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XENAKIS
Xenakis - Atrées, Morsima-Amorsima, Nomos Alpha, ST 4 & Achorripsis Georges Pludermacher (piano) Pierre Penassou (cello) / Ensemble Instrumental De Musique Contemporaine [ EMI 20th Century / 2 CD - released 20/May/2011 ] "These 40-year-old recordings still pack a considerable acoustic punch. Remastered to keep the original colours sharp without adding anachronistic atmosphere, they provide powerful testimony of the commitment of pioneering performers to difficult but... |
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JACQUES PREVERT / JOSEPH KOSMA
Et puis apres... Gersende Florens / Arnaud Marzorati / Marcus Price [ ALPHA / CD ] |
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FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn 2032, Vol. 10: Les heures du jour Giovanni Antonini; Il Giardino Armonico [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 9/Jul/2021 ] "Fast movements fizz and crackle, with virtuoso sallies from the Giardino Armonico soloists. Bass lines are always vital and animated, with never a hint of auto-chug" Editor's Choice - Gramophone September 2021 |
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FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn 2032, Vol. 13: Horn Signal Giovanni Antonini; Il Giardino Armonico [ Alpha / CD - released 27/Jan/2023 ] "As always, Antonini coaxes first-class performances from the members of Il Giardino Armonico." BBC Music Orchestral Choice March 2023 |
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HAYDN / BARTOK
Haydn 2032 Volume 8: La Roxolana Giovanni Antonini / Il Giardino Armonico [ Alpha / CD - released 24/Jan/2020 ] "The recorded sound is excellent, while the lavishly illustrated and well annotated package is of equally high quality. Overall this is a stimulating and very enjoyable CD." MusicWeb |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Concerti per Flauto Giovanni Antonini, Il Giardino Armonico [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 27/Mar/2020 ] Giovanni Antonini, virtuoso flautist and orchestral conductor, is the founder of the Italian ensemble Il Giardino Armonico, which burst on the baroque musical scene in 1985; together they have amassed an impressive discography. |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
What's Next Vivaldi? Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 11/Sep/2020 ] Giovanni Antonini and his ensemble Il Giardino Armonico celebrate the composer who made them famous: Antonio Vivaldi. |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn 2032, Vol. 11: Au goût parisien [Symphonies 2, 24, 82, 87] Kammerorchester Basel, Giovanni Antonini [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 28/Jan/2022 ] The eleventh volume of the complete HAYDN2032 symphony cycle moves its focus to Paris: 'Every day one perceives more clearly, and consequently admires more, the productions of this great genius, who, in every one of his works, knows so well how to... |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn 2032, Vol. 12: Les Jeux et les Plaisirs (LP version) Giovanni Antonini, Kammerorchester Basel [ Alpha Classics / 2 LP - released 25/Apr/2025 ] This programme focuses on fantasy and pleasure, with three symphonies punctuated by lightness and wit. |
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FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn 2032, Vol. 14: L'impériale Basel Chamber Orchestra, Giovanni Antonini [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 8/Sep/2023 ] The fourteenth volume of the Haydn2032 edition is entitled L'Imperiale, after the nickname given to Symphony no.53 in the nineteenth century. This was perhaps Haydn's most famous symphony during his lifetime. Premiered in the theatre at Eszterhaza... |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn 2032, Vol. 1-10: The Symphonies Il Giardino Armonico, Kammerorchester Basel, Giovanni Antonini [ Alpha Classics / 10 CD Box Set - released 28/Jan/2022 ] This ten-CD set celebrates the release of the first ten volumes of the HAYDN2032 series, which aims to record all 107 Haydn symphonies by the 300th anniversary of his birth in 2032. |
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LUIFI ROSSI / NICOLA PORPORA / CARLO FRANCESCO POLLAROLO
Angelica diabolica Giulia Semenzato; Kammerorchester Basel [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 13/May/2022 ] Giulia Semenzato, already renowned for her interpretations of the Baroque repertory and her Mozartian roles, presents here her first solo album. The programme, entitled Angelica diabolica, is devoted to the female protagonists of Ludovico Ariosto,... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart, You Drive Me Crazy! Golda Schultz; Antonello Manacorda; Kammerakademie Potsdam [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 12/Apr/2024 ] Whether she's Susanna, Fiordiligi or Donna Elvira, Schultz's characterful voice glides and bubbles through its various quirks. - The Times |
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CLARA SCHUMANN / REBECCA CLARKE / NADIA BOULANGER / EMILIE MAYER / KATHLEEN TAGG
Golda Schultz - This Be Her Verse Golda Schultz (soprano), Jonathan Ware (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 8/Apr/2022 ] "an outstanding album: expertly programmed and performed with terrific verve." Five Stars BBC Music |
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JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Symphony No.4 / The Wood Nymph / Valse Triste Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Santtu-Matias Rouvali [ Alpha / CD - released 25/Jan/2019 ] "The music [of The Wood Nymph] catches the spirit of Rydberg's poem rather well and, in turn, Rouvali and the Gothenburgers provide a performance to match, full of sweep to rival Vänskä's premiere recording in Lahti." Gramophone |
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JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Symphony No.1 & En Saga Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Santtu-Matias Rouvali [ Alpha / CD - released 25/Jan/2019 ] Alpha begins a complete cycle of the symphonies by Sibelius (and of his symphonic poems) with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and its new musical director, Finnish conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali. Originally a percussionist, the 33-year-old trained... |
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CAPTAIN TOBIAS HUME
Harke, Harke! Lyra Violls Humors & Delights Guido Balestracci / Les Basses Réunies, Bruno Cocset [ Alpha / CD - released 1/Oct/2014 ] With this new recording, Bruno Cocset's Les Basses Réunies propose a journey back to 17th-century England, centring on the work of Tobias Hume, an emblematic musician of the viola da gamba and, more precisely, the lyra violl. This exploration in... |
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DIEGO ORTIZ
Ortiz: Trattado de Glosas Guido Balestracci / Les Basses Réunies, Bruno Cocset [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 27/Mar/2020 ] Born in Toledo, Diego Ortiz published the Trattado de Glosas in Rome in 1553. At that time he was living in Naples in the service of Ferdinand Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alba and Viceroy of Naples. This region was deeply influenced by Spain. His... |
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BELLI
Il Nuovo Stile Guillemette Laurens, Le Poeme Harmonique, Vincent Dumestre [ ALPHA / CD ] |
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Simelibarg
Ancient Melodies & Dances of Switzerland / Germany Gyslaine Waelhli (chant), Bruegger (chant), Edouard (violin), Pfister, Caget, Rechsteiner (organ) [ Alpha / CD - released 28/Apr/2008 ] |