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DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE
Buxtehude: Cantatas / Membra Jesu nostri Barbara Schlick, Monica Frimmer (sop) Michael Chance, Rene Jacobs (alto) Knabenchor Hannover / Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 27/Jan/2017 ] Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707) was Danish-born, but made his career in Germany. He was celebrated as an organist (Johann Sebastian Bach was among his admirers) and as a composer, with many sacred vocal works in his output. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: La Resurrezione, HWV47 Barbara Schlick, Nancy Argenta, Guillemette Laurens, Guy de Mey, Klaus Mertens / Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/2017 ] La Resurrezione, composed in Rome in 1708, was Handel's first oratorio on a sacred theme. The soloists take the roles of an Angel, Mary Magdalene, Mary Cleophas, St John and Lucifer, who are portrayed in vivid operatic terms with the help of a... |
JANACEK / STRAVINSKY / SCHUBERT / KREISLER
Spectrum Benjamin Beilman (violin) / Yekwon Sunwoo (piano) [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 4/Mar/2016 ] Violinist Benjamin Beilman makes his debut as an exclusive Warner Classics artists with Spectrum, an album uniting works by Schubert, Janáček, Stravinsky and Kreisler...Beilman explores a multitude of colours and expressive possibilities. |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: The Five Symphonies Bernard Gavoty (organ) / Orchestre National de l'ORTE, Jean Martinon [ Erato / Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] "these are scintillating performances" (Gramophone) |
JANACEK / LISZT / LYAPUNOV / GRIEG etc
Good Night! (LP) Bertrand Chamayou (piano) [ Erato / LP - released 2/Oct/2020 ] The sixteen lullabies - or berceuses - that pianist Bertrand Chamayou has chosen for Good Night! form a captivatingly varied album. His programme embraces a diversity of eras and musical cultures: Chopin, Liszt, Grieg and, of course, Brahms through... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Piano Works Bertrand Chamayou (piano) [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] "[he] treats everything with equal respect and palpable affection. The Wanderer is a real test of any musician but Chamayou surmounts the work's sometimes unpianistic demands without ever leaving you, as some do, feeling as if you've been punched in |
LOUIS COUPERIN
Couperin: Organ Works Bob Van Asperen (organ) [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 15/Mar/2018 ] Like the Bach family, the Couperin were a musical dynasty. Louis - the uncle of François 'le Grand' had established himself as organist of St Gervais by the mid-1650s and entering royal service shortly after as 'chamber musician' on the treble viol.... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Organ Concertos Op. 7 Bob Van Asperen (organ) / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 18/Mar/2015 ] A classic recording now available again |
CHRISTMAS TRADITIONAL
A Boston Camerata Christmas: Worlds of Early Christmas Music Boston Camerata, Joel Cohen [ Erato Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 27/Oct/2008 ] Eight centuries of Christmas music from France, Spain, and the New World. Under Joel Cohen's vibrant direction, this generous and varied anthology, occupying three entire CD's and containing three hours of music, presents some of The Boston... |
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J. S. BACH
Best Of Bach [12 CD set] Various Artists incls Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Ton Koopman, Gustav leonhardt, Il Giardino Armonico, Marie-Claire Alain, etc [ Erato Warner Classics / 12 CD Box Set - released 6/Nov/2006 ] The perfect Bach collection covering all his major works and all taken from the vast Warner music catalogue. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Piano Trios Nos 1 & 2 / Sonatensatz / Notturno Renaud Capucon (violin) Gautier Capucon (cello) Frank Braley (piano) [ Erato / Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 2/Apr/2007 ] "The playing is superb from just every angle you consider it: beguiling tone, lovely intelligent phrasing, strong but flexible rhythmic articulation, precise pitch and alert ensemble." (BBC Music Five Stars) |
TAVENER / ALLEGRI / BARBER / FAURE / PALESTRINA / BIZET / BRAHMS / etc
Agnus Dei - Music In Inner Harmony Choir of New College, Oxford / Edward Higginbottom [ Erato / Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 9/Sep/2000 ] "This is one of the most sublime choral records I have ever heard." - Organists' Review |
BARBER / FAURE / PALESTRINA / MOZART / BRAHMS / ALLEGRI / ELGAR / etc
Agnus Dei (LP) The Choir of New College Oxford, Edward Higginbottom [ Warner Erato Classics Vinyl / 2 LP - released 12/Nov/2021 ] This richly varied collection of meditative sacred music takes its name, Agnus Dei, from the opening item, a setting for voices of Samuel Barber's celebrated and deeply expressive Adagio for Strings. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Treasury of English Church Music: 1100-1965 Ambrosian Singers, Westminster Abbey Choir, Chichester Cathedral Choir, Guildford Cathedral Choir, St Pauls Cathedral Choir, Temple Church Choi [ Erato / Warner Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2010 ] Here for the first time on CD are the celebrated five LPs of the HMV Treasury of English Church Music. Prefaced by the introductory speech Herbert Howells gave at the launch, and boasting more than 30 bonus tracks, this set offers a uniquely... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel Goes Wild Christina Pluhar / L'arpeggiata, featuring Valer Sabadus (counter-tenor) & Nuria Rial (soprano) [ Erato Classics / CD - released 22/Aug/2017 ] "Christina Pluhar has great taste. She brings great musicians together with great music. And of course, if you've liked their past collections, you're likely to find something very appetizing in this release as well." (AudAud) |
CHRISTINA PLUHUR / TRADITIONAL
Orfeo Chamán Christina Pluhar / L'arpeggiata, with Nahuel Pennisi (Orfeo) & Luciana Mancini (Eurídice) [ Erato Classics / CD - released 18/Nov/2016 ] "L'Arpeggiata's precision plucking is lovely, but its music Mediterranean is a fantasy...This is not a voyage in a humble fishing boat, sampling real folk music at ports from Portugal to Turkey. |
ERIC SATIE
Tout Satie! (10 CD Complete Edition) Aldo Ciccolini, Michel Legrand, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Mady Mesple, Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, etc [ Erato / 10 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2015 ] A collection of unrivalled completeness, Tout Satie proves that the music of Erik Satie (1866-1925) remains as provocative, delightful - and surprising - as ever. These 10 CDs, featuring artists with impeccable credentials in French repertoire, draw... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Amor E Gelosia: Handel Duets Patrizia Ciofi (soprano), Joyce DiDonato (mezzo) / Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis [ Erato Warner Classics / CD - released 7/Jun/2014 ] "All are most beautifully sung by Patrizia Ciofi and Joyce DiDonato, who has just the right firmness and focus for a castrato role; both phrase beautifully, articulate and express the words clearly and tellingly" (Gramophone Editor's Choice) |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea (complete opera recorded in 2012) Le Concert d'Astrée / Sonya Yoncheva (Poppée), Max Emanuel Cencic (Néron), Ann Hallenberg (Octavie), Tim Mead (Othon), Paul Whelan / Emmanuelle Haim [ Erato / Warner Classics DVD / 2 DVD - released 14/Jun/2013 ] "[Haim leads with] a fine sensitivity towards the urgent, tensile springiness of the melodic lines; and a superb handling of the instrumental forces" (BBC Music) |
FAURE
Requiem / Pelléas et Mélisande Daniel Fuchs, Gilles Cachemaille, Mathias Usbeck, Robert Thuillier / Suisse Romande Orchestra, Armin Jordan [ Warner Classics The Erato Story / CD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] "This recording has flair and a robust honesty that is immediately captivating. Mathias Usbeck is tender and expressive in the 'Pie Jesu', even if not flawless. The baritone Gilles Cachemaille shows admirable control." (Archiv Music) |
