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BIZET / CAPUA / DONIZETTI / OFFENBACH / etc
Les Contre-Tenors [The Counter Tenors] Dominique Visse, Andreas Scholl, Pascal Bertin (countertenors) [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 21/Jul/2017 ] Three countertenors having fun, back in 1995, hot on the heels of the original Three Tenors! Dominique Visse, Andreas Scholl, Pascal Bertin: three distinctive and outstanding voices are showcased singing pieces they would not normally perform but... |
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Hoffnung des Wiedersehens: Teleman Arias Dorothee Mields (soprano) / L'Orfeo Barorchester, Michi Gaigg [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 18/Feb/2013 ] "It is hard to think of a better specialist German Baroque soprano than Mields at the moment; her flawless tone, awareness of instrumental interplay, delivery of poetry and shapely phrasing provide nothing but undiluted pleasure." Gramophone |
J. S. BACH
Bach - Small Gifts Dorothee Oberlinger (recorder/director), Andreas Scholl (counter-tenor) Ensemble 1700 [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Dec/2017 ] "Andreas Scholl, voice fresh and unblemished as ever, and recorder player/director Dorothee Oberlinger are in their element...Oberlinger's small, Cologne-based chamber ensemble plays with lithe precision, each musician a soloist. |
CAMILE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto No.1 - Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3 Emmanuelle Bertrand (cello) / Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, James Gaffigan. with Pascal Amoyel (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Mar/2017 ] "[A] luscious and lyrical account of the concerto, with rich orchestral detail" Irish Times |
BENOÎT MENUT
Menut: Les îles - Une traversée de la mer d'Iroise aux Caraïbes Emmanuelle Bertrand (cello) Maya Villanueva (soprano) / Ensemble Syntonia [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] An ocean crossing from the Iroise Sea to the Caribbean Inspired as much by the poems of Dominique Lambert and Aimé Césaire as by Nito Dariel's sculptures, Benoît Menut's first album for this label unfolds like a paean to the ocean and to nature. |
VIVALDI
Cello Concertos Roel Dieltiens (cello) / Ensemble Explorations [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / 2 CD - released 3/Jun/2013 ] "One-to-a-part transparency and articulation can't overcome the stifling reverberation of a Belgian church. Dieltiens, forward of the strings, plays indulgently, but with heartfelt passion." (BBC Music) |
CAMPRA / DESTOUCHES / MARAIS / HEINICHEN / HANDEL / etc
Portraits de la folie Stéphanie d'Oustrac (mezzo) / Ensemble Amarillis, Héloïse Gaillard [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 25/Sep/2020 ] "The enjoyment of a refined French enunciation is reason enough to buy this disc. D'Oustrac relishes her words, and squeezes gestures from them" BBC Music Five Stars. Choral & Song Choice Sept 2020 |
DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE / HEINRICH SCHUTZ / LUDERT DIJKMAN
Buxtehude, Schütz & Dijkman: Septem Verba / Membra Jesu Nostri Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 26/Mar/2021 ] "Vocal forces of just 10 singers supported by the same number of instrumentalists bring a level of intimacy that is entirely appropriate to this programme of 17th-century music reflecting on the Passion." Gramophone Award Finalist 2022 - Choral |
Ensemble Correspondances Sebastien
Le Ballet Royal De La Nuit [ Harmonia Mundi / 4 CD/DVD - released 16/Oct/2018 ] Following an initial reconstruction on disc in 2015, the Ballet Royal de la Nuit enjoyed a triumphal modern premiere at the Théâtre de Caen in November 2017. That staged version, presented in this outstanding box set, at last includes the entire... |
CHARPENTIER
Charpentier: Pastorale de Noël Ensemble Correspondances, Sebastien Daucé [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 7/Oct/2016 ] Each year from 1684 to 1686, Marc-Antoine Charpentier offered a Christmas pastorale to his patron, Marie de Lorraine. After the death of the boy Louis-Joseph, the last male heir of the line, the figure of the Christ-Child occupied a central place... |
W. A. MOZART / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Mozart & Beethoven Quintets Ensemble Dialoghi [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 31/Aug/2018 ] "It is a real delight to hear this coupling so thoughtfully and lovingly played on period instruments and recorded in deluxe sound." MusicWeb |
JOHANN JANITSCH / CHRISTIAN KRAUSE / JOHANN GRAUN
Forgotten Chamber Works with Oboe from the Court of Prussia Ensemble Notturna, Christopher Palamera (oboe) [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Aug/2018 ] Guided by oboist Christopher Palameta, the five artists of Notturna have come together to explore forgotten chamber works from the court of Frederick the Great. |
ANONYMOUS
Ecole de Notre Dame: Mass for Christmas Day Ensemble Organum, Marcel Pérès [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'Abord / CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] Marcel Peres and Ensemble Organum, relive Mass for Christmas Day as it was sung in the prestigious setting of the School of Notre Dame in paris, the cradle of western polyphony. |
CARLO GESUALDO
Sabbato Sancto (with Gorli - Requiem) Ensemble Vocal Européen, Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 10/Aug/2013 ] |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Vespers & Complete All-Night Vigil Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 28/Oct/2022 ] "...from the first notes of this performance by the superb Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir we appreciate the difference between Western and Slavic sound, as a super-deep and resonant bass voice intones the Deacon's gathering words: "Arise! Bless... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Belshazzar (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY Festival Aix-en-Provence / Kenneth Taylor, Rosemary Joshua, Bejun Mehta / Rene Jacobs (cond) [ Harmonia Mundi Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Sep/2011 ] "the dramatic essence of the story...comes over in a striking semi-expressionist fashion. There's a strong set of central performances." (BBC Music - Blu-Ray Choice August 2011) |
WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI
Concerto for orchestra (with Brahms/Schoenberg - Piano Quartet No 1 in G minor) Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra / Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Conductor) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/May/2016 ] "This new entry to the catalogue shines out with its precision, vigour and clarity of sound....A seriously interesting and worthwhile disc." (The Guardian) |
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Telemann: Suites / Concerto in E minor Freiburg Barockorchester, Gottfried von der Goltz [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Nov/1994 ] "I was reminded time and again that Telemann's music is extraordinarily good, and amazed at the quality of the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra's performances. This is an unmitigated joy." Gramophone .. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Gerard Poulet (violin) Dominique Merlet (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi Mandala / 4 CD Box Set - released 29/Dec/2001 ] "one immediately feels confident that he's in command, both technically and musically. He chooses consistently brisk or flowing tempos, but never sounds hurried, because his playing has such rhythmic poise" Gramophone (on Gerard Poulet's Bach) |
ANTIONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Il Mondo al rovescio - Concerti con molti istromenti Gli incogniti, Amandine Beyer [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 9/Sep/2022 ] Vivaldi's concerti con molti istromenti are true precursors of the symphony in their amplitude and audacity. In these pieces, the 'Red-haired Priest', a creator of boundless imagination, amused himself by devising literally unheard-of combinations of... |
