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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Works for Fortepiano and Violoncello Nicolas Altstaedt (cello) / Alexander Lonquich (Fortepiano) [ Alpha / 2 CD - released 1/May/2020 ] Beethoven's output for cello and piano is fascinating because it covers every period of his career, from early to late, with references to Bach in op.69 and op.102 no.2 and an especially innovative and amazingly modern musical language. . |
ESA-PEKKA SALONEN / MAURICE RAVEL
Salonen / Ravel Nicolas Altstaedt; Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra; Dima Slobodeniouk; Pekka Kuusisto [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 25/Feb/2022 ] Nicolas Altstaedt presents here his version of Esa-Pekka Salonen's monumental Cello Concerto, originally composed for Yo-Yo Ma, and given its Finnish premiere by the Franco-German cellist under the composer's direction. In partnership with the... |
GRAZYNA BACEWICZ / BENJAMIN BRITTEN / MORTON FELDMAN / PAUL MCCARTNEY / SANDOR VERESS
Blackbirds: Music from the 1960s - Bacewicz, Britten, Feldman, Veress Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Maxim Emelyanychev (piano), Thomas Dunford (lute, voice), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 10/Apr/2026 ] Nicolas Altstaedt's starting point for this recording was the magnificent Second Concerto for Cello and Orchestra by Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969): "On reading through the work for the first time, I immediately thought: why is this... |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: Complete Works for Clarinet, Vol. 2 Nicolas Baldeyrou (clarinet), Gabriel Pidoux (oboe), David Guerrier (horn), David Doucot (bassoon), Kolner Akademie Michael Alexander Willens (cond.) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 24/Apr/2026 ] After exploring the Gran Partita, Nicolas Baldeyrou opens the doors to concertante music in this second volume. The programme displays the two faces of Mozart: the youthful, all-conquering genius of his Parisian period, and the supreme master of his... |
A Nocte Temporis, Anna Besson, Reinoud van Mechelen
The Dubhlinn Gardens [ Alpha / CD - released 22/Feb/2019 ] The Dubhlinn Gardens: an evening in the high society of 18th century Dublin, where traditional music was 'civilising' itself for the salon… This programme was inspired by the passion for traditional Irish music that flautist Anna Besson has felt... |
ANONYMOUS
Oh, ma belle brunette Reinoud Van Mechelen (tenor), A Nocte Temporis, with Anna Besson (baroque flute) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 27/May/2022 ] The term 'brunette' refers not only to a young woman with brown hair, but also to a musical form that was highly fashionable from the late seventeenth century to the early eighteenth. |
LOYSET COMPERE
Compere: Missa Galeazescha, Music for the duke of Milan Odhecaton, Paolo Da Col [ Alpha / CD - released 22/Sep/2017 ] "...the groups are so well blended (and indeed opulent) that one imagines that Galeazzo would have been delighted. In fact, the variety of approaches on offer is one of this disc's most attractive aspects." Gramophone |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN / FANNY HENSEL
Guess Who? Olga Pashchenko [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 28/Feb/2025 ] Pianist Olga Pashchenko creates musical narratives with selections from Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words. As children, the two immensely prodigious siblings enjoyed using text to inspire their piano pieces, although which of them was... |
MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos 6, 8 & 18 Olga Pashchenko; Il Gardellino [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 13/Feb/2026 ] Olga Pashchenko and Il Gardellino present a third recording of Mozart's piano concertos, following two volumes (Alpha 726 and 942) that were very well received by the press and the public: 'The most exhilarating "authentic" Mozart I have ever heard,'... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos 9 & 17 Olga Pashchenko (fortepiano) / Il Gardellino [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 25/Jun/2021 ] "I suspect all but those most allergic to the fortepiano will find Pashchenko's dashing interpretation a fine alternative. I do hope this is the beginning of a series, as I would love to hear what these performers would make of the later concertos." |
BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Sonatas Appassionata, Les Adieux & Waldstein Olga Pashchenko (piano) [ Alpha / CD - released 28/Jul/2017 ] Olga Pashchenko is in the process of creating a unique place for herself in the world of the keyboard: she moves with astounding ease and skill from the harpsichord to the fortepiano, the organ and the modern piano. After a recording of... |
DOMENICO SCARLATTI
Scarlatti: Sonates, Naples, 1685 Olivier Cavé [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 25/Jun/2021 ] These sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti seem to contain all the vivid colours of Naples: in the hands of Olivier Cavé, they spring to life as playful tableaux, dreams where the notes resemble reminiscences, each of them conjuring up a noisy, turbulent... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos K.415, 175, 503 Olivier Cavé, Divertissement, Rinaldo Alessandrini [ Alpha / CD - released 16/Sep/2016 ] Olivier Cavé has made several acclaimed discs for Aeon (Clementi, Haydn, Bach, Scarlatti). This student of Nelson Goerner, Maria Tipo and Aldo Ciccolini invariably impresses listeners with the refinement of his playing. This is an album of three... |
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1 & 2 Olivier Cavé (piano), Kammerakademie Potsdam, Patrick Hahn [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 9/Oct/2020 ] A subtle performer of the Baroque and Classical piano repertory, Olivier Cavé here offers us for the first time his interpretation of Beethoven's first two concertos, written between the ages of twenty-five and thirty. |
BEETHOVEN / HAYDN
Haydn & Beethoven Piano Sonatas Olivier Cave (piano) [ Alpha / CD - released 2/Feb/2018 ] Ludwig van Beethoven was just twenty years old when he first met Joseph Haydn, in 1790. Two years later, the young composer joined the Viennese master's numerous pupils. But, weary of his teacher's frequent absences and stung by his criticisms, he... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Concertos for two harpsichords Olivier Fortin / Emmanuel Frankenberg / Ensemble Masques [ Alpha / CD - released 24/Jan/2019 ] The practice of composing for two keyboard instruments, very common in the illustrious Bach family, naturally achieved its apotheosis with Johann Sebastian, whose three concertos for two harpsichords are performed here by Olivier Fortin and Emmanuel... |
FRANCOIS COUPERIN
Couperin : L'art de toucher le clavecin Olivier Fortin (harpsichord) [ Alpha / CD - released 28/Sep/2018 ] The harpsichord is perfect in its compass, and brilliant in itself; but, as one can neither swell nor diminish its notes, I shall always be grateful to those who, through consummate art sustained by good taste, manage to make this instrument... |
HENRY PURCELL
Dido and Aeneas (complete opera recorded in 2014) Opera de Rouen / Vivica Genaux, Henk Neven, Ana Quintans, Marc Mauillon / Vincent Dumestre (cond) [ Alpha DVD / DVD - released 20/Feb/2015 ] CHOEUR ACCENTUS Vivica GENAUX Dido Henk NEVEN Æneas Ana QUINTANS Belinda Marc MAUILLON Sorceress, Marin Vincent DUMESTRE Musical direction Cécile ROUSSAT & Julien LUBEK Staging, Choregraphy, Set, Costumes Laurent CASTAINGT Lights Stéphane... |
BEETHOVEN
Resound Volume 5 Orchester Wiener Akademie / Martin Haselbock [ Alpha / CD - released 21/Apr/2017 ] The Orchester Wiener Akademie and its conductor Martin Haselböck continue their RESOUND Beethoven series. The aim of this project is to record the complete Beethoven symphonies on period instruments in the venues where they were first performed,... |
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LOUIS SPOHR
The Forgotten Master: The Four Clarinet Concertos Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Paul Meyer (conductor & clarinet) [ Alpha / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] |
