GIUSEPPE VERDI
VerdI Aida (complete opera recorded in 1986) BLU-RAY Teatro alla Scala / Maria Chiara, Luciano Pavarotti, Ghena Dimitrova, Leo Nucci / Lorin Maazel (conductor) [ Arthaus Legendary Performances BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 12/Jul/2015 ] "An opera for Cairo!", Verdi is said to have exclaimed. He would certainly have been delighted with this magnificent production. It was a triumphant success when it opened at la Scala in December 1985 |
PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Aromatherapy No 5 - The Heart of Tchaikovsky Herbert von Karajan, Neville Marriner, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Lorin Maazel [ Australian Decca SBS Eloquence / CD - released 21/Jun/2001 ] A unique CD collection of music for relaxation |
BEETHOVEN / RICHARD STRAUSS / WAGNER / BRUCKNER / MENDELSSOHN / BRUCH / TCHAIKOVSKY / RACHMANINOV
Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic] - Great Recordings Berliner Philharmoniker Orchestra, Claudio Abbado, Seiji Ozawa, Herbert von Karajan, Zubin Mehta, Daniel Barenboim, Lorin Maazel, Gunter Wand, etc [ Sony Music / 8 CD Box Set - released 11/Sep/2015 ] The Berlin Philharmonic is consistently ranked as one of the greatest orchestras in the world. As is fitting such an eminent orchestra, they consistently work with the world's most renowned conductors and soloists. |
PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
The Best of Tchaikovsky (Incls 'Serenade in C for Strings' Waltz & Capriccio Italien) Various artists, including Ernest Ansermet, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Antal Dorati, Henry Lewis, Lorin Maazel, Sir Neville Marriner [ Decca SBS Eloquence / CD - released 6/Feb/1997 ] All the very best of Tchaikovsky at a super special price. |
RAVEL
Bolero / Rapsodie Espagnole / la Valse / etc (rec 1984) L'Orchestre National de France, Lorin Maazel [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 20/May/2011 ] "La valse is high powered with a mannered ending, but I enjoyed the rather sultry performance of the Rapsodie espagnole, while the Alborada is certainly brilliant." (Gramophone) |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: The Nine Symphonies Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti, Horst Stein, Karl Böhm, Lorin Maazel, Claudio Abbado [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 9 CD Box Set - released 22/Mar/2024 ] The Vienna Philharmonic's distinguished Bruckner tradition, documented through a series of superb Decca recordings from the 1960s and 70s on a Limited Edition 9-CD box set, with Original Jackets. |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Burleske / Duet-Concertino / Oboe Concerto / le Bourgeois Gentilhomme / etc Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), Dimitri Ashkenazy (clarinet) Gordon Hunt (oboe) / Wiener Philharmoniker [Vienna Philharmonic], Lorin Maazel, etc [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2014 ] Relative rarities among his output are Richard Strauss's concertos, many written later in his life. This collection brings together works for oboe, clarinet and bassoon (the Duet Concertino) and the scintillating Burleske for piano and orchestra. In... |
GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Carmen (Complete Opera recorded in 1984) Julia Migenes, Placido Domingo, Ruggero Raimondi / National Orchestra of France, Lorin Maazel [ Warner Erato Classics Home of Opera / 2 CD - released 20/May/2016 ] "Maazel's buoyant lightness and edgy rhythmic energy are suitably Gallic, and his principals are visually and vocally compelling." (Gramophone) |
PROKOFIEV
Complete Music For Violin (Includes Violin sonatas & Cinq Malodies, Op. 35b) Frank Peter Zimmerman (violin), Alexander Lonquich (piano) / Berliner Philharmoniker under Lorin Maazel / Philharmonia Orchestra under Mariss Jansons [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 28/Mar/2006 ] Prokofiev did not play the violin himself. Nevertheless he composed a substantial amount of varied works for this instrument: orchestral and chamber music. |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Don Giovanni... The definitive film edition of Mozart's classic opera! (filmed in 1979 and now remastered & restored) Kiri te Kanawa, Edda Moser, Teresa Berganza, Jose van Dam, Ruggero Raimondi, Lorin Maazel (conductor) [ Second Sight /Gammont DVD / 3 DVD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2011 ] Filmed on location in picturesque Vincenza, Italy, the operatic masterpiece Don Giovanni is beautifully translated to film by director Joseph Losey. Now restored and remastered. |
