Classical Masters
SONY CLASSICAL MASTERS is a new series offering a huge wealth of recordings at a very attractive price. Combining the greatest recordings from the RCA, BMG and Sony Classical labels in one series for the first time, the series houses the performances of the best-loved repertoire by preeminent artists such as James Galway, John Williams, Julian Bream, Lorin Maazel, Yo-Yo Ma, Evgeny Kissin, Isaac Stern, James Levine and Glenn Gould, to name but a few!
With 42 single discs and 28 box sets, this is a truly all-encompassing range and a complete classical collection in itself, and includes many titles which have not been available for some time.
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Grammy Awards, 40th Awards (1997), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
2 CDs
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Stravinsky conducts Stravinsky
RecommendedSymphonies and Concertos
Isaac Stern (violin)
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
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Grammy Awards, 4th Awards (1961), Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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Grammy Awards, 5th Awards (1962), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Building a Library, November 2019, Recommended Recording
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Murray Perahia plays Chopin
RecommendedMurray Perahia (piano)
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta
A self-recommending six-disc set...which includes the Gramophone Award-winning disc of the Etudes. As Bryce Morrison said of that disc: 'From Perahia there is order and lucidity at the heart... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2014, Re-issue of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2003, Winner - Instrumental
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Gramophone Awards, 1995, Winner - Instrumental
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Grammy Awards, 45th Awards (2002), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Grammy Awards, 16th Awards (1973), Best Engineered Album, Classical
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Grammy Awards, 16th Awards (1973), Best Orchestral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 16th Awards (1973), Classical Album of the Year
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Pierre Boulez conducts Ravel
RecommendedPhilippe Entremont (piano), Jill Gomez (soprano), Jose van Dam (baritone), Heather Harper (soprano), Jessye Norman (soprano)
Philadelphia Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Camerata Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra (members), Cleveand Chorus, Members of the Ensemble intercontemporain,...
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Grammy Awards, 18th Awards (1975), Best Engineered Album, Classical
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Grammy Awards, 18th Awards (1975), Best Orchestral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 27th Awards (1984), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Schumann & Grieg: Piano Concertos
RecommendedMurray Perahia (piano)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis
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Building a Library, April 2019, Also Recommended
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Pierre Boulez Conducts Stravinsky
RecommendedBBC Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Ensemble Intercomporain, Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
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Grammy Awards, 13th Awards (1970), Best Engineered Album, Classical
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Grammy Awards, 13th Awards (1970), Best Orchestral Performance
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Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Stravinsky
RecommendedPaul Crossley (piano), Cho-Liang Lin (violin), Yvonne Kenny (soprano), John Aler (tenor), Anne Sofie von Otter (Jocasta), Vinson Cole (Oedipus), Nicolai Gedda (Shepherd), Hans Sotin (Tiresias), Simon Estes (Messenger), Patrice Chéreau (narrator)
Philharmonia Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Los...
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Building a Library, May 2018, Also Recommended
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Building a Library, July 2019, Recommended Recording
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Building a Library, July 2023, Recommended Recording (The Rite of Spring)
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Hilary Hahn: The Complete Sony Recordings
Hilary Hahn (violin)
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, David Zinman, Sir Neville Marriner, Hugh Hugh
5 CDs
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Emanuel Ax plays Haydn Sonatas and Concertos
RecommendedEmanuel Ax (piano)
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
There is no period-instrument rethinking here; instead, big-boned, handsomely played interpretations bring out Haydn's pre-Beethoven side. — More…
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Grammy Awards, 37th Awards (1994), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Grammy Awards, 46th Awards (2003), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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