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MAURICE RAVEL / BENJAMIN ATTAHIR
Ravel: Valse & Rapsodie Espagnole / Attahir: Adh-Dhor Patrick Wibart / Orchestre National de Lille / Alexandre Boch [ Alpha / CD - released 8/Nov/2019 ] Alexandre Bloch juxtaposes two French composers on this disc. First of all, Maurice Ravel, with the Rapsodie espagnole, his first major work for orchestra alone, written at the age of thirty-two, and La Valse, premiered thirteen years later and which... |
GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI
Pergolesi: Stabat Mater Patrizia Bovi (soprano), Pino de Vittorio (tenor), Bernard Arrieta (bass) / Chantres de la Chapelle, Vincent Dumestre [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 20/Nov/2015 ] This recording stands out insofar as it restores the context of the sun-drenched, dramatic processions through the streets of Naples.: the singing and playing of professional musicians mingled with ritual dances and other singing. |
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS / PHILIP GLASS
Amazônia. Villa-Lobos - Glass Simone Menezes, Camila Provenzale, Philharmonia Zurich [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 22/Sep/2023 ] Two Brazilian artists pay tribute to Villa-Lobos and the Amazon rainforest... Sebastiao Salgado is a world-renowned photographer who has been working since the 1990s to protect and restore the Atlantic forest and water resources of the Rio Doce... |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande Pierre Dumoussaud; Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine; Stanislas de Barbeyrac; Chiara Skerