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JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Missa Cellensis in honorem Beatissimae Virginis Marie Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle - RIAS Kamerchor [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 15/Nov/2019 ] "Altogether, there is much to discover in this little-known work, and the conductor Justin Doyle with his talented team of soloists and the RIAS Chamber Choice and Berlin Akademie für Alte Musik do it proud. Recommended." BBC Music Five Stars |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Scottish Airs Werner Güra (tenor) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 7/Apr/2014 ] These arrangements of Scottish traditional melodies are among the little-known gems of Haydn's later years. |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Etudes-Tableaux / etc Alexander Melnikov (piano), Elena Brilova (soprano) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 17/Jun/2016 ] "This stunning disc is finely recorded and makes you look forward to a further balance of songs and piano music from both these remarkable artists." Gramophone Magazine, April 2008 |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Concerto no.1 - Tragic Overture (with Cherubini: Éliza) Alexander Melnikov (piano), Sinfonieorchester Basel, Ivor Bolton [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 27/Aug/2021 ] With his First Concerto, the young Brahms set his own course in the wake of Beethoven and Schumann and at the same time poured forth his personal emotions in this work of impressive dimensions. The Russian soloist has chosen an instrument... |
THIERRY PECOU
L'Oiseau Innumerable Alexandre Tharaud (piano) / Ensemble Orchestral de Paris / Andrea Quinn [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Jun/2008 ] "..the perfect starting point for an adventurous new listener" (William Dart NZ Herald) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
O Ravishing Delight - English airs Alfred Deller (countertenor), with Desmond Dupré (lute and viola di gamba) [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 21/Jul/2017 ] The extraordinary voice of Alfred Deller, the countertenor pioneer who dominated this particular vocal register in the 1950s and '60s. He inspired Britten to write the role of Oberon for him in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' as well as the generations... |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Teatro alla Moda: Unpublished concertos for violin Amandine Beyer (violin) / Gli incogniti [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 25/Oct/2015 ] 1720: in his famous pamphlet 'Il teatro alla moda', the composer Marcello satirised the excesses of new-fangled Venetian opera. Cadenzas, variations, 'divismo', virtuosity, popular dances, assorted sound effects: nearly three centuries later, each of... |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas for alto / Cantatas for Solo Bass / German Cantatas [before Bach] Andreas Scholl (countertenor) Peter Kooy (bass) / Collegium Vocale Orchestra Philippe Herreweghe (conductor) [ Harmonia Mundi Herreweghe Bach Edition / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Oct/2010 ] "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) |
JOHN DOWLAND
Dowland: Crystal Tears (with bonus DVD) Andreas Scholl (counter-tenor) Julian Behr (lute) [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD/DVD - released 1/Jun/2008 ] "If you somehow haven't yet heard Andreas Scholl, don't hesitate to begin here; without doubt the rest of his recordings will soon find their way into your library. Scholl's existing fans will need no encouragement! Highly... |
JOHANN LADISLAUS DUSSEK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dussek: Sonatas Vol II Andreas Staier (fortepiano) [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 18/Apr/1995 ] Like his contemporary Clementi, Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760-1812) was one of a new breed of itinerant composer-virtuosos, feted in salons and palaces from London to St Petersburg. He was also something of a chancer, reputedly implicated in a plot to... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Cello Sonatas, Op. 102 - Bagatelles, Opp. 119 & 126 Andreas Staier (fortepiano), Roel Dieltiens (cello) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 2/Sep/2022 ] "Devotees of Beethoven on period instruments will need no further encouragement. But sceptics, too, could do a lot worse than start here" Gramophone |
JOHANN LUDWIG BACH
Bach, (J.L.): Trauermusik Anna Prohaska, Ivonne Fuchs, Maximilian Schmitt, Andreas Wolf / RIAS-Kammerchor / Hans-Christoph Rademann [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Jan/2011 ] "Harmonia Mundi's presentation is superb. The sound is wonderfully clear and full. The documentation is excellent, including some fine colour illustrations. Johann Ludwig Bach's masterpiece has been splendidly served here" |
VARIOUS
American Angels: Songs of hope, redemption & glory Anonymous 4 [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Feb/2004 ] Anonymous 4's release explores the beauty and power of early American sacred music. |
JORG WIDMANN
Widmann : Viola Concerto / 24 Duos / Jagdquartett Antoine Tamestit (viola), Symphonieorchester der Bayerischen Rundfunks, cond. Daniel Harding, Signum Quartett, Marc Bouchkov (violin) & Bruno Philippe [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 2/Mar/2018 ] "What is undeniable is the commitment of Tamestit as he plays, moves and sometimes shouts his way through a score more distinctive for its gestural immediacy than its thematic content." Gramophone |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Viola Sonatas / Zwei Gesange Op. 91 Antoine Tamestit (viola), Cédric Tiberghien (piano), Matthias Goerne (baritone) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 30/Apr/2021 ] "The playing of these two fine artists offers high-class musical riches at every point, Tamestit finding a ceaseless range of tone-colours that always sounds natural rather than contrived." - BBC Music Magazine 4/5 Stars |
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH / GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Bach: Two Cantatas BWV 82 & BWV 56 / Handel: Arias from 'Susanna' & 'Messiah' Arcadian Academy and friends, The Baroque Choral Guild, Nicholas McGegan, with William Parker (baritone) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 19/May/1991 ] An exquisite program of chamber music |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Selva morale e spirituale Balthasar Neumann Ensemble, Pablo Heras-Casado [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Dec/2017 ] "You'll find everything from grand ensembles to intimate solo confessionals, and this recording is best suited to the latter...individual musicians and singers of the Balthasar Neumann are wonderful, and they shine in their nimble duos and trios." |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Che Puro Ciel - The Rise of Classical Opera Bejun Mehta (counter-tenor) / Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 29/Dec/2013 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD NOMINATION 2014 |
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HANDEL
Ombra Cara [with bonus DVD] Bejun Mehta (counter-tenor) Freiburger Barockorchester, Renee Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi / CD/DVD - released 20/Nov/2010 ] "This is, inexplicably, his first recital CD. It's superb." (10/10 ClassicsToday Feb 2011) |
SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN / BRAHMS / WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert / Schumann / Brahms / Wagner: Les Filles Du Rhin / Rhinemaidens Bernarda Fink (mezzo), Anneke Scott, Joseph Walters, Olivier Picon, Chris Larkin (horns) Ensemble Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 18/Mar/2016 ] "The vocal ensemble Pygmalion, resident at the Opera de Bordeaux, are suitably seductive sirens - and even Bernarda Fink makes a cameo appearance in Schubert's D920 Grillparzer Ständchen, her serenading awash with fellow female songsters, and harp." |
