BARENBOIM A-Z Mendelssohn - Shostakovich | Decca Classics

We announce the upcoming release of pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim’s complete digital A-Z library of his extraordinary solo piano recordings.  

The collection highlights the musical development of without a doubt one of the most important musical personalities of our time throughout his extensive collaboration with DG, which began in 1972 and honors a career that spans over 70 years. It presents his complete solo recordings on DG and Westminster — expanding on the 2017 physical edition to include all recordings since then: Pieces by Albéniz, Bartók, Dvorak and Debussy among others, as well as his 2020 recordings of Beethoven’s piano sonatas. Listeners can follow the artistic journey of Barenboim from his early recordings as a 13-year-old playing J.C. Bach, Brahms, Kabalevsky, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Pergolesi, and Shostakovich until today: a classical music world star whose repertoire and skills seem limitless.   

Taken from the album Brahms, released digitally on 2 February, listen to a pre-release track of a newly tracked recording of the Expressivo from the composer’s Variations & Fugue on a Theme by Handel. All seven albums of the digital library are released consecutively from 30 January to 5 February and are now available for pre-order.