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W.A. MOZART
Essential Mozart (Incls 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik', Piano Concertos 20, 21 & 23, Symphonies 38, 40 & 41, Clarinet Concerto & Horn Quintet) Klara Wartz (piano) the Philharmonia Orchestra / the Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra. Sir Colin Davis etc [ Brilliant Classics / 10 CD - released 14/Aug/2005 ] The Essential masterworks in a handsome 10-CD wallet package, substantial but manageable. The great, complete masterworks together in superb performances by renowned artists. |
RACHMANINOV / SCHUMANN / DEBUSSY / SCHUBERT / CHOPIN / LISZT
Romantic Piano Music by Rachmaninov, Schumann, Debussy, Schubert, Chopin and Liszt (Rec 2001 & 2003) Klara Wartz (piano) with the National Symphony Orchestra of the Ukraine. Vladimir Sirenko [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 16/Aug/2005 ] "On this Brilliant Classics set Klára Würtz gives fine performances and deserves to be better known. But the competition is very fierce in all the works particularly the Schumann and Rachmaninov concertos." (MusicWeb March 2004) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Violin Sonatas / Cello Sonatas Kristóf Baráti (violin) Timora Rosler (cello) Klára Würtz (piano) [ Brilliant Classics Quintessence / 5 CD Box Set - released 25/Sep/2020 ] Here are superb musicians from Hungary to add their own approach: on 'traditional' rather than 'period' instruments but interpretatively untrammelled by one or another performing dogma. |
ALFREDO PIATTI
Piatti: Complete Cello Sonatas Lamberto Curtoni (cello) Giovanni Doria Miglietta (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 10/May/2022 ] Alfredo Piatti (1822-1901) was the "Paganini of the Cello", as his admirer Franz Liszt called him, having given him a valuable Amati cello. Piatti was born in Bergamo. |
FERDINAND RIES
Ries: Sonatas for Flute & Piano Laura Trapani (flute), |Rina Cellini (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 17/Jun/2022 ] Ferdinand Ries (1784-1838) was born in Bonn and moved to Vienna in 1801, where his life became closely related to that of Ludwig van Beethoven (also a native of Bonn…). Ries studied piano with him, copied his scores and was the interpreter of several... |
BRAHMS
Lieder Lenneke Ruiten (soprano) & Hans Adolfsen (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Apr/2013 ] Lenneke Ruiten is quickly establishing herself as one of the leading sopranos of her generation. |
RHENE-BATON
Rhene-Baton: Chamber Music for Piano and Strings Leonardo Micucci, Francesco Basanisi, Roberto Mansueto [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2019 ] Rhené-Baton (1879-1940, born as Rhené-Emmanuel Baton) was a key figure in the first half of 20th century Paris. A pianist, composer and orchestral conductor he led many world premieres of the time (among which works by Debussy and Ravel), he was... |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Twelve Symphonic Poems for 2 pianos Leslie Howard (piano) & Mattia Ometto (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Sep/2018 ] The pre-eminent Lisztian of our day, Leslie Howard recorded every bar of the composer's music for solo piano during the 1990s and 2000s, including many items new to the catalogue. This new album forms a significant appendix to that edition. |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Nuits d'été à Pausilippe Letizia Calandra (soprano), Fausto Tenzi (tenor), Ilario Nicotra (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Oct/2018 ] Donizetti was prolific in the field of vocal chamber music, to the extent that he almost rivalled Rossini. Nuits d'été à Pausillippe is an album of ariettas, romanzas, notturnos and duettinos published in 1836. The texts speak of four seasons and... |
CARLOS GUASTAVINO
Guastavino: Song Cycles Letizia Calandra (soprano), Marcos Madrigal (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 28/Aug/2020 ] Carlos Guastavino (1912-2000) was one of the most important and famous composers of 20th century Argentina. He wrote over 500 works, most of them songs for voice and piano. He chose his own, personal style, rooted in the Romantic period of the 19th... |
FRANCK / DEBUSSY
Violin Sonatas (with Tchaikovsky - Humoresque, etc) (Rec 2004) Liza Ferschtman (violin) Bas Verheijden (piano) [ Brilliant Classics SACD / SACD - released 18/Aug/2005 ] "This is quite a conventional programme with the Debussy acting as a foil for the meaty Franck and the Tchaikovsky occupying the sorbet-and-ice-cream end of the lyric meal. That's no bad way to showcase a young duo's talent - and this is a real duo... |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Mélodies Lorna Windsor (soprano) & Antonio Ballista (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2018 ] A much-recorded and lauded Italian pianist joins an exciting young multilingual soprano for an extensive collection of Debussy's songs: a significant recorded contribution to the celebrations of the composer's centenary. Debussy wrote songs... |
LUIGI DALLAPICCOLA
Complete Music for solo Piano & Violin and Piano Luca Fanfoni (violin) & Maria Clementi (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Apr/2015 ] "Dallapiccola's oeuvre isn't huge, and the sub-oeuvre of his solo piano music fits on a disc with room to spare, here taken up by his even smaller body of works for violin and piano. What his music lacks in grandeur and dimension, however, it makes u |
ANTONIO BAZZINI
Music for Violin and Piano Luca Fanfoni (violin) & Maria Semeraro (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 15/Aug/2015 ] A delightful CD, played with panache and sensitivity by one of the most notable Italian violinists, Luca Fanfoni. |
NIKOLAI MYASKOVSKY
Myaskovsky: Cello Sonatas Luca Magariello (cello) & Cecilia Novarino (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Apr/2017 ] Nikolay Myaskovsky (1881‐1950) was educated (after a failed schooling for Military Engineer, prompted by his father) at the famous St Petersburg Conservatoire under the tutelage of Rimsky‐Korsakov, Lyadov and Glazunov. His musical style has absorbed... |
HINDEMITH
Sonatas for Viola and Piano Luca Sonzò (viola) & Maurizio Paciariello (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 26/Jun/2014 ] It was Paul Hindemith - himself an excellent violist - who was largely responsible for rescuing the instrument from relative oblivion. Detailing a selection of his sonatas for viola...this release charts the development of the composer's style |
ERNO DOHNANYI
Dohnanyi: Complete Music For Cello & Piano Lucio Labella Danzi (cello), Marco Rapetti (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 17/Oct/2021 ] Ernö Dohnányi (or Ernst von Dohnányi as he called himself internationally) lived from 1877 till 1960, he was one of the most important and influential Hungarian composers and pianists of the 20th century. As a piano virtuoso he maintained an active... |
CHRISTIAN RUMMEL
Rummel: Chamber Music for Clarinet & Piano Luigi Magistrelli (clarinet) Claudia Bracco (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 14/May/2022 ] Christian Rummel (1787-1849) was born in Gollachostheim, Bavaria. He received his musical instruction in Mannheim under the kapellmeister Karl Jakob Wagner when the latter was living at Wuerzburg and the violinist Heinrich Ritter. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Portuguese Music for Piano Duo Luís Duarte, Lígia Madeira (pianos) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 22/Jan/2021 ] A fascinating program of original works for piano duet by 5 Portuguese composers: Viana da Mota (1868-1948), Lopes-Graça (1906-1994), De Almeida (b.1957), Lapa (b.1950) and Azevedo (b.1968). |
JOAQUIN TURINA
Turina: Complete Music for Violin and Piano Macarena Martínez (violin), Juan Escalera (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 26/Jan/2018 ] Joaquin Turina (1882‐1949) was born in Sevilla, Spain, where he received his first music lessons. Later he went to Madrid and subsequently settled in Paris, where he took composition lessons from Vincent d'Indy at his Schola Cantorum de Paris,... |
