CPE BACH / WF BACH / JC BACH / JCF BACH
The Sons of Bach - Symphonies, Concertos, Chamber Music Kammerorchester 'C.P.E Bach', Hartmut Haenchen conductor, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, Bart van Oort fortepiano, London Festival Orchestra, Ross P [ Brilliant Classics / 10 CD - released 1/Nov/2013 ] The Bach family of musicians comprises a dynasty that effectively spanned more than 200 years of composition. Johann Sebastian stands at the top of the hierarchy, but what do we know about the family's other members? This release offers us a... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten - War Requiem (with works by Penderecki & Berg) Kari Lovaas, Theo Adam, Anthony Roden, Dresdner Philharmonie, Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig, Herbert Kegel [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 12/Jun/2016 ] The common theme of the three works presented here is Death, the transience of earthly existence. Britten's famous War Requiem was written in commemoration of the 2nd World War victims, dedicated to the people of the destroyed city of Coventry. |
BRAHMS
Piano Concertos / 16 Waltzes / etc [2 CD set] Karin Lechner (piano) / Berlin Symphony, Eduardo Marturet [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] A special priced edition of the popular piano works of Brahms in magnetic performances from Brilliant Classics. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Passio: Music for Holy Week & Easter King's College Choir, the Clare College Choir, La Stravaganza Köln, Cappella Augustana, Rheinische Kantore [ Brilliant Classics / 25 CD - released 23/Feb/2018 ] This unique box‐set presents a musical journey through one of the most crucial episodes of Christianity: the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. It tells of the deepest sorrow and anguish in the Lamentation and Stabat Mater, the moving... |
BERTUS van LIER / HENDRIK ANDRIESSEN / HENK BADINGS / ROSY WERTHEIM
Miroir de Peine - Songs for Soprano and Organ Klaartje van Veldhoven (soprano) Matthias Havinga (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 25/Feb/2022 ] Several world-premiere recordings complementing a powerful sacred song-cycle by Hendrik Andriessen. |
SCHUMANN
Complete Piano Music (Includes Sonatas, Kreisleriana, Studies & piano Concerto) [13 CDs plus CD Rom] Klara Würtz, Peter Frankl, Ronald Brautigam, Luba Edlina, Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy & Marianna Izman (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 14 CD Box Set - released 10/Feb/2010 ] "Klara Wurtz offers fluent and commanding performances from the last decade of, among other works, Kreisleriana, and the three piano sonatas. Wurtz is a distinguished player and a prominent deather in Brilliant's sizable cap." (Gramophone April 2010) |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Piano Works (Vol. 1) [Incls 'Kreisleriana'] Klara Wurtz (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 30/Oct/2008 ] |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY / SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor / Rachmaninov: Trio Élégiaque; Klara Wurtz (piano), Dmitri Makhtin (violin) & Alexander Kniazev (cello) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Oct/2018 ] A classic pairing: two masterpieces of Russian chamber music in a new recording by three distinguished interpreters of Romantic-era repertoire. It was writing for this combination of instruments in the unlikely context of the slow movement of his... |
RACHMANINOV
The best of Rachmaninov (2 CD set) Klara Wurtz (piano) Helene Grimaud (piano) Nikolai Lugansky (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 15/Sep/2007 ] This is a selection from the repertoire of one of the most romantic composers ever. His second pianoconcerto is probably his best-known work. Being a pianist himself Rachmaninoff knew very well how to write virtuoso music for this instrument. |
BEETHOVEN / DEBUSSY / SCHUMANN / TCHAIKOVSKY
Fur Elize - Piano Music For Children Klara Wurz (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 19/Nov/2008 ] |
MENDELSSOHN
Choral Works Kloster Bronnbach, Wertheim, Germany / Studio der Warttembergischen Philharmonie, Reutlingen, Germany [ Brilliant Classics SACD / SACD - released 16/Aug/2005 ] "A great introduction to the choral works of Mendelssohn and wonderfully performed too." (MusicWeb May 2004) |
SCHUBERT
Complete Schubert Edition Klara Wartz, Frank van de Laar, Endres Quartet, Staatskapelle Dresden, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Peter Schreier, Hermann Prey, etc [ Brilliant Classics / 69 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2014 ] The most comprehensive Schubert Edition ever! A celebration of the Viennese genius, from the grand structures of the jubilant 9th symphony ("of heavenly length") to the morbid skeletal melodies of Winterreise, from the genial bonhomie of the Trout... |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Piano Music [Incls 'Kinderszenen, Op. 15'] Klára Würtz (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 9/Feb/2014 ] Robert Schumann was the master of the miniature, the small form, the sketch characterising a person, a landscape, a mood or an idea. Hungarian‐born pianist Klára Würtz is the ideal guide in this Schumannesque fancy world |
W.A. MOZART
The Piano Sonatas Klara Wartz (piano) [ Brilliant Classics Mozart Edition Vol 7 / 5 CD - released 14/Aug/2005 ] This bargain set is a good way to discover these fine works." (MusicWeb Feb 2002) |
W.A. MOZART
Essential Mozart [10 CD set] Klara Wurtz (piano) Harmen de Boer (clarinet) Marc Grauwels, Peter-Lukas Graf (flutes) Brandis Quartet / English Chamber Orchestra / Philharmonia Orc [ Brilliant Classics / 10 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2011 ] OVER 600 MINUTES OF HIS MOST FAMOUS WORKS. His last two symphonies (40 and 41) have to be there, just like the Clarinet Concerto and the Requiem. Also included are some piano concertos (9 and 23), flute concertos serenades, piano sonatas and more. |
SCHUBERT
Schubert Jubilee set Klara Wartz (piano) Peter Schreier (tenor) Matthias Goerne (baritone) / Berlin Philharmonic Octet / Brandis Quartet / The Hanover Band [ Brilliant Classics Masterworks / 10 CD - released 20/Jan/2007 ] A selection from Schubert’s music has to contain some songs. This set includes ‘Die schöne Müllerin’ sung by Peter Schreier. The unavoidable but still beautiful Trout Quintet is there, just as the Octet and some symphonies (3, 5, 8, 9). To balance... |
BEETHOVEN / SCHUMANN / MOZART / BARTOK / etc
Piano Music for Children Klára Würtz (piano) / Prima La Musica, Dirk Vermeulen [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] This CD is a reissue of one of the most successful Brilliant Classics recordings, Piano Music for Children, a simple and powerful concept aimed at a wide audience of music lovers, teachers, parents, grandparents and (of course..)... |
W.A. MOZART
Essential Mozart (Incls 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik', Piano Concertos 20, 21 & 23, Symphonies 38, 40 & 41, Clarinet Concerto & Horn Quintet) Klara Wartz (piano) the Philharmonia Orchestra / the Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra. Sir Colin Davis etc [ Brilliant Classics / 10 CD - released 14/Aug/2005 ] The Essential masterworks in a handsome 10-CD wallet package, substantial but manageable. The great, complete masterworks together in superb performances by renowned artists. |
RACHMANINOV / SCHUMANN / DEBUSSY / SCHUBERT / CHOPIN / LISZT
Romantic Piano Music by Rachmaninov, Schumann, Debussy, Schubert, Chopin and Liszt (Rec 2001 & 2003) Klara Wartz (piano) with the National Symphony Orchestra of the Ukraine. Vladimir Sirenko [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 16/Aug/2005 ] "On this Brilliant Classics set Klára Würtz gives fine performances and deserves to be better known. But the competition is very fierce in all the works particularly the Schumann and Rachmaninov concertos." (MusicWeb March 2004) |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Madrigali Libri V & VI Krijn Koetsveld, Le Nuove Musiche [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 23/Mar/2018 ] The last and closing instalment of the Monteverdi Complete Madrigals recordings by Le Nuove Musiche. Claudio Monteverdi published his eight books with Madrigals between 1585 and 1635. In these books we can follow the transformation in music... |