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FRANCOIS COUPERIN
Couperin: L'Alchimiste- Vol 1 de l'intégrale pour clavecin - Un petit théâtre du Monde Bertrand Cuiller [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 31/Aug/2018 ] A miniature Theatre of the World. This box set launches a new complete recording of François Couperin's works for harpsichord: an extensive selection of vocal pieces and chamber music and the organ masses will be gathered around this rich corpus,... |
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FRANCOIS COUPERIN
Couperin: Les années de jeunesse Bertrand Cuiller (harpsichord) [ Harmonia Mundi / 3 CD - released 29/May/2020 ] For the second volume in his Couperin series, keyboard virtuoso Bertrand Cuiller paints a portrait of a young Couperin who, at the age of only seventeen, was appointed organist of Saint-Gervais in Paris - a prestigious position to attain at any age.... |
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The Boston Camerata, Anne Azéma
Free America! Early songs of Resistance & Rebellion [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 13/Sep/2019 ] The United States of America, a promised land? Free America! celebrates the ideas and hopes which preoccupied the young American Republic in the years 1770-1860: the need for freedom of assembly, a willingness to rebel and go into battle fully... |
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TRADITIONAL
Jewish Baroque Boston Camerata, Joel Cohen [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 27/Jun/2011 ] The words you will be hearing on this recording are sung in Hebrew, a language evolved and first spoken in the Holy Land; yet the music which accompanies these liturgical texts is European through and through, recalling the cultural ethos not of... |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem op.45 [A German Requiem] Christiane Oelze / Gerald Finley / La Chapelle Royale / Collegium Vocale Gent / Orchestre des Champs-AlysACes / Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] 'Herreweghe's innate sense of Brahms's musical lines is evident everywhere as he sculpts this works. Herreweghe's combined choirs respond magnificently to his direction.' - Stereophile |
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BRAHMS
Lieder Bernarda Fink (mezzo) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Apr/2007 ] "In heartbreak or happiness, this distinctive singer is a delight in Brahms...Harmonia Mundi's superb vocal recitals this month are totally different. And yet all are united by an emotional honesty on the part of the singer. Bernarda Fink's tone is... |
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BERLIOZ
Les Nuits D'ete, Op. 7 / Herminie - Scene lyrique (cantata) Brigitte Balleys & Mireille Delunsch / Orchestre des Champs Elysees / Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] Brigitte Balleys & Mireille Delunsch |
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BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / CHOPIN / SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN
"Romantic" (10 CD boxset) Brigitte Engerer, Bernarda Fink, Werner Güra, Philippe Herreweghe, Régis Pasquier, Roland Pidoux, Jean-Claude Pennetier, Alain Planès, and many more [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / 10 CD Box Set - released 25/Oct/2011 ] An amazing 10-CD bargain boxes from Harmonia Mundi of classic recordings from their catalogue. We know from experience that these will sell out quickly: incredible price, limited edition, while stocks last. |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Works for two pianos and four-hand piano Brigitte Engerer, Oleg Maisenberg (pianos) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/2018 ] "Engerer and Maisenberg are wholly successful." - Gramophone |
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KURT WEILL
The Seven Deadly Sins / Songs Brigitte Fassbaender (soprano) / Radio-Philharmonie Hannover des NDR [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 31/Mar/2008 ] "Fassbaender is one of the most intelligent vocalists around. She makes no attempt to do anything but sing the text with a maximum of interpretive nuance, and the result is a triumph. (…) A captivating performance." - CD Review |
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EDISON DENISOV
Au plus haut des cieux Brigitte Peyré (soprano) / Ensemble Orchestral Contemporain, Daniel Kawka [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Dec/2012 ] Edison Denisov (1929-1996) studied with Shebalin at the Moscow Conservatory, where he later taught instrumentation and, from 1990, composition. |
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MOZART / BRITTEN / FRANCAIX / KNUSSEN
A Tribute To Janet Britten Oboe Quartet [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Sep/2017 ] The Britten Oboe Quartet here makes its debut with a programme of its core repertory. It naturally includes the great Mozart Quartet K.370 and Britten's own Phantasy op.2, but also two pieces that have a special resonance for the distinguished oboist... |
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Broadbent/Theatre Voices/Hilli
Part: De Profundis (Old Versn) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 4/Mar/1997 ] |
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Brown/Jacobs/Oae/Dawson/Joshua
Purcell: Dido & Aeneas [ Harmonia Mundi / CD ] |
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BERLIOZ
La Mort d'Ophalie (Songs for chorus) Bruce Brewer (tenor) Jean-Philippe Courtis (baritone) Noel Lee (piano) / Choeur de chambre de l'Orchestre National de Lyon / Bernard Tatu [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 16/Jun/2003 ] Pure France - All the songs of Berlioz written for soloists, chorus and orchestra |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Complete Cello Suites Bruno Philippe (cello) [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 15/Apr/2022 ] Bruno Philippe conceives Bach's Suites for solo cello as a veritable existential journey, from life to death and resurrection. Forgoing metal strings for their historical gut equivalents, the young French artist offers us an inward, deeply moving... |
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BEETHOVEN / SCHUBERT
Beethoven: "Kreutzer" sonata / Schubert: Appeggione sonata / etc Bruno Philippe (cello Tononi) & Tanguy de Williencourt (Steinway piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / Harmonia Nova Series / CD - released 6/Oct/2017 ] Bruno Philippe, most recently a prizewinner at the 2017 edition of the prestigious Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels, already enjoys a high profile on today's musical scene and appears widely in France and abroad with his chamber partner Tanguy... |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Sinfonia concertante & Sonata Bruno Philippe (cello Tononi) & Tanguy de Williencourt (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 18/Oct/2019 ] With this new album devoted to Prokofiev, cellist Bruno Philippe continues his exploration of Russian music. Having already recorded a recital of Rachmaninov's and Myaskovsky's Sonatas with Jérôme Ducros, here he is reunited with his long-time... |
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RACHMANINOV / MYASKOVSKY
Sonatas for cello and piano Bruno Philippe & Jérôme Ducros [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 8/Feb/2019 ] After a first album as part of the harmonia nova collection, which resulted in a well-deserved Victoire de la Musique Classique (category new instrumental soloist), Bruno Philippe continues his path on the harmonia mundi label. This programme devoted... |
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Bulgaria
El Canto De Los Ninos 11 [ Harmonia Mundi / CD ] |