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... |
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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) |
TELEMANN
Orchestral Suites Akadamie Fur Alte Musik Berlin [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / 2 CD - released 3/Jun/2013 ] "This set can hardly fail to entertain. That is first and foremost the merit of the composer who apparently had a sharp eye for his environment and the idiosyncrasies and weaknesses of human beings." (MusicWeb Aug 2013) |