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Sequentia
Music For Paradise - The Best [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 14/Jan/2013 ] |
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ANDRE CAPLET
Conte fantastique / Les priares / Divertissements / Septet / etc (rec 1992) Sharon Coste (Soprano), Sandrine Piau (soprano), Sylvie Deguy (mezzo) / Ensemble: Musique Oblique [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 11/Jul/2006 ] "This is music for connoisseurs and especially for those with an interest to follow up in Debussy's circle … but do not expect a Debussy apprentice." (MusicWeb Bargain of the Month June 2006) |
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MOZART
Mozart: Requiem La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent, Orchestre des Champs-ÉlyséesPhilippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 19/Jul/2019 ] Tired by his many voyages around Europe ever since he had been rejected in Vienna, Mozart could not find the strength to honour his promise to compose a Requiem in record time for the person who had commissioned it. |
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HANDEL
La Maga Abbandonata Simone Kermes / Maite Beaumont / Il Complesso Barocco / Alan Curtis [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / Hybrid SACD - released 2/May/2007 ] The two singers on this disc are outstanding. Simone Kermes, familiar to Handel lovers from Peter Neumann's impressive German recordings of Saul and Belshazzar, and who has recorded the title-role in Curtis's Deidamia, is a clean and focussed soprano... |
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PERGOLESI / PORPORA / HASSE / LEO / VINCI
Lava: Opera arias from 18th Century Naples Simone Kermes (soprano) / Le Musiche Nove, Claudio Osele [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Oct/2010 ] "Simone Kermes's… is…a fearless risk-taker of uncommon artistic range and technical prowess... all 12 of the disc's items are delightful." Five Stars BBC Music |
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CHRISTOPHER SIMPSON
Simpson: The Seasons Sirius Viols: Hille Perl, Marthe Perl, Frauke Hess [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 26/May/2017 ] "[Sirius Viols] balance eloquence and virtuosity here in a finely-judged equilibrium. Their sound is pellucid, ensemble and articulation flawless." BBC Music chamber Choice May 2017 |
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TRADITIONAL
Cantiques de l'Orient: Hymns from Lebanon Sister Marie Keyrouz / L'Ensemble de la Paix [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] Soeur Marie Keyrouz & L' Ensemble de la Paix |
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TRADITIONAL
Cantiques de l’Orient: tradition Melchite Sister Marie Keyrouz / L’Ensemble de la Paix [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 20/Mar/2012 ] |
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TRADITIONAL
Chant Byzantin Sister Marie Keyrouz [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 29/Sep/2008 ] In the Byzantine Rite, the Office of Matins for Holy Saturday is a meditation on the mystery of Christ asleep in the tomb, deeply imbued with faith and hope. As for the chants for Matins of Easter Day, they are the most splendid in the entire... |
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MISSA
Les plus belles messes de l'histoire musicale: the finest masses in musical history Soloists / Choeur et Orchestre du Collegium Vocale Gent / La Chapelle Royale / RIAS-Kammerchor / Philippe Herrewege / Marcus Creed [ Harmonia Mundi / 3 CD - released 10/Sep/2008 ] From the contrapuntal summits of the Renaissance to the great solemn Masses of Bach, Mozart and Beethoven, from Romantic renewal to contemporary disillusion: Harmonia mundi invite you to discover generous excerpts from the Masses that have made history! |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Harmonie du Soir- Mélodies, songs Sophie Karthäuser (soprano), Stéphane Degout (baritone) / Eugene Asti (piano), Alain Planès (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 24/Aug/2018 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 TOP THREE - Solo Vocal |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626 Sophie Karthauser, Marie-Claude Chappuis, Maximilian Schmitt, Johannes Weisser Freiburger Barockorchester, RIAS Kammerchor, René Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 15/Nov/2017 ] "The results are sometimes stimulating, often jarring. There is fine work from the soloists under René Jacobs, and plenty of force in his direction" Observer |
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GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI
Septem verba a Christo (in cruce moriente prolata) Sophie Karthäuser, Christophe Dumaux, Julien Behr, Konstantin Wolff / Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Rene Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Feb/2013 ] "this hybrid cycle of seven early-18th-century cantatas based on the Seven Last Words is deeply impressive...The mood ranges wide, from fiery, coloratura-laden anger to a touching lyricism." Sunday Times |
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MICHEL-RICHARD de LALANDE
Leçons De Ténèbres Sophie Karthäuser (soprano) / Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Nov/2015 ] "Karthauser's plangent singing covers a broad range of dynamic expression without ever obscuring a refined emotional essence, and tasteful embellishments always serve the meaning of the Lamentation texts." (Gramophone) |
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FRANCIS POULENC
Poulenc: Les Anges musiciens Sophie Karthäuser (soprano), Eugene Asti (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 7/Apr/2014 ] Belgian soprano Sophie Karthäuser studied with Noelle Barker at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. She is now in great demand in the foremost international venues. |
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HUGO WOLF
Wolf: Kennst du das Land [lieder by Goethe, Eichendorff, Mörike] Sophie Karthäuser (soprano) & Eugene Asti (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Sep/2016 ] "Karthäuser here proves herself a natural in Lieder...With her fresh, limpid soprano and sharp feeling for character and nuance, she gives unfailing delight in the these settings...[Asti] is a model partner, commentator and animator." (Gramophone) |
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Spencer Myer
Debussy/Kohs/Copland/Busoni [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 26/Nov/2007 ] |
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Staier/Freiburger Barock
Haydn: Keyboard Concs 4/6/11 [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Jan/2005 ] |
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SCHUMANN
Carnaval / Papillons Stefan Vladar (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'Abord / CD - released 20/Feb/2013 ] To plunge into the intoxicating triple-time rhythms of Robert Schumann's waltzes and polonaises from Opus 2 to Opus 26 is to cross the ballroom of his first creative decade, the years he devoted to the piano, the instrument that was an extension of... |
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CHOPIN
Preludes Op.28 / Ballades Stefan Vladar (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Feb/2004 ] Stefan Vladar (born 1965) won the Beethoven Competition in Vienna in 1985, where he was also the youngest participant. He has recorded previously for Sony, and is also active as a conductor with the Grosses Orchester Graz. |