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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah (complete with bonus CD) Carolyn Sampson (soprano) Catherine Wyn-Rogers (contralto) Mark Padmore (tenor) Christopher Purves (bass) / The Sixteen / Harry Christophers [ Coro / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Oct/2008 ] "a Messiah of splendid vitality and authority, a summation of Christophers's and The Sixteen's Handelian enterprise." International Record Review |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Symphonies Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Paavo Berglund, conductor [ Ondine / 3 CD Box Set - released 25/Feb/2013 ] This triple CD contains the complete symphonies of Brahms, performed by the Chamber Orchestra of Europe under the direction of Finnish conductor Paavo Berglund. These recordings were made live at the Baden-Baden Festival Hall in May 2000. |
IGNAZIO SPERGHER
Spergher: Organ and Harpsichord Music Chiara Minali (organ and harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2019 ] "..this recording should give Spergher's compositions much more prominence. This music deserves to be more widely known by performers and audiences alike." Choir & Organ |
TAVENER / ALLEGRI / BARBER / FAURE / PALESTRINA / and many more
The Glory Of New College Choir Choir of New College, Oxford / Edward Higginbottom, with the Academy of Ancient Music [ Erato / Warner Classics / 8 CD Box Set - released 10/Oct/2018 ] "This is one of the most sublime choral records I have ever heard." - Organists' Review |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Complete four hand piano music Christian Koehn (piano) Silke-Thora Matthies (piano) [ Naxos / 18 CD Box Set - released 10/Jun/2022 ] To make his works more accessible to the general public, Johannes Brahms produced a raft of arrangements for piano four hands and two pianos. These included his symphonic and orchestral music, as well as concertos, chamber works, and more. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Complete Organ Concertos Christian Schmitt (organ) Charlotte Balzereit (harp) / Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra. Nicol Matt [ Brilliant Classics Quintessence / 5 CD Box Set - released 22/Jan/2021 ] The first complete recording of the Breitkopf Urtext Edition of the organ concertos of George Frideric Handel. Handel's organ concertos enjoy a wide popularity, they are brilliant concert pieces, in which the organ plays a joyous, "worldly" part. |
JOSEPH RHEINBERGER
Rheinberger: Complete 20 Organ Sonatas Christian von Blohn (organ of the Josefskirche St. Ingbert, Germany)) [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 22/Nov/2024 ] Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901) was a German romantic composer of mainly works for the organ, his own instrument. He was one of the leading figures in the "Cecilian Movement" which, in a world of increasing secularization, propagated the return to... |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: St Matthaus-Passion [St Matthew Passion] Christoph Prégardien, Matthias Goerne, Christine Schäfer, Dorothea Röschmann / Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 26/Mar/2007 ] 2001 GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER - Baroque Vocal |
FERDINAND RIES
Ries: Piano and Orchestra Works (complete) Christopher Hinterhuber (piano) / Gavle Symphony Orchestra, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Uwe Grodd [ Naxos / 5 CD Box Set - released 28/Jan/2022 ] Ferdinand Ries' works for piano and orchestra stand alongside those of Hummel as the finest and most important of their kind from the early decades of the 19th century. |
BERLIOZ / DEBUSSY / RAVEL / POULENC
Berlioz, Debussy, Ravel, Poulenc Claire Chevalier (piano), Claire Chevallier (piano) & Jos van Immerseel (piano), Katerina Chrobokova & Jos van Immerseel (harpsichord) Anima Eterna Br [ Alpha / 5 CD Box Set - released 16/Oct/2015 ] Happy Birthday, Mister Jos! Jos Van Immerseel is celebrating his 70th birthday with three important releases that will punctuate the end of the year at Alpha: a symphonic programme (Janacek, Dvorak), a chamber music programme (Schubert) and a set... |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: La Scala di Seta [The Silken Ladder] (complete opera) Claudia Urru, Meagan Sill (sopranos) Michele Angelini, Remy Burnens (tenors) Emmanuel Franco (baritone) Eugenio Di Lieto (bass) / Kraków Philharmonic [ Naxos Opera / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Jun/2022 ] Gioachino Rossini was only 20 when he was commissioned to compose La scala di seta. It is one of four farsa comica operas which fed popular demand for this genre in Venice in the early 19th century and was wildly successful. