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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Violin Sonatas 1-3 Renaud Capucon (violin) Nicholas Angelich (piano) [ Erato Classics / CD - released 16/Sep/2005 ] "Beautifully considered performances taking an expansive, romantic view" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine Nov 2005 |
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OFFENBACH / FLOTOW / GIORDANO / PUCCINI / MASCAGNI / VERDI / etc
Opera Recital Rolando Villazon (tenor) / Bayerischer Rundfunkchor / Munchner Rundfunkorchester / Michel Plasson [ Erato / CD - released 25/Feb/2006 ] "If you want play the comparisons game, then Villazón has some of the breathy tone of Neil Shicoff, the phrasing and attack of Domingo and occasionally some of the lovelier crooning effects (without the scooping) of José Cura. But Villazón is clearly... |
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W. A. MOZART / RICHARD STRAUSS
Mozart & Strauss: Lieder Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Mathieu Pordoy (piano), with Vilde Frang (violin) [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 3/May/2024 ] "Devieilhe and Pordoy's interpretations of Strauss's Ständchen and In Schwebe, and Mozart's Das Veilchen are among the countless delights here, radiating purity, clarity and musicality" Sunday Times |
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ANTONIO SOLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Soler, A: Concertos (6) for two organs / Sonatas for harpsichord Tini Mathot, Ton Koopman (organs), Scott Ross (harpsichord) [ Erato Ultima / 2 CD - released 23/Sep/1999 ] Antonio Soler (1729-1783) was a scholar, musicologist (he wrote about the history of Spanish music), composer and virtuoso keyboard player. |
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ALEXANDER SCARLATTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Scarlatti: Alexandre Tharaud plays Scarlatti Alexandre Tharaud (piano) [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 20/Mar/2011 ] "Tharaud brings all of the resources of the modern grand piano to Scarlatti's music and is unapologetically pianistic in his approach." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb March 2011) |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Goldberg Variations Alexandre Tharaud (piano) [ Erato CD + DVD / 2 CD/DVD - released 16/Oct/2015 ] Music of the Baroque era - Bach keyboard concertos and Scarlatti sonatas - already features in the eclectic Erato catalogue of the French pianist Alexandre Tharaud. Now he is giving us his interpretation of one of the monuments of the repertoire for... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Alexandre Tharaud - Le poète du piano Alexandre Tharaud (piano) with various orchestras & conductors [ Erato / 3 CD - released 23/Oct/2020 ] Thirty years of recording. A discography built from stones of many different, and sometimes clashing, colours, but a discography with a broad and solid structure, a kind of self-portrait. |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Tharaud Plays Rachmaninov Alexandre Tharaud (piano) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Alexander Vedernikov, with Sabine Devieilhe (soprano) [ Erato / CD - released 14/Oct/2016 ] "After the famous introductory bars - following the score rather than the composer's recording - the sweeping first subject enters faster, thankfully, than Richter's celebrated account but with the same majestic assurance" Gramophone Award Nomination |
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RAMEAU / ROYER / COUPERIN / D'ANGLEBERT / DUPHLY
Versailles Alexandre Tharaud (piano), with Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Justin Taylor (piano) [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 5/Nov/2019 ] "His sense of characterisation and fine detailing is everywhere apparent… Even for aficionados of this repertoire there are surprises to be had" Gramophone Editor's Choice Feb 2020 |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Harpsichord Concertos BWV 1052,1053,1056,1057, 1059, 1058, 1054 Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra / Ton Koopman [ Erato Duo Bonsai / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/1990 ] Recorded at Eglise Walone, Amsterdam, Holland.1988 - 1989 |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Brandenburg Concertos [complete] Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra / Ton Koopman [ Erato Duo Bonsai / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/1990 ] Recorded at Eglise Walone, Amsterdam, Holland.1985 |
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SCHUMANN / LEKEU / FRANCK / PROKOFIEV / D'INDY / SATIE
Catherine Collard: The Complete Erato, EMI & Virgin Classics Recordings Anne Queffelec (piano) with Catherine Courtois (violin) & Anna Queffelec (piano) / Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Marek Janowski [ Erato / Warner Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 13/Sep/2024 ] "No pianist understands the atmosphere of this music or can sharpen its wit more tellingly than Anne Queffelec...she is joined spiritedly by Catherine Collard in the four-handed Trois morceaux en forme de poire." (Gramophone on the Satie) |
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SCARLATTI / DEBUSSY/ RAVEL / BEETHOVEN / FAURE / SATIE / etc
Anne Queffélec - The Complete Erato Recordings Anne Queffelec (piano) with Pierre Amoyal (violin), Imogen Cooper (piano), Frédéric Lodéon (cello) & others [ Erato / Warner Classics / 21 CD Box Set - released 18/Jan/2022 ] A pianist whose exceptional intelligence and sensitivity draws on her effervescent spirit, Anne Queffélec learned her craft in both Paris and Vienna. Her close relationship with Erato, which dates back to 1970, has produced a rich discography. |
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NINO ROTA
Rota: Works For Harp Anneleen Lenaerts (harp), Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Brussels Philharmonic, Adrien Perruchon [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 25/Mar/2019 ] As Anneleen Lenaerts proves, Nino Rota brought the same gifts to his music for harp as he did to such unforgettable film scores as The Godfather, La dolce vita and Romeo and Juliet. "What could be better than to sweep an audience away and give them a... |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 3 Artemis Quartet [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 20/Sep/2015 ] The Artemis Quartet pairs Brahms' intense first quartet with his lighter-spirited third quartet, both works that the Artemis' cellist, Eckart Runge, describes as "remarkable and multi-faceted". He says that "Brahms marries a Romantic spirit with the... |
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ANTONIN DVOARK
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 "From The new World" / American Suite Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Nathalie Stutzmann [ Erato / CD - released 30/Aug/2024 ] The first album from Natalie Stutzmann as conductor features DvoĆák's well known Symphony no.9 "From the New World" and the lesser known American Suite. |
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ERNEST CHAUSSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Chausson: Symphony Op.20 / Viviane Op,5 Basler Sinfonie Orchester, Armin Jordan [ Erato / CD - released 27/Jan/2003 ] "...the symphonic poem Viviane, Op. 5 based on the legend of the Round Table, has apposite Wagnerian shifts of harmony and is pleasant on the ear. It dates from 1882, around seven years before the Symphony, though it was revised by the meticulous... |
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ARTHUR HONEGGER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Honegger: Symphonies 1-5 / Pacific 231 / Rugby Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Charles Dutoit [ Erato Ultima / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/1998 ] "There's enough variety and invention here to convince anyone that Honegger is a grievously under-rated composer. The Bavarioan Radio Orchestra under Charles Dutoit plays with dedication." Five Stars BBC Music Mag (June 2006) |
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ERIK SATIE / JOHN CAGE
Letter(s) to Erik Satie Bertrand Chamayou (piano) [ Erato / CD - released 8/Dec/2023 ] "the challenge with these deceptively simple pieces is to maintain perfect balance, weight, poise and equilibrium in the music throughout, alongside a clear sense of line and unswerving tempo." Gramophone WINNER 2024 - Concept Album |
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PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTAKLE: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa [ Erato Exhibition / CD - released 10/Apr/1994 ] Originally recorded at the Symphony Hall, Boston, on April 26th, 1986 |