PIERRE BOULEZ
Inheriting the Future of Music (plus bonus concert of music of Boulez and Debussy) The Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra / Pierre Boulez [ EuroArts / DVD - released 1/May/2010 ] Gramophone Awards 2010 Finalist - DVD Documentary |
CORELLI / MASCITTI / LECLAIR
Les Défis de Monsieur Forqueray- Corelli, Mascitti, Leclair Lucile Boulanger (viola da gamba),Pierre Gallon (harpsichord), Romain Falik (theorbo), Claire Gautrot (bass viol) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 16/Nov/2018 ] In her debut recording for harmonia mundi, Lucile Boulanger explores the facets of Antoine Forqueray's career as a virtuoso instrumentalist: adept in a wide range of Italian repertoire and skilled at transcribing works originally intended for the... |
GEORGE BENJAMIN
Written On Skin / Duet for piano and orchestra Christopher Purves, Barbara Hannigan, Bejun Mehta, Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) / Mahler Chamber Orchestra, George Benjamin [ Nimbus / 2 CD - released 11/Feb/2013 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Contemporary / BBC MUSIC AWARD WINNER 2014: Premiere Award |
GUILLAUME de MACHAUT
Guillaume de Machaut Marc Mauillon; Angélique Mauillon; VivaBiancaLuna Biffi; Pierre Hamon [ Eloquentia / 4 CD - released 25/Feb/2022 ] This triptych devoted to the music of Guillaume de Machaut is important in several respects: firstly, L'Amoureus Tourment was the very first recording of the young Marc Mauillon, who has since made a remarkable career, and not just in early music.... |
RAVEL / MOZART / BARTOK / DEBUSSY
Europakonzert 2003 from Lisbon Maria João Pires (piano), Berliner Philharmoniker, Pierre Boulez [ EuroArts Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 15/Feb/2015 ] The marvellous Portuguese pianist Maria João Pires was joined by Pierre Boulez and the Berlin Philharmonic for the European Concert 2003. Since 1991, when the Berlin Philharmonic gave their first European Concert, this annual musical summit in... |
CESARE PUGNI
La Fille Du Pharon (The Pharaoh's Daughter) Marius Petipa / Pierre Lacotte / Svletana Zakharova / Serguei Filin [ Bel Air Classiques / DVD - released 20/Oct/2004 ] G :- This DVD was filmed in high definition with perfect lighting (no glare from spotlights etc). It is a model of ballet direction and DVD mastering. |
CESARE PUGNI
La Fille Du Pharon (The Pharaoh's Daughter) [complete ballet recorded in 2003] BLU-RAY Marius Petipa / Pierre Lacotte / Svletana Zakharova / Serguei Filin [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Apr/2013 ] For the first time in Blu-ray, Bel Air Classiques present Petipa's extravaganza, The Pharaoh's Daughter, in the stunning production by Pierre Lacotte. This Russian ballet enjoys a special place in history. |
BARTOK / BEETHOVEN / BERLIOZ / BRAHMS / DVORAK / BRUCKNER / etc
Masters of Classical Music: 20 documentaries on 4 Blu-ray Discs Martha Argerich (piano) Gil Shaham (violin) / Pierre Boulez, Claudio Abbado, Daniel Barenboim, Riccardo Chailly, Kurt Masur, Bernard Haitink [ Euroarts Blu-ray / 4 Blu-ray Box Set - released 29/Sep/2017 ] Masters of Classical Music is an informative and captivating guide to twenty of the most important works in music history. Outtakes from the original scores within the documentaries, assist the viewer by making it easier to follow the music and to... |
GYORGY LIGETI
Ligeti: Clear or Cloudy: complete recordings on Deutsche Grammophon Matt Haimovitz (cello) Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) / Hagen Quartett / Weiner Philharmoniker / Ensemble Intercontemporain / Pierre Boulez / Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon Budget Boxed Set / 4 CD - released 1/Nov/2006 ] Benchmark recordings of 24 works by a master of soundscapes, who stretched the boundaries of the musically conceivable. |
Matt Haimovitz - Pierre Boulez - Hagen Quartett - LaSalle Quartet - Ensemble Intercontemporain. London Sinfonietta - David Atherton
