Part Violin

This 60 disc box set contains 60 original 'Living Stereo' recordings. This is the first time a comprehensive collection of these iconic recordings has been created. Each album comes complete with its original LP artwork. An extensive booklet is included with the liner notes from each original album. Includes recordings by such great artists as Jascha Heifetz, Charles Munch, Fritz Reiner, Julian Bream, Leontyne Price and Arthur Rubinstein.

The music of Johannes Brahms has long been close to Emmanuel Tjeknavorian's heart. Now, with the WDR Symphony Orchestra under Cristian Măcelaru, he has recorded Brahms' Violin Concerto and Zwei Gesänge,op. 91 with Anna Lucia Richter and Andreas Haefliger. On this album he not only plays the violin, but also the viola.

Although these are unquestionably performances of impeccable musicality and taste, I found that Goldberg's tendency to underplay his part at times led to a little disappointment. In the A minor Sonatina of 1816, with its almost obsessional pathos, the two instrumentalists are models of classical purity, but the Pole is a bit static in the slow movement. Their hypersensitivity and immaculately polished use of tone are employed to keep the music within limited emotional confines. Goldberg's reticent way with the A major Sonata-Duo in particular makes the piece emerge as rather small-scale. The recorded balance between the two is relaxed and pleasing in these pieces.

The first ever collection of Daniel Barenboim’s Complete Recordings for CBS/Sony and RCA in one single edition on the occasion of his 75th birthday on 15 November 2017. Including his complete performances as conductor and pianist. 43 CDs plus 3 DVDs with 7 LPs appearing for the first time on CD, remastered from the analogue masters. With the Berliner Philharmoniker, English Chamber Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker. Collaborations with Jacqueline Du Pré, Arthur Rubinstein, Pinchas Zukerman, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, John Williams, Itzhak Perlman and Isaac Stern.