LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Trios Nos 3 & 5 Geister (with Hummel-Piano Trio No 4) Andreas Staier (pianoforte) Daniel Sepec (violin) Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Oct/2007 ] "Anyone who has heard and admired Andreas Staier's bracing performances of 18th- and early-19th-century solo piano works, on a variety of historically appropriate keyboards, will be at home with this highly charged chamber-music playing." (The Guardian) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Sonatas for Clarinet & Piano Andreas Staier (pianoforte) Lorenzo Coppola (clarinet) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Jun/2015 ] "Staier and Coppola's characterful playing seeks out muted shadings, blends and balances that constantly surprise the ear." (Irish Times) |
BRAHMS
Cello sonatas Andrei Korobeinikov (piano) Alexander Kniazev (cello) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Dec/2015 ] Arnold Schoenberg acknowledged Brahms' extraordinary skill in opening out classical forms to new horizons. Some 20 years separate the composition of the cello sonatas of this composer preoccupied with the inner existence, who for all his respect for... |
HANDEL
Ombra Mai Fu Andres Scholl (Counter Tenor) / Akademie fAr Alte Musik Berlin [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Oct/2008 ] "Ombra mai fu reveals the silken, honeyed tone of Scholl as a marvel - pure and resonant." Opera |
MOZART
3 Violin Concertos Andrew English Concert/Manze [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 9/Jan/2006 ] |
LULLY / CAMPRA
'Choregraphie': Music for Louis XIV's dancing masters Andrew Lawrence-King (baroque triple harp) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Oct/2003 ] Raoul-Auger Feuillet's Choregraphie (Paris, 1700) changed ballet history forever with its pioneering use of dance notation. Virtuoso harpist Andrew Lawrence-King performs music by Lully and Campra in solo settings by d'Anglebert, chosen by Feuillet... |
Andrew Lawrence-King (harp), The Harp Consort
El arte de fantasia: Renaissance Chansons, Dances & Fantasias [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 4/May/2004 ] " Andrew Lawrence-King's name is synonymous with many of the most exotic and beguiling recorded sounds of the pre-classical harp, whether as soloist or within a continuo battery." - Gramophone |
J. S. BACH
Solo & Double Violin Concertos Andrew Manze, Rachel Podger (violin) / The Academy of Ancient Music; Andrew Manze (director) [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 10/Jul/2016 ] "...there is no hiding the sensitivity with which Manze and his colleagues play the slow movements. The long-breathed lines, discreet embellishments and fine tonal shadings are remarkable." Classic CD |
Andrew Manze & Richard Egarr
Handel:complete Violin Sonatas [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 7/Apr/2003 ] |
Andrew Manze & Richard Egarr
Mozart: Violin Sonatas [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 3/Oct/2005 ] |
TELEMANN
Twelve Fantasias for Violin Solo Andrew Manze (violin) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 13/Mar/2005 ] "These virtually unknown pieces show an engaging wit and lightness of spirit, both in Manze's lively account of the Fantasias and his collaboration with Ms. Balding in Gulliver." - Ultimate Audio |
W.A. MOZART
Violin Concertos K.216, 218, 219 Andrew Manze (violin & director) / The English Concert [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / SACD - released 24/Jan/2006 ] "His sense of fantasy permeated every flexible phrase." – The Evening Standard, UK (concert review) |
SCHUBERT
Sonatas for Violin and Piano Andrew Manze (violin) Richard Egarr (fortepiano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 5/Oct/2007 ] These sonatas written by a Schubert at the age of 19 and 20, just as he was about to enjoy his first successes in Vienna, are truly touched by grace. Openly inspired by the heritage of the great Classical masters - Mozart, Haydn, and of course... |
W.A. MOZART
Violin Sonatas (1781) Andrew Manze (violin) / Richard Egarr (fortepiano) [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / SACD - released 28/Oct/2005 ] Composed after he settled in Vienna, Mozart’s “Auernhammer” sonatas, K.376, 377 and 380, are the first fruits of his freedom from Salzburg serfdom and a sign of his new, revolutionary spirit. |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Violin Sonatas Andrew Manze (violin) Richard Egarr (harpsichord) Jaap ter Linden (gamba) [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 13/Mar/2005 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1700-1760) - "As a trio the dynamic and expressive range of Andrew Manze, Richard Egarr, and Jaap ter Linden is unparalleled." - Classic CD |
REBEL
Violin Sonatas Andrew Manze (violin) / Richard Egarr (harpsichord) / Jaap ter Linden (viola de gamba) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 13/Mar/2005 ] Critic's Choice Gramophone Magazine 1999. 'Italian fire and genius with French wisdom and tenderness.' |
GIOVANNI ANTONIO PANDOLFI
Complete Violin Sonatas Andrew Manze (violin) Richard Egarr (keyboard) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] "Strongly recommended." - Gramophone Magazine Early Music Award (1999) |
BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis Op 123 Rosa Mannion (sop) Birgit Remmert (alto) James Taylor (tenor) Cornelius Hauptmann (bass) / La Chapelle Royale / Champs-Elysees / Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/May/2010 ] 'Philippe Herreweghe has the measure of this stubborn masterpiece...No-one has ever got it quite right - until now.' - Classic CD |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Les Illuminations, Serenade, Nocturne Andrew Staples, Christopher Parks, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 19/Aug/2022 ] In these three song cycles, Britten draws his inspiration from the peaks of European poetry (Shakespeare, Blake, Shelley, Keats, but also Rimbaud), the better to push back the boundaries of the genre. He multiplies the relationship between voices and... |
Andrews/Slayvanka Male Chorus
Liturgie Orthodoxe Russe [ Harmonia Mundi / CD ] |