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Harmonices Mundi, Claudio Astronio
STRADELLA: San Giovanni Crisostomo [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 22/Jul/2016 ] |
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BEETHOVEN
Piano Sonatas / Bagatelles (rec 1970-81) Harris Goldsmith (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2007 ] Gramophone Magazine Re-issue of the Month - January 2007 |
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LOUIS VIERNE
Vierne: Complete Organ Symphonies Hayo Boerema (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 20/Nov/2020 ] Some years before graduating from the Paris Conservatoire with a coveted first prize in 1894, Louis Vierne was serving as an assistant to his teacher, Charles Widor, both at the Conservatoire itself and at the Church of Saint-Sulpice. Both in... |
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ZELENKA
Orchestral Works / Trio Sonatas Heinz Holliger, Maurice Bourgue (oboes) Saschko gawriloff (violin) Klaus Thunemann (bassoon) / Camerata Bern [ Brilliant Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/2009 ] 'This is brilliant and quite stylish ensemble playing, which should win over many listeners' Gramophone reviewing the Trio Sonatas |
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EUGEN d'ALBERT
Tiefland (complete opera recorded in 1963) Heinz Hoppe, Hanne-Lore Kuhse, Ernst Gutstein, Theo Adam / Staatskapelle Dresden, Paul Schmitz [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2015 ] s.Considered the composer's masterpiece, Eugen d'Albert'sTiefland tells the story of Marta, a poor young woman who is the mistress of the wealthy local landowner Sebastiano. Sebastiano is about to marry an heiress, and plans to have Marta marry his... |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: La Finta Semplice (complete opera recorded in 1983) Helen Donath, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Robert Holl, Teresa Berganza / Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, Leopold Hager(cond) [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2012 ] "Helen Donath is her usual bright-toned and fluent self and she has a fine trill; Teresa Berganza is lovely too, nuanced as always and still in creamy voice. Light and springy, even more delectable is Jutta-Renate Ihloff in the soubrette role." |
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RAVEL
The Best Of Ravel (Incls Bolero, Gaspard de la Nuit & Piano Concerto in G) Helene Grimaud, Paul Crossley (piano)/ Orchestre National de France under Eliahu Inbal / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under Jesus Lopez-Cobos [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 26/Apr/2007 ] Ravel’s Boléro has become an evergreen. These 2 CD’s provide material for those who would like to hear more by this typically French composer. |
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MOLTER
Clarinet Concertos Henk de graaf (clarinet) Amadeus Ensemble, Rotterdam / Marien van Staalen [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 12/Apr/2008 ] Johann Melchoir Molter wrote six clarinet concertos. The first four of these dating from around 1745 makes them the earliest known solo concertos for this instrument. |
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VIVALDI / ALBINONI / MOZART / MOLTER / CRUSELL / etc
Wind Concertos [special priced boxed set] Henk de Graaf (clarinet) Daniel Smith (Bassoon) Stefan Schilli (oboe) (trumpet) Herman Jeurissen (horn) Emma Johnson (clarinet) etc [ Brilliant Classics / 10 CD Box Set - released 10/Dec/2010 ] A delightful collection of Wind concertos, featuring some rarer works amongst the well known. |
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WEBER / BRUCH / CRUSELL / KROMMER / STAMITZ / HOFFMEISTER / COPLAND / etc
Clarinet Concertos Henk de Graaf (clarinet) Maria Du Toit (clarinet) Oskar Michallik (clarinet) Giovanni Punzi (clarinet), Eva Katrine Dalsgaard (viola), etc [ Brilliant Classics / 14 CD Box Set - released 1/Sep/2018 ] Many of the composers in this set wrote for the clarinet at times when the orchestral status and design of the instrument were still in transition: the 18th century saw the gradual establishment of the clarinet as a more-or-less standard orchestral... |
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FRANZ KROMMER
Clarinet Quartet & Quintet Henk de Graaf (clarinet) / Schubert Consort Amsterdam [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] Frantisek Kramar (1759-1831) was born in Moravia (his name Krommer was adopted by him when settling in Germany and Austria), and held musical posts at several European courts, his last station being Kapellmeister of the Vienna Imperial Court. He was... |
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J. S. BACH
Mass in B Minor Hillevi Martinpelto, Bernarda Fink, Axel Kohler, Christoph Pregardien, Matthias Goerne, Franz-Josef Selig / RIAS-Kammerchor, Rene Jacobs [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 25/Feb/2015 ] The Reissue of one of the finest recordings of Bach's "Hohe Messe'! This "compelling performance..spacious and intimate" (Gramophone) boasts of a line-up of famous soloists: Christoph Prégardien, Matthias Goerne, Bernarda Fink and Hillevi... |
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GIACOMO MEYERBEER
Meyerbeer In France Hjördis Thébault (soprano), PierreâYves Pruvot (baritone), Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 19/Aug/2016 ] Renowned in his lifetime, Giacomo Meyerbeer - born Jakob Liebmann Meyer Beer - was one of the first opera composers to truly establish himself as master of the genre. His fame was at a height in the mid 19th century, as he managed to produce hit... |
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FAURE / MOZART / BACH / VERDI / PERGOLESI / HANDEL / MAHLER
In Paradisum: Spiritual Classical Music Holland Boys Choir / Choir of King's College / Pro Cantione Antiqua and many more [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Mar/2011 ] The most moving, serene, peaceful and comforting choral classics: In Paradisum, includes a breathtaking selection of well-loved spiritual classical melodies. |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Famous Cantatas Holland Boy's Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink [ Brilliant Classics Quintessence / 5 CD Box Set - released 25/Sep/2020 ] 'characteristic performances, marked by a great sense of authenticity' (Gramophone) |
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ARVO PART
Spiegel Im Spiegel Benjamin Hudson (violin/viola), Sebastian Klinger (cello) & Jürgen Kruse (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 19/Apr/2010 ] These days Estonian composer Arvo Pärt is mainly associated with his later works. Born in 1935 he wrote 'avant-garde' works at first. In the nineteen seventies he increasingly found his inspiration in medieval religious music, both western and... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Violin Concertos, Salzburg Divertimenti and Haffner Serenade Hungarian Chamber Orchestra, Kristóf Baráti / Amati Chamber Orchestra, Gil Sharon / Kammerorchestra 'C.P.E. Bach', Hartmut Haenchen [ Brilliant Classics Quintessence / 5 CD Box Set - released 25/Sep/2020 ] "..Baráti is out of the top drawer. With intensity of sound, unbridled athleticism and searing leaps into the stratosphere which send a tingle down the spine" (Gramophone) |
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FRANCESCO ANTONIONI
Antonioni: My River - Music for Strings I Solisti Aquilani, Vladimir Ashkenazy & Francesco Antonioni [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/2024 ] The legendary pianist and conductor joins his clarinettist son and Italian musicians in music by one of Italy's most powerfully individual living composers. |
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FRANCESCO GEMINIANI
Geminiani: Violin Sonatas Op. 1 Igor Ruhadze (baroque violin), Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya (harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2022 ] Igor Ruhadze's Brilliant Classics recording of sonatas by Locatelli (94736) won warm praise from Gramophone. 'The playing is elegantly supple, the string tone warm, and the architecture of individual movements thoughtfully worked out. |
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LUIGI BOCCHERINI
Boccherini: Complete Violin Sonatas, Vol.2 Igor Ruhadze (Baroque violin), Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya (fortepiano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 17/Oct/2025 ] Luigi Boccherini composed just a single set of sonatas, Op.5, specifically for violin and piano. However, his commercial celebrity and his artistic reputation at the time, as a composer considered in the same breath as Mozart and Haydn, encouraged... |