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CORELLI
Mr. Corelli in London [with FREE Harmonia Mundi catalogue] Maurice Steger (recorder) / The English Concert, Laurence Cummings [ Harmonia Mundi / CD/Book - released 15/Jan/2015 ] "Steger's playing is unfailingly seductive; the English Concert under Cummings is equally delectable." Stephen Pettitt, Sunday Times, 18 April 2010 |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Concerti per flauto Maurice Steger (recorders) / I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 15/Oct/2014 ] "This wonderful compilation will find its most appreciative audience in recorder enthusiasts or fans of Vivaldi. However, I found the whole collection delightful, with outstanding, dedicated performances and excellent sound quality" (AudAud.com) |
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Maya Youssef
Syrian Dreams [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 17/Nov/2017 ] Maya Youssef, qānūn Barney Morse-Brown, cello Sebastian Flaig, percussions (doholla, bells, riq, frame drums, tamburiq, cymbal, pitched udu) Attab Haddad, oud |
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Medlam/London Baroque
Marais:la Gamme [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 17/Jul/2000 ] |
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BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor Op.125 'Choral' Melanie Diener / Petra Lang / Endrik Wottrich / Dietrich Henschel / Collegium Vocale / Orchestre des Champs Alysees / Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'Abord / CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] his title was released for the first time in 1999 and was one of the first to use Jonathan del Mar's edition in which textual errors and ambiguities are corrected. |
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JEAN GILLES
Requiem & Diligam te, Domine Mellon, Gens, Crook, Hervé Lamy, Kooy / La Chapelle Royale, Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 30/Jun/2014 ] Herreweghe's 1990 performance was the first modern reading of Gilles' celebrated Requiem from manuscript |
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Melos Quartet
Sibelius - String Quartet. / Verdi - String Quartet. [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 20/Nov/2003 ] "The Melos Quartet are well up to the challenge; there are some moments of magnificent (almost orchestral) tonal splendour and complete intonational unanimity." (International Record Review) |
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DVORAK
String Quartets Op.105 & 106 Melos Quartett [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Aug/2001 ] A new recording of some of the many Dvorak Quartets |
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ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: String Quintets Op.81 & 97 / Quartets Op.34 & 96 'American' Melos Quartett with Garard Caussa (viola) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/2018 ] " every one of the works is a chamber music masterpiece of the highest rank. And every performance is likewise chamber music playing of the highest order. The Melos is charmingly evocative in the "American" quartet, stoutly south German in the piano |
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Mena/Rivera/Gallego
Victoria: Et Lesum [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 5/Apr/2004 ] |
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AGRICOLA.
Chansons & Viol Music Michael Chance (countertenor) / Fretwork [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 11/Sep/2006 ] Fretwork commemorates the 500th anniversary of the death of Alexander Agricola with this programme of his secular music, songs (sung by Michael Chance), and a first recording of Fabrice Fitch's agricologies - a cycle inspired by the Renaissance master |
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Michael Sheppard
Rodgers/Barber/Crumb/Bolcom [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 26/Nov/2007 ] |
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BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Symphonies transcribed for piano by Franz Liszt Michel Dalberto, Jean-Claude Pennetier, Alain Planès [ Harmonia Mundi / 7 CD ] This box set assembles the complete Beethoven symphonies, patiently transcribed for piano over a quarter of a century and recorded for harmonia mundi by a glittering array of soloists in the late 1980s. Liszt's assiduity in this task reminds us of... |
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Michel Portal - clarinet, Ensemble Musique Vivante, Diego Masson
Boulez - Domaines [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 1/Aug/2001 ] Domaines can now be seen as one of the key works of the 20th century |
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W.A. MOZART
Clarinet Quintet / Clarinet Trio Michel Portal (clarinet) Ragis Pasquier, Roland Daugareil, Bruno Pasquier, Roland Pidoux, Jean-Claude Pennetier [ Harmonia Mundi Mozart Edition / CD - released 1/Oct/2005 ] "This kind of playing is not often heard these days, for we seem to be obsessed with brilliance and energy. Everything just flows into its proper place, and the beauty of Mozart's world shines forth. Michel Portal is a sensitive clarinettist,... |
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Midori Aam Berlin: Seiler
Telemann:suites La Bizarre [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 11/Mar/2002 ] |
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VIVALDI
Vivaldi - The Four Seasons Midori Seiler (solo violin), Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Feb/2010 ] Following the stage production in which the orchestra joined forces with a dancer. Encouraged by the outstanding success of these performances, the Akademie für Alte Musik was keen to rerecord the works in the studio... |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Four Seasons (with Rebel - Les Elements) [with FREE Harmonia Mundi catalogue] Midori Seiler (violin) / Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin [ Harmonia Mundi / CD/Book - released 15/Jan/2015 ] "Berlin's Akademie delivers an elegant performance with piquant avian effects." The Independent, 31st January 2010 |
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Miguel Poveda
Poemas Del Exilio [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/May/2004 ] |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Turn of the Screw, The (complete opera recorded 1n 2001) Festival d'Aix-en-Provence / Mireille Delunsch, Gregory Monk / Mahler Chamber Orchestra / Daniel Harding / Luc Bondy [ Bel Air Classiques / Harmonia Mundi Distibution / DVD - released 29/Jul/2005 ] G :- "Richard Peduzzi's set of sliding walls and panels is elegantly simple; Miller, McLaughlin and the two children sing their roles very well. Daniel Harding's conducting with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra really takes risks..." --The Guardian |