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TRADITIONAL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Carols from the Old and New Worlds Theatre of Voices, Paul Hillier [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 23/Oct/2004 ] On this volume of Carols from the Old and New Worlds, Paul Hillier and the Theatre Of Voices celebrate the festive season with a wide-ranging mixture of new and traditional carols. |
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GIBBONS / DERING / EAST / RAVENSCROFT / WEELKES
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Cries Of London Theatre Of Voices, Fretwork [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Jul/2006 ] Theatre of Voices and Fretwork are heard in a selection of the Cries of London, in which music for viol consort is overlaid - sometimes comically, sometimes poignantly - with the raucous voices of 16th-century London's street-vendors, mendicants,... |
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EDWARD ELGAR / ERNEST BLOCH
Elgar (arr. Tertis) - Viola Concerto / Bloch: Suite for Viola and Orchestra Timothy Ridout (viola) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 13/Jan/2023 ] "Ridout is a strong, personable player whose deft handling of the Scherzo and heartfelt playing of the Adagio make the concerto's central episodes exceptionally memorable." Gramophone Award WINNER 2023 - Concerto |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Piano Trio no.1 op.99 / Piano Trio no.2 op.100 Trio Wanderer [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 22/Feb/2008 ] "With these recordings the Trio Wanderer made their debut in 2000, and were greeted with remarks about 'near-Beethovenian' voltage…here, indeed, the Trio live up to their name by responding with a sure touch to Schubert's sad wanderer rhythm.". |
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BEDRICH SMETANA
Smetana: Piano trio (with Liszt - Elegies) Trio Wanderer [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] "What a fascinating issue this is. The combination of arrangements and original compositions variously for piano, violin and cello by Liszt and Smetana's marvellous G minor Piano Trio is appropriate...The Wanderer Trio are very successful in the six... |
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GABRIEL FAURE / GABRIEL PIERNE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Faure/Pierne: Piano Trios Trio Wanderer [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] ".this music remains quietly compelling, especially as played here. The Trio Wanderer beautifully sustain the understated conversational lyricism of the slow movement." BBC Music |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Trios nos 1 & 2 Trio Wanderer [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 3/May/2019 ] Rachmaninoff's output of chamber music is small but all the more precious for that. Two absolute gems bear witness to the fact: these 'elegiac trios', which were produced by a young composer still indisputably under the influence of Tchaikovsky. But... |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Complete Piano Trio, Quartet & Quintet Trio Wanderer [ Harmonia Mundi / 3 CD - released 30/Apr/2021 ] Constantly shifting from the most impulsive exuberance to the most restrained meditation, from the most intense passion to the most innocent tenderness, this programme forms a representative panorama of Schumann's chamber music. Going beyond the... |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Quartet Op 60 / Piano trio Op 8 Trio Wanderer, with Christophe Gaugué, viola [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Feb/2016 ] "Polished performances of the original version of the B major Piano Trio and the dark-hued C minor Piano Quartet." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb March 2016) |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Concertos nos. 1, 3 & 4 Vadym Kholodenko (piano) / Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Miguel Harth-Bedoya [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 25/Jan/2019 ] "He rewarded the audience with a highly varied, consistently interesting and technically amazing performance" (STAR TELEGRAM, concert review) |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 5 Vadym Kholodenko (piano) / Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Miguel Harth-Bedoya [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 12/Feb/2016 ] "Kholodenko is great in showing the drive of this music, the power of it, and also the different colours … he has fingers of steel." CD Review |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Generation Harmonia Mundi 1: The Age Of Revolutions 1958-1988 Various Artists including Les Arts Florissants, La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale, Deller Consort, London Baroque, etc [ Harmonia Mundi / 16 CD Box Set - released 10/May/2018 ] Harmonia Mundi was born in 1958: sixty years and several thousand recordings later, the company continues to affirm its identity and its singularity with insolent vitality! |
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CHARPENTIER / CAMPRA / LULLY / LOCATELLI / REBEL / STRADELLA / etc
la Musique de Watteau: The Music Lesson Various Artists incls Les Arts Florissants, London Oboe Band, Armoniosi Concerti, The English Consort & Ensemble 415 [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 17/Mar/2013 ] A very special publication marking the exhibition 'Watteau, the music lesson' at the Palais des Beaux-Arts [Bozar] in Brussels, commissioned by musician and conductor William Christie and contemporary artist Michaël Borremans, the exhibition... |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Christmas Cantatas Vasilijka Jezovsek, Sarah Connolly, Mark Padmore, Peter Kooy / Collegium Vocale, Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Herreweghe Bach Edition / CD - released 10/Oct/1999 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1700-1760) |
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HASSE / HANDEL
A Tribute to Faustina Bordoni Vivica Genaux (mezzo) / Cappella Gabetta, Andrés Gabetta [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 22/Jul/2013 ] Mezzo-soprano Faustina Bordoni was considered to be one of the greatest singers of the first half of the C18th, entrancing audiences in Italy and throughout Europe and commanding huge fees. All of the great Baroque composers wrote for her, including... |
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BROSCHI / GALUPPI / GIACOMELI / HASSE / PORPORA
Arias for Farinelli Vivica Genaux (mezzo-soprano) / Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin, Rene Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] "While Vivica Genaux has all the virtupsity needed to negotiate the intricately embellished lines in these songs, she knows, too, how to use ornamentation for expressive effect. Strongly recommended." ***** Five Stars (Pick of the Month) BBC Music... |
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HANDEL / VIVALDI / etc
Baroque Gender Stories Vivica Genaux (mezzo-soprano), Lawrence Zazzo (countertenor) Lautten Compagney, Wolfgang Katschner [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 19/Jul/2019 ] |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rachmaninoff: Miserly Knight Vladislav Verestnikov, Mikhail Krutikov, Piotr Gluboky, Vladimir Kudriashov, Soloists of the Bolshoi Theatre, Audrey Chistiakov [ Harmonia Mundi Saison Russe / CD - released 7/Sep/1994 ] Recorded in Moscow, May 1993 |
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HENRY PURCELL / MATTHEW LOCKE
Purcell / Locke: Orchestral Works Vox Orchester, Lorenzo Ghirlanda [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Jul/2019 ] |
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HUGO WOLF
Wolf: Morike-Lieder Werner Gura (tenor) Jan Schultsz (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'Abord / CD - released 10/Aug/2013 ] Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine Oct 2005 "This is Lieder-singing of a very special order with a native German speaker's totally idiomatic way with the poetry. Sheer delight" |