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J.S BACH
Bach: Sonatas for Viola Da Gamba and Harpsichord Antoine Tamestit & Masato Suzuki [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 23/Aug/2019 ] Antoine Tamestit and his artistic partner Masato Suzuki, Principal Conductor of the famous Bach Collegium Japan, have immersed themselves in Bach's three sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord in order to give a sublime interpretation of them on... |
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VIEUXTEMPS / DONIZETTI / MAZAS / BELLINI
Bel Canto: Tamestit & Tiberghien [Voice of the Viola] Antoine Tamestit (viola, Stradivarius 'Mahler' 1672) & Cedric Tiberghien (Steinway piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 8/Sep/2017 ] "Down in the depths, Tamestit's notes have the gruff tones of a hungry bear. Further up, they're honey-coated, though sunburnt melancholy is never far away." BBC Music |
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Antonini/Chapelet/Saorgin
Orgues De Provence [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 5/Feb/2007 ] |
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W. A. MOZART
Clarinet Quintet / String Quartet in D minor Arcanto Quartet, Jorg Widmann [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 8/Oct/2013 ] We owe these two masterpieces to the musical friendships Mozart made during his years in Vienna. The celestial beauties of the Quintet K581 were tailor-made for the great clarinettist Anton Stadler, while the Quartet K421, more severe in tone, is... |
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RAVEL/ DEBUSSY / DUTILLEUX
String Quartets Arcanto Quartett [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Aug/2010 ] Antje Weithaas, Daniel Sepec, Tabea Zimmermann and Jean-Guihen Queyras founded the Arcanto Quartet in 2002. The four musicians, who in addition to their musical affinities share a close personal friendship, quickly conquered the world of chamber... |
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SCHUBERT
String Quintet Op 163 Arcanto Quartett [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Dec/2012 ] "This is a performance of the highest class, gripping you from the moment that four of the five players set bow to string at the outset … the overall impression is of extreme thoughtfulness … Comparisons seem pointless." (International Record Review) |
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Argentina
Por La Vuelta [ Harmonia Mundi / CD ] |
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TRADITIONAL
Ces musiques du fond des ages: music from the earliest times Arianna Savall, Luiz Alves da Silva, Massimo Cialfi, Conrad Steinmann, Adolphe Attia [ Harmonia Mundi Century / CD - released 20/Dec/2011 ] The first volume, La musique de l'Antiquité (Music of the Ancient World), represents attempts to reclaim the mostly lost musical heritage of the Ancient Greeks, Hebrews, and the pre-Roman church of Gaul. These are presented along with music from... |
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TRADITIONAL
Silent Night - Early Christmas Music and Carols Arianna Savall (voice, Baroque triple harp, Renaissance harp) Petter Udland Johansen (voice, hardingfele, mandolin) [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 26/Oct/2018 ] "Silent Night may be a conventional title, but the sounds of this Hirundo Maris disc are anything but…Even that over-roasted old chestnut 'Stille Nacht' sounds fresh in their crystalline arrangement." BBC Music |
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ANONYMOUS
Zarambeques Armoniosi Concerti / Juan Carlos Rivera [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 20/Mar/2007 ] The Spain of the 17th and 18th centuries saw dance music reach its moment of greatest brilliance. Tunes of archaic and rustic origins co-existed harmoniously with more recently introduced styles such as the fandango or minuet and with those with... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Zarambeques - Musica espanola de los siglos XVII y XVIII en torno a la guitarra Armoniosi Concerti / Juan Carlos Rivera (guitarra barocca) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Jan/2003 ] |
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PAISIELLO / GIULIANO / CAUDIOSO / CECERE
Concerti Napoletani per Mandolino ArteMandoline, Juan Carlos Muñoz (mandolin), Mari Fe Pavón (mandolin), Alla Tolkacheva (mandolin) [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Aug/2018 ] Artemandoline take their listeners on a musical journey to 18th-century Naples. |
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Atrium Musicae de Madrid, G.Paniagua
La Folia de la Spagna [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / CD - released 24/May/2004 ] "This is essentially an original composition, a series of variations on an ancient Spanish dance melody that has intrigued dozens of composers from Corelli and Vivaldi down to Liszt and Carl Nielsen." Washington Post |
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ANCIENT GREEK MUSIC
Musique de la Grece Antique [Ancient Greek Music] Atrium Musicae de Madrid / Gregorio Paniagua [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 20/Jul/2008 ] Whereas proofs of the greatness of Ancient Greek architecture and literature still exist in abundance, no more than a few scraps of their music have miraculously survived. They have been gathered together here for the first time in a partly... |
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TRADITIONAL
Al Andalus: Musique Arabo-Andalouse Atrium Musicae Madrid / Gregorio Paniagua [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] Atrium Musicae Madrid, Gregorio Paniagua |
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Aznach Ensemble
Zoura [ Harmonia Mundi / CD ] |
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BEETHOVEN / DEBUSSY / FAURE / SAINT-SAENS / etc
Proust, or How The Heart Skips A Beat (complete ballet recorded in 2007) Choreography by Roland Petit Ballet de l'Opéra National de Paris / Stéphanie Romberg / Eleonora Abbagnato / Manuel Legris / Koen Kessels (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques / Harmonia Mundi Distibution / DVD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] G - In 1974, Roland Petit, probably the greatest and certainly one of the most prolific of 20th century French choreographers he was the first person to create a work based on Proust's novel, A la recherche du temps perdu, completed in 1922, the... |
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ZELENKA / BACH / LOTTI
Thomas Hengelbrock conducts Zelenka, Bach & Lotti Balthasar Neumann Ensemble & Choir, Thomas Hengelbrock [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Oct/2010 ] "This is nothing short of revelatory." Gramophone Awards 2010 WINNER: Baroque Vocal |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Oster-Oratorium & Himmelfahrts-Oratorium [Easter & Ascension Oratorios] Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 27/Mar/2020 ] "No other group performing Bach can boast such a seductive elegance in its unforced balance, textural control and sophisticated turn of phrase." Gramophone, September 2003 |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Ich habe viel Bekammernis Cantatas BWV21 & BWV42 Barbara Schlick (sop) Garard Lesne (counter-tenor) Howard Crook (tenor) Peter Kooy (bass) La Chapelle Royale / Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 27/Mar/2020 ] Superbly constructed, the cantata Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis is incontestably one of Bach's finest works. The masterly arrangements of the material endows it with an emotional cohesion and a dramatic intensity worthy of the Passions and the Mass in B... |