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HANDEL / SCHUMANN / BRAHMS / BRUCKNER / etc
Nikolaus Harnoncourt: A Portrait Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) / various orchestras [ Erato / Warner Classics Inspiration / CD - released 10/Feb/2015 ] He began as a revolutionary in the cause of "original sound" before turning to the great Classical and Romantic symphonies - and making his own personal mark on them: Nikolaus Harnoncourt - one of the most significant conductors of modern times. |
BIZET / FAURE / MOZART / FALLA / STRAVINSKY / SCRIABIN / WOLF / DENISOV / etc
Barenboim conducts Orchestre de Paris: Complete EMI Classics & Erato Recordings Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim, with Kathleen Battle, Waltraud Meier, Ann Murray, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Itzhak Perlman & others [ Warner Classics / 15 CD Box Set - released 13/Mar/2026 ] Daniel Barenboim served as the Chief Conductor of the Orchestre de Paris from 1975 to 1989, following Charles Munch, Herbert von Karajan and Georg Solti, starting the role at the age of 33. His tenure was marked by a strong commitment to both the... |
ETIENNE-NICOLAS MEHUL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mehul: Stratonice (complete opera recorded in 1996) Patricia Petibon, Yann Beuron, Étienne Lescroart, Karl Daymond / Capella Coloniensis & Corona Coloniensis, William Christie [ Erato / Warner Classics The Opera Collection / CD - released 12/Oct/2009 ] "William Christie brings out all the nuances in Méhul's score; and the dialogue is admirably spoken and paced by all - obviously well produced and intelligently performed." Gramophone |
LANDI
Il Sant'Alessio (Complete Opera) Maryseult Wieczorek / Patricia Petibon / Mhairi Lawson / Christopher Josey / Les Arts Florissants / William Christie [ Erato / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2007 ] William Christie and Les Arts Florissants have created a new production of Landi Il Sant'Alessio which was given its premiere at the Théâtre de Caen, Normandie on 16 October, 2007 |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI / ANTONIO SARTORIO / LUIGI ROSSI
Philippe Jaroussky - La Storia di Orfeo Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Emőke Baráth (soprano) / I Barocchisti, Coro della Radiotelevisione svizzera, Diego Fasolis [ Erato / CD - released 25/Mar/2017 ] With Philippe Jaroussky's new album, Storia di Orfeo, the French countertenor realises a long-held dream: to portray the mythic Orpheus in his many guises, an inspiration for the very first opera and beyond. |
De BAILLY / BATAILLE / BOESSET / GUEDRON / LAMBERT / MOULINE / etc
Passacalle de la Follie Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor) / L'Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar (theorbo, director) [ Erato / CD - released 3/Mar/2023 ] This recording shines a spotlight on chamber music composed for the French court at the turn of the 17th century: a subtle and refined art form, performed in the salons of the era and accompanying a topic that dominated courtly society at the time |
NICOLA PORPORA
Porpora: Farinelli Arias Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor) / Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon, with Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo) [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 26/Aug/2014 ] "Jaroussky's rapid passagework in quick heroic arias is precise...but the outstanding moments are slow arias that could have been tailor-made for Jaroussky's sweetly graceful melodic singing." Gramophone Awards 2014 Shortlisted - Recital |
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CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (complete 1774 Naples version] Philippe Jaroussky, Iestyn Davies, Andreas Scholl, Gérard Lesne, James Bowman, David DQ Lee, Dominique Visse, Derek Lee Ragin [ Erato / CD - released 5/May/2018 ] "This brilliant recording of Gluck's famous opera has a vibrancy from start to finish. It flows along really nicely, a lively pace that is never hurried. All parts make a great whole with three superb soloists " Nicholas Butler/Marbecks |
VIVALDI / HANDEL / HASSE / GLUCK / MOZART / J. C. BACH / ROSSINI
Angel Voices. The Magic Of The Castrato Philippe Jaroussky, James Bowman, René Jacobs, Max Emanuel Cencic, Gérard Lesne, David Daniels [ Erato Inspiration / CD - released 2/Feb/2011 ] The fascination engendered by castrati is a remarkable phenomenon of music history. From Handel's time up to the days of Mozart and Rossini, these vocal prodigies were the leading attraction of the world of opera. |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons & other concertos Piero Toso (violin) / I Solisti Veneti, Claudio Scimone [ Erato / CD - released 7/Mar/1973 ] "I have several other recordings that feature the ensemble I Solisti Veneti under the skilled direction of Claudio Scimone. They are consistently impressive in this late-baroque repertoire in which they specialise." MusicWeb |
