MUSSORGSKY
Pictures at an Exhibition (with Stravinsky - Rite of Spring) Andrea¯ Vieru, Dan Grigore (pianos) [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 23/Feb/2008 ] Drawing their strength from a certain vision of Old Russia, Mussorgsky's and Stravinsky's two most famous 'orchestral' works were both originally written for the piano. Andrei Vieru demonstrates the emotional heights to which the original version of... |
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Ombra mai fu Andreas Scholl, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 29/Oct/2023 ] Handel at the height of his glory. In this recital, the young Andreas Scholl and the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin invited listeners to rediscover some of Handel's finest arias, from Giulio Cesare to Serse by way of Rodelinda and Alcina, not... |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Stabat Mater; Cantate Cessate omai cessate RV 684; etc Andreas Scholl (alto) / Ensemble 415 / Chiara Banchini (director) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 24/May/2004 ] "Here's a very attractively prepared menu whose main course is the Stabatmater for countertenor and strings. Hors-d'oeuvres and side-dishes consist of a ripieno concerto (RV114), a chamber cantata for countertenor and strings (RV684), and more" |
OSWALD VON WOLKENSTEIN
Songs of myself Andreas Scholl (Counter tenor) / Schield of Harmonies / Crawford Young [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] "This is a winner...Scholl projects [Oswald's] texts magnificently, drawing on an inexhaustible range of colours and moods." Editor's Choice Gramophone Mgazine May 2010 |
J.S. BACH
Cantatas for alto / Cantatas for Solo Bass / German Cantatas [before Bach] Andreas Scholl (countertenor) Peter Kooy (bass) / Collegium Vocale Orchestra Philippe Herreweghe (conductor) [ Harmonia Mundi Herreweghe Bach Edition / 3 CD - released 10/Oct/2010 ] "There is probably no living countertenor whom I would rather hear singing these cantatas than Andreas Scholl. Scholl is on top form in BWV170, paying close attention to the relationship between text and music." (Gramophone) |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Cantatas for solo alto Andreas Scholl (countertenor) / Collegium Vocale Orchestra Philippe Herreweghe (conductor) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 27/Mar/2020 ] "There is probably no living countertenor whom I would rather hear singing these cantatas than Andreas Scholl. Scholl is on top form in BWV170, paying close attention to the relationship between text and music." (Gramophone) |
von WOLKENSTEIN / DOWLAND / HANDEL / BACH / etc
The Art of Folksong / Baroque Cantatas [2 CD set] Andreas Scholl (counter-tenor) with Andreas Martin, Julian Behr (lute) / Accademia Bizantina / Collegium Vocale [ Harmonia Mundi Initiales / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2011 ] "Whether Scholl's voice at all resembles that of the great original [Senesino] we cannot know, but it is wonderfully pure and moves with marvellous flexibility. He has the art of making recitative sound spontaneous and of catching the rhythmic... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Essential Andreas Scholl Andreas Scholl (Counter-tenor) with Andreas Martin (lute) / Ensemble 415 / Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin [ Harmonia Mundi / 3 CD - released 1/Dec/2006 ] |
KRIEGER / HAMMERSCHMID / HAGEN / ALBERT / GORNER
German Baroque Songs (Lieder Baroques Allemands) Andreas Scholl (counter-tenor) with Markus Märkl, Karl Ernst Schröder & Alix Verzier [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/May/2010 ] "Scholl's voice is a marvel: secure in pitch, its sustaining power projects a feeling of ease that eludes many countertenors, who often sound merely like men who have mastered falsetto. If anything, Scholl has a slightly feminine cast, exemplified in... |
FROBERGER / CASPAR / COUPERIN / MUFFAT / etc
Pour passer la Melancolie Andreas Staier (anon. French harpsichord, late 17th century, Joseph Collesse, 1749, restored by Laurent Soumagnac 2000-4) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Feb/2013 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER 2013: Baroque Instrumental |
J. S. BACH
Early Works Andreas Staier (harpsichord) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Mar/2008 ] Who was the young Bach? A rebellious, provocative adolescent? A clever, stubborn careerist? An innovator, as gifted as he was prolific? Certainly a mixture of all three, replies the harpsichordist Andreas Staier in this selection of early works that... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Ein neuer Weg - Piano Sonatas Op. 31 & Variations Opp. 34 & 35 Andreas Staier (fortepiano) [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 13/Mar/2020 ] "This stimulating disc, recorded on an instrument of 1810, illustrates Beethoven's "new path". The Op 31 sonatas show an unprecedented, almost improvisatory audacity of harmony." Sunday Times |
W.A. MOZART
Piano Works (Incls sonatas K282 & K457) Andreas Staier (fortepiano) [ Harmonia Mundi Mozart Edition / CD - released 1/Mar/2006 ] "Staier is firing on all cylinders in this altogether invigorating keyboard recital. A superlative disc." (Gramophone Jan 2004) |
SCHUBERT
4 Impromptus, D935 / Piano Sonata No. 18 in G major, D894 Andreas Staier (fortepiano Christopher Clarke) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] "If you love this music, you'll want this interpretation. Staier is unquestionably one of the most probing and thoughtful musicians around today." Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine Sept 2009 |
HAYDN
Piano Concertos Andreas Staier (pianoforte), Freiburger Barockorchester [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 17/Jun/2016 ] "If you like your Haydn decorated, this sparkling disc could prove ideal. Now comes a splendid period-instrument recording that reinvests these wonderfully inventive pieces with a real sense of novelty" (Gramophone) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Hamburg 1734 Andreas Staier (harpsichord) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD ] |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Keyboard Concertos Nos. 1-7 BWV1052-1058 Andreas Staier (harpsichord) / Freiburger Barockorchester, Petra Müllejans [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 12/Aug/2015 ] The seven fabulously inventive concertos for solo harpsichord and orchestra mark a key stage in the history of the concertante form. The set was compiled during Bach's Leipzig years, when he directed the city's Collegium Musicum, and requires... |
C. P. E. BACH
The Keyboard Concertos Wq 43, Nos. 1-6 Andreas Staier (harpsichord) / Freiburger Barockorchester, Petra Müllejans [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 15/Mar/2011 ] "Here is the world's finest Baroque orchestra eagerly joining with one of the world's best harpsichordists in concertos by a composer who right now seems to be winning new recognition as the giant musical personality he was" Gramophone Award WINNER... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Am Stein-vis-a-vis Andreas Staier, Christine Schornsheim (Stein-vis-a-vis) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 30/Aug/2017 ] Nearly 80 years after the invention of the fortepiano, the harpsichord was by no means relegated to antique status. On the contrary, the two instruments cohabited throughout the 18th century, to the point where several makers strove to combine them... |
W. A. MOZART
Sonatas, Variations and a Fantasy Andreas Staier (pianoforte) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2012 ] Released for the first time in 2003 and 2005, this two-CD set combines two Mozart recordings in which Andreas Staier raises the questions of ornamentation and improvisation with a hefty dose of impishness in his interpretative options (as in 'his'... |