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JOHANN GOTTFRIED MUTHEL
Müthel: Duets & Sonatas for Harpsichord Anne Clemente, Giacomo Benedetti [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 15/Jul/2022 ] Johann Gottfried Müthel (1728 - 1788) was the last pupil of the great Johann Sebastian Bach. He was present at the master's deathbed, and he performed the funeral services, taking over the duties of the deceased Cantor. Mühtel's music ("full of... |
MENDELSSOHN
Die erste Walpurgisnacht / etc Annelies Burmeister (contralto), Eberhard Buchner (tenor) & Siegfried Lorentz (bar) / Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 22/Feb/2016 ] "Mendelssohn's Druidic cantata is a relative rarity, but makes a fresh, vital impression in this Leipzig performance under seasoned Mendelssohnian Kurt Masur. Three overtures add ballast, and are also excellent." (BBC Music January 2016) |
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JEAN GILLES
Messe des Morts [Requiem] Anne-Marie Rodde, Jean Nirouet, Martyn Hill, Peter Kooy / Collegium Vocale Gent / Philippe Herreweghe [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] 'This is in short a performance with the carefully moulded contours, sensitively judged sonic qualities and sheer spiritual presence that we have come to recognize over the years as true Herreweghe characteristics.' Gramophone |
HASSE / MANCINI / PORPORA / PORSILE
Neapolitan Cantatas Antonello Dorigo (countertenor), Giuseppina Ledda (flute), Fabio Catania (viola da gamba), Pierluigi Morelli (harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/2019 ] The works in this collection attest to the high standard of music-making in Naples. The composers here recorded were at the forefront of the achievements of Neapolitan music in the first half of the 18th century. |
JOHN W. DUARTE
Duarte: Orchestral and Concertante Works for Guitar, Vol. 2 Nicola Montella (guitar I), Antonio De Innocentis (guitar II), The Belfort Chamber Orchestra, Gian Luigi Zampieri (conductor) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/2023 ] John W. Duarte was born in Sheffield, England on 2 October 1919. His father was a Scottish soldier, who died in 1919, and he was raised by his mother and maternal grandparents. He started playing the ukulele, but soon moved to the guitar at the age... |
ANTOINE DE LHOYER
Lhoyer: Complete Guitar Duos Antonio Rugolo, Angelo Gillo (guitars) [ Brilliant Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/2021 ] Antoine de Lhoyer was born at Clermont-Ferrand, in the heart of France. Although he developed his apparent musicality with excellent teachers in Paris he nevertheless embarked upon a military career and entered the Kings Guards at Versailles shortly... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Guitar Transcriptions Arcady Ivannikov (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 15/Jul/2022 ] Bach's music is often described as indestructible, in the sense that no matter how it is performed, or in whichever arrangement, its essential spirit survives. Therefore transcriptions of the Master's works are common, today as they were in Bach's... |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: Flute Quartets Ardinghello Ensemble, Karl Kaiser (flute), Annette Rehberger (violin), Sebastian Wohlfarth (viola), Johannes Berger (cello) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2023 ] Three of these marvellous quartets for flute and string trio were composed in 1777/78 during Mozart's first extended tour without his father. The three quartets K. 285, 285a, 285b are undoubtedly among the most outstanding works in the genre. They... |
J. S. BACH
Bach, (J.S.) - Music for Christmas Vol 1 Arleen Auger (soprano), Annelies Burmeister (alto), Peter Schreier (tenor), Theo Adam (bass) Ruth Holton (sop) Sytse Buwalda (alto) Marcel Beekman (te [ Brilliant Classics / 11 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2018 ] Brilliant Classics have updated their popular Christmas-time collection of music by J.S. Bach for a new decade, adding a timeless recording of the Christmas Oratorio from Dresden, with such star-calibre soloists as Arleen Augér, Peter Schreier and... |
BERLIOZ
Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 / Herminie - Scène lyrique (cantata) Aurelia Legay (soprano) / Les Musiciens du Louvre & Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Marc Minkowski [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2009 ] Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique of 1830 was his direct response to hearing Beethoven's Ninth Symphony for the first time. |
GRIEG
Peer Gynt Suites / Lyric Pieces Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Mark Ermler / Håkon Austbø (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/May/2015 ] The composer Edvard Grieg was at the forefront of a flourishing of creativity that took place in Scandinavian culture in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, alongside his contemporaries, Nielsen and Sibelius. His imagination was particularly... |
JOSEF HAYDN
The Complete Symphonies (Rec 1988-98) Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra / Adam Fischer, with Rainer Kachl (violin) [ Brilliant Classics / 33 CD - released 18/Aug/2005 ] "I didn't think I would ever home my sights on a box of all Haydn's symphonies that truly satisfies. Ultimately, I just bow my head to Joseph Haydn's genius and thank the current performers for putting so much energy and perception into this... |
HUMMEL
Piano Septets Aya Okuyama (fortepiano), Allessandro Commellato (fortepiano) / Solamente Naturali, Bratislava [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] Johann Nepomuk Hummel has lived for a long time in the shadow of Beethoven. Only in recent years has his true importance become apparent: a dramatic style, a great sense of musical structure and craftsmanship, alternating drama and charm. |
MAURIZIO CAZZATI
Cazzati: Motets Ayako Ono (soprano), Christoph Rudolf · Christoph Riedo (violin), Marc Meisel (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/2023 ] Sinuously beautiful solo motets by a little-known contemporary of Cavalli, imaginatively programmed with instrumental interludes by their Italian contemporaries. A musical career seems to have been destined for Maurizio Cazzati (1616-1678).... |
W. A. MOZART
La Betulia liberata, K118 Baltazar Zúñiga, Elena Biscuola, Angela Bucci / Coro e Orchestra dell'Oficina Musicum [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2013 ] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is considered one of the most influential composers of all time. The child prodigy would become the author of some of today's best loved instrumental works, and a true king of sung drama. La Betulia liberata KV118/74c, the... |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings, Op. 48 / etc Baltic Chamber Orchestra, Emmanuel Leducq-Barôme conductor [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 13/May/2022 ] The centerpiece of this Tchaikovsky program is the famous Serenade for Strings Op.48. It was composed in September and October 1880, freely and without commission. |
ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY
Zemlinsky: Lieder Barbara Bonney (soprano) Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo) Hans Peter Blochwitz (tenor) Andreas Schmidt (baritone) Cord Garben (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 10/May/2009 ] 'The casting is, almost without exception, sensitive and revelatory.' Gramophone |
TELEMANN
Passions Oratorium: Das selige Erwagen des bittern Leiden und Sterbens Jesu Christi Barbara Locher (soprano) Zeger Vandersteene (tenor) Stefan Darr (tenor). L'Arpa Festante Manchen. Wolfgang Schafer [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 16/Aug/2005 ] "This seems to be the only recording of Telemann's 'Passion Oratorio' in the catalogue at the moment. Brilliant Classics are to be congratulated yet again for their ongoing commitment to making Telemann's music available. This is an entirely... |
C. P. E. BACH
Cantatas Barbara Schlick, Johanna Koslowsky, Hilke Helling Rheinische Kantorei, Hermann Max [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 9/Feb/2014 ] Carl Philipp Emanuel wrote an enormous oeuvre, in which the instrumental music form the most important part, but he also excelled in vocal music, and followed the tradition of his father in writing sacred Cantatas for the liturgical year. |
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SAINT-SAENS
Romances Sans Paroles: songs transcribed for oboe & piano Bart Schneeman (oboe) Paolo Giacometti (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Mar/2012 ] |
