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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), Pierre‐Yves 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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PIETRO LOCATELLI
Locatelli: Complete Violin Concertos Igor Ruhadze (baroque violin) / Ensemble Violini Capricciosi [ Brilliant Classics Quintessence / 5 CD Box Set - released 22/Jan/2021 ] Igor Ruhadze studied modern violin at the Moscow Central School of Music before pursuing his growing interest in music of the Baroque period. A pioneer of historically informed performance, he co-founded the Ensemble Violini Capricciosi. |
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HEINRICH IGNAZ FRANZ von BIBER
Biber: Mystery Sonatas [complete violin sonatas] Igor Ruhadze (violin) / Ensemble Violini Capricciosi [ Brilliant Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 24/Feb/2017 ] The first recording of the complete violin sonatas by Biber. Played with full technical command and imagination by Igor Ruhadze and his Ensemble I Violini Capricciosi. |
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CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK
Gluck: Demofoonte Colin Balzer, Sylvia Schwartz, Ann Hallenberg / Il Complesso Barocco / Alan Curtis (cond) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 4/Dec/2020 ] Demofoonte dates from the early 'Milan years' of Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714- 1787), long before the radical 'reform operas' for which he is most famous and his break with opera seria and the librettos of Pietro Metastasio. |
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BARTOLOMEO CAMPAGNOLI
CAMPAGNOLI: 6 Flute Quartets Ensemble Il Demetrio: Gabriele Formenti (flute), Maurizio Schiavo (violin), Mauro Righini (viola), Antonio Papetti (cello) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 23/Feb/2018 ] Bartolomeo Campagnoli (1751‐1827) learned his trade with famous Italian musicians Tartini and Nardini. As a virtuoso on the violin he travelled Europe, where he held several important posts in Freising (Bavaria), Dresden and Stockholm, before... |
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SCHUBERT
Rosamunde Ileana Cotrubas (soprano) / Staatskapelle Dresden, Willi Boskovsky [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 15/Aug/2015 ] This is a wonderful performance by the superb Dresden Staatskapelle conducted by Willi Boskovsky, a feast of Viennese charm, humour, grace and wit. The soloist is the great soprano Ileana Cotrubas, an opera legend, irresistible in this repertoire. |
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HUMPERDINCK
Hänsel und Gretel (complete opera recorded in 1969) Ingeborg Springer, Renate Hoff, Theo Adam, Gisela Schröter / Staatskapelle Dresden, Otmar Suitner [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] Engelbert Humperdinck's opera Hänsel und Gretel has remained a firm favourite in opera houses around the world. A skilful blend of Weber's Der Freischütz, Wagner's Meistersinger and Siegfried, it weaves a magical spell upon the listener. Conjuring up... |
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MESSIAEN
Songs (Complete) Ingrid Kappelle (soprano) Hakon Austbo (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Mar/2009 ] All Messiaen's songs? Well, everything he wrote for soprano and piano. Olivier Messiaen is considered one of the most important and influential composers of the twentieth century. He is probably best-known for his Turangalîla symphony and for making... |