SAINT-SAËNS : Piano Concertos 1–5 • "Wedding Cake" Caprice-Valse • "Africa" Fantaisie (Jean-Philippe Collard · Royal Philharmonic Orchestra · André Previn) (1987-2004) RM | 2CD | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Tracklist 1 :
1-3    Piano Concerto No.1 In D, Op.17    (28:55)
4-6    Piano Concerto No.2 In G Minor, Op.22    (23:40)
7-8    Piano Concerto No.4 In C Minor, Op.44    (26:29)
Tracklist 2 :
1-3    Piano Concerto No.3 In E Flat, Op.29    (30:55)
4-6    Piano Concerto No.5 In F, Op.103    (28:58)
7    'Wedding Cake' - Caprice-Valse, Op.76    6:18
8    'Africa' Fantaisie, Op.89    10:48
Conductor – André Previn
Orchestra – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Piano – Jean-Philippe Collard

SAINT-SAËNS : Cello Concerto No. 1 • Piano Concerto No. 2 • Violin Concerto No. 3 (Cecile Licad · Cho-Liang Lin · Yo-Yo Ma) (1990) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Concerto No.1 For Cello And Orchestra Op. 33 In A Minor
Cello – Yo-Yo Ma
Conductor – Lorin Maazel
Orchestra – Orchestre National De France
1    I - Allegro Non Troppo    5:06
2    II - Allegretto Con Moto     5:13
3    III - Tempo I: Allegro Non Troppo     8:32
Concerto No. 2 For Piano And Orchestra In G Minor, Op. 22
Conductor – André Previn
Orchestra – London Philharmonic Orchestra
Piano – Cecile Licad
4    I - Andante Sostenuto    11:23
5    II - Allegro Scherzando    5:18
6    III - Presto    5:57
Concerto No. 3 For Violin And Orchestra In B Minor, Op. 61
Conductor – Michael Tilson Thomas
Orchestra – Philharmonia Orchestra
Violin – Cho-Liang Lin
7    I - Allegro Non Troppo     9:34
8    II - Andantino Quasi Allegretto    8:46
9    III - Molto Moderato E Maestoso    11:24

HOLST : The Collector's Edition (2012) 6xCD BOX-SET | FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Tracklist:
CD 1 The Planets - The Perfect Fool - Egdon Heath 73:54
CD 2 A Somerset Rhapsody - Brook Green Suite - A Fugal Concerto - Beni Mora - St Paul's Suite - Hymns from the Rig Veda, 2nd Group - Ode to Death 76:26
CD 3 Psalm 86 - A Choral Fantasia - Suites for Military Band - A Moorside Suite - Hammersmith 74:35
CD 4 Hymns from the Rig Veda, 4th Group - The Homecoming - A Dirge for Two Veterans - Six Choral Folk Songs - Choruses, canons and carols 71:18
CD 5 The Hymn of Jesus - Short Festival Te Deum - Choral Symphony 77:05
CD 6 The Wandering Scholar - At the Boar's Head 75:46

BENNY CARTER - Jazz Giant (1958-2004) SACD / FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Benny Carter had already been a major jazz musician for nearly 30 years when he recorded this particularly strong septet session for Contemporary. With notable contributions from tenor saxophonist Ben Webster, trombonist Frank Rosolino and guitarist Barney Kessel, Carter (who plays a bit of trumpet on "How Can You Lose") is in superb form on a set of five standards and two of his originals. This timeless music is beyond the simple categories of "swing" or "bop" and should just be called "classic". by Scott Yanow
 Tracklist 
1 Old Fashioned Love 7:46
Written-By – Cecil Mack, James P. Johnson
2 I'm Coming Virginia 5:45
Written-By – Donald Heywood, Will Marion Cook
3 A Walkin' Thing 5:55
Written-By – Benny Carter
4 Blue Lou 5:02
Written-By – Edgar M. Sampson, Irving Mills
5 Ain't She Sweet 3:32
Written-By – Jack Yellen, Milton Ager
6 How Can You Lose 6:12
Written-By – Benny Carter
7 Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me 4:32
Written-By – Arthur N. Swanstone, Carey Morgan, Charles R. McCarron
Credits
Alto Saxophone – Benny Carter (tracks: 1, 3 to 7)
Bass – Leroy Vinnegar
Drums – Shelly Manne
Guitar – Barney Kessel
Piano – André Previn (tracks: 1, 4 to 7), Jimmy Rowles (tracks: 2, 3)
Producer – Lester Koenig
Tenor Saxophone – Ben Webster (tracks: 1 to 4, 6)
Trombone – Frank Rosolino (tracks: 1 to 4, 6)
Trumpet – Benny Carter (tracks: 2, 6)

