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GYORGY LIGETI
Ligeti: Bagatelles. Kammerkonzert & Pieces for wind quintet Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 7/Jul/2023 ] "...beautifully and expressively played, this release will prove very satisfying." Fanfare |
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: L'Heure espagnole, Boléro Isabelle Druet, Julien Behr, Loïc Félix / Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 16/Jun/2023 ] "As in previous releases, the orchestral playing is exquisite, the strings silky, woodwinds perfumed, the trumpets (1930s Selmers) sweetly tangy, the trombones suggestively louche." Gramophone Editor's Choice Aug 2023 |
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MODEST MUSSORGSKY / MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: La Valse / Mussorgsky (orch. Ravel): Les Tableaux d'une exposition [Pictures at an Exhibition] Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] Toscanini regarded this orchestration of Pictures at an Exhibition as a genuine treatise on instrumentation, on a par with that of Berlioz: scored for the same instrumental forces as La Valse, Ravel's version quickly established itself ahead of all... |
GEORGE GERSHWIN
Gershwin: An American in Paris / Piano Concerto in F Lincoln Mayorga (piano) / Harmonie Ensemble / New York, Steven Richman [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Sep/2016 ] "No Gershwin fan should miss this disc." (Gramophone) |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: La Resurrezione, HWV47 (complete oratorio recorded in 1989) Lisa Saffer, Judith Nelson, Patricia Spence, Jeffrey Thomas, Michael George Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD Box Set - released 16/Jan/1997 ] Recorded at the Berkeley Festival, University of California at Berkeley, June 15 & 17, 1989 |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Arias from Operas & Oratorios Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (soprano) / Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra / Nicholas McGegan [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] "Lorraine Hunt has all the light and color of the best burgundy. This CD...is an economical way to re-create the intense pleasure provided by this singer's stratospheric talents. Glorious melodies, gloriously sung. Highly recommended." Classical CD... |
BERNSTEIN / IVES / BARBER / CRAWFORD
Americans Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, James Gaffigan [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 28/May/2021 ] Vivid testimony to the multifaceted partnership of James Gaffigan and the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, their latest release invites us to explore the conductor's American roots, from the most mischievous (Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story) to the... |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Zaide K344 (Complete opera) Lynne Dawson, Hans Peter Blochwitz,Olaf Bär, Herbert Lippert / The Academy of Ancient Music; Paul Goodwin-director [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 24/Jun/2004 ] Mozart began this masterpiece in 1780 for the new Viennese Singspiel company, but at their insistence on a comedy he switched to writing Idomeneo, and Zaide remained unfinished. |
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SARASATE / STRAVINSKY / de FALLA / RODRIGO / MILHAUD / DEBUSSY / etc
Les Musiques De Picasso [Picasso and Music] Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Pablo Heras-Casado Ensemble Aedes & Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth Orchestre de Paris, BBC Symphony Orchestra, etc [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 17/Jul/2020 ] To coincide with the opening of the Picasso exhibition at the Paris Philharmonie's Museum of Music in April 2020, harmonia mundi invites you to discover a different facet of the artist: Picasso the music lover! As a creator who found a lifelong... |
EUGENE YSAYE / ERNEST CHAUSSON / MARC BOUCHKOV
Ysaÿe: Sonatas, Fantasy & Violin Works / Chausson: Poème / Bouchkov: Fantasy, Melody Marc Bouchkov (violin), Georgiy Dubko (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / Harmonia Nova Series / CD - released 6/Oct/2017 ] "This isn't just a thoughtful and imaginatively conceived recital programme; it's a full blown love letter to Eugene Ysaye … the playing throughout is well suited to this music." Gramophone |
NICOLA PORPORA
Porpora: Christmas Oratorio: Il verbo in carne Marc-Olivier Oetterli (bass), Terry Wey (counter-tenor), Martin Vanberg (tenor), Roberta Invernizzi (soprano) / Kammerorchester Basel, Riccardo Minasi [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Dec/2018 ] Porpora: Christmas Oratorio - Il verbo in carne is the new album from the sensational Kammerorchester Basel which rediscovers the exceptional Christmas oratorio which made it's premiere 271 years ago. Under the direction of Riccardo Minasi, the... |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Monteverdi: Vespro della beata Vergine (1610) Deluxe Edition Maria Cristina Kiehr, Barbara Borden, Andreas Scholl, John Bowen / Concerto Vocale, Nederlands Kamerkoor & Nederlands CO, René Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2005 ] "Jacobs approaches the work with courage, a wide range of tempos and a vivid imagination - features that characterize so much of his finest musicianship. Many sections positively glow." (Gramophone) |
ANTONIO CALDARA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Caldara: Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo Maria Cristina Kiehr, Rosa Dominguez, Bernarda Fink, Andreas Scholl / Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Orchestra / RenAC Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 25/Jan/2008 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (pre 1700) - "...among [the arias] is a hypnotic contralto solo, sung beautifully by Bernarda Fink...[and] two florid arias by the outstanding alto Andreas Scholl...René Jacobs has a well-nigh... |
FRESCOBALDI / GRATIANI / ROSSI / BERNABEI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Maria Cristina Kiehr - Canta La Maddalena Maria Cristina Kiehr (soprano) / Concerto Soave, Concerto Soave [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 29/Sep/2000 ] "Kiehr has chosen works which skilfully blend dramatic scena with contemplative radiance, and with her significantly sensitive accompanists, Concerto Soave, has found a winning formula to project the best of the solo motet tradition." (Gramophone) |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique Marie-Josephe Jude, Jean-Francois Heisser (pianos) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 18/Jan/2019 ] A double dose of fantastic! A composition that marked the birth of the modern symphony orchestra, it was instead through the medium of the piano that Symphonie fantastique became generally known to the public when Franz Liszt - a prime champion of... |
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé (complete ballet) Marion Ralincourt (flute) / Les Siècles & Ensemble Aedes, François-Xavier Roth [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Apr/2017 ] "Lean gut strings achieve feathery lightness... With fine choral contributions from the Ensemble Aedes, this new recording is highly recommended." Gramophone Award WINNER 2018 - Orchestral |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: Recorder Concertos Marion Verbruggen (recorder) / Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan (director) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Sep/1991 ] Recorded September 1990 at Skywalker Sound Studios, CA, USA |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Winterreise Mark Padmore (tenor), Kristian Bezuidenhout (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 12/Jan/2018 ] " I confess I enjoyed this disc more than I suspected I would, and a big part of that is Bezuidenhout's way with his instrument. If you want to hear the cycle sound more chilly and isolated than usual then this might be a recording for you" MusicWeb |
SCHUBERT
Schwanengesang Mark Padmore (tenor) / Paul Lewis (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 19/Sep/2011 ] "Padmore's silvery, keen-edged tenor, grace of phrase and sensitivity to mood and verbal nuance are ideal [in Liebesbotschaft]; and how affectionately Lewis's left hand sings in gentle colloquy with the voice" Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2011 |
BRITTEN
Before Life & after Sonnets of J. Donne op.35 / Winter Words op.52 / etc Mark Padmore (tenor) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] "The evocative performance by Padmore and Vignoles captures that sense of longing particularly well." Gramophone Magazine: Editor's Choice - September 2009 |
