Daniel Barenboim Archive
“Remembering Jacqueline Du Pre” = Cello Concertos by HAYDN; DELIUS; ELGAR – Jacqueline Du Pre, cello – Praga Digitals
Terrific remastering of essential recording by a unique and irreplaceable artist. “Remembering Jacqueline Du Pre” = HAYDN: Cello Concerto in C, Hob. VIIb:1; DELIUS: Cello Concerto, RT VII/7; ELGAR: Cello Concerto in e, Op. 65 – Jacqueline Du Pre, cello/ English Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim/ Royal Phil. Orch./ Malcolm Sargent/ London Sym. Orch./ John Baribirolli […]
“Hommage a Boulez” = BOULEZ: Derive 2; Dialogue; Memoriale; Le Marteau; Anthemes 2; Messagesquisse – West-Eastern Divan Orchestra/Daniel Barenboim – DG
“Hommage a Boulez” = Pierre BOULEZ: Derive 2; Dialogue de l’ombre double; Memoriale; Le Marteau sans maitre; Anthemes 2; Messagesquisse – West-Eastern Divan Orchestra/Daniel Barenboim – Deutsches Grammaphon 479 7160 (3/24/17) 2 CDs, 142:27, ***1/2: Complex and fascinating music in excellent performances. The music of the late Pierre Boulez is not an easy listen. It […]
ELGAR: Symphony No. 1 in A-flat Major – Staatskapelle Berlin/ Daniel Barenboim – Decca
Daniel Barenboim revisits the Elgar Symphony No. 1 with fertile and heroic results. ELGAR: Symphony No. 1 in A-flat Major, Op. 55 – Staatskapelle Berlin/ Daniel Barenboim – Decca 478 9353, 51:26 (3/11/16) [Distr. by Universal] ****: Sometimes lauded as “England’s first symphony,” the 1908 Symphony No. 1 in A-flat Major of Sir Edward Elgar […]
BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1 in d minor; Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major – Daniel Barenboim, p./ Staatskapelle Berlin/ Gustavo Dudamel – DGG (2 CDs)
Barenboim and Dudamel bring affection and lavish coloration to the two Brahms concertos, live from Berlin, 2014.
Martha Argerich & Daniel Barenboim, pianists, in MOZART, SCHUBERT & STRAVINSKY, Blu-ray (2015)
A magnificent, though expensive, two-piano recital to experience.
Audio News for May 13, 2014
Daniel Barenboim Launches New Download-Only Label; CEA Study reveals Smartphone Ownership Surpasses Basic Cell Phones; New Mark Levinson Integrated Amp at Munich High End Show; Sony Formally Releases UHD TV Pricing
Daniel Barenboim New Year’s Concert 2014 = Music by the STRAUSS family; also HELLMESBERGER: Viellebchen Polka; R. STRAUSS: Mondscheinmusik aus Capriccio; LANNER: Die Romantiker Walzer; DELIBES: Pizzicati from Sylvia – Vienna Philharmonic Orch./ Daniel Barenboim – Sony Classical (2 CDs)
The high spirits and the excellent ensemble sparkle at the 2014 New Year’s Concert, which has everything but the actual champagne.
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 6 cond. by Barenboim, Blu-ray (2014)
A lovely recording and performance of this worthwhile Bruckner Symphony.
VERDI: Requiem – Anja Harteros, sop./ Elina Garanca, mezzo-sop./ Jonas Haufmann, tenor/ Rene Pape, bass/ Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala/ Daniel Barenboim – Decca (2 CDs)
Barenboim comes close—really close—to giving us the ideal Requiem.
BERG: Wozzeck (complete opera) (2013)
A superb television production from 1994, limited in visual and audio scope, but still very well presented.
ELGAR: Cello Concerto; CARTER: Cello Concerto; BRUCH: Kol Nidre – Alisa Weilerstein, c. – Staatskapelle Berlin/ Daniel Barenboim – Decca
Cellist Alisa Weilerstein reveals the joy in Eliot Carter’s complex Cello Concerto and her sublime Elgar Cello Concerto is a performance for the ages.
WAGNER: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (complete opera) (2 DVDs)
A 1996 production, one of Wolfgang Wagner’s last.
VERDI: Requiem – Soloists/ Chicago Sym. Orch. & Chorus/ Daniel Barenboim – Warner/Apex
A classic resurfaces…but do we have to make allowances for the sound?
Audio News for October 17, 2011
Star Wars and Thor 3D Push Up Blu-ray Sales; New D/A/D Gadget for Improved Digital Sound; Classical Music News
Daniel Barenboim plays CHOPIN – The Warsaw Recital – DGG
“Mellow” well describes Barenboim’s approach even to Chopin’s most daunting keyboard works.
Daniel Barenboim 4 DVD-Box
A very entertaining perspective on the many talents of the maestro! Four films from two continents.
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
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