CHARLES IVES
Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 19 'Concord' / Three Quarter-Tone Pieces for Two Pianos Alexei Lubimov (piano), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) [ Warner Apex / CD - released 27/Jan/2003 ] Born in Moscow, Russian pianist Alexei Lubimov is counted among today's most outstanding pianists. His wide repertoire, dedication to principles and musical morals make him a most welcome exception on the music scene today. |
TRADITIONAL
Mediterranea: Troubadours songs Alla Francesca: Brigitte Lesne, vocal, Pierre Hamon, flute and Carlo Rizzo, tabors & vocal [ Zig Zag Territories / CD - released 1/Aug/2009 ] Troubadours songs; laude to the Virgin and estampies from trecento mingle with Sephardic lullabies and folksongs collected in Italy. They tell the stories of simple men and women of the Mediterranean world. Languages and music have survived to the... |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY / MAURICE RAVEL
Boulez Conducts Debussy and Ravel (6 CDs special price) Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo) Krystian Zimerman (piano) / London Symphony, Berlin Philharmonic, Cleveland Symphony, Pierre Boulez [ Deutsche Grammophon / 6 CD Box Set - released 20/Jun/2012 ] "Zimerman's pianism is self-recommending. His trills in the first movement of the G major Concerto are to die for, his passagework in the finale crystalclear, never hectic, always stylish. Boulez and the Clevelanders are immaculate and responsive"... |
Antoine Pierre, Urbex Electric
Suspended (Live at Flagey) [ Outnote Records / CD - released 11/Sep/2020 ] Suspended is Urbex's third album, but also the first live recording of this adventurous group formed five years ago. |
Antoine Pierre; Urbex Electric
Suspended: Live at Flagey (LP) [ Outnote Records / LP - released 11/Sep/2020 ] Suspended is Urbex's third album, but also the first live recording of this adventurous group formed five years ago. |
HEINRICH IGNAZ FRANZ BIBER
Requiem in F / etc Arsys Bourgogne. Pierre Cao [ Ambroisie / CD - released 1/Apr/2012 ] |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Vepres a Vienne Arsys Bourgogne / Pierre Cao / L'Arpeggiata / Christian Pluhar [ Ambroisie / CD - released 20/May/2009 ] Vespers at the Court of Charles VI in Vienna |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Flute Quartets / Oboe Quartet // Clarinet Quintet (with Schubert - String Quintet in C) Arthur Grumiaux (violin) William Bennett (flute), Pierre Pierlot (oboe) George Pieterson (clarinet) / Grumiaux Trio [ Philips SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 12/Dec/2009 ] Grumiaux was an inveterate chamber musician and together with his Grumiaux Trio as well as selected soloists, delivers sublime, unforced yet probing performances of Mozart and Schubert. |
BOULEZ / BERG / STRAVINSKY / HENZE / MESSIAEN / SCHOENBRG / etc
Boulez: Le Domaine Musical - 1956-1967 Various performers conducted by Pierre Boulez [ Deutsche Grammophon / 10 CD Box Set - released 10/Feb/2016 ] For the occasion of Pierre Boulez' 90th birthday on 26 March 2015, Universal Classics France present a revised and enhanced version of the former edition celebrating his years at the helm of Paris' legendary "Le Domaine Musical" concerts. Initially... |
Berliner Philharmoniker. Pierre Boulez
Ravel - Bolero; Ma Mere l'Oye; Une Barque sur l'ocaan; Alborada del Gracioso; etc [ DG SACD / 2 SACD - released 24/Sep/2004 ] Stereo & Surround Sound Hybrid SACD - playable on all Cd players |
Niccolò Jo
Te Deum D-Dur; Messe D-Dur Berry, Benacková, La Pierre, Meer; Prager Kammerchor, Virtuosi di Praga, Griffiths [ ORFEO / CD - released 15/Mar/2001 ] |
WAGNER
Pierre Monteux conducts Wagner Birgit Nilsson (soprano) / Concertgebouw Orchestra, Pierre Monteux [ Testament / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] |
JEAN-BAPISTE LULLY / MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER / JEAN HENRY d"ANGLEBERT / etc
Splendeurs de Versailles [10 CD set] Cafe Zimmermann, Le poeme Harmonique, Vincent Dumestre, Ensemble Pierre Robert, Frederic Desenclos, etc [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 20/Nov/2016 ] Versailles: its court, its atmosphere and its music . . . So many splendours emblematic of a monument with an incomparably rich history. The works associated with the palace have travelled down the centuries and today represent a precious part of our... |
Cameron Pierre
Return to the Source [ CD ] |
VERDI
La Traviata [recorded 1956] Rosanna Carteri, Cesare Valletti, Leonard Warren / Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Pierre Monteux [ Testament / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2009 ] "perhaps the principal reason for valuing this vintage set lies in the conducting of the octogenarian, Pierre Monteux. He brings together lyrical warmth and vigour with a rhythmic lift that is amazing in an ageing conductor. The mono sound is nicely |
DELIBES
Coppelia (complete ballet recorded in 2001) Charline Giezendanner / Mathieu Ganio / Pierre Lacotte / École De Danse And Opéra National De Paris / David Coleman [ Arthaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] On the programme this evening is Coppélia, or the girl with the enamel eyes by Léo Delibes. The excitement among the girls is great because today they will be performing in the (reproduced) scenery and costumes which at the premiere on 25 May 1870... |
RODOLPHE KREUTZER
Kreutzer: La Mort D'abel (2CD + Book) Katia Velletaz, Yumiko Tanimura, Jennifer Borghi, Sébastien Droy, Jean-Sébastien Bou, Pierre-Yves Pruvot / Les Agrémens, Guy Van Waas [ Bru Zane Ediciones Singulares / 2 CD/Book - released 22/Oct/2012 ] "the fine performance of Guy van Waas and Les Agrémens reveals music of imaginative colours and profuse sentimentality that sometimes sounds like a stepping-stone between Haydn's Creation and Berlioz's Damnation of Faust." (Gramophone) |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner Choruses Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Silvio Varviso, Pierre Boulez & James Levine [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Mar/2016 ] Bayreuth is the holy grail of Wagner lovers and this outstanding disc captures great choral moments from Wagner's operas over a period of nearly 30 years, with key 'big' moments from seven operas, from the Sawallisch Tannhäuser (1962) to Peter... |
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe (complete ballet) / Rapsodie espagnole / etc Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / London Symphony Orchestra / Pierre Monteux [ Decca Historic / CD - released 10/Apr/1990 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) "There is only one word for this work, this performance, and this recording, and that is - ravishing." Gramophone |