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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete String Quartets Alban Berg Quartett [ Warner Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 24/Aug/2012 ] "The Alban Berg Quartet possess a wonderfully burnished tone, superbly blended ensemble and unanimity of attack as well as flawless intonation." (Gramophone) |
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Semiramide (complete opera) Albina Shagimuratova, Daniela Barcellona, Mirco Palazzi, Barry Banks, Gianluca Buratto / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Sir Mark Elder [ Opera Rara / 4 CD Box Set - released 5/Oct/2018 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 TOP THREE - Opera |
ERIK SATIE
The Best of Erik Satie (LP) Aldo Ciccolini, Anne Queffelec (piano) / Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse [ Erato / LP - released 13/Jun/2025 ] To celebrate the centenary of the composer's death, this compilation offers a journey through Erik Satie's unusual and distinctive piano works, by three of his greatest performers: Anne Queffélec, Bertrand Chamayou and Aldo Ciccolini. |
ERIC SATIE
Satie (LP) Aldo Ciccolini (piano) [ Erato / LP - released 13/May/2022 ] A special re-release for Record Store Day 2016, this LP of Gymnopédies, Gnossiennes and other piano pieces by Erik Satie salutes Aldo Ciccolini, the Italian-born pianist who launched the Satie 'boom' when this album first appeared in 1956. Whether... |
DARREN HENLEY
The Story Of Classical Music (Unabridged) Aled Jones (narrator) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 4 CD Box Set - released 26/Jul/2010 ] The lives and music of the great composers of classical music unfold in this entertaining account, introduced by singer and presenter Aled Jones. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Story Of Classical Music Marin Alsop (narrator) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "The Story of Classical Music is the sort of project that hardly ever gets reviewed and at which people are likely to turn up their noses." (Julian Lloyd Webber) |
VITTORIO RIETI
Rieti: Piano Concertos Alessandro Marangoni (piano), Orazio Sciortino Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, Giuseppe Grazioli [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Nov/2024 ] Dedicated to Francis Poulenc, Vittorio Rieti's First Piano Concerto formed part of his early success in Paris during the 1920s, the work's high spirits reflecting Rieti's recent marriage and the birth of his son Fabio. The Second Piano Concerto... |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Complete Piano Music Péchés de vieillesse (Sins of Old Age) Alessandro Marangoni (piano), with Giuseppina Bridelli (mezzo-soprano), Ars Cantica Choir & others [ Naxos / 13 CD Box Set - released 26/Nov/2021 ] Rossini drew a line under his hugely successful operatic career at the age of 37 and wrote little until his final years in Paris, where he became renowned for his musical salons. For these he wrote numerous short piano pieces. |
CLAUDIO SANTORO
Santoro: Complete Piano Sonatas Alessandro Santoro [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2024 ] Written over a 46-year period, Claudio Santoro's six piano sonatas document the evolution of his creative and formal skills - together they present a survey of the composer's entire aesthetic development. Always radiating a forceful inner power and... |
ANTHONY RITCHIE
Ritchie: Octopus Alexa Still (flute) / The Nevine String Quartet / Amici Ensemble [ Atoll Records / CD - released 10/Sep/2011 ] It is unusual to have one composers' works comprise an entire programme and probably even harder to pull it off while keeping the audience's attention. (Auckland Chamber Orchestra Concert) |
RACHMANINOV / BORODIN / SHOSTAKOVICH
Russian Cello Sonatas Alexander Chaushian (cello) / Yevgeny Sudbin (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] "The well-balanced, naturally spacious recording (CD and stereo SACD) is icing on the cake. An excellent disc. Strongly recommended." (10/10 ClassicsToday May 2011) |
MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov, opera in seven scenes (1869 version) Alexander Tsymbalyuk, Maxim Paster, Mika Kares, Sergei Skorokhodov, Göteborg Opera Chorus [ BIS SACD / 2 CD - released 6/Sep/2019 ] "This new account, based on live performances, is beautifully sung and played, and recorded in surround sound" MusicWeb |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Piano Concertos Nos 3-5 Alexandre Kantorow (piano) / Tapiola Sinfonietta, Jean-Jacques Kantorow (conductor) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/May/2019 ] "It is no hardship to review yet another Saint-Saëns piano concerto recording when it is as good as this." Gramophone June 2019 |
ERIC SATIE
Erik Satie (LP) Alexandre Tharaud (piano), with Eric Le Sage (piano), Juliette (voice), Isabelle Faust (violin), Jean Delescluse (tenor) [ Harmonia Mundi / LP - released 29/Sep/2023 ] "My aim in this disc has been to offer the richest possible panorama of Satie's piano music, spanning his whole lifetime. Immersed in the world of Satie, we were touched, and often deeply moved by the trust he shows in his interpreters." A. Tharaud. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Alexei Lubimov Alexei Lubimov (piano) [ Alpha Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 13/Mar/2020 ] Composers: Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) Berg, Alban (1885-1935) Haydn, Franz Joseph (1732-1809) Ives, Charles (1874-1954) Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-91) Satie, Erik Alfred Leslie (1866-1925) Schubert, Franz Peter... |
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Telemann: Ouverture & Concerti pour Darmstadt Alexis Kossenko, Les Ambassadeurs; Zefira Valova [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 23/Aug/2019 ] Following the Alpha label's successful Red, Yellow, Blue and Pink collections (a total of fifty-six reissues), which brought the pearls from the Baroque catalogue back into the spotlight, there are now fourteen new titles offering a chance to... |
MANUEL de FALLA
Manuel de Falla - The Spanish Soul Alicia de Larrocha (piano), Turibio Santos (guitar), Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Jean-Claude Gérard (flute), Orquesta Nacional de España, etc [ Warner Classics / 11 CD Box Set - released 12/Nov/2021 ] Manuel de Falla is regarded as the greatest Spanish composer of the twentieth century. Established in Paris from 1907 to 1914, he met Debussy, Ravel and Dukas and steeped himself in their works. |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos (LP) Alina Ibragimova (violin), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Vladimir Jurowski [ Hyperion / LP - released 13/Sep/2024 ] The young violinist Alina Ibragimova is already established as an admired recording artist, standing alongside great artists of the past and present with her versions of Bach and Beethoven's violin works. She appears on this new vinyl release with... |
AARON COPLAND / LEONARD BERNSTEIN / GEORGE GERSHWIN / CHARLES IVES / etc
Alison Balsom - Quiet City (LP) Alison Balsom (trumpet) / Britten Sinfonia, Scott Stroman [ Warner Classics / LP - released 26/Aug/2022 ] "As an entity it creates a varied album in every kind of mood. It will delight anyone, not only the trumpet expert, who admires Balsom's eclecticism and musical brilliance...Balsom's virtuosity is spellbinding throughout." Guardian |
G. F. HANDEL
Where'er You Walk: Arias for Handel's Favourite Tenor Allan Clayton, Classical Opera, Ian Page [ Signum / CD - released 10/Jul/2016 ] "The outstanding young tenor fulfils his early promise...he phrases with immaculate taste and style." (Sunday Times) |