KERN / RODGERS / ARLEN / PORTER / AZNAVOUR / SHEARING / etc
Songbook Pierre Génisson (clarinet) Bruno Fontai (piano), with Thibaut Garcia (guitar) [ Erato Warner Classics / CD - released 8/Nov/2024 ] The latest album from French clarinetist Pierre Génisson includes a laid-back mix of material taken from the American Songbook and from French popular repertoire. He is accompanied by pianist Bruno Fontaine, along with several other special guests,... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 17 & 20 Piotr Anderszewski (piano and conductor) / Scottish Chamber Orchestra [ Erato Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/2006 ] "In both these concertos everything is perfectly in proportion; the drama is never over-played in the D minor, while the slow movement of the G major is made that concerto's emotional heart" (Guardian) |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY / MAURICE RAVEL / BENJAMIN ATTAHIR
Debussy/Ravel/Attahir: String Quartets (CD+DVD) Quatuor Arod [ Erato / Warner Classics CD+DVD / CD - released 27/Oct/2023 ] "I find it hard to decide which I enjoyed more: the performances of the three works or the DVD providing background information about the players and their attitude to their task." BBC Music |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: String Quartets Nos 4, 12 "Quartettsatz" & 14 "Death & the Maiden" Quatuor Arod [ Erato / CD - released 2/Oct/2020 ] "The Arod always compel with their questing imagination, both in the two masterpieces and in the C major Quartet, tossed off by the teenage Schubert in five days flat." Gramophone |
ANTON WEBERN / ARNOLD SCHOENBERG / ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY
The Mathilde Album Quatuor Arod, with Elsa Dreisig (soprano) [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 22/Nov/2019 ] "The coupling is as unique as it is insightful, and comparisons would seem beside the point: it's an outstanding album." Gramophone Editor's Choice November 2019 |
J. S. BACH
Bach For My Baby Ralph Kirshbaum (cello), Piotr Anderszewski (piano), Taverner Choir & Players, Andrew Parrott, Pierre Hantaï (harpsichord), English Chamber Orchestra [ Warner Classics / Erato Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2017 ] The music most people call "classical"--works by composers such as Bach, Beethoven, or Mozart--is different from music such as rock and country. Classical music has a more complex musical structure. Babies as young as 3 months can pick out that... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Sonatas for violin and keyboard Renaud Capucon (violin) / David Fray (piano) [ Erato Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2019 ] "Fray is the star of this album. Duo partner Renaud Capuçon's sound is velvety, sometimes tender. But, on the whole, it is overly charged with electricity" Gramophone |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Double Concerto Op. 102 / Clarinet Quintet Op. 115 Renaud Capucon (violin) Gautier Capucon (cello) Paul Meyer (clarinet) / Gustav mahler Jugendorchester / Myung-Whun Chung [ Erato Warner Classics / CD - released 8/Nov/2007 ] "Young Capuçons meet late Brahms and the brothers have a real winner here." - Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine Feb 2008 |
BRUNO MANTOVANI / PASCAL DUSAPIN / WOLFGANG RIHM
Renaud Capuçon plays Three Modern Concertos Renaud Capucon (violin) / Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Myung-Whun Chung, Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris, Philippe Jordan [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 17/Nov/2016 ] "All three of these violin concertos were composed expressly for Renaud Capuçon, and all take his fiercely impassioned lyrical playing as their starting point." Guardian |
![Vivaldi: Les 4 Saisons [The Four Seasons] / Saint-George: Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 9 cover](https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10600/10600394.jpg)
ANTONIO VIVALDI / CHEVALIER de SAINT-GEORGES
Vivaldi: Les 4 Saisons [The Four Seasons] / Saint-George: Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 9 Renaud Capucon (violin/conductor) / Orchestre de chambre de Lausanne [ Erato Classics / CD - released 30/Sep/2022 ] Renaud Capuçon recognises Vivaldi's Four Seasons as "a highlight of the violin repertoire", but it has taken him some time to add it to his discography. "For years, I refused to play it," he explains. "I'd heard it too much in the corridors of the... |