Ligeti, Gyargy - String Quartets nos 1 & 2; Cello Sonata; Melodien for orchestra [ DG 20/21 Series / CD - released 12/Jul/2004 ] "A convincing journey through an attractive, multifaceted score" Gramophone |
W.A. MOZART
German Operas (Incls 'Zaide', 'Die Zauberflote', 'Die Gartnerin aus Liebe' & 'Bastien und Bastienne') SPECIAL PRICE McLaughlin / Murray / M. Price/ Schwarz / Serra / Burrowes / Eda-Pierre / Staatskapelle Dresden [ Philips Complete Mozart Edition Box 16 / 11 CD - released 20/Nov/2005 ] The Philips Mozart Edition is now at budget price |
BERLIOZ
Romeo and Juliet / Les Nuits d'Ete / Six Melodies op. 7 Melanie Diener, Kenneth Tarver, Denis Sedov / The Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus; Pierre Boulez [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 9/Oct/2003 ] The album offers a coupling of the dramatic symphony Roméo et Juliette and the famous song cycle Les Nuits d'Été |
TRADITIONAL
Mare Nostrum [2 SACDs plus large book] Montserrat Figueras, Lior Elmaleh, Gursoy Dincer, Pierre Hamon, Driss Elmalouni, Pedro Estevan & Ferran Savall / Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Apr/2012 ] "Like Hesperion's previous CDs, this one is a lovely tissue of local musics...The soloists are remarkable: Gursoy Dincer brings a gentle Turkish lilt, Lior Elmaleh an answering sound from Jerusalem" (BBC Choral & Song Choice - March 2012) |
W. A. MOZART
Flute Concertos Nos 1 & 2 / Concerto for Flute & Harp Patrick Gallois (flute) Fabrice Pierre (harp) / Swedish Chamber Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] Patrick Gallois (flute), Fabrice Pierre (harp) |
CANTELOUBE
Songs Of The Auvergne [complete] Netania Davrath (Soprano) / Orchestra conducted by Pierre De La Roche [ ALTO / 2 CD - released 25/Jan/2008 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die - "Canteloube did not want them to be sung in an overtly operatic fashion; he preferred an earthier, more unaffected approach. And that is the great glory of Netania Davrath's classic... |
RAVEL / BERLIOZ / HONEGGER / ROUSSEL / BEETHOVEN / etc
Charles Munch - The Complete Warner Classics Recordings Nicole Henriot-Schweitzer (piano) André Navarra (cello) Alfred Cortot (piano) Denise Soriano (violin) Pierre Bernac (baritone) Charles Munch (cond) [ Warner Classics / 13 CD Box Set - released 10/Feb/2019 ] Prominent in the musical evolution of 20th century France, Charles Munch (1891-1968) also spent 13 epoch-making years with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. This collection assembles newly-remastered versions all the recordings he made for EMI and Erato... |
REINECKE
Music For Clarinet Olivier Dartevelle (Clarinet) / Jean Schils (Piano) / Pierre Henri Xuereb (Viola) [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] Listening to Reinecke's compositions, one is immediately reminded of Schumann, with whom he was friendly, and of Brahms, who exercised a strong influence on him. |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Sleeping Beauty [highlights] (with Stravinsky - Firebird Suite) Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Pierre Monteux [ Decca SBS Eloquence / CD - released 10/Jan/2014 ] |
CHAUSSON
Symphonie, Piano Quartet, Poemes & Concert Pascal Roge (piano) Chantal Juillet (violin) Pierre Amoyal (violin) / Quatuor Ysaye. Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal. Charles Dutoit [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2005 ] Chausson's musical output is not vast and his career was short-lived. His earliest works date from the late 1870s and his last were produced shortly before he was killed as a result of a cycling accident in 1899. |
Patrick Gallois (Fl)/ Fabrice Pierre (Harp)/Goran Sollscher (Gu)/BBC Symphony
Takemitsu - I hear the water dreaming [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 15/Apr/2000 ] The magic flute gives this disc a special dream quality! |