CLARA SCHUMANN / REBECCA CLARKE
Schumann, (C.) / Clarke: Piano Trios Trio Rigamonti [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Mar/2024 ] This pair of piano trios has become recognised in recent years as among the finest works by their composers, and they make a complementary pairing despite their contrasting idioms. |
RESPIGHI
Complete Orchestral Music Vol 3 [Incls 'Concerto gregoriano'] Vadim Brodsky (violin) Chiara Bertoglio (piano) Andrea Noferini (cello) / Orchestra Sinfonica Di Roma, Francesco La Vecchia [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2013 ] "[La Vecchia] conducts with energy and conviction throughout. The Rome orchestra responds enthusiastically, and the orchestral sound has plenty of colour and presence, with nice grip from the brass at the tuttis. A must for Respighi fans" MusicWeb |
TIKHON KHRENNIKOV
Violin Concertos & Piano Concertos Vadim Repin (violin) Evgeny Kissin (piano) Maxim Vengerov (violin) / Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio, Vladimir Fedoseyev [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 10/Jan/2014 ] Tikhon Khrennikov was certainly an equivocal figure in the history of 20thcentury Russian music. A composer with a tendency towards popular theatrical genres and lyricism, the naively optimistic nature of his music was soon noticed by the Soviet... |
FRANCIS POULENC
Poulenc: Mélodies Valentina Coladonato (soprano), Claudio Proietti (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 12/Jul/2019 ] Poulenc once declared that 'the musical transposition of a poem must be an act of love, not a marriage of convenience.' |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: 3 Piano Quartets Van Swieten Society [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 4/Dec/2020 ] New period-instrument recordings of breakthrough works by the teenage Beethoven. The piano quartet is an unassuming genre for a musical milestone, but it was with this trio of works that Beethoven, at the age of 15, first found the voice that would... |
JOSEF HAYDN
Piano Trios (complete) Van Swieten Trio, with Bart van Oort, fortepiano [ Brilliant Classics / 10 CD Box Set - released 1/Jan/2009 ] A prestigious project: brand new recordings of the complete piano trios by Joseph Haydn. For the first time recorded on period instruments. |
BUSONI / CAETANI / CASELLA / EINAUDI / RESPIGHI etc
20th Century Italian Piano Music Various Artists [ Brilliant Classics / 20 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2016 ] The political and social turmoil of the early 20th century did nothing to slow the output of extraordinary piano music from Italy's great composers. From the lyricism of Italian opera to the bravura of the modernist movement, the piano works on these... |
JOLIVET / ROUSSEL / FRANCK / DEBUSSY / SAINT-SAENS / MILHAUD / POULENC / FAURE / VIEUXTEMPS / etc
French Violin Sonatas Daniele Orlando, Linda di Carlo, Mauro Tortorelli, Angela Meluso, Krysia Osostowicz, Susan Tomes, Kristóf Baráti, Klára Würtz, Bruno Monteiro, etc [ Brilliant Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 14/Jan/2022 ] The works in this collection emerged from the genre of duo concertant initially conceived as showcases for the virtuosity of Nicolò Paganini and his successors in the Franco-Belgian school of violin playing, notably Henry Vieuxtemps. |
JANACEK
Complete Piano Works Håkon Austbø (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] The year 2004 commemorated the 150th anniversary of the birth of Leos Janacek, one of Czech's most famous and original composers. Janacek's music is highly personal, his language immediately recognizable: short, almost aphoristic motives form the... |
MAX REGER
Reger Collection [11 CD set] Amadeus Webersinke (piano) Manfred Scherzer (violin) Annelies Burmeister (alto) / Radio Chorus Berlin, Dietrich Knothe / RSO Leipzig / Dresden Philhar [ Brilliant Classics / 11 CD Box Set - released 22/Apr/2015 ] "splendid music in excellent, sympathetic performances." MusicWeb International, 1st July 2013 |
SCHUMANN
Complete Solo Piano Works Ronald Brautigam, Luba Edlina, Peter Frankl, Mariana Izman, Wolfgang Schmitt-Leonardy, Klara Wurtz [ Brilliant Classics / 13 CD Box Set - released 13/Dec/2010 ] |
SPOHR
Spohr: Chamber Music for Clarinet, Soprano and Piano Various Artists [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 23/Oct/2020 ] A new recording of Spohr's masterpiece in the field of art-song, complemented by a trio of attractive instrumental rarities. Though his star has fallen since his death in 1859, Louis Spohr was once commonly ranked alongside the greatest of his... |
BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Concerto Nos 1 & 2 Vincenzo Maltempo, Mitteleuropa Orchestra [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 25/May/2018 ] Crowning the very summit of the piano concerto literature are the two examples by Brahms, posing as stern a test of technique, temperament and poetic feeling to the interpreter now as they did when they were composed over a century and a half ago.... |
FERDINAND RIES
Ries: Clarinet Trio & Sonatas Vlad Weverbergh (clarinet), Jadranka Gasparovic (cello), Vasily Ilisavsky (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/2023 ] Ferdinand Ries may still be known almost exclusively to the musical world as Beethoven's friend, pupil, secretary and first biographer, but Brilliant Classics have done much to broaden our understanding of this significant figure in the Vienna of the... |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphonies / Jazz Suites / Chamber music [3 CD] WDR Symphony Orchestra, Rudolf Barshai / National Symphony of Urkraine, Theore Kuchar / Edwar Auer, piano [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 20/Jun/2010 ] "No. 9: Magnificent; Shostakovich's subversive, Haydnesque wit and underlying anxiety is made perfectly plain; wonderful brass playing. No. 10: A lithe, lean, and dramatic reading, with powerful climaxes" (10/10 ClassicsToday) |
J. S. BACH
J.S. Bach: Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach Yuan Sheng (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 11/Mar/2022 ] With almost 70 separate pieces across the 130 minutes of this generous collection, Yuan Sheng surveys a sometimes overlooked aspect of Bach's industry and genius, as both teacher and family man. |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
TCHAIKOVSKY: The Seasons Yuan Sheng (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Oct/2018 ] Yuan Sheng has a deep understanding and command of harpsichord and early pianos that has resulted in many well-received historically informed performances and recordings. In reviewing his all-Beethoven recital on an 1805 Kathönig piano, the Boston... |