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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. |
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. |
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... |
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. |
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... |
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... |
TELEMANN
Cantatas from the Harmonische Gottesdienst Ingrid Schmithasen (soprano) Klaus Mertens (baritone) / Il Concertino Kaln [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 26/Apr/2007 ] Telemann was a full contemporary of J.S. Bach and wrote a massive 1034 cantatas. They include the 3 complete year cycles of the Harmonische Gottes-Dienst (Harmonious Divine Worship). |
DVORAK
Complete Works For Piano Duet (Incls Slavonic Dances) (Rec 1989-90) Ingryd Thorson and Julian Thurber (pianos) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 14/Aug/2005 ] "the fact remains that this ridiculously cheap Brilliant box gives us consistently generous performances, idiomatically played, of music that moves irresistibly through the bloodstream infusing the body with its infectious brio." (MusicWeb Oct 2004) |
RAVEL
Complete works for piano duet Ingryd Thorson, Julian Thurber (pianos) with David Gardiner (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Feb/2011 ] "These performances from Denmark are all affectionate and notably intelligent and they are powerfully yet pleasingly recorded. The culmination of this set is a fine account of that terrifying masterpiece La valse. Recommended." (Gramophone) |
DVORAK
Complete Piano Works Inna Poroshina (piano) [ Brilliant Classics Piano Library / 5 CD Box Set - released 6/Dec/2010 ] Gramophone Magazine Re-issue of the Month - March 2011 |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorák: Complete Piano Music Inna Poroshina (piano) [ Brilliant Classics Quintessence / 5 CD Box Set - released 22/Jan/2021 ] Gramophone Magazine Re-issue of the Month - March 2011 |
PIETRO MASCAGNI
Messa di Gloria Iorio Zennaro, Pietro Spagnoli, Alberto Galletti / Ensemble Seicentonovecento, Flavio Colusso [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] "From the same period as Cavalleria Rusticana, and just as lusty in places, Mascagni's mass is certainly worth hearing. Playing and singing are idiomatic, if fuzzily executed in places." (BBC Music) |
LISZT
Angelus, Sacred Piano Music Irene Russo (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 24/Jun/2016 ] A beautiful concept: the "Religious Liszt", or piano music with a sacred inspiration. Franz Liszt, one of the most famous artists of the 19th century, with the status of a modern pop star, was a deeply religious man, in his later years he was... |
CHARLES DIEUPART
Dieupart: Six Sonatas For A Flute With A Thorough Bass Isabel Favilla (recorder), Giulio Quirici (theorbo), Roberto Alonso Álvarez (cello) & João Rival (harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/2018 ] Little is known about the life of Charles (or François, as he sometimes called himself..) Dieupart. The first mention of his name was as founder of the Opera Season at the Queen's Theatre of Haymarket. He was much sought after as a harpsichord and... |
CHARLES DIEUPART
Dieupart: Six Sonatas For A Flute With A Thorough Bass Isabel Favilla (recorder), Giulio Quirici (theorbo), Roberto Alonso Álvarez (cello) & João Rival (harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/2018 ] Little is known about the life of Charles (or François, as he sometimes called himself..) Dieupart. The first mention of his name was as founder of the Opera Season at the Queen's Theatre of Haymarket. He was much sought after as a harpsichord and... |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Complete Masses / Te Deum Isabelle Müller-Kant (sop) Daniel Sans (ten) Eibe Möhlmann (mezzo) Christof Fischesser (bass) / Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Heinz Rögner [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 20/Apr/2013 ] Described and caricatured as an eccentric and even as a late developer, Anton Bruckner, born in Linz, Austria, in 1824, is today considered one of the greatest late‐ Romantic composers. Famed for his symphonies - grand, epic creations that are... |
C.P.E. BACH
Chamber Music for Clarinet Italian Classical Consort, Luigi Magistrelli (clarinet/director) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 12/Jun/2016 ] The Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, the most famous and influential son of the great Johann Sebastian, was one of the first composers to give a prominent role to the clarinet as solo and chamber music instrument. |
LOUISE FARRENC
Farrenc: Music for Violin & Piano Italian Rest Ensemble [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 24/Sep/2021 ] Louise Farrenc was one of the first successful female composers in 19th century France. Born in a family of high artistic activity, she became an accomplished pianist (having had lessons with Moscheles and Hummel), eventually holding a professorship |
RICCARDO MALIPIERO
Malipiero: Chamber Music Italian Rest Ensemble [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 10/Mar/2020 ] Riccardo Malipiero (1914-2003) was an Italian composer, pianist, critic and music educator. He studied at the Milan and Turin Conservatory, later he pursued further studies with his uncle Gian Francesco Malipiero. |
