Search Results: alpha
Displaying items 321 to 340 of 699
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH / GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Bach & Telemann: Himmelfahrt Freiburger Barockorchester; Vox Luminis; Lionel Meunier [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 12/Apr/2024 ] Vox Luminis has teamed up with the Freiburger Barockorchester again, and together they celebrate music for Ascension Day. This topic inspired great composers such as Johann Sebastian Bach, four of whose Ascension cantatas have been preserved. The... |
ROBERT SCHUMANN / CLARA SCHUMANN / EDWARD ELGAR
Romance Gabriel Pidoux; Jorge Gonzales Buajasan [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 25/Feb/2022 ] The French oboist Gabriel Pidoux, voted 'Instrumental Soloist of the Year' at the Victoires de la Musique Classique in 2020, has made a name for himself in both early and modern repertories. He now records his first solo album, accompanied by the... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin Georg Nigl (baritone / reader), Alexander Gergelyfi (square piano) [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - released 14/Aug/2026 ] Georg Nigl and Alexander Gergelyfi present Die schöne Müllerin in a version that is quite different from what we usually hear. Thanks to the use of a Tafelklavier (square piano) built around 1810 by Carl Withum, the baritone says he has "renewed his... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Privat Georg Nigl, Andreas Staier, Anna Lucia Richter, Petra Müllejans, Roel Dieltiens [ Alpha / CD - released 22/Sep/2017 ] This recording is an invitation to immerse ourselves in the musical inner circle of the Bach family. We are familiar with Johann Sebastian Bach as a composer of genius, but we know little about his family life, with the exception of the famous... |
BEETHOVEN / SCHUBERT / RIHM
Vanitas Georg Nigl (baritone), Olga Pashchenko (piano, fortepiano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 13/Nov/2020 ] Like the paintings of the Flemish Baroque painters, the 'vanities' presented here can be approached in two ways: on the one hand, as manifestations of doubts and anxieties at the fragility of human life; on the other, as delights to be savoured... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT / CARL LOEWE / ROBERT SCHUMANN / HUGO WOLF
Echo: Schubert, Loewe, Schumann & Wolf Georg Nigl (baritone), Olga Pashchenko (piano, fortepiano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 12/May/2023 ] The baritone Georg Nigl is fascinated by ballads, which unfold in him "dream images". Schubert's long and little-known lied Viola, based on a poem by Franz von Schober, or the great ballads based on texts by Goethe "opened up a world that has always... |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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. |
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. |
![Haydn 2032, Vol. 11: Au goût parisien [Symphonies 2, 24, 82, 87] cover](https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10594/10594209.jpg)
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... |
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. |
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... |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn 2032, Vol.15 : La Reine (LP) Giovanni Antonini, Kammerorchester Basel [ Alpha Classics / 2 LP - released 8/May/2026 ] The fifteenth volume of the Haydn2032 cycle is entitled 'La Reine'. One might think that this nickname refers to Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, queen of numerous territories, but in fact the monarch honoured by the popular title of Symphony no.85... |
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. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Byrd and the Bird Giovanni Antonini (recorder), Sheng-Fang Chiu (recorder) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 24/Apr/2026 ] Giovanni Antonini and Shen-Fang Chiu form a leading recorder duo who enjoy exploring varied and unexpected repertoires. This album is named after a piece composed by Giovanni Sollima in 2024: it pays tribute to William Byrd and combines the tenor... |
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,... |
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 |
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 |
