SCHUMANN
Piano Quartets Quartetto Klimt [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 10/Feb/2015 ] This release couples two of Schumann's substantial chamber music works: the mature E flat Piano Quartet Op. 47 and the youthful C minor Piano Quartet. Schumann's E flat Piano Quartet is a masterwork in its genre, on a par with those by Mozart and... |
GIUSEPPE MARTUCCI
Martucci: Piano Trios and Piano Quintet Quartetto Noferini [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 28/Nov/2016 ] After years of comparative neglect Giuseppe Martucci is taking his rightful place as one of the most important late romantic Italian composers. His style is a happy and individual mix of Wagner and Verdi, dramatic chromatism softened by lyrical, bel... |
GIOVANNI SGAMBALI
Piano Quintets / String Quartets Quartetto Noferini, with Roberto Plano (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] Giovanni Sgambati (1841‐1914) was an important composer of 19th century Italy. A pupil and disciple of Franz Liszt he was one of the most brilliant pianists of his day. However, he was a composer, a conductor, a teacher and a patron as well,... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Serenata Napoletana: Music for mandolin and piano Raffaele La Ragione (mandolin) & Giacomo Ferrari (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 10/Feb/2015 ] This release invites to you an evening in Naples, one of the most beautiful and romantic cities in the world, and listen to an enchanting collection of Neapolitan songs, played by the mandolin, the instrument most closely related to that city of... |
JOSE ARRIOLA
Arriola: Orchestral Music Real Filharmonía de Galicia, Maximino Zumalave, with Joaquín Soriano (piano) & David Alonso (horn) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2018 ] These are the first-ever recordings of music composed by José (Pepito) Arriola, whose works are virtually unknown. Born in Betanzos in the northern Spanish region of Galicia in 1895, Arriola was a celebrated child prodigy known at the time as a... |
OTTORINO RESPIGHI / GABRIEL FAURE / CESAR FRANCK
Alter Ego: Music for Flute and Piano by Respighi, Fauré & Franck Rebecca Taio (flute), Emanuel Silver (flute) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/2023 ] Rebecca Taio's choice to programme these well-known pieces from the great repertoire for violin and piano has to do with the technical challenges they pose, both instrumentally and interpretatively. In the flautist's words: 'It's an incredibly... |
SCHUBERT
The Song Collection [6 CD set] Robert Holl (bass-baritone) Ellen van Lier (soprano) David Lutz, Konrad Richter, Naum Grubert (piano [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 25/Feb/2015 ] Robert Holl is one of the foremost bass baritones of today. He has collaborated with the greatest conductors like Bernard Haitink, Eugen Jochum, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Claudio Abbado, and is equally active in opera as in Lieder. Particularly his... |
GIOVANNI SGAMBATI
Piano Quintets & String Quartets Roberto Plano (piano) / Quartetto Noferini [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2016 ] Giovanni Sgambati (1841‐1914) was an important composer of 19th century Italy. A pupil and disciple of Franz Liszt he was one of the most brilliant pianists of his day. However, he was a composer, a conductor, a teacher and a patron as well,... |
BEETHOVEN / FRANCK
Kreutzer Sonata, Sonata in A Roberto Trainini (cello), Cristiano Burato (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 27/Feb/2017 ] This new recording presents two iconic violin sonatas in an arrangement for cello and piano. Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata and Franck's Violin Sonata are two undisputed masterpieces of the violin repertoire. Their power of structure, expression and... |
MARTUCCI
Complete Music for Cello and Piano Roberto Trainini (cello) & Massimiliano Ferrati (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] This new recording brings together the complete output for cello and piano by Martucci. Giuseppe Martucci was one of the most important composers of the second half of the 19th century. His mostly instrumental oeuvre is based on the romantics... |
SAINT-SAENS / MOZART / LEBRUN / BELLINI / MARCELLO
The Romantic Oboe (Concertos, sonatas and other works) Robin Williams (oboe) Bart Schneemann (oboe) Lajos Lencses (oboe) Paolo Giacometti (piano) / Heidelberger Kammerorchester [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 16/Aug/2005 ] "The orchestral music is played with real stylistic flair by Pfund and his ensemble, and Glaetzner plays with affection" (MusicWeb Nov 2004) |
FRANCESCO PAOLO TOSTI
Tosti: The Song of a Life, Vol. 1 Romina Casucci (soprano) Maura Menghini (soprano) Mark Milhofer (tenor) Denver Martin‐Smith (baritone) Marco Scolastra (piano), Roberto Rupo (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 22/Nov/2016 ] The start of a new exciting series: the complete songs by Paolo Tosti! Paolo Tosti (1846‐1916) worked in poverty as a music teacher till he met the influential composer Giovanni Sgambati, who became his mentor. He introduced Tosti to Princess... |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Complete Ballets [Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty] Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicolae Moldoveanu , Barry Wordsworth & David Maninov [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2014 ] The magnificent Royal Philharmonic Orchestra does justice to each musical world, under the baton of three different and seasoned conductors, each of whom very much makes his mark on these multi‐interpretable works of genius. |
ARAM & KAREN KHACHATURIAN
Aram & Karen Khachaturian: Music for Violin and Piano Ruben Kosemyan (violin) & Natalya Mnatsakanyan (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2018 ] A unique coupling on record of vibrant and impassioned chamber music by the uncleand-nephew Armenian composers. This delightful disc reminds us of the vital role played by the folk tradition in Armenian classical music, as well as the unrivalled... |
DVORAK
Complete Concertos Rudolf Firkušný (piano) Ruggiero Ricci (violin) Zara Nelsova (cello) / Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Walter Susskind [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 25/Feb/2015 ] "The Violin and Cello Concertos, superbly played, have long been audience favourites, but the rarely-heard Piano Concerto in G minor - eloquently played by its foremost champion - is the USP." (BBC Music) |
SIMEON TEN HOLT
Ten Holt: Multiple Piano Works Irene Russo (piano), Fred Oldenburg (piano) / Sandra and Jeroen van Veen Piano Ensemble [ Brilliant Classics / 11 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2008 ] |
ERIK SATIE
Complete works for piano four-hands Sandra & Jeroen van Veen (piano four-hands) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2009 ] Piano Duo Sandra & Jeroen were established in 1987, and since then have toured extensively. |
J. S. BACH / BUSONI
Bach-Busoni Complete Transcriptions Sandro Ivo Bartoli (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 23/Jun/2015 ] Ferruccio Busoni was a maestro Italian pianist who revolutionised piano transcription, truly bringing it into the modern era. |
ANTON EBERL
Eberl: Piano Sonatas & Variations Sayuri Nagoya (fortepiano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 14/Jan/2022 ] New recordings of keyboard music by a now-unfamiliar Viennese friend of Mozart, once admired by the likes of Haydn and Gluck, and whose pieces were previously attributed to Mozart himself. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: 9 Suites Scipione Sangiovanni (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2018 ] "Handel's masterful suites shine in this well-articulated, controlled performance. I could have done with a little more crispness, and a greater distance between piano and mic" BBC Music Jan 2019 |