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Sony Classical is pleased to announce the release of a 17-album box set collecting the recordings made between 1940 and 1956 for American Columbia by the renowned Hungarian violinist Joseph Szigeti. Szigeti had a remarkable career. Born in 1892 in...

Solomon (1902-1988) was one of the best and most successful concert pianists in the world when in December 1956 his career came to an abrupt end after a debilitating stroke. This collection is the first to offer an overview that ranges from the most...

Seven CD Box set available only in North America of Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich's total comprehensive work. The works detailed are: Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Nutcracker, Op. 71, Glazunov, Alexander : Chopiniana, Op. 46, Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Swan...

Ruggiero Ricci followed the tradition of Vasa Prihoda, the Czech virtuoso, who performed Paganini as a central part of his repertory (Ricci gave the US premieres of both the 4th and 6th Violin Concertos). Giving so much attention to the works of the...

Rockbeat records presents the ultimate collection of Hot Rod tunes. 4 CDS, over 120 tracks all bound in a hardcover package with a 80 page book. Rock-A-Billy, Blues, Country and Rock and Roll are all represented. Includes tracks by Howlin' Wolf, Gene...

Robert Casadesus (1899-1972) is today almost considered an American pianist - he based himself there from the Second World War onwards and he is known today through the huge number of recordings he made for US Columbia from 1940 until his death, but as a...

Radiophonie volume 11 presents the sound universe of some Radio France channels: France Inter, France Culture, France Musique and Mou'v. The compositions of Loik Dury, Christophe Minck, Christophe Heral, Arthur Simonini, R?mi Quencez, Cl?ment L?otard and...

Quartetto Italiano- The ensemble's confidently-chosen name made it clear from the outset that the Quartetto Italiano saw itself not simply as an Italian string quartet among many, but as the authoritative one. The ensemble was soon recognized as a...

Quarterly German Record Critics' Award for second CD set of Earle Brown's Contemporary Sound Series, published on WERGO! Earle Brown's legendary Contemporary Sound Series will be released on WERGO CDs. Recorded between 1960 and 1973, the original...

Pianist and music teacher Artur Balsam was born in Warsaw on February 8, 1906. He attended the Helena Kijenska-Dobkiewiczowa Conservatory (now Academy) of Music established at the beginning of the 20th century in the Polish city of Lodz. After that he...

Paul Tortelier was, alongside Pierre Fournier, the greatest French cellist of his time and one of the most sought-after internationally. He launched his career, which lasted well over 50 years, in the late 1930s. In 1948, a tour of Europe took him to...

Orfeo honours J?lia Vrady as one of the most important sopranos of the second half of the 20th century with the release of this 10 album boxed set 'The Orfeo Recordings' on the occasion of her 80th Anniversary on 1st September. A significant number of...