--- product_id: 59932713 title: "Daniel Barenboim - A Retrospective - The Complete Sony Recordings" brand: "barenboim, daniel" price: "€ 285.50" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.hr/products/59932713-daniel-barenboim-a-retrospective-the-complete-sony-recordings store_origin: HR region: Croatia --- # Daniel Barenboim - A Retrospective - The Complete Sony Recordings **Brand:** barenboim, daniel **Price:** € 285.50 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Daniel Barenboim - A Retrospective - The Complete Sony Recordings by barenboim, daniel - **How much does it cost?** € 285.50 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.hr](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/59932713-daniel-barenboim-a-retrospective-the-complete-sony-recordings) ## Best For - barenboim, daniel enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted barenboim, daniel brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Can there be a more prodigiously gifted and versatile musician in the world today than Daniel Barenboim? Symphonic and opera conductor as well concert pianist, recitalist, chamber musician, Lieder accompanist par excellence, the Argentinian-born Israeli Renaissance man of music is also one of the most extensively recorded artists of all time. Sony Classical is proud to present the first complete retrospective collection of his albums for CBS/Sony Classical and RCA Red Seal on 46 CDs and DVDs. Barenboim the pianist made his first commercial recordings in 1958 and soon began documenting his refreshing, vital interpretations of Mozart and Beethoven on disc. Before long he had added conducting to his already intensive musical activities, in 1965 beginning a close relationship with the English Chamber Orchestra. Much of that collaboration is to be found in Sony’s vast new set, notably Mozart concerto recordings in which Barenboim’s deep understanding of the composer is placed in the service of violinists Isaac Stern and Pinchas Zukerman. Soon Barenboim was conducting virtually all the leading European and American symphony orchestras. Among the ensembles spotlighted in the new collection is the London Philharmonic, with whom he made a series of distinguished Elgar recordings, including “a red-blooded passionate performance” (Penguin Guide) of the Second Symphony: “The playing of the LPO is superb throughout and the orchestra responds to Barenboim’s every whim … Music seldom brings actual tears to my eyes, but I confess that the playing of the very soft last bars, from the molto lento, did” (Gramophone). Another treasurable Barenboim/LPO project found him partnering the legendary Arthur Rubinstein in the complete Beethoven Piano Concertos (when his own recording as a soloist accompanied by Otto Klemperer had already become a catalogue landmark). Of this 1977 Grammy winner for “Best Classical Album”, Gramophone wrote: “Have the Beethoven concertos ever been better accompanied, if accompaniment is the right word? … In each work [Barenboim and the orchestra] provide an opening tutti of such weight, richness of characterization and beauty of sound that the entry of the soloist, so splendidly prepared for, comes almost as an anti-climax. It is a little while before even Rubinstein's personality can match the splendour of the scene which has been set for him.” The list of Barenboim’s other remarkable collaborations in this set is too long to be detailed here. A few examples must suffice: with Itzhak Perlman, the Brahms Violin Sonatas – not only on CD, but now for the first time on DVD; with Isaac Stern, Beethoven’s Violin Concerto (New York Philharmonic) and Saint-Saëns Third Concerto (Orchestre de Paris); with Jacqueline du Pré, the Elgar Cello Concerto with the Philadelphia Orchestra; with Pinchas Zukerman, the Elgar Violin Concerto (London Philharmonic) – “a reading which gloriously combined the virtuoso swagger of a Heifetz with the tender, heartfelt warmth of the young Menuhin. Barenboim is a splendid partner” – and viola soloist in Berlioz’s Harold in Italy (Orchestre de Paris); with John Williams, guitar concertos by Rodrigo and Villa-Lobos (English Chamber Orchestra); and with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Mahler song cycles (Berlin Philharmonic). The wide range of symphonic works in this collection finds Daniel Barenboim conducting Tchaikovsky’s Fourth (New York Philharmonic); Beethoven’s Seventh from the legendary 1989 Berlin Wall concert , Schubert’s “Unfinished” and Berlioz’s “Fantastique” (Berlin Philharmonic); and Schoenberg’s Pelleas und Melisande (Orchestre de Paris). Barenboim the soloist can also be heard in piano concertos by Brahms (with Zubin Mehta and the New York Philharmonic) and Beethoven (conducting the Berlin Philharmonic himself from the keyboard). There’s also a large-scale choral work, the Berlioz Te Deum, in an imposing recording made in St. Eustache with Orchestre de Paris forces. The video releases in the new collection are especially enticing. As already mentioned, there is a first DVD release of the Brahms Violin Sonatas with Itzhak Perlman, coupled with Brahms’s Horn Trio (with the Chicago Symphony’s famed Dale Clevenger). And Barenboim’s unusually imaginative and varied Vienna Philharmonic New Year’s Concert from 2014 – one of the most highly praised of these occasions in years – is also included on DVD as well as CD. The Times of London remarked on its special qualities: “Recent New Year’s Day concerts have been flat affairs, but the champagne spirit flows freely in Daniel Barenboim’s second stint on the podium… The plums (encores apart) are a seductive Tales from the Vienna Woods (Johann II) and a gorgeous ‘Moonlight Interlude’ from Capriccio”, while Presto Classical wrote: “Despite his associations with more heavyweight Austrian composers, Barenboim never overplays his hand and has the idiom absolutely off-pat… he shapes and paces things quite beautifully, revealing all sorts of detail.” ## Images ![Daniel Barenboim - A Retrospective - The Complete Sony Recordings - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81IMdO1s1ZL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Truly Wonderful Set *by A***H on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 November 2017* I bought this box set largely on account of the De Pre/Barenboim Elgar Cello concerto which most people might already own but which is also in this box set and I am not disappointed by the contents. The box is very sturdily built and the CDs themselves have the titles of the tracks on the proper cardboard sleeves so when stood with that side up it is easy to locate a particular recording without reference to the booklet. The CDs are also listed on the bottom of the box which has a sturdy lift off cover. The CDs are in original type sleeves with the LP style notes on the back that are hard to read without a glass. The CDs are a lovely work of art with LP stying and original RCA/Columbia labels. The booklet contains all the details needed as to when the recording was made and originally released.It gives the impression of being very professionally put together and I am pleased to say the music lives up to the quality of the presentation.I particularly liked the 5 Beethoven Piano Concertos with Arthur Rubenstien on Piano and the same composer's Voilin Concerto with Isaac Stern.There is a lot of Elgar, not just the aforementioned Cello Concerto, but also both Symphonies, Enigma Varations, Sea Pictures and a memorable Serenade, all of which greatly pleases this Worcestershire based reviewer.Schubert fans will love the set of nine symphonies as well.There are three DVD's which are largely duplicated on the CDs but nice to have especially the one recorded in Berlin after the fall of the Wall.If you buy this set I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Andrew Smith ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Is it worth to add another box on your overload self? Definetly yes. *by A***N on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 January 2018* Definetly yes and this box set deserved to self anyone who do and do not appreciate classical music.The 7 cd of Elgar is worth the price for f this box set.The sound is crystal clear and you will enjoy it.Listen to the piano sound of Beethoven piano concerto.If you chose the content of 15 cd then buy the box set.Excellent box set and there are so many on the market and this is worth it.Highly recommended. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Classic tracks, excellent records are not complete but cheap *by N***E on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 February 2019* It is a collection of good quality, worthy of collection. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.hr/products/59932713-daniel-barenboim-a-retrospective-the-complete-sony-recordings](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/59932713-daniel-barenboim-a-retrospective-the-complete-sony-recordings) --- *Product available on Desertcart Croatia* *Store origin: HR* *Last updated: 2026-06-21*