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SARDINHA / PERNAMBUCO / NAZARETH / BROUWER / etc
The Brazilian Guitar Flávio Apro (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] Although Brazilian composers might not be as famous as the country's football players, they are certainly as colourful, creative and entertaining! This new recording presents a selection of original music for guitar by Brazilian composers:... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Nocturne - Romantic Guitar Miniatures Flávio Apro (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 22/Sep/2014 ] This selection of guitar miniatures brings us to Mediterranean landscapes under moonlit night skies: works by De Falla, Mompou, Ponce, Castelnuovo‐Tedesco, Barrios, Llobet, Tarrega, Sor, Rodrigo and others, in which the colours, tastes, folkore and... |
CHOPIN
Complete Polonaises Folke Nauta (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] Folke Nauta has recorded several CDs including the piano concertos of Röntgen, Schubert's Sonata D958, and mixed recital programme. |
LUIGI BOCCHERINI
Boccherini - Stabat Mater / String Quartet Op.41/1 Francesca Boncompagni (soprano), Ensemble Symposium [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 24/Jun/2016 ] The Stabat Mater is one of the most moving liturgical works, meditating upon the suffering of Mary during the crucifixion of her Son. It draws forth the deepest human emotions of anxiety, desolation and grief. |
FRANCESCO DURANTE
Durante: Requiem Francesca Cassinari (soprano), Elena Carzaniga (contralto), Roberto Rilievi (tenor), Matteo Bellotto (bass) / Astrarium Consort [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 10/Mar/2020 ] Francesco Durante (1684-1755) was the most important representative of the Neapolitan School in the first half of the 18-th century, "the greatest harmonist in Italy, that is the world" wrote Jean-Jacques Rousseau |
ELISABETH JACQUET DE LA GUERRE
Jacquet de La Guerre: Complete Harpsichord Works Francesca Lanfranco (harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 23/Feb/2018 ] Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, called "The wonder of our age", is one of the most remarkable female composers of all time. She was born in Paris in 1665, daughter of an organist and harpsichord maker. A prodigy girl, her personality caught everyone... |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Tosca (complete opera recorded 2000) Francesca Patane, Jose Cura, Renato Bruson / Symphony Orchestra of the Province of Bari / Pier Giorgio Morandi [ Brilliant Classics DVD / DVD - released 4/Sep/2003 ] This performance was acclaimed as an operatic event, and the superstar cast makes it a Tosca for the ages. Enrico Castiglione has directed the work with tremendous originality and dramatic power, heightening with a modern and cinematic style a... |
CORREA DE ARAUXO
Correa de Arauxo: Organ Music; Francesco Cera [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 22/Jun/2018 ] 17th-century Spanish toccatas, fantasias and inventions by a master organ composer from Seville. It may be pure coincidence, but in 1626, it was two enlightened intellectuals from Seville - artist Diego Velázquez and composer Francisco Correa de... |
ANONYMOUS / ANTICO / GABRIELI / CABEZON / ASTON / etc
The Organ at European Courts Francesco Cera (Positive organ [organ ottavino] of the Neapolitan school, dated 1772) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 6/May/2016 ] The organ is usually associated with the church and sacred music. However, in Renaissance and early baroque small organs were often used in noble mansions and courts for performance of secular music. Collections of instruments held by courts in... |
HENRI D'ANGELBERT
D'Anglebert: Complete Harpsichord Music Francesco Cera (harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 25/Apr/2016 ] "The historical importance of d'Anglebert, the quality of his oeuvre and the splendid interpretation by Francesco Cera justify the accolade of Recording of the Month." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb April 2016) |
GIOVANNI MARIA TRABACI
Music For Organ & Harpsichord Francesco Cera (organ & harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Nov/2014 ] Giovanni Maria Trabaci lived from 1575 till 1647. A highly prolific composer he left a vast oeuvre of vocal and instrumental music. Especially his works for keyboard are important: his bold, forward looking style, full of daring chromatisms and... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Cello Transcriptions, Violin Sonata No.1, Songs, Hungarian Dances Francesco Dillon (cello), Emanuele Torquati (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 23/Mar/2018 ] Johannes Brahms was a keen transcriber, he wrote numerous arrangements of his own works and those of others. Moreover he was happy when others transcribed his works for other instruments, that is when it was done by musicians he trusted. He... |
JOSEPH-MARIE-CLEMENT DALL'ABACO
Dall'Abaco, J: Capricci (11) Francesco Galligioni (cello) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2018 ] A significant if little-known staging post in the history of the solo cello. Born in Brussels in 1710, Joseph Marie Clément Ferdinand Dall'Abaco displayed such an aptitude for the cello that at the age of 19, he was appointed cellist in the chapel... |
Francesco Galligioni (cello), Alberto Gallligioni (cello), Paolo Zuccheri violone Lorenzo Feder (organ), Roberto Lorregian (organ & harpsichord)
Caldara: Complete Cello Concertos [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 5/Sep/2025 ] A new and complete survey of the attractive body of cello sonatas which, in his day, helped to make Antonio Caldara a Viennese rival to the fame of Antonio Vivaldi in Venice. Born in Venice as the son of a violinist, Caldara grew up as a chorister... |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Cello Concertos (complete) Francesco Galligioni (cello) / L'Arte dell'Arco, Federico Guglielmo [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 25/Feb/2015 ] Antonio Vivaldi was one of the first composers to feature the cello, then a relatively "new" instrument (after the viola da gamba), as a mature solo instrument. He wrote no less than 27 concertos for the cello. |
GIOVANNI PLATTI
Platti: Cello Sonatas Francesco Galligioni (cello) / Members of L'Arte dell'Arco [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2019 ] "What this set confirms is that Platti was not just another run-of-the-mill Baroque composer churning out reasonably well-wrought but formulaic pieces on deadlines, but a figure with a distinctive creative imagination" Fanfare |
FRESCOBALDI / GESUALDO
Music for Accordion Francesco Gesualdi (Accordion) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 27/Feb/2017 ] Two masters of the Italian Renaissance, played on…the accordion! The accordion is slowly emancipating, shedding its "light entertainment" image and claiming its right as a serious and valuable musical instrument. Its possibilities are enormous,... |
MARIO PILATI
Pilati: Chamber Music For Violin, Cello & Piano Francesco Manara (violin), Luca Signorini (cello) & Dario Candela (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2017 ] Mario Pilati (1903-1938) was an important figure in Italian musical life in the 20-ties and 30-ties of the 20th century. After winning the prestigious Coolidge Prize his works were also performed in the USA, a.o. by the Boston Symphony Orchestra... |
FRANCESCO MANCINI
12 Recorder Sonatas Lorenzo Cavasanti (recorders), Caroline Boersma (cello) & Sergio Ciomei (harpsichord) / Ensemble Tripla Concordia [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] Francesco Mancini (1672-1737) was born in Naples, and worked initially as an organist at the Cappella Reale, an institution he would direct some years later until he was replaced by Alessandro Scarlatti in 1708. |
LEO ORNSTEIN
Ornstein: Complete Music for Violin and Piano and for Flute and Piano Francesco Parrino (violin), Stefano Parrino (flute), Maud Renier (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 24/Feb/2017 ] Leo Ornstein was born in 1895 in the Ukraine, and emigrated with his family in 1906 to the USA, where he became a famous pianist and leading figure in the American Avant‐Garde, writing highly experimental music in which tonal clusters played an... |
