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BELA BARTOK / JEAN FRANCAIX / HENRYK GORECKI / FRANCIS POULENC
Clavecin XX Justin Taylor (harpsichord), Orchestre National de Lille, Chloé Dufresne [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 22/May/2026 ] Generally labelled as a Baroque instrument and thought to have disappeared with the French Revolution, the harpsichord flourished again in the first third of the 20th century and inspired original compositions. |
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn 2032, Vol. 7: Gli Impresari Kammerorchester Basel; Giovanni Antonini [ Alpha / CD - released 22/Feb/2019 ] Under the title Gli impresari, The Impresarios - i.e. the directors of the theatre troupes that Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy engaged to perform in his opera houses - this CD gathers together some of the orchestral works by Joseph Haydn linked by... |
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn 2032 Volume 6 - Lamentatione (Limited Edition LP & CD) Kammerorchester Basel, Giovanni Antonini [ Alpha Classics / 2 LP - released 31/Aug/2018 ] The year 2017 was a vintage one for Giovanni Antonini: he was awarded an Echo Klassik, two Gramophone Awards and a Diapason d'Or of the Year for his recent releases. Two of these prizes distinguished Il Distratto, volume 4 of the complete recording... |
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FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Project Haydn 2032: L'Homme De Genie [Symphonies 19, 80, 81] Kammerorchester Basel, Giovanni Antonini [ Alpha / CD - released 9/Feb/2018 ] "This is another winning entry into Antonini's Haydn discography." Gramophone |
JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Fables de La Fontaine Karine Deshayes / Orchestre de l'opéra de Rouen Normandie / Jean-Pierre Haeck [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] A grasshopper, a milkmaid's pail, a shepherd, a fox, a country mouse, a cobbler... These are just some of the diverse and varied characters from the famous Fables that Jacques Offenbach decided to set to music in 1842, some 150 years after they were... |
GABRIEL FAURÉ / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Samsara: Schumann & Fauré Kate Lindsey (mezzo-soprano), Éric Le Sage (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 28/Mar/2025 ] For her fourth recital on Alpha Classics, mezzo-soprano Kate Lindsey has chosen to record two cycles, Schumann's well-known Frauenliebe und Leben and Fauré's La Chanson d'Ève, a much more unfamiliar work. |
GABRIEL FAURE
Fauré: Sonatas for Violin and Piano Transcriptions Kerson Leong (violin), Jonathan Fournel (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 5/Jun/2026 ] Kerson Leong, winner of the Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition in 2010, and Jonathan Fournel, winner of the Queen Elisabeth International Grand Prix in 2021, have each recorded several albums for Alpha Classics. Long-time... |
BENJAMIN BRUCH / MAX BRUCH
Britten & Bruch: Violin Concertos Kerson Leong (violin) / Philharmonia Orchestra; Patrick Hahn [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 12/May/2023 ] "it is the coupling of the Britten Violin Concerto (gratifyingly becoming more and more core repertoire these days) which...sets this disc apart…I can't recall a better account of the piece than this." Editor's Choice Gramophone July 2023 |
EUGENE YSAYE
Ysaÿe - Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas for Solo Violin Kerson Leong (violin) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 12/Feb/2021 ] |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Die Schöne Müllerin Konstantin Krimmel (baritone), Daniel Heide (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 7/Jul/2023 ] "...beautifully sung, played and recorded - is among the most satisfying and quietly moving to come my way for a long time." Gramophone Award Finalist 2024 - Song |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: 32 Sonatas Konstantin Lifschitz (piano) [ Alpha Classics / 10 CD - released 6/Mar/2020 ] In a world like ours, shaped by centrifugal forces, even a monumental corpus like Beethoven's thirty wo piano sonatas can appear in a new light. Chronological examination of its genesis reveals fascinating parallels. - The Sonatas op.2 were published... |
BEETHOVEN / FERRÉ / SOLLIMA
Searching for Ludwig: Beethoven, Sollima & Ferré Kremerata Baltica, Gidon Kremer, Mario Brunello [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 23/Oct/2020 ] Gidon Kremer and Mario Brunello pay tribute to Beethoven by presenting two of his most famous quartets in a version for string orchestra played by Kremerata Baltica. The ensemble's founder Gidon Kremer directs op.131 from the violin, while Mario... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Piazzolla Reflections Ksenija Sidorova (accordion) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 12/Feb/2021 ] Riga-born Ksenija Sidorova is today one of the most eminent global ambassadors of the classical accordion. She has proudly borne the colours of her instrument in appearances in the world's leading halls and with the foremost orchestras. Here she pays... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Crossroads Ksenija Sidorova (accordion) Sinfonietta Riga, Normunds Šnē [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 18/Oct/2024 ] After Piazzolla Reflections, (ALPHA664), Latvian accordionist Ksenija Sidorova devotes this new recording to Bach and compositions influenced by his music - starting with the famous Concerto BWV 1052, which has inspired so many adaptations for piano,... |
TONU KORVITS / ERKKI-SVEN TUUR / PETERIS VASKS
Prophecy Ksenija Sidorova (accordion), Estonian Festival Orchestra, Paavo Järvi [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 13/Feb/2026 ] With these works for accordion and orchestra, Ksenija Sidorova and Paavo Järvi pay tribute to the music of the Baltic countries: the Latvian and the Estonian, who have been collaborating for over 10 years, recorded in Pärnu with the festival... |
NATALIS CORDAT / NICOLAS SABOLY
Baroque Christmas in Occitania La Camera delle Lacrime, Bruno Bonhoure [ Alpha / CD - released 27/Oct/2008 ] Natalis Cordat (ca1610-1663), was a country vicar who wrote very refined and aristocratic 'noëls' whilst Nicolas Saboly (1614-1678), the caustic master of an Avignon Chapel, was a writer of small pieces in a popular vein. The Camera delle Lacrime... |
D'ANGLEBERT / LULLY
Se Canta Que Recante: Harpsichord Works and Airs after Lully La Camera Delle Lacrime / Bruno Bonhoure (voix & dirction) [ Alpha / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] "These d'Anglebert harpsichord works are played with sparkling technique, wit and insight by Frisch on a magnificent modern copy of an instrument by Vincent Tibaut" IRR |
BOLOGNA / CASERTA / LANINI / PADOVA / PERUGIA / etc
Metamorfosi Trecento La Fonte Musica, Michele Pasotti [ Alpha / CD - released 1/Mar/2017 ] Myth, Sallust tells us, is the relation of 'things that never happened, but always are'. Ever since the fourteenth century, music has drunk deep from the source of myths. When composers were not dealing with sacred history, with the great morality... |
SIGISMUND NEUKOMM
Neukomm: Requiem à la mémoire de Louis XVI La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy, Jean-Claude Malgoire [ Alpha / CD - released 16/Jun/2017 ] In spite of the immense success he enjoyed in his lifetime, Sigismund Neukomm (born in Salzburg in 1778, died in Paris in 1858 at the age of eighty) is practically forgotten nowadays. Yet he left a catalogue of nearly two thousand works, including... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: The Turn of the Screw La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra; Ben Glassberg / Sally Matthews; Julian Hubbard; Carole Wilson; Giselle Allen; Ed Lyon; Henri de Beauffort; Katharina Bie [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - released 27/May/2022 ] Nothing is as it appears in the old English manor house of Bly. A new governess takes up her post and discovers that the children who are her new charges are under the influence of the ghosts of the previous governess and her depraved lover. |