EDWARD ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: Cello Concerto & Violin Concerto Lynn Harrell (cello) Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel, Kyung Wha Chung (violin) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca The World of British Classics / CD - released 14/Apr/1994 ] Two classic performances on one budget CD |
Giuseppe V
Falstaff Lorin Maazel Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 25/Sep/2009 ] |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Holiday Classics: 5 CDs with a distinct holiday flavour National Philharmonic, Richard Bonynge / Montreal Symphony, Charles Dutoit / Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel / Detroit Symphony, Antal Dorati, etc [ Decca / 5 CD Box Set - released 25/Nov/2009 ] A specially priced five CD set featuring a talent of top Decca recording artists like Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Julius Katchen, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Dame Joan Sutherland, Willi Boskovsky, Pascal Roge and the Academy of St Martins in the Fields. |
Bartók; Mo
Konzert für Violine und Orchester No. 2 Sz 112; Erste Lodron'sche Nachtmusik: Marsch KV 248, Divertimento KV 247 Gerhart Hetzel; Wiener Philharmoniker, Lorin Maazel; Wiener Kammerensemble [ ORFEO / CD - released 28/Jul/2002 ] |
RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Waltraud Meier sings Wagner Waltraud Meier (mezzo soprano) with Bayerischen Rundfunks, Lorin Maazel [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 1/Mar/1997 ] Song masterpieces performed with magnificent drama by major Wagnerians of our time |
BEETHOVEN / SCHUBERT / RACHMANINOV / MENDELSSOHN / TCHAIKOVSKY / BERLIOZ / etc
Lorin Maazel - The Complete deutsche Grammophon Recordings Lorin Maazel (conductor) with Jane Berbie, Jean Giraudeau, Gabriel Bacquier, Placido Domingo, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gidon Kremer, Elena Obraztsova [ Deutsche Grammophon / 39 CD Box Set - released 19/May/2023 ] At the age of 9, he made his conducting debut with the LA Philharmonic, and at 11 Toscanini invited him to conduct the NBC Symphony Orchestra: Lorin Maazel is undoubtedly one of the greatest conductors of his century. His first album with Deutsche... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No 3 / Kindertotenlieder Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano) / Wiener Sangerknaben, Wiener Staatsoper Damenchor, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Lorin Maazel [ Sony Classical / 2 CD Box Set - released 16/Feb/1992 ] Original recording from 1986/1987 |
PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony and other works Lynn Harrell (cello) / The Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] "Thrilling highly-charged accounts of some of Tchaikovsky's darkest music. Harrell's elegant Rococo Variations provides welcome light at the end of the tunnel." (BBC Music Five Stars) |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: Requiem (Grande Messe des morts) / Chants pour choeur / Grande Symphonie funebre et triomphale Kenneth Riegel (tenor) / Cleveland Orchestra & Chorus, Lorin Maazel / Choeur et l'orchestre symphonique de Montreal, Charles Dutoit [ Double Decca / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/1996 ] With comprehensive booklet and translation |
GEORGES BIZET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bizet: Carmen (complete opera with full libretto) Julia Migenes Johnson, Placido Domingo, Ruggiero Raimondi, Faith Esham / National Orchestra of France, Lorin Maazel [ Erato / CD - released 1/May/1984 ] "Carmen is sung here by Julia Migenes Johnson. Her Habanera is wonderfully shapely and sexy, in a quite light flirty manner. In Act 4 she and Placido Domingo (as Don José) give us a wonderfully dramatic climax to the opera." (MusicWeb) |