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GIOVANNI MARIA PELAZZA
Pelazza: Organ Music Fabio Macera (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/2019 ] Rescued, revived and presented on record for the first time, sacred and secular organ works by a friend to Verdi, Puccini and Saint-Saëns. Almost forgotten today, the Piedmontese musician Giovanni Maria Pelazza was born in 1847 and at the age of... |
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PASQUALE PERICOLI
Pericoli: Cello Sonatas (6) Federico Bracalente (cello) & Nicola Procaccini (harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 24/Feb/2017 ] Little is known about the life of Pasquale Pericoli, who lived and worked in the second half of the 18th century. He is known to have produced operas in Stockholm for some years, he himself claimed to be of Neapolitan origin. |
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COSTANZO ANTEGNATI
Antegnati: 12 Ricercari Federico Del Sordo at the Meiarini organ (1630), Chiesa S. Maria del Carmine Brescia harpsichord fretted clavichord [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/2018 ] Costanzo Antegnati (1549-1624) was scion of the Antegnati family, recognized as the leading organ builders in the northern Italian province of Brescia. Four generations of skilled craftsmen from the same family produced some of the best-known... |
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AURELIO BONELLI
Bonelli: Complete Keyboard Music Federico del Sordo (organ, harpsichord, clavichord) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 12/Jul/2019 ] Following the release last year of works by Holzer, Antegnati and Pellegrini, the renowned organist Federico Del Sordo further delves into the world of Renaissance and early Baroque keyboard repertoire. In this set, he turns his attention to Italian... |
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GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Telelmann: Fantasias (12) for solo violin, TWV 40:14-25 Federico Guglielmo (violin) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 15/Aug/2015 ] Few violinists have better credentials for performing this music than Italian maestro Federico Guglielmo, leader of the early music ensemble "L'Arte dell'Arco" and celebrated violinist himself, with an impressive discography to his name. |
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VIVALDI
Violin Sonatas Op 2 Federico Guglielmo (violin) / L'Arte Dell'Arco [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] Vivaldi published this Opus in 1709 in Venice, and in 1712 again in Amsterdam with Roger, who was to become his main publisher. Vivaldi was a notable violin virtuoso himself, no wonder these sonatas demand a high technical level of the performer.... |
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TOMASO ALBINONI
Albinoni: The Late Violin Sonatas L'Arte Dell'Arco / Federico Guglielmo (baroque violin) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 25/Feb/2022 ] During Albinoni's lifetime (1671-1751) four separate collections of sonatas with violin were published under his name, though only the Trattenimenti armonici Op.6 were prepared by their composer. |
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FEDERICO MOMPOU
Mompou: Complete solo piano works (Rec 1974) Federico Mompou (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 17/Aug/2005 ] "These classic recordings, licensed from Ensayo, always will be treasured by those who enjoy Federico Mompou's haunting and hermetic style." (ClassicsToday 10/8 for performance and sound) |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Golden Age of The Romantic Piano Concerto [20 CD + CD Rom] Felicja Blumental, Michael Ponti, Jerome Rose, Marylène Dosse, Eugene List (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 21 CD Box Set - released 10/Feb/2010 ] For many of the works in this collection, these recordings were the world premiers. In the 1960s and 70s the Vox Candide and Turnabout labels did much to enrich the collector's knowledge and appreciation of the bywaters of the repertoire. |
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CHRISTOPHE MOYREAU
Moyreau: Complete Harpsichord Music Fernando De Luca (harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/2022 ] The first-ever survey on record of the complete surviving output by a significant contemporary of Rameau: a missing piece in the jigsaw of the French Baroque. |
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CHRISTOPH GRAUPNER
Graupner: Complete Harpsichord Music Fernando de Luca (harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / 14 CD Box Set - released 25/Jun/2021 ] Christoph Graupner was born Kirchberg, Saxony. Due to an unfortunate combination of circumstances his work has fallen into almost total oblivion, yet he was one of the most important composers of his time. |
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CHARLES DIEUPART
Six Suites De Clavecin Fernando Miguel Jalôto (harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 24/Jun/2013 ] "The fact that these suites are not that well known - at least not in their harpsichord version - their quality and the level of performance are ample justification to label this set Recording of the Month." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb Aug 2015 |
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GAETANO BRUNETTI
Brunetti: Divertimenti Fernando Pascual (violin) Isabel López (viola) Pere Joan Carrascosa (cello) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 14/Jan/2022 ] New recordings of little-known but exquisite string-trio divertimenti from the high-noon of the Classical era. |
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FRANCESCO GEMINIANI
Geminiani: Complete Music for Harpsichord Filippo Emanuele Ravizza (harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 6/May/2022 ] This new recording presents the complete works for the harpsichord, a collection of miscellaneous pieces and sonatas, usually in two movements. |
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ROSSINI
Petite Messe solennelle Filippo Farinelli, Sabina Belei (piano) & Riccardo Bonci (harmonium) / New Chamber Singers, Andrea Cappelleri [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 28/Nov/2014 ] The Petite Messe Solennelle, the last of Rossini's compositions... is performed here with Rossini's original instrumentation and also includes the hymn for soprano and piano 'O salutaris hostia', which is often omitted. |
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WILHELM FRIEDEMANN BACH
Bach, (W.F.): Complete Organ Music Filippo Turri (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 26/May/2018 ] Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710‐1784) was the first son of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach. He was taught by his father and soon he became proficient on several instruments. Although he was an organist for 20 years in Halle, he was one of... |
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WAGNER
Der Fliegende Hollande [The Flying Dutchman] Gottlob Frick, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Marianne Schech, Rudolf Schock / Staatskapelle Berlin & Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin, Franz Konwitsch [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 22/Apr/2013 ] One of the greatest and most revolutionary composers of the nineteenth century, Richard Wagner transformed the realm of musical drama. Years before his towering successes of the Ring Cycle, Tristan und Isolde and Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, he... |
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RICCIO / CASTELLO / FRESCOBALDI / PORTA / etc
Recorder Quartet: Italian and English Renaissance Consort Music Flanders Recorder Quartet with Maria Verbruggen. Viol da Gamba ensemble and Guy Penson, (harpsichord) and Guy de Mey (tenor). [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 14/Aug/2005 ] "I recommend this disc to everyone with an interest in Renaissance music and/or early chamber music." (MusicWeb July 2005) |
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JOHN DUARTE
Duarte: Works for Solo Guitar Flavio Nati (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/2024 ] Duarte's Partita was completed in 1974. It's a substantial work in four movements, using all original material. As in the Variations on a Theme of Štěpán Rak he adopts a four-note motif, which may be heard forwards, backwards, inverted and stretched.... |
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KUHLAU
Kuhlau: 7 Flute Trios Flute East Trio [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 4/Dec/2020 ] Lively charm in abundance from 'the Beethoven of the flute': chamber music from the 'Danish Golden Age' of the early 19th century in accomplished new recordings by a German-based trio of fine young musicians making their debut on Brilliant Classics.... |