackets, of the celebrated international recordings that emerged from the London-based record label in that pre-digital era.
20 Wednesday Apr 2016
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Adrian Boult, Alfredo Campoli, András Schiff, Ansermet, Argenta, Ashkenazy, Bach JS, Barber, Bartok, Bartoli, Beethoven, Berg, Bloch, Blomstedt, Boskovsky, Brahms, Britten, Bruch, Bruckner, Chailly, Christoph von Dohnanyi, Curzon, Debussy, Dorati, Dvorak, Elgar, Falla, Fistoulari, Fleming, Freire, Granados, Grieg, Gustav Holst, Haitink, Haydn, Hogwood, Janacek, Janine Jansen, Joshua Bell, Karajan, Karl Bohm, Karl Munchinger, Katchen, Kempe, Kertész, Kyung Wha Chung, Larrocha, Maazel, Mackerras, Marriner, Martinon, Mehta, Mendelssohn, Messiaen, Monteux, Moszkowski, Mozart, Mussorgsky, Pascal Roge, Peter Maag, Peter Pears, Pickett, Prokofiev, Puccini, Purcell, Rachmaninov, Radu Lupu, Ravel, Respighi, Richard Strauss, Saint-Saëns, Schoenberg, Schubert, Schumann, Shostakovich, Sibelius, Solti, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Walton, Webern, Willcocks, Zinman
Label : Decca
Format : Flac track
Cover : Yes
This set is a marvel, a mostly wonderful 50-CD tribute to some of the finest stereo recordings ever made in the Classical medium. Smartly packaged, and intelligently chosen, the box is worth having even if one owns some of the contents already. And you are bound to, for even a novice collector will recognize the great singers, conductors, and soloists on display. It’s also reasonably priced on both sides of the pond, and is undoubtedly a limited edition, in the sense it will be pulled soon and sold at outrageous eBay prices. So if the prospect interests you, by all means indulge.
By and large the historical recordings are of more worth than the more recent offerings. Argenta, Martinon, and Maag all get a nod, and it’s equally nice to see that Ashkenazy is being recognized as both an arranger and conductor here. Karajan and Solti naturally appear, although it must be said that those are wholly successful appearances, Dorati gets tons of kudos on Mercury, so one disc will do here; I wish only that it were Haydn. Schiff’s justly famous Goldberg’s are here, and Radu Lupu gets a disc, even if it’s hardly the best. Britten’s War Requiem with the composer conducting has been jammed onto one disc, as if it could get any more essential, and Kerstez’s Vienna 9th and London 8th make a memorable Dvorák disc indeed.
