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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
El canto de Auroros (Traditional Polyphony in Murcia) Alia Musica, Miguel Sanchez [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'Abord / CD - released 20/Feb/2013 ] A collection derived from ancient musical traditions where groups of men sing a variety of religious texts, including polyphonic greetings to the "Virgen de la Aurora", from vespers until dawn, first released in 1998. |
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Alia Musica / Miguel Sanchez (director)
El Canto Espiritual Judeoespanol. [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 17/Jul/2003 ] "This is one of the most fascinating discs I have heard in recent months....a splendid achievement. Miguel Sánchez sings his solos with remarkable ease and flexibility, and the same is true of every member of the group..." (Gramophone) |
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ANONYMOUS
Puerta de Veluntad Alia Mvsica / Miguel Senchez [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] Poems from Yehudá Haleví and Salomón aben Gabirol, two of the greatest Hispano-Jewish poets of the Middle Ages, as well as verses of the "Song of Songs" of King Solomon, a beautifully evocative testimony of the liturgy and mysticism in the... |
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GABRIEL FAURE
Fauré: Nocturnes & Barcarolles Aline Piboule (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 23/Aug/2024 ] The nocturnes and barcarolles are key works in Fauré's output for solo piano that reflect his stylistic evolution. From his early efforts, still close to Chopin and Schumann, to the final pieces with their heady yet elusive harmonies, Aline Piboule... |
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Almajano/Kiener
Del Amor [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Mar/2003 ] |
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FRANCOIS COUPERIN
Apothéoses Amandine Beyer (violin) / Gli incogniti [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Sep/2014 ] "The music is wonderful. Couperin's tributes to Corelli and Lully, laden with personalized stylistic and classical mythological references-Parnassus, Apollo, Muses, Hippocrene-smooth across the ear like the proverbial butter on warm pancakes." Classi |
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BEETHOVEN
Wind Octet op.103 / Septuor op.20 Amphion Blaserensemble [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 16/Aug/2006 ] The number of chamber works by Beethoven written mostly - if not exclusively - for wind instruments is small enough to give the programme of this CD a special interest: the popular Septet for wind and strings of 1799 - now a classic of the repertoire... |
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SCARLATTI / C.P.E. BACH / FAURE / HINDEMITH etc
Solo Anaïs Gaudemard [ Harmonia Mundi Nova / CD - released 22/Feb/2019 ] The harmonia nova series welcomes young artists singled out for their exceptional talents! Anaïs Gaudemard, named ECHO Rising Star 2018-19, offers us a fascinating journey through three centuries of development of the harp's technique and sonority. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Voice (Incls 'Ombra mai fu') Andreas Scholl (counter-tenor) with various orchestras and conductors [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 5/May/2010 ] The very best of Andreas. Works by Handel, Vivaldi, JS Bach, Caldara, Hammerschmidt & Buxtehude |
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Andre Lawrence-King
Esprit/Lute Songs [ Harmonia Mundi / CD ] |
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MUSSORGSKY
Pictures at an Exhibition (with Stravinsky - Rite of Spring) Andrea¯ Vieru, Dan Grigore (pianos) [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 23/Feb/2008 ] Drawing their strength from a certain vision of Old Russia, Mussorgsky's and Stravinsky's two most famous 'orchestral' works were both originally written for the piano. Andrei Vieru demonstrates the emotional heights to which the original version of... |
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GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Ombra mai fu Andreas Scholl, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 29/Oct/2023 ] Handel at the height of his glory. In this recital, the young Andreas Scholl and the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin invited listeners to rediscover some of Handel's finest arias, from Giulio Cesare to Serse by way of Rodelinda and Alcina, not... |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Stabat Mater; Cantate Cessate omai cessate RV 684; etc Andreas Scholl (alto) / Ensemble 415 / Chiara Banchini (director) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 24/May/2004 ] "Here's a very attractively prepared menu whose main course is the Stabatmater for countertenor and strings. Hors-d'oeuvres and side-dishes consist of a ripieno concerto (RV114), a chamber cantata for countertenor and strings (RV684), and more" |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah (Complete oratorio) Andreas Scholl, Barbara Schlick, Sandrine Piau, Mark Padmore, Nathan Berg / Les Arts Florissants / William Christie [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 6/Dec/2019 ] |
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OSWALD VON WOLKENSTEIN
Songs of myself Andreas Scholl (Counter tenor) / Schield of Harmonies / Crawford Young [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] "This is a winner...Scholl projects [Oswald's] texts magnificently, drawing on an inexhaustible range of colours and moods." Editor's Choice Gramophone Mgazine May 2010 |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Cantatas for solo alto Andreas Scholl (countertenor) / Collegium Vocale Orchestra Philippe Herreweghe (conductor) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 27/Mar/2020 ] "There is probably no living countertenor whom I would rather hear singing these cantatas than Andreas Scholl. Scholl is on top form in BWV170, paying close attention to the relationship between text and music." (Gramophone) |
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von WOLKENSTEIN / DOWLAND / HANDEL / BACH / etc
The Art of Folksong / Baroque Cantatas [2 CD set] Andreas Scholl (counter-tenor) with Andreas Martin, Julian Behr (lute) / Accademia Bizantina / Collegium Vocale [ Harmonia Mundi Initiales / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2011 ] "Whether Scholl's voice at all resembles that of the great original [Senesino] we cannot know, but it is wonderfully pure and moves with marvellous flexibility. He has the art of making recitative sound spontaneous and of catching the rhythmic... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Essential Andreas Scholl Andreas Scholl (Counter-tenor) with Andreas Martin (lute) / Ensemble 415 / Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin [ Harmonia Mundi / 3 CD - released 1/Dec/2006 ] |
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KRIEGER / HAMMERSCHMID / HAGEN / ALBERT / GORNER
German Baroque Songs (Lieder Baroques Allemands) Andreas Scholl (counter-tenor) with Markus Märkl, Karl Ernst Schröder & Alix Verzier [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/May/2010 ] "Scholl's voice is a marvel: secure in pitch, its sustaining power projects a feeling of ease that eludes many countertenors, who often sound merely like men who have mastered falsetto. If anything, Scholl has a slightly feminine cast, exemplified in... |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Fantasie in F Minor & other piano duets Andreas Staier, Alexander Melnikov (fortepiano Graf by Christopher Clarke) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Apr/2017 ] "The Graf-style fortepiano's clarity brings out the fabulous textural richness of the F minor Fantasy's third movement and the Rondo in A, illumined by the players' lovely touches" Sunday Times |