HANDEL
Rene Jacobs: Singer & Teacher Rene Jacobs / Maria Cristina Kiehr / Susanne Ryden [ Harmonia Mundi / DVD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] One of a series edited by François Manceaux & Olivier Bernager in partnership with Arte & France Musique, uncovering great musicians of our time. |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Secular Cantatas [BWV201, 205, 213] RIAS Kammerchor & Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / 2 CD - released 16/Jun/2014 ] "immensely persuasive performances" (International Record Review) |
WOLFGANG RIHM
Choral Works: Sieben Passions-Texte / Astralis / Fragmenta Passionis RIAS Kammerchor / Hans-Christoph Rademann [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] "The RIAS Kammerchor's forces deftly apply the misty tonalities here" (The Independent) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Complete Liebeslieder Walzer, Op. 52 & 65 / Hungarian Dances RIAS Kammerchor, Justin Doyle, Angela Gassenhuber, Philip Mayers (piano four hands) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 4/Nov/2022 ] In these love songs in waltz style for chorus or solo voices accompanied by piano four hands, Brahms freely indulged his taste for Viennese folk music. The RIAS Kammerchor Berlin instils a wonderful inner life in these musical landscapes, sometimes... |
BRAHMS
Sacred Choral Music: Geistliche Chormusik RIAS Kammerchor / Marcus Creed [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] "The RIAS Chamber Choir produce a fine quality of homogenous tone and, under Marcus Creed, show themselves fully responsive to both words and music.The RIAS disc remains a strong recommendation, especially for its inclusion of the surviving Missa... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Nachtgesang RIAS Kammerchor, Martin Creed, with Birgit Remmert & Werner Gura [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 7/Jul/2017 ] Whether it be cheerful, melancholy, amorous or piously contemplative, the night - a favorite source of romantic inspiration if ever there was one - is the unbroken thread running throughout this recording on which we will find monumental pieces like... |
J. S. BACH
St Matthew Passion, BWV244 Werner Güra, Johannes Weisser, Sunhae Im, Bernarda Fink, Christina Roterberg, Topi Lehtipuu / Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2013 ] "the novelty lies in Jacobs' games with acoustics and space in his studio location in Berlin...this spatial separation keeps you listening intently and listening afresh. Jacobs's Passion is intimate, dramatic, conducted with audible love." (Times) |
KRENEK
Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae RIAS-Kammerchor / Marcus Creed [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] When Ernst Krenek wrote these Lamentations in 1941, his music had been banned by the Nazi regime as 'degenerate art' and he was an exile in the United States, where he earned his living as a teacher. Ingeniously combining the polyphonic tradition and... |
MENDELSSOHN
Motets : Psalm 100, Missa breve RIAS-Kammerchor / Marcus Creed [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 16/Sep/2000 ] One of the very last works of Felix Mendelssohn! |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Sacred & Profane (with works by Elgar, Stanford & Vaughan Williams) RIAS-Kammerchor, Marcus Creed [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/Jan/2014 ] From Elgar's 'Partsongs' (1904) to one of Britten's very last works, 'Sacred and Profane' (1975), here are some of the most beautiful pieces in the English a capella repertoire, many of them rarely recorded. All the composers here show the... |
Richard Egarr
Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier I [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 29/Oct/2007 ] |
W.A. MOZART
Fantasias & Rondos Richard Egarr (fortepiano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 7/Oct/2006 ] "Mr. Egarr [plays] with crisp abandon and ear-grabbing exuberance." - The New York Times (review of Mozart Violin Sonatas) |
HANDEL
8 'Great' Suites for Keyboard, HWV 426-433 Richard Egarr (harpsichord) [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2014 ] Printed in 1720, the 8 'Great' Suites were the first set of keyboard pieces that Handel chose to present to the London public. As performed here by Richard Egarr, this magnificent collection demonstrates Handel's unique 'orchestral' keyboard style... |
J.S. BACH
Per Cembalo Solo - Harpsichord Works Richard Egarr (harpsichord) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 11/Mar/2004 ] "Thrilling and revealing, this is Bach playing of real stature" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine (April 2004) |
J.S. BACH
Das Wohltemperierte Clavier [Well-Tempered Clavier] Vol 2 Richard Egarr (harpsichord) [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 20/May/2010 ] In Book I (1722) of his Well-Tempered Clavier, J.S. Bach set off on an unprecedented passage through all the tonalities available to him on the keyboard. Using the tuning that research suggests Bach himself advocated, Richard Egarr completes his... |
J.S. BACH
Goldberg Variations / 14 Canons Richard Egarr (harpsichord) [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 14/Apr/2006 ] "Uninhibited virtuosity… This is playing of real stature." - Gramophone, review of Per cembalo solo |
PURCELL
Keyboard Suites & Grounds Richard Egarr (harpsichord) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] Published a year after his death, Henry Purcell's eight keyboard suites were long overshadowed by his more celebrated works. They are the heirs to a characteristically English vein, shifting from humour to seriousness in delightfully casual fashion,... |
LOUIS COUPERIN
The Complete Harpsichord Works RIchard Egarr (harpsichord) [ Harmonia Mundi / 4 CD Box Set - released 3/Oct/2011 ] "Egarr revels in the variety, both harmonic and rhythmic, that this music contains, and the interpretative opportunities it offers. I don't think anyone, even Egarr, would suggest listening to all four of these CDs at a single sitting, but in smaller... |
J.S. BACH
Harpsichord Concertos BWV1052, BWV1053 & Triple BWV1044 (special price with Harmonia Mundi catalogue) Richard Egarr (harpsichord) / Academy of Ancient Music / Andrew Manze, director [ Harmonia Mundi / CD/Book - released 1/Mar/2009 ] "While Manze draws spirited playing from his ensemble, it's Egarr's intimately dramatic approach that really makes these discs special." ***** The Independent |
J. S. BACH
Motets, BWV225-230 Richard Myron (violin), Jan Freiheit (cello) & Tobias Schade (organ) / Vocalconsort Berlin, Marcus Creed [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] "The present recording makes a first-rate impression in every category, from the thoughtful programming to the exemplary performances to the vibrant, clear, naturally balanced sound." (10/10 ClassicsToday March 2011) |