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ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI
Scarlatti: Griselda Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi / 3 CD Box Set - released 19/Jul/2019 ] Scarlatti's Griselda, premiered in Rome in 1721, received a single performance at the Teatro Capranica, and was never taken into the repertoire elsewhere, both for financial reasons and because of the changing tastes of the time. The tragic story of... |
J.S. BACH
Bach: Mass In B Minor Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, RIAS Kammerchor, René Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 2/Sep/2022 ] A composition as brilliant as it is protean - the earliest sections date back to 1724, others were written in 1733 in the hope of obtaining a post in Dresden - the Mass in B minor occupied Bach until the end of his life. The work, which is more... |
Al Ayre Espanol, Eduard Lapez Banzo
A batallar estrellas: Cathedral Music from 17th Century Spain [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 15/Feb/2005 ] "Services at Seville Cathedral must have been a blast if this disc is anything to go by. Po-faced piety is conspicuous by its complete absence; saucy false relations and a hyperactive continuo part contribute to the exuberant effect of the title... |
CHOPIN
Chez Pleyel: the recreation of an actual Chopin concert Alain Planes (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Oct/2009 ] "Planès himself works poetic magic, with wonderfully paced phrasing and a style of rubato replete with beautifully judged elasticity and grace; and he has explored Chopin's approach to improvised ornamentation to tasteful effect. There's not a... |
JOSEF HAYDN
Piano Sonatas nos.11, 31, 38 & 55 Alain Planes (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 10/Feb/2014 ] "The musicianship of Alain Planès, that most fastidious yet humane of pianists, is perfectly suited to the keyboard music of Haydn" Stephen Pettitt, Sunday Times, May 2009 |
JANACEK
Piano Works Alain Planes (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/May/2010 ] "There is poetry aplenty, but he is not afraid of the music's dark heart." (BBC Music) |
SCHUBERT
13 Piano Sonatas Alain PlanAs (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / 8 CD - released 11/Nov/2006 ] "Alain Planès performs with magical dexterity, creates strong dynamic contrasts, and conjures an impression of textural variety." (Gramophone) |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Complete Nocturnes Alain Planès (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 25/Jun/2021 ] His Debussy and Chopin recordings for harmonia mundi already offer ample evidence that Alain Planès is highly adept at selecting a period instrument best suited for the repertoire. For this complete recording of the Chopin Nocturnes, he has chosen a... |
SCHUBERT
Piano Sonata No 20 D959 / Four Impromptus Alain Planas (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 20/Aug/2005 ] ***** Five Stars (Pick of the Month) BBC Music Magazine (Dec 2001) |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Sonatas Alain Planès (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / 2 CD - released 17/Jun/2016 ] "Planès is a lively and sensitive guide to these delightful works." - BBC Music Magazine |
SCHUBERT
Piano Sonatas Nos 16 Op.42 & 7 Op122 Alain Planas (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 26/Nov/2001 ] ***** Five Stars (Pick of the Month) BBC Music Magazine (Dec 2001) |
JOSEF HAYDN
Piano Sonatas Vol 2 (Nos 58, 59, 60, 62) Alain Planes (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi Haydn Edition / CD - released 20/Apr/2009 ] "Alan Plaines clearly has an affinity for Haydn, and this series may prove one worth having, at least based on this release. Plaines plays with sensitivity to the music, and again "sprightly" where called for." (Amazon) |
CHABRIER
Piano Works Alain Planas (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi musique d'abord / CD - released 4/May/2005 ] "We have just heard something extraordinary: music that connects our time with that of Couperin and Rameau." (César Franck, after the first performance of the Dix Pièces Pittoresques at the Société Nationale de Musique) |
JANACEK
Piano Works (Includes the Sonata & On an Overgrown Path) Alain Planas (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Mar/2006 ] "Alain Planès is one of the rare pianists who can negotiate this double demand. On the one hand, as you might expect from a former Boulez affiliate, his performances are marked by the bracing clarity of the details. Janácek's characteristic rhythmic... |
CHOPIN
Preludes Op 28 / Mazurkas, Op 41 / etc Alain Planes (piano, 1906 Steinway) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] Perhaps the most ambiguous and enigmatic of all Chopin's works |
TURINA
Piano Works Albert Guinovart (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] Joaquín Turina (1882-1949) was one of the most important Spanish composers of the first half of the twentieth century. He raised Spanish music once more time to European levels. A professional pianist, he composed at the piano. We can listen here to... |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas Volume 2 | nos. 4, 7 & 9 Alexander Melnikov (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 18/Oct/2019 ] This first volume in the complete cycle must already be given pride of place in the discography," declared Classica magazine upon the release of Prokofiev's Sonatas nos. 2, 6, and 8 (awarded a "Choc" in 2016). |
SCRIABIN
Piano Sonatas 2, 3 & 9 Alexander Melnikov (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/May/2014 ] "There is no better guide to Russia's most mysterious composer than this pianist...These Sonatas and exquisite trifles are played with poise and grace." (BBC Music Five Stars) |
ALEXANDRA SCRIABIN
Scriabin: Piano Works (Incls Sonata for Piano No 2 & 5 Preludes Op. 74) Alexander Melnikov (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 16/Jun/2006 ] "Scriabin's strange genius played as if in the first white heat of inspiration" (Gramophone Editor's Choice July 2006) |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas nos. 1, 3 & 5 - Visions fugitives Alexander Melnikov (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 6/May/2022 ] "With the three so-called 'war' sonatas 6, 7 and 8 covered in the two previous releases, you might think that the third instalment of Alexander Melnikov's Prokofiev cycle is a mopping-up job." BBC Music Five Stars |
