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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: With All My Breath and All My Blood Giorgi Gigashvili (piano), Lisa Batiashvili (violin) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 16/Jan/2026 ] For his second recital, Giorgi Gigashvili chose Prokofiev, a composer he has been playing intensively for ten years. Nicknamed the "War Sonatas", these three masterpieces are, for him, "battles in themselves", sonatas to which one gives "heart and... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Storie Di Napoli Marco Beasley, Ensemble Accordone, Gido Morini [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 22/Oct/2012 ] This programme of Neapolitan music, covering a vast historical span (from the Renaissance to the 20th century) is a 'manifesto' of the musical influences that have nurtured Marco Beasley. Guido Morini's arrangements, written especially for him, make... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / CLAUDE DEBUSSY / FRANZ LISZT / IGOR STRAVINSKY / CARL CZERNY
Inferno Behzod Abduraimov (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 8/May/2026 ] Behzod Abduraimov's performances combine great musical depth with phenomenal technique: 'He has a magical touch,' wrote The Times. This recital is yet another illustration of his many talents: it begins with variations by Carl Czerny, a pupil of... |
DEBUSSY / CHOPIN / MUSSORGSKY
Behzod Abduraimov - Debussy - Chopin - Mussorgsky Behzod Abduraimov (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 29/Jan/2021 ] GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Piano |
PROKOFIEV / SAIDAMINOVA / RAVEL
Shadows of My Ancestors Behzod Abduraimov (piano) [ Alpha / CD - released 12/Jan/2024 ] "Throughout this release, one consistently gets caught up in Abduraimov's gorgeous and focused sonority, his rock-solid rhythm." Gramophone Award Nomination 2024 - Piano |
Belcea Quartet
Belcea Quartet: The Alpha Classics Complete Recordings [ Alpha Classics / 15 CD - released 4/Oct/2024 ] "This boxed set of fifteen CDs brings together all the recordings made by the Belcea Quartet for Outhere Music. |
BEETHOVEN
The Complete String Quartets Belcea Quartet [ Alpha Classics / 8 CD Box Set - released 23/Aug/2019 ] Alpha is reissuing the complete Beethoven quartets by the Belcea Quartet : 'Beethoven's music has been at the center of our life as a quartet from our very first rehearsal together back in 1994. However, it is more recently that we immersed ourselves... |
JANACEK / LIGETI
Janácek & Ligeti, Quartets Belcea Quartet [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 19/Apr/2019 ] Formed in 1994 at the Royal College of Music in London, the Belcea Quartet already has an impressive discography, including the complete Beethoven string quartets (ALPHAxxx). For this new recording, the ensemble has chosen three quartets by two... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Quartet No. 3 / Piano Quintet Belcea Quartet, Piotr Anderszewski (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 20/Apr/2018 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 - Chamber |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: String Sextets Belcea Quartet, Tabea Zimmermann, Jean-Guihen Queyras [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 11/Mar/2022 ] BBC Music AWARD NOMINATION 2023 - CHAMBER |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Clavier Übung II Benjamin Alard [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 5/Sep/2011 ] It had been almost four year since Johann Sebastian Bach, the famous music director of Leipzig, hadn't had a new work published. In 1731, it had been the Sixth Partita, which had put an end to a collection published year after year and published this... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Sonates en trio, BWV 525-530 Benjamin Alard [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 25/Jun/2021 ] Johann Sebastian Bach's Trio Sonatas for organ, masterpieces in their intrinsic poetic power, were composed between 1723 and 1725, in his early days as Kantor in Leipzig. They are performed here by Benjamin Alard, First Prize winner in the organ... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Partitas Nos. 1-6, BWV825-830 Benjamin Alard [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - released 26/Apr/2010 ] Among Bach's published works we find the four-part Clavier Übung anthology designated for both harpsichord (parts I, II and IV) and organ (part III). The first collection, published in 1731, contains Six Partitas for the harpsichord composed "for the... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Trio Sonatas Nos. 1-6, BWV525-530 Benjamin Alard [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 26/Jul/2010 ] Originating in Italy, the trio sonata imposed itself as one of the major musical forms of the 18th century. Having been formalised in sharply contrasting movements by Corelli, it seduced composers who found within it a means to develop their thematic... |
Various Composers
The Christmas Album Benjamin Appl (baritone), Regensburger Domspatzen, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Florian Helgath [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2024 ] German baritone Benjamin Appl celebrates Christmas through the enduring tradition of Bach chorales and popular carols, from as far afield as Germany, Austria, America, Britain, Sweden, France and the Netherlands. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / FRANZ SCHUBERT / GYORGY KURTAG
Lines of life: Schubert & Kurtág Benjamin Appl, György Kurtág, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, James Baillieu [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 14/Feb/2025 ] Benjamin Appl met Hungarian composer György Kurtág in 2019 and has worked with him ever since. 'He has shaped me both as a musician and as a human being, perhaps more than anyone else,' says Appl. |
KORNGOLD / SCHUBERT / BRAHMS / WOLF / DEBUSSY / EISLER / etc
For Dieter: Hommage à Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Benjamin Appl (baritone), James Baillieu (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD/Book - released 20/Jun/2025 ] "His dignified manner - stately tempos and a cool, antiseptic recording ambience - stands back from the repertoire...Whether or not Appl felt dutybound to give back to the master with this tribute, I hope he considers this mission accomplished" Gramo |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Forbidden Fruit Benjamin Appl (baritone), James Baillieu (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 23/Jun/2023 ] ".It's all delivered with wit, intelligence and sophistication, and the thematic joins don't feel forced despite the breadth of the material." Gramophone |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Winterreise Benjamin Appl (baritone), James Baillieu (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 11/Feb/2022 ] Franz Schubert's masterpiece, his song cycle Winterreise ('Winter Journey'), was written shortly before his death in 1828, at the age of only 31. On his winter journey, the singer wanders as a lost soul in harsh terrain, wracked by conflicting... |
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn 2032, Vol. 10: Les heures du jour (LP) Bernarda Fink (mezzo) / Il Giardino Armonico / Giovanni Antonini [ Alpha Classics / 2 LP - released 24/May/2024 ] The HAYDN2032 edition celebrates the release of the tenth volume in the complete recording of Haydn's 107 symphonies. Entitled 'The Times of Day', this programme is devoted to Symphonies nos. 6, 7 and 8, whose individual names translate as 'Morning',... |
