ASTOR PIAZZOLLA
Piazzolla: Nuevo Tango! [ Harmonia Mundi / 3 CD - released 1/Oct/2020 ] A century closer to immortality. "The music of Buenos Aires" is how Astor Piazzolla characterised his own work, informed by years of study first with Alberto Ginastera in Argentina, and later with Nadia Boulanger in Paris. By bringing together... |
Beethoven Alive!
[ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 24/Jan/2020 ] Beethoven the classic, the revolutionary, the visionary. This selection is a trip that reveals the multiple genius of one of the greatest composers of all time. You will be delighted with some masterpieces of his repertoire as well as with rare... |
Aaro Sukura & Local Dimension
Acoustic Ghanaian Highlife [ Harmonia Mundi / CD ] |
BUXTEHUDE / HASSLER / PRAETORIUS / SCHEIDEMANN
Splendour: Organ Music & Vocal Works Il Canto Di Orfeo / Kei Koito (organ) [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Aug/2017 ] The album by Kei Koito features famous and well known baroque and pre-baroque music by composers such as Buxtehude, Praetorius, Scheidt, Scheidemann, and others |
CHRISTOPHER GIBBONS
Motets, Anthems, Fantasias & Voluntaries Academy of Ancient Music / AAM Choir, Richard Eggar [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Aug/2012 ] "AAM's vocal consort is distinctly hoary but the instrumental playing - of two Fantasy-suites for violins, bass viol and organ, and a flamboyant selection of Organ Voluntaries - is divine." (Independent on Sunday) |
HANDEL
Concerti Grossi Op. 3 & Op. 6 / Organ Concertos Op 4 (Nos 2, 4 7 6) The Academy of Ancient Music / Andrew Manze / Richard Egarr [ Harmonia Mundi Handel Edition / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "Manze and his players give virtuosic, high energy performances of these exuberant works, in a crystal clear recording." The Observer" altogether this is an issue of joyous vitality, to which I am sure I shall be returning with pleasure." Gramophone... |
VIVALDI
Concert for the Prince of Poland The Academy of Ancient Music / Andrew Manze [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Sep/2007 ] "This is a delightful, well-conceived programme, executed with refinement of taste and technique." Gramophone |
JOHN TAVENER
Tavener: Eternity's Sunrise Academy of Ancient Music / Goodwin, Manze, Rozario, Gooding, Tavener [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Jan/2014 ] Tavener's work touches the heart like that of few composers. |
JOHN TAVENER
Total Eclipse, Agraphon Academy of Ancient Music / Paul Goodwin / Patricia Rozario, John Hale, saxophone [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / SACD - released 23/May/2004 ] On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in full 5.1 surround sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM - 2001 GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST - Contemporary |
HANDEL
Organ Concertos Op 4 Academy of Ancient Music / Richard Egarr [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Mar/2008 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD FINALIST 2008 - Baroque Instrumental - "Egarr's playing sparkles with vitality and character. The musicianship of the Academy of Ancient Music is outstanding, and their articulate and dynamically shaded playing is subtle... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Organ Concertos Op 7 Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 10/Oct/2009 ] "These spry, shapely performances bring lustre and spirit to the six organ concertos that Handel composed over a span of years towards the end of his life." Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine October 2009 |
HANDEL
Trio Sonatas Opp. 2 & 5 Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD Box Set - released 16/Jun/2010 ] "…Baroque chamber-playing of the very highest order: sincerely conversational, emotive and finely nuanced." Gramophone Awards 2010 Finalist - Baroque Instrumental |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Concerti Grossi Op. 3 Nos. 1-6 / Sonata a 5 HWV 288 The Academy of Ancient Music / Richard Egarr [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 9/Apr/2007 ] "A revitalised academy bring fresh attention to Handel's charming music. The Academy of Ancient Music are in world-beating form once more with this magnificent Handel disc. Egarr and the musicians play with a dynamism and warmth which suggest that... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Concerti Grossi Op. 6 Andrew Manze (violin / director) / Academy of Ancient Music [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / 2 CD - released 7/Jul/2017 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1700-1760) |
HANDEL
12 Solo Sonatas Op 1 Academy of Anciet Music / Richard Egarr [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] Handel wrote the solo sonatas of Opus 1 for the professional musicians of his London opera orchestra.They demand considerable skill and stamina both from the soloist and the continuo. Prominent bass parts give the sonatas a contrapuntal strength and... |
JOHANN JOSEPH FUX
Fux: Ave Regina Accentus Austria, Thomas Wimmer [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 4/Aug/2017 ] "It is good to see this release showcasing some of the material [Fux] provided for the Imperial Court Chapel...The music is well constructed...but don't expect it to change your life." Gramophone |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Sonata no.3 & Fantasien op.116 Adam Laloum (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Oct/2021 ] After his recent Schubert album, Adam Laloum pays a visit to Brahms: the young prodigy of the early 1850s immediately established himself as the worthy heir of Beethoven and Schumann with his dazzling Sonata no.3. Almost forty years later, we find... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Piano Sonata D.958 & 894 Adam Laloum (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 7/Feb/2020 ] Barely two years separate the monumental Sonata in G (October 1826) from its sister in C minor (September 1828), the first of a trilogy composed on the threshold of death, which was to win the struggle a few weeks later. Two years - and a whole... |
GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: Messe de Requiem Opus 48 / Messe des Pecheurs de Villerville Agnes Mellon, Peter Kooy, La Chapelle Royale, Ensemble Musique Oblique, Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 29/Sep/2008 ] 'Filled with refined sensibility, the performance expresses Fauré's personal concept of death 'as a happy deliverance, as aspiration towards the happiness of the hereafter.' - American Record Guide |
BOCCHERINI
Stabat Mater / Symphonies Agnas Mellon (soprano) / Ensemble 415 / Chiara Banchini [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / 2 CD - released 20/May/2011 ] 'A quite exceptionally fine disc, which I firmly recommend to anyone with an interest in Boccherini.' (Gramophone) |