Antonio Vivaldi
Complete Flute Sonatas Roberto Lorregian [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 28/Apr/2008 ] "Roberto Loreggian's playing is admirable, with a subtle sense of rhythm and an ability to project the most intricate part-writing." Early Music Review (on Folena and Loreggian Bach Chamber Music Disc) |
VIVALDI
Complete Oboe Sonatas Pier Luigi Fabretti (oboe) / L'Arte dell'Arco, Federico Guglielmo [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 25/Feb/2015 ] Amazing to think in these days of plenty, when Vivaldi's sun has surely never shone brighter, that there can still be examples of his 660 or so concertos which have yet to be heard on record, but this invaluable set contains one such work, the G... |
TELEMANN
Fugues, Overtures, Preludes and Suites TWV30-32 Roberto Lorregian (harpsichord & organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2013 ] This 3-CD set contains an abundance of smaller pieces: fugues, overtures, suites and partitas. No matter how short or "small" the piece, the music shines with Telemann's particular wit and brilliance, the stamp of a true genius. |
FLOR PEETERS
Peeters: Organ Music Roberto Marini (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 4/Oct/2019 ] Vibrantly coloured organ music by a Dutch master of the last century, in a new recording on a magnificent Klais instrument. Peeters, who died in 1986 on his 83rd birthday, was one of the most representative figures of the European Romantic organ... |
NICCOLO PAGANINI
Paganini: Chamber Music for Strings Roberto Noferini (violin), Anna Noferini (violin), Andrea Noferini (cello), Giulio Tampalini (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 5/May/2017 ] This new recording features some rarely recorded chamber music by Niccolo Paganini, the violinist "possessed by the devil", great innovator of his instrument and composer of delightful, brilliantly written music of great melodic... |
GIOVANNI SGAMBATI
Piano Quintets & String Quartets Roberto Plano (piano) / Quartetto Noferini [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2016 ] Giovanni Sgambati (1841‐1914) was an important composer of 19th century Italy. A pupil and disciple of Franz Liszt he was one of the most brilliant pianists of his day. However, he was a composer, a conductor, a teacher and a patron as well,... |
BEETHOVEN / FRANCK
Kreutzer Sonata, Sonata in A Roberto Trainini (cello), Cristiano Burato (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 27/Feb/2017 ] This new recording presents two iconic violin sonatas in an arrangement for cello and piano. Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata and Franck's Violin Sonata are two undisputed masterpieces of the violin repertoire. Their power of structure, expression and... |
MARTUCCI
Complete Music for Cello and Piano Roberto Trainini (cello) & Massimiliano Ferrati (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] This new recording brings together the complete output for cello and piano by Martucci. Giuseppe Martucci was one of the most important composers of the second half of the 19th century. His mostly instrumental oeuvre is based on the romantics... |
SAINT-SAENS / MOZART / LEBRUN / BELLINI / MARCELLO
The Romantic Oboe (Concertos, sonatas and other works) Robin Williams (oboe) Bart Schneemann (oboe) Lajos Lencses (oboe) Paolo Giacometti (piano) / Heidelberger Kammerorchester [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 16/Aug/2005 ] "The orchestral music is played with real stylistic flair by Pfund and his ensemble, and Glaetzner plays with affection" (MusicWeb Nov 2004) |
NINO ROTA
Rota: Chamber Music Rocco Parisi, Andrea Favalessa, Gabriele Rota [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 22/Jul/2016 ] |
ANDREA CAPORALE
Caporale: Cello Sonatas / Handel: Arias Romabarocca Ensemble, Lorenzo Tozzi [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 28/Jun/2019 ] Very little is known about the life of Andrea Caporale. He was very probably born and raised in Napoli, and he went, like many of his contemporaries, to London to find his luck as a performing artist. He became a cellist in the opera orchestra of... |
TRADITIONAL
Voces de Sefarad: Four Centuries of Spanish and Sephardic Songs Romina Basso (mezzo-soprano) Vittoria Giacobazzi (soprano) Alberto Mesirca (guitar) / Turkish Ensemble, Fahrettin Yarkin [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 26/Jan/2016 ] The poignant melodies and poetic lyrics of this selection of Sephardic and Spanish songs have been re-interpreted in an exciting new release by Romina Basso and Alberto Mesirca, and the timing could not be better - serendipitously it coincides with... |
FRANCESCO PAOLO TOSTI
Tosti: The Song of a Life, Vol. 1 Romina Casucci (soprano) Maura Menghini (soprano) Mark Milhofer (tenor) Denver Martin‐Smith (baritone) Marco Scolastra (piano), Roberto Rupo (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 22/Nov/2016 ] The start of a new exciting series: the complete songs by Paolo Tosti! Paolo Tosti (1846‐1916) worked in poverty as a music teacher till he met the influential composer Giovanni Sgambati, who became his mentor. He introduced Tosti to Princess... |
ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI
San Filippo Neri Rosita Frisani, Manuela Custer, Marco Lazzara, Mario Nuvoli / Alessandro Stradella Consort / Estevan Velardi [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/May/2010 ] |
GIOVANNI FILIPPO DREYER
Dreyer: Sacred Music Rossana Bertini (soprano), Elena Cecchi Fedi (soprano), Le Tems Revient"|"Baroque Lumina, Giacomo Bededetti (conductor), Giacomo Granchi [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Apr/2022 ] World premiere recordings of psalms and hymns by a forgotten luminary of the Florentine Baroque. Giovanni Filippo Dreyer (1703-1772) was born in Florence, Italy. As a castrato soprano he sang in several productions in Rome in 1723, including... |
ROSSINI
Sonatas For Winds 1 Rotterdam Philharmonic Wind Soloists [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 19/Nov/2008 ] Rossini wrote these six sonatas for strings - two violins, cello and double-bass - at the precocious age of twelve. He was scathing about them in later life, even after transcribing them for string quartet - a form in which they have retained... |
FRANZ KROMMER
Octet and partitas for Winds Rotterdam Philharmonic Wind Ensemble [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] A Czech contemporary of Mozart, Krommer can always be relied upon to surprise - with structural inventiveness, and melodies that pay homage to good classical manners before twisting in unexpected directions. |
JOSEF HAYDN
Symphonies 94, 96, 97 (with Bruckner - Symphony No 7) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Eduard van Beinum [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 8/Jun/2008 ] |
VIVALDI / TCHAIKOVSKY / SCHUMANN / BACH / BRAHMS / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / CHOPIN / etc
Four Seasons: generous selection of music suitable for the respective seasons Royal Philharmonic / Academy of St Martins / Armenian Philharmonic / London Symphony Orchestra / etc [ brilliant classics / 4 CD - released 17/Nov/2005 ] "Safe gift fodder then, for all grandmothers and relatives who have ‘good taste’." (MusicWeb Feb 2006) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Top 100 Favourite Classical Melodies [5 CD set] Royal Philharmonic, London Baroque Ensemble, Choir of St. John's College Cambridge, Consort of London and others [ Brilliant Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Sep/2010 ] This set is newly compiled, choosing the 100 very best tracks in the best available performances, including London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Carl Davis, London Baroque Ensemble, Choir of St. John's College Cambridge,... |