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: 12 Piano Sonatas / 5 Piano Concertos Claudio Arrau (piano) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Alceo Galliera [ Warner Classics / 12 CD - released 14/Mar/2025 ] The pianist Claudio Arrau fully deserves the epithet "legendary": a sovereign technical command, a deep patience and a gravitation towards weighty matters, enriched by his study with 'philosopher pianists' such as Busoni and Martin Krause. |
BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / CHOPIN / DEBUSSY / SCHUMANN/ LISZT / GRIEG
Claudio Arrau - The Complete Warner Classics Recordings Claudio Arrau (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra, Alceo Galliera, Andreas Weissgerber (violin) [ Warner Classics / 24 CD Box Set - released 14/Oct/2022 ] Claudio Arrau (1903-1991) is a pianist fully deserving of the epithet 'legendary'. His rigorous intellect and sense of the sublime found expression in his transcendent technique and sumptuous, yet lucid sonorities. The recordings in this 24CD... |
HELLENDAAL / WASSENAER / FESCH / SCHICKHARDT / SOLNITZ / GRONEMAN / HURLEBUSCH
Baroque Concerti from The Netherlands Combattimento Consort Amsterdam, Jan Willem de Vriend, Musica Ad Rhenum, Jed Went [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/2021 ] Excellent performances in Historically Informed Performance style by Dutch groups Combattimento Consort conducted by Jan Willem de Vriend and Musica Ad Rhenum, conducted by Jed Wentz, who is also a traverso soloist. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Symphonies Complete Danish Chamber Orchestra, Adam Fischer [ Naxos / CD Box Set - released 26/Aug/2022 ] 2022 marks 25 years of close, innovative cooperation between Adam Fischer and the Danish Chamber Orchestra. This has resulted in a number of releases, and gained international recognition. |
RUDOLF ESCHER
Escher: Orchestral, Chamber and Choral Music Concertgebouw, Riccardo Chailly / Netherlands Chamber Choir [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Apr/2020 ] The most extensive survey on record of a major Dutch 20th-century composer, featuring some of the country's most distinguished musicians. |
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CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN
Alkan Edition [Piano, Organ & Chamber Music] Costantino Mastroprimiano, Mark Viner, Laurent Martin, Alan Weiss, Alessandro Deljavan, Costantino Mastroprimiano (pianos) / Trio Alkan, Kevin Bowyer [ Brilliant Classics / 13 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2018 ] "Two major pluses are the excellent contextual essay and the budget price. It's a steal." BBC Music |
FRANCO CAVALLONE
Cavallone: Music For Guitar Cristiano Porqueddu (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Mar/2021 ] Franco Cavallone (1957) is one of today's most prolific and successful composers for the guitar. He himself studied the guitar with Bruno Mattioli, a pupil of Alirio Diaz, Leo Brouwer and Angelo Gilardino. He won several international competitions,... |
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DEBUSSY / RAVEL / ELGAR / SUK / BRUCKNER / etc
Libor Pesek: The Gold Collection [4 CD set] Michaela Fukačová (cello) Eva Děpoltová (soprano) / Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Pesek, Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pesek [ Supraphon / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Sep/2013 ] To mark Libor Pešek's eightieth birthday, Supraphon presents a representative selection of large orchestral recordings he made from 1981 to 1989. Compositions by Josef Suk, who has occupied a privileged position in Pešek's career, are featured... |
DENNIS JOHNSON / PHILIP GLASS / TOM JOHNSON / PETER GARLAND / TERRY RILEY / etc
Minimal Piano Collection Volume XXI‐XXVIII Jeroen Van Veen (piano) [ Brilliant Clasics / 8 CD Box Set - released 5/May/2017 ] This 8CD set bring the listener back to the roots of Minimalism, all works were written in the seventies of the 20th century, a time when the new aesthetics and perception of music, sound, repetition and time experience were creating a new chapter in... |
