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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 |
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... |
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... |
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... |
ERIK SATIE
Satie: amoureux Guillaume Coppola (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 16/Jan/2026 ] We know Satie as a loner, but it is less well known that Satie had also been in love. He had a brief and stormy affair with the painter Suzanne Valadon. The portrait she made of him is on the cover of this album. |
LIGETI / XENAKIS / DONATONI / GUBAIDULINA
Mysterious Morning-Works for Saxophone Quartet Habanera Saxophone Quartet [ Alpha / CD - released 21/Aug/2006 ] Works by Ligeti, Xenakis, Donatoni, Gubaidulina and Tanada for saxophone quartet. |
BUXTEHUDE
O frohliche Stunden, BuxWV 84 Hans-Jorg Mammel (tenor) / La Fenice / Jean Tubery [ Alpha / CD - released 27/Oct/2007 ] While best known as a master of the organ and of the polyphonic Cantata, the great Buxtehude also left us a number of Spiritual Concerts for soloists and instrumental ensemble. For this recital, Hans-Jörg Mammel has selected works from this... |
J.S. BACH
Pieces for violin & basse continue Helene Schmitt (violin) Alain Gervreau (violoncello) Jan Willem Jansen (clavecin) [ Alpha / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] Hélène Schmitt (violin), Alain Gervreau (cello), Jan Willem Jansen (harpsichord) |
ISTANPITA
Istanpita: Danses Florentines Du Trecento Henri & Idruss Agnel [ Alpha / CD - released 23/Jun/2017 ] From the Alpha Collection III of reissues restoring to the limelight some of the gems of early music repertory in their catalogue of labels. The discs in this series allow listeners to renew acquaintance with treasures of the Renaissance and Baroque,... |
OLIVIER MESSIAEN
Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps - Murail: Stalag VIIIa Het Collectief [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 17/Nov/2023 ] Olivier Messiaen composed his eight-movement Quartet for the End of Time in 1940 while imprisoned in Germany. He drew his inspiration from the Apocalypse written by Saint John the Evangelist, one of the few works he was allowed to keep in the camp.... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde Lucile Richardot (mezzo-soprano), Yves Saelens (tenor), Het Collectief, Reinbert de Leeuw (conductor) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 11/Sep/2020 ] This recording was made under the direction of Reinbert de Leeuw in December 2019, two months before his death. |
BARTOK / LIGETI
Bartók & Ligeti Hidéki Nagano (piano) Pierre Strauch (cello) Jeanne-Marie Conquer (violin) / Ensemble Intercontemporain, Matthias Pintscher [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2016 ] Gramophone Magazine - Editor's Choice - December 2015 |
J.S. BACH
Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin Vol.1 Helene Schmitt (violin) [ Alpha / CD - released 26/Mar/2006 ] This recording is the first volume devoted to Bach's Sonatas and Partitas for unaccompanied violin, performed by Hélène Schmitt |
J.S. BACH
Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin Vol.2 Helene Schmitt (violin) [ Alpha / CD - released 26/Mar/2006 ] "Schmitt allows the music to speak in a natural way, and the result is beautiful." (Gramophone) |
SCHMELZER
Violin Sonatas Helene Schmitt (violin) Jan Krigovsky (violone) Stephan Rath (theorbo) & Jorg-Andreas Botticher (claviorganum) [ Alpha / CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] After her acclaimed version of Bach's Sonatas and Partitas, Hélène Schmitt devotes a new recording to unpublished Sonatas by Schmelzer (ca 1620-1680), recently discovered in the archives of the British Library. These Sonatas will no doubt confirm the... |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 18 KV 456 & 21 KV 467 Howard Griffiths; Mozarteumorchester Salzburg; Jonathan Fournel [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 23/Feb/2024 ] This is another strong instalment in a consistently intriguing series, and a K467, especially, that is well worth hearing. - Gramophone |
FLORENCE PRICE / CLARA SCHUMANN / AMY BEACH / FANNY HENSEL
Piano Heroines Claire Huangci (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 30/Jan/2026 ] After a 'spellbinding' album for Alpha devoted to her American roots (Alpha1071), pianist Claire Huangci now celebrates female composers, acknowledging: 'The realities these women faced are difficult to imagine for any modern woman in the field.'... |
CAROLINE SHAW
Shaw: The Wheel I Giardini [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 21/Oct/2022 ] For the American composer Caroline Shaw, writing music is like 'cooking someone you love a meal', she told BBC Music Magazine. The youngest-ever winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Music, Shaw has premiered works at Carnegie Hall and the BBC Proms. She... |
ANDERS HILLBORG
Hillborg: Lost Landscapes Ida Falk Winland; Pekka Kuusisto; Brad Lubman; Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 14/Aug/2026 ] Anders Hillborg is Sweden's leading composer: born in 1959, he has devoted himself entirely to composition since 1982, and his music is performed by the world's leading orchestras and conductors. This release on Alpha is part of the partnership... |
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn 2032, Vol. 8: La Roxolana (LP) Il Giardino Armonico / Giovanni Antonini [ Alpha Classics / 2 LP - released 22/Jan/2021 ] For its eighth volume, Haydn2032 invites us on a musical journey that takes the Balkan route. Of all the 'Viennese Classical School', Joseph Haydn is certainly the composer closest to folk music, first because he spent his early years in the... |
