Adagios Archive

DVORAK: Stabat Mater – Soloists/Radio Sym. & Choir of Bavarian Radio/ Mariss Janssons – BR Klassik
This live performance maintains an air of piety and devotion requisite to its powerful musical occasion. DVORAK: Stabat Mater, Op. 58 – Erin Wall, sop./ Minoko Fujimura, mezzo-sop./ Christian Elsner, tenor/ Liang Li, bass/ Choir of the Bavarian Radio/ Bavarian Radio Sym. Orch./ Mariss Janssons – BR Klassik 900142, 77:55 [Distr. by Naxos] (1/8/16) *****: […]

Arrau at Tanglewood = MOZART: Piano Sonata No. 5 in G Major; Piano Sonata No. 8 in A Minor; Fantasie in C Minor; Piano Sonata No. 14 in C Minor; Piano Sonata No. 17 in B-flat Major; Piano Sonata No. 18 in D Major – Claudio Arrau, p. – Music & Arts (2 CDs)
A previously unreleased all-Mozart recital by Claudio Arrau from Tanglewood should prove indispensable to the connoisseur of great keyboard playing.
BEETHOVEN: The ‘Late’ String Quartets (Nos. 12 thru 16) – Tokyo String Quartet – Harmonia Mundi (3 discs)
A superbly engineered recording of the greatest string quartets ever written, played by one of the world’s finest ensembles.