ELLA FITZGERALD AND ANDRÉ PREVIN - Nice Work If You Can Get It (1983-1987) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

 
Ella Fitzgerald, who in the late '50s recorded the very extensive George and Ira Gershwin Songbook, revisits their music on this duet outing with pianist André Previn. Her voice was past her prime by this point, but she was able to bring out a lot of the beauty in the ten songs, giving the classic melodies and lyrics tasteful and lightly swinging treatment. Nice Work If You Can Get It is not an essential CD but is a reasonably enjoyable outing. by Scott Yanow
Tracklist:
1 A Foggy Day 6:10
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
2 Nice Work If You Can Get It 5:14
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
3 But Not for Me 3:54
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
4 Let's Call the Whole Thing Off 2:46
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
5 How Long Has This Been Going On? 5:01
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
6 Who Cares? 4:30
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
7 Medley: I've Got a Crush on You/Someone to Watch Over ... 4:56
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
8 They Can't Take That Away from Me 3:27
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
Credits:

Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals

André Previn - Piano
NHOP - Bass

ANDRÉ PREVIN - After Hours with Joe Pass & Ray Brown (1989) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Although André Previn had not recorded a regular jazz album in 27 years at this point in time (discounting a pair of Itzhak Perlman sessions featuring Previn's compositions), the great majority of the performances on this trio set with guitarist Joe Pass and bassist Ray Brown are first takes. Previn took time off from his busy schedule in the classical music world to return briefly to jazz, his first love. The results are often magical. Previn, Pass and Brown play together as if they had been touring as a group for years. The pianist is generous with solo space and Pass' solos are sometimes exhilarating. For Previn, it is as if the previous three decades did not occur for he plays in a style little changed from 1960, displaying an Oscar Peterson influence mixed in with touches of Lennie Tristano and Bill Evans' chording, performing ten standards and his own "One for Bunz." Highly recommended. by Scott Yanow

Tracklist:

1. There'll Never Be Another You (6:07)

Mack Gordon / Harry Warren

2. I Only Have Eyes For You (4:54)

Al Dubin / Harry Warren

3. What Am I Here For (6:11)

Duke Ellington / Frankie Laine

4. Limehouse Blues (6:58)

Philip Braham / Douglas Furber

5. All The Things You Are (5:45)

Oscar Hammerstein II / Jerome Kern

6. Honeysuckle Rose (5:42)

Andy Razaf / Fats Waller

7. I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good (6:11)

Duke Ellington / Paul Francis Webster

8. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (6:13)

Otto Harbach / Jerome Kern

9. Cotton Tail (4:14)

Duke Ellington

10. Laura (6:00)

Johnny Mercer / David Raksin

11. One For Bunz (5:42)

Traditional

Total Time: 65:64

Credits:

André Previn: Piano

Joe Pass: Guitar

Ray Brown: Bass

RACHMANINOV : The Complete Works (2014) 32xCD BOX SET | APE (image+.cue), lossless

All of Rachmaninov’s music - from his earliest student compositions to his final masterpieces – has been collected together for the first time on 32 CDs, in what is definitively the most complete and comprehensive edition of Rachmaninov’s works ever released. Even includes the popular and treasured recordings made by Rachmaninov himself - The Ampico Recordings. These are recordings from piano rolls of Rachmaninov as a pianist, featuring many small works and transcriptions made between 1919 and 1929.
Legendary Piano Concerto Recordings: Five CDs in the set are dedicated to the works that secured Rachmaninov his household name – the Piano Concertos.
No. 1 - Byron Janis,
No. 2- Sviatoslav Richter,
No. 3 - Martha Argerich
No. 4 - Zoltán Kocsis
Plus the 2001 recording of the original versions of Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 4, performed by Alexander Ghindin. Further rarities include the original 1913 version of Piano Sonata No. 2 (CD 4)
Vladimir Ashkenazy’s famous recordings of all Four Piano Concertos with the London Symphony Orchestra and Andre Previn (CDs 16-17): “From Ashkenazy, every page declares Rachmaninov’s nationality, his indelibly Russian nature… Previn works hand in glove with his soloist… the product of the greatest musical sympathy.” Gramophone
Top-Flight  Artists : The set benefits from Decca’s enormously distinguished artist roster and includes performances many of the 20th century’s great interpreters. The artistic backbone of the set is provided by Vladimir Ashkenazy. Considered the pre-eminent interpreter of Rachmaninov’s music, Ashkenazy has championed it since the outset of his career, and he is the only musician to record all of the composer’s piano works. In this set, he is also heard as accompanist (notably with soprano Elisabeth Söderström in three CDs of Songs), but also as conductor of the Concertgebouw Orchestra. wiki
Tracklist:
CD1
24 Preludes
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

CD2
Michail Pletnev piano
Zoltán Kocsis piano

CD3
Jorge Bolet piano
Alexis Weissenberg piano

CD4
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
with André Previn, piano/ Vovka Ashkenazy, piano

CD5
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

CD6
Transcriptions
Original Compositions:

CD7
Fantaisie-tableaux (Suite No.1) for two pianos, op.5
Suite No.2 for two pianos, op.17
Symphonic Dances for two pianos, op.45

CD8
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

CD9
Heinrich Schiff cello (1-4)
Lynn Harrell, cello (5 9)
Elisabeth Leonskaja, piano (1-4)
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano (5 9)
Peter Jablonski, piano (10-12)

CD10
Beaux Arts Trio

CD11
Dene Olding, violin
Joan Rodgers, soprano?

CD12
Songs I
Elisabeth Söderström (soprano)
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)

CD13
Songs II
Elisabeth Söderström (soprano)
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)

CD14
Songs III
Elisabeth Söderström (soprano)
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)

CD15
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
London Symphony Orchestra/André Previn

CD16
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
London Symphony Orchestra/André Previn

CD17
Alexander Ghindin, piano
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra / Vladimir Ashkenazy

CD18
Tracks 1-4: Symphony No.1 in D minor, op.13
Tracks 5-7: Symphonic Dances, op.45

CD19
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Walter Weller
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra / Edo de Waart

CD20
Natalia Troitskaya, soprano+ / Ryszard Karczykowski, tenor / Tom Krause, baritone
Chorus of the Concertgebouw Orchestra
Concertgebouw Orchestra / Vladimir Ashkenazy

CD21
Sydney Symphony / Vladimir Ashkenazy
The Philadelphia Orchestra / Charles Dutoit

CD22
Prague Philharmonic Choir / Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano & conductor)

CD23
Tracks 1-18: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, op.31

CD24
Tracks 1-15: Vespers (All-Night Vigil) (Vsenoshchnoye Bdeniye), op.37

CD25
Tracks 1 4: Monna Vanna, Act One

CD26
Tracks 1-13: Aleko

CD27
Tracks 1 18: The Miserly Knight, op.24

CD28
Tracks 1 25: Francesca da Rimini, op.25

CD29
Piano Concertos Nos. 1&2

CD30
Piano Concertos Nos. 3&4

CD31
The Ampico Recordings
Rachmaninov Transcriptions:

CD32
The Real Rachmaninov
Vladimir Ashkenazy and Rob Cowan discuss the Russian Romantic

RACHMANINOV : Music for Two Pianos (Ashkenazy-Previn) 2xCD (1995) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless