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J. S. BACH
Bach: BWV...Or Not? Gli Incogniti, Amandine Beyer [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 6/Oct/2017 ] A programme of works attributed to - or transcribed by - Johann Sebastian Bach, whose common denominator is musical excellence. Amandine Beyer and Gli Incogniti pay fervent tribute to a period when copyright was unknown, but whose spirit testifies to... |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Concerti Per Esterhazy Amandine Beyer (violin), Marco Ceccato (cello), Gli Incogniti [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 26/Oct/2018 ] "Amandine Beyer is an eloquent soloist with her group, Gli Incogniti. Closely recorded, she is assertive and stylish. Marco Ceccato is a big, bold soloist in the famous C major Cello Concerto." Classical Music |
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BROUGHTON / DAVIS / DESPLAT / GIACCHINO / NEWMAN / WILLIAMS
Montage: Great film composers & the piano Gloria Cheng (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 25/Mar/2015 ] There is a misconception in the classical-music world that composers who spend most of their time writing film music long ago sacrificed whatever individual voices they may once have had. This album conveniently and unequivocally demonstrates... |
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MESSIAEN / SAARIAHO
The Edge of Light Gloria Cheng (piano), Members of the Calder Quartet [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 17/Mar/2013 ] "Listen to Messaien's glassy chords and Saariaho's cool rhapsodies and you can almost hear him...Debussy is the daddy. Exquisitely shaped playing and bold musicianship in a compelling, haunting disc." (The Independent) |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Cantatas For Bass Matthias Goerne (baritone), Freiburger Barockorchester, Gottfried von der Goltz [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 25/Aug/2017 ] "Freiburg Baroque are at the top of their game: lithe, shapely, tuneful...And the singing? Matthias Goerne is all breath and vowels and gravel and intensity." The Guardian, 17th August 2017 *** |
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STRAVINSKY / SZYMANOWSKI
Violin and piano works Graf Mourja - violin ; Natalia Gous - piano [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 15/Mar/2003 ] Born in 1973 in Vilak (Ukraine) into a family of Hungarian musicians, Graf Mourja began studying the violin at the age of three with his father as teacher. |
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JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
Rameau: Dardanus (complete opera [1739] recorded in 2015) DVD + Blu-ray Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux / Reinoud Van Mechelen, Gaëlle Arquez, Karina Gauvin, Florian Sempey, Nahuel Di Pierro / Raphaël Pichon (cond) [ Harmonia Mundi DVD + Blu-ray / 2 DVD - released 20/Sep/2016 ] This video was recorded live at performances of the original version of 'Dardanus' (1739) given at the Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux in April 2015, in a production by Michel Fau and choreography by Christopher Williams. Raphaël Pichon, the Ensemble... |
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BRAHMS
Quintets Op.111 & 115 Garard Caussa (viola) Michel Portal (clarinet) / Melos Quartett [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 1/Aug/2001 ] The supreme masterpiece among his chamber works featuring the clarinet, this sublime opus 115 is undoubtedly one of the composer's most popular works. |
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CHARPENTIER
David & Jonathas (complete) Gérard Lesne, Monique Zanetti, Jean-François Gardeil, Dominique Visse, Véronique Gens / Les Arts Florissants, William Christie [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2012 ] Released for the first time in 1988, 'David and Jonathan' is a timely reissue to coincide with Les Arts Florissants' concerts at the Edinburgh Festival, directed by William Christie. |
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NICOLA MATTEIS & OTHERS
Il genio inglese: Nicola Matteis, A Neapolitan in London Ground Floor, Alice Julien-Laferrière (violin) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 5/Jun/2020 ] Chamber Choice - BBC Music Magazine, November 2020 |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 5 Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, François-Xavier Roth [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 17/Nov/2017 ] Immortalized in Luchino Visconti's masterpiece "Death in Venice", Mahler's Symphony No. 5 (with its unforgettable Adagietto) today needs no introduction. Except to point out that the composer himself led its premiere some 113 years ago, conducting... |
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HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas / The Fairy Queen Guillemette Laurens, Jill Feldman, Agnes Mellon, Nancy Argenta, Lynne Dawson, Veronique Gens, Sandrine Piau / Les Arts Florissants, William Christie [ Harmonia Mundi / 3 CD Box Set - released 30/Jun/2014 ] "Purcell's semi-opera sounds fresh in this recording under Christie, with spirited playing from Les Arts Florissants and vivid singing from the large cast." (Five Stars BBC Music on The Fairy Queen) |
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Gustav Leonhardt
Bach, J.S.: Matthaus-Passion [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / 3 CD - released 11/Apr/2011 ] |
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HANDEL
Concerti Grossi Op. 3 Nos. 1-6, HWV312-317 The Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Aug/2009 ] "The Academy of Ancient Music is in world-beating form once more with this magnificent Handel disc. Egarr and the musicians play with dynamism and warmth which suggests that Egarr's tenure with this band is going to be a rewarding one. Long may it... |
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PACHELBEL
Un orage d'avril / April Storm Hans-Jörg Mammel (tenor) / Gli incogniti, Amandine Beyer [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 19/Feb/2016 ] Though the two bars of bass of a certain celebrated 'Canon' have made Pachelbel probably the most widely performed composer in the streets of the whole world, this sparkling programme invites you to make new discoveries in his oeuvre. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Luz y Norte The Harp Consort / Andrew Lawrence-King [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 4/Jan/1996 ] The Harp Consort, Andrew Lawrence-King |
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Harp Consort, Lawrence-King
Gautier de Coincy-Miracles of Notre-Dame [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 16/Jul/2003 ] "A brilliant and well informed presentation of tricky 13th-century repertoire… A haunting instrumental CD from the time of the troubadours.. remarkably convincing and satisfying. It is easy to agree that this is musicianship on a very high level."... |
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PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 3 Heath Quartet [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 28/Nov/2016 ] The Heath Quartet makes its harmonia mundi début with this contrasting programme of Tchaikovsky's String Quartets: his Quartet No. 1 (famed for its plaintive "Andante cantabile") and the tempestuous No. 3 (dedicated to the memory of Ferdinand... |
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Heinavanker
Songs of Olden Times: Estonian Folk Hymns and Runic Songs [ Harmonia Mundi / CD ] Here Heinavanker delves into Estonia's early sacred music and folklore through the prism of contemporary imagination in this evocative programme of ancient runic songs and folk hymns which range from joyful to reflective |
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HANDEL
Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne / Dixit Dominus Helene Guilmette (sop) Andreas Scholl (countertenor) Malcolm E.Bennet (ten) Andreas Wolf (bass) / Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin / Marcus Creed [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] "The choral work is excellent, stylistically apropos, and executed with requisite flair and energy. With these two pieces such an interesting coupling...the clear and spacious sound is only an added incentive." ***** Five stars AudAud.com (Oct 2009) |