CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi Edition Le Nuovo Musiche, Krijn Koetsveld [ Brilliant Classics / 30 CD Box Set - released 10/Nov/2023 ] Played and sung by leading musicians in the field of Early Music: Sergio Vartolo, Le Nuove Musiche/Krijn Koetsveld and others. |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Selva Morale e Spirituale Le Nuovo Musiche, Krijn Koetsveld [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 17/Jun/2022 ] Selva morale e spirituale was Claudio Monteverdi's (1567-1643) most substantial and important anthology of liturgical works since the Vespers in 1610. The collection of various works in different instrumentation was published in Venice in 1640 and... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 9 Leipzig Radio Choir / Dresden Opera Chorus / Staatskapelle Dresden. Herbert Blomstedt [ Brilliant Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 20/Apr/2012 ] "Highlights of this cycle are many: a grand and glorious Eroica, a lithe and lyrical Second and Fourth, a pellucid Sixth with luminous wind playing, an exciting Ninth (with) a marvelously well sung finale." (ClassicsToday 10/10) |
FRANZ LEHAR
Lehar: Der Zarewitsch (Highlights) Rudolf Schock, Pelz von Felinau, Renate Holm, Karl-Ernst Mercker / Berlin Symphony, Berlin Opera Choir, Robert Stolz [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 19/Apr/1994 ] Very rare recording |
LUIGI BOCCHERINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Boccherini: String Quintets - Volume 10 Virtuosi della Rotonda, with Luigi Puxeddu (cello) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2015 ] "There is much here to enjoy, both in the music and the performances, which are first rate. The music-making is captured in a sympathetic and pleasing acoustic.I look forward to future releases in this series from this excellent ensemble." MusicWeb |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah (complete oratorio recorded in 1994)) Lynne Dawson, John Mark Ainsley, Alastair Miles / Choir of King's College, Cambridge / Brandenburg Consort / Stephen Cleobury [ Brilliant Classics DVD / DVD - released 20/May/2000 ] "John Mark Ainsley makes an admirable tenor soloist, with a combination of a lovely sense of line and certain muscularity. Hilary Summers is quite a cool alto soloist, her wonderfully straight tone suits Handel's music well." MusicWeb |
DRUCKENMULLER / ZEYHOLD / ZINCK / BRUHNS / ANONYMOUS
Das Husumer Orgelbuch Von 1758 Manuel Tomadin [Schnitger organ (1721) of the Sint‐Michaëlskerk in Zwolle / Hinsz organ (1733) of Leens, Netherlands] [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 8/Aug/2016 ] Italian organist Manuel Tomadin is an enthusiastic advocate of music of this period, having recently released a CD of the complete organ works of Druckenmüller alongside Daniel Erich and Georg Wilhelm Dietrich Saxer. |
J. S. BACH
J.S. Bach: Harmonic Seasons Manuel Tomadin (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 24/Jan/2020 ] For this uniquely compiled new recording of Bach's organ works, the Italian organist Manuel Tomadin devised a concept of organising music by the four seasons. There are 12 pieces on the album, opening with the vaulting arpeggios of the G major... |
KUHLAU
Kuhlau: Complete Sonatas for Flute & Piano Maria Caturelli (flute), Michele Tozzetti (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 13/Aug/2021 ] Friedrich Kuhlau was born in Hannover, but as a student he went to Denmark, where he stayed the rest of his life, becoming an important national composer. · Kuhlau was a near contemporary of Beethoven, and his style shares elements of that genius.... |
ALBERTO GINASTERA
Complete Piano Music Mariangela Vacatello (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2015 ] This CD contains the complete piano music by Alberto Ginastera, one of the most important composers of 20th century Argentina. His piano works brim with Latin-American passion: brutal, sensual, evocative, sentimental, always filled with the... |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Ascension Oratorio BWV11 / Ich habe genug BWV82a / Sanctus BWV238 Marjon Strijk, Sytse Buwalda, Bas Ramselaar, Knut Schoch / Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] The Bach's Cantatas have secured their place in the canon of human creations of eternal value. In no other oeuvre one finds the expression of all universal human emotions, from utter grief to extatic joy, from turbulant drama to serene... |
MATTHIAS WECKMANN
Weckmann: Complete Organ Music Matteo Venturini (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 14/Feb/2020 ] "On all three CDs, Matteo Venturini proves himself to be an assured and perceptive guide through this enriching and deeply satisfying music. ...I don't believe that any organ lover who invests in this fine issue will be disappointed by it." MusicWeb |
Michele Benuzzi
GALLES: Sonatas for harpsichord [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 22/Jul/2016 ] |
ALFREDO CASELLA
Complete Piano Music Michele d'Ambrosio (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 21/Apr/2015 ] This 3CD set brings together Casella's complete works for solo piano. Spanning a period of over 40 years, the collection charts the development of Casella's musical language, aesthetic views and pianism |
JEAN SIBELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sibelius: Complete Symphonic Poems [3 CD set] Maria Jõgeva (soprano) / Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Vassily Sinaisky [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 20/Mar/2012 ] A complete recording of these immensely enjoyable and popular works by the great Russian conductor Vassily Sinaisky and the Moscow State Symphonic Orchestra in its full glory. |
EDWARD GRIEG
Grieg: Chamber Music [3 CD set] The Moscow Trio, with Alexander Vinnitsky (violin) Vladimir Ovchinnikov (piano) Alexander Rudin (cello) Vladimir Skanavi (piano) etc [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Apr/2013 ] "A dryish acoustic suits the two quartets, played with warmth and some urgency," (BBC Music) |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Jazz and Ballet Suites / Film Music for Hamlet and The Gadfly National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Theodore Kuchar [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 14/Aug/2005 ] "Bargain basement prices for this three CD set from Brilliant but the performances are anything but bargain basement. Crisp, clean, vital and engaged they are consistently bracing though the repertoire, it's true, demands nothing less." |
MIKHAIL IVANOVICH GLINKA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Glinka: Ivan Susanin [A Life for the Tsar] (complete opera recorded in 1986) Nicola Ghiuselev, Elena Stoyanova, Hristina Angelakova / Sofia National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Ivan Marinov [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 3 CD Box Set - released 11/Sep/2011 ] "In the title role we hear one of the foremost basses of the second half of the 20th century, Nicola Ghiuselev. ...he gives a rounded and deeply moving portrait of the folk hero Ivan Susanin." MusicWeb |
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Glazunov: Symphonies [complete] Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Fedoseyev (conductor) [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 10/Jan/2013 ] A close friend of Rimsky‐Korsakov who helped to complete many of Borodin's works and who later became Director of the St Petersburg Conservatory, Glazunov is one of those composers whose name repeatedly crops us but whose music still remains... |
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Arrangements for Wind Quintet The Orlando Quartet [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2013 ] A sheer delight: arrangements for wind ensemble of three of Ravel's masterpieces! Ravel himself was an avid arranger/transcriber of his own music, a master orchestrator, with an incredible ear for timbre and colour. A real treat therefore to... |