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BROSCHI / GALUPPI / GIACOMELI / HASSE / PORPORA
Arias for Farinelli Vivica Genaux (mezzo-soprano) / Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin, Rene Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] "While Vivica Genaux has all the virtupsity needed to negotiate the intricately embellished lines in these songs, she knows, too, how to use ornamentation for expressive effect. Strongly recommended." ***** Five Stars (Pick of the Month) BBC Music... |
HANDEL / VIVALDI / etc
Baroque Gender Stories Vivica Genaux (mezzo-soprano), Lawrence Zazzo (countertenor) Lautten Compagney, Wolfgang Katschner [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 19/Jul/2019 ] |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Sonata No. 6 / Visions Fugitives Vadym Kholodenko (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 5/Jun/2020 ] Following up on his acclaimed recordings of Prokofiev's piano concertos, Vadym Kholodenko offers more music by his favorite composer. The solo works assembled here reveal several facets of Prokofiev. He was an outstanding melodist - a 'classicist' on... |
HENRY PURCELL / MATTHEW LOCKE
Purcell / Locke: Orchestral Works Vox Orchester, Lorenzo Ghirlanda [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Jul/2019 ] |
BARTOK / BERG / STRAVINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto / Pan & Syrinx / Amor & Digteren / Petite Suite Walter Boeykens (clarinet) Ensemble Walter Boeykens [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 1/Aug/1994 ] Walter Boeykens was a Belgian conductor and a world-renowned clarinetist. Boeykens' impressive discography, including several critically acclaimed performances, are testimony to his status as one of the most notable clarinetists of the 20th century.... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Christmas Oratorio (Weihnachts Oratorium) Werner Gura, Klaus Hager, Dorothea Roschmann, Andreas Scholl / Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin, Rene Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 14/Feb/2006 ] "A handsome package matched by a lively interpretation" (BBC Music) |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Lieder und Klavierstucke (melodies and pieces for the piano) Werner Gura (tenor) Christoph Berner (pianoforte) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Sep/2016 ] These songs by Mozart accompanied the events of his life like illustrations in a picture-book - from the departure of a close friend to a meeting of his Masonic Lodge. After their highly personal exploration of the Romantic lied, Werner Güra and... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Die Winterreise Werner Gura (tenor) Christoph Berner (pianoforte Ronish) [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 21/Jul/2017 ] "Werner Güra's light, lyrical tenor is in immaculately nurtured voice for this deeply considered performance...Both Güra and Berner are acutely sensitive to the shifts of pace both within and between songs." (BBC Music Award WINNER 2011 - Vocal) |
SCHUBERT
Willkommen und Abschied: Lieder for the Stages of Life Werner Gura (tenor) / Christoph Berner (pianoforte Ronish) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] "Berner, playing an 1872 Rönisch fortepiano, shows keen attention to every detail. Güra, outstanding in his unfussy, intense delivery, is a formidable, rousing guide." (The Observer) |
CARL MARIA von WEBER
Weber: Abu Hassan / Symphony No. 1 in C Wolfgang Völz, Jörg Dürmüller, Johanna Stojkovic / Cappella Coloniensis, Bruno Weil [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 2/Feb/2003 ] "The Cappella Coloniensis is an exceptional period instrument band with crisp attack and ensemble playing. Weil consistently whips up the exhilaration and keeps the musical arguments fresh and logical." MusicWeb |
Beethoven Alive!
[ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 24/Jan/2020 ] Beethoven the classic, the revolutionary, the visionary. This selection is a trip that reveals the multiple genius of one of the greatest composers of all time. You will be delighted with some masterpieces of his repertoire as well as with rare... |
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Aaro Sukura & Local Dimension
Acoustic Ghanaian Highlife [ Harmonia Mundi / CD ] |
BUXTEHUDE / HASSLER / PRAETORIUS / SCHEIDEMANN
Splendour: Organ Music & Vocal Works Il Canto Di Orfeo / Kei Koito (organ) [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Aug/2017 ] The album by Kei Koito features famous and well known baroque and pre-baroque music by composers such as Buxtehude, Praetorius, Scheidt, Scheidemann, and others |
CHRISTOPHER GIBBONS
Motets, Anthems, Fantasias & Voluntaries Academy of Ancient Music / AAM Choir, Richard Eggar [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Aug/2012 ] "AAM's vocal consort is distinctly hoary but the instrumental playing - of two Fantasy-suites for violins, bass viol and organ, and a flamboyant selection of Organ Voluntaries - is divine." (Independent on Sunday) |
HANDEL
Concerti Grossi Op. 3 & Op. 6 / Organ Concertos Op 4 (Nos 2, 4 7 6) The Academy of Ancient Music / Andrew Manze / Richard Egarr [ Harmonia Mundi Handel Edition / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "Manze and his players give virtuosic, high energy performances of these exuberant works, in a crystal clear recording." The Observer" altogether this is an issue of joyous vitality, to which I am sure I shall be returning with pleasure." Gramophone... |
VIVALDI
Concert for the Prince of Poland The Academy of Ancient Music / Andrew Manze [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Sep/2007 ] "This is a delightful, well-conceived programme, executed with refinement of taste and technique." Gramophone |
JOHN TAVENER
Tavener: Eternity's Sunrise Academy of Ancient Music / Goodwin, Manze, Rozario, Gooding, Tavener [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Jan/2014 ] Tavener's work touches the heart like that of few composers. |
JOHN TAVENER
Total Eclipse, Agraphon Academy of Ancient Music / Paul Goodwin / Patricia Rozario, John Hale, saxophone [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / SACD - released 23/May/2004 ] On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in full 5.1 surround sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM - 2001 GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST - Contemporary |
HANDEL
Organ Concertos Op 4 Academy of Ancient Music / Richard Egarr [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Mar/2008 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD FINALIST 2008 - Baroque Instrumental - "Egarr's playing sparkles with vitality and character. The musicianship of the Academy of Ancient Music is outstanding, and their articulate and dynamically shaded playing is subtle... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Organ Concertos Op 7 Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 10/Oct/2009 ] "These spry, shapely performances bring lustre and spirit to the six organ concertos that Handel composed over a span of years towards the end of his life." Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine October 2009 |
