POULENC / BRITTEN / DEBUSSY
Poulenc, Britten, Debussy: Concerto for 2 Pianos Mattia Ometto (piano) & Leonora Armellini (piano) / Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, Luigi Piovano (cond) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Nov/2020 ] Three 20th-century masters, painting glittering rainbows of colours with two pianos. From Javanese gamelan to Mozart, from nursery rhymes to passionate outbursts, from primitive percussion to the café chantant, Francis Poulenc gathered up almost... |
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Orchestral Music Minnesota Orchestra, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski / London Symphony Orchestra, Louis Fremaux [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2015 ] This generously filled 2CD set offers the near-complete orchestral works by Maurice Ravel. Ravel's oeuvre is small but of an exceptionally high quality, crafted by a perfectionist. His orchestral works are set in extraordinary colours and timbres,... |
BRUCH / WIENIAWSKI / LALO / SAINT-SAENS
Violin Concertos / Cello Concertos (recorded 1953 & 1956) Mischa Elman (violin) Zara Nelsova (cello) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult [ Brilliant Classics Retrospective / 2 CD - released 8/Jun/2008 ] Mono recordings |
STRAVINSKY
Symphony of Psalms (with Boulanger - Psalms) The Monteverdi Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, John Elliot Gardiner [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 11/Sep/2002 ] 'A smooth but powerful reading of the Stravinsky that more than holds its own against stiff competition.' Gramophone |
SHOSTAKOVICH / BORIS TCHAIKOVSKY / PROKOFIEV / WEINBERG / KAREN KHACHATURIAN
Rudolf Barshai conducts Russian music Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Rudolf Barshai [ Brilliant Classics Russian Archives / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Apr/2012 ] Rudolf Barshai's influence as a conductor of Russian music is hard to overstate. Combining an inexhaustible work ethic with a commitment to perfecting every detail of a performance, he broke new ground with his studied interpretations. His... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Complete works on 170 CDs Mozart Akademie Amsterdam, Jaap ter Linden, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Ton Koopman, La Petite Bande, etc [ Brilliant Classics Mozart Edition / 170 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2014 ] "The performances and recordings always seem by experience or repute either at least good and at best outstanding..Mozart is one of the greats so if you are tempted by the low price don't feel you have to hold back." (MusicWeb Dec 2010) |
BRAHMS
Symphonies Nos 3 & 4 Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap Van Zweden [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 21/Oct/2008 ] Johannes Brahms really admired the symphonies by Beethoven. So much so that he did not finish his first symphony until after his 40th birthday. Three more symphonies followed. The last two of these are given glowing performances here by the... |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Complete Works for Piano & Orchestra Nelson Freire, Louis Lortie (pianos) / Dresden Philharmonic / Residentie orchestra the Hague [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 20/May/2008 ] 'Louis Lortie plays all these works with immaculate brio, where necessary tempering bravura with restraint, and makes the best possible case for the music. He is admirably partnered throughout, and the sound and balance are natural and refined.'... |
BRAHMS
The Collection: Six CD set (Incls Piano Concerto no 2, Symphonies & Ein Deutsches Requiem) Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra / Berliner Symphoniker / London Symphony Orchestra / Karl Leister (clarinet) [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 8/May/2008 ] Enjoy Johannes Brahms' symphonies 3 and 4, the 2nd piano concerto, the violin and double concertos, Hungarian dances (version for orchestra), the 'German' Requiem and the Clarinet quintet. |
BRAHMS
Brahms - Symphonies (Complete), Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Radio Filharmonisch Orkest Holland. Jaap van Zweden [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 17/Aug/2005 ] This is the conductor's debut of Jaap van Zweden, formerly star violinist, soloist and concertmaste of Gothenborg, Dallas, Cleveland, WDR Symphoniorchester, Bayerische Rundfunk, Orchetre de Paris, Orchestre National de France, London Philharmonic... |
Carlo Galante, Lowell Liebermann, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piccolo Concertos Nicola Mazzanti (keef piccolo) Alessandro Visintini nagahara mini Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano and Trento Marco Angius conductor [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2016 ] On this unique and diverse recording, three contemporary concertante works for piccolo and orchestra are coupled with an arrangement of Mozart's Oboe Quartet with the solo wind part exchanged for its treble cousin. Liebermann (b.1961) has... |
RACHMANINOV
The Collection: Six CD set (Incls Piano Concertos, Vespers & Etudes-Tableaux) Nikolai Lugansky (piano) John Lill (piano) / National Choir of Ukraine Dumka / Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Valeri Polyansky [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 30/Apr/2008 ] Sergey Rachmaninoff was the ultimate romantic composer. Being a pianist himself he had a special affinity with the piano. Listen to his 4 piano concertos, the Paganini Rhapsody and two Études tableaux. Also on these CD's the Vespers, The Isle of the... |
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Golden Cockerel (complete opera) Nikolai Stoilov, Lyubomir Borourov, Emil Ugrinov / Sofia National Orchestra, Dimiter Manolov [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2013 ] Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky‐Korsakov showed musical promise as a child, but the pursuit of a Naval career meant that much of his grounding in musical theory was gained in between various tours of duty. |
ALEXANDER TCHEREPNIN
Complete Piano Concertos Noriko Ogawa (piano) / Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Lan Shui [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2011 ] Alexander Tcherepnin was the central figure in a significant Russian musical dynasty. |
GIORGIO FEDERICO GHEDINI / PAUL HINDEMITH
Ghedini, Hindemith: Concertos & Concertante Nuova Orchestra Ferruccio Busoni|Massimo Quarta|Simonide Braconi|Enrico Bronzi|Massimo Belli [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 17/Jun/2022 ] Giorgio Federico Ghedini (1892 - 1965) was an Italian composer. Born in Cuneo in 1892 he studied organ, piano and composition in Turin, then graduated in composition from the Bologna Conservatory under Marco Enrico Bossi in 1911. He worked as... |
OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Respighi: Complete Orchestral Music Volume 2 [Incls 'Trittico Botticelliano'] Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma, Francesco la Vecchia [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Sep/2012 ] The second installment of the Complete Orchestral Works of Ottorino Respighi contains a wealth of the slightly lesser known works (the most famous of course being the Roman Trilogy, issued in the first volume) of the highest quality: the luminous... |
ELGAR / JANACEK / KALINNIKOV
Idyll: Serenades by Janácek, Elgar, Kalinnikov Orchestra da Camera 'Ferrucio Busoni', Massimo Belli (conductor) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2016 ] This is a unique coupling on record, but a perceptive and satisfying one: a trio of Romantically inclined serenades from composers of Northern Europe, writing in the last decades of the 19th century when the drive to define a Nationalist spirit... |
MILHAUD
Orchestral Music Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg, Darius Milhaud [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 26/Aug/2014 ] Darius Milhaud is one of the most colourful and versatile composers of 20th century France. On this release we hear a generous selection of his orchestral works. |
OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Respighi: The Complete Orchestral Music [8 CD set] Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma, Francesco La Vecchia [ Brilliant Classics / 8 CD Box Set - released 22/Aug/2015 ] The only edition of the orchestral works by Respighi, now available in a 8CD set! |
OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Respighi: Complete Orchestral Music Vol 1 [Incls 'Roman Festivals'] Orchestra Sinfonica Di Roma, Francesco La Vecchia [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Oct/2012 ] "La Vecchia secures eloquently wrought readings" (Gramophone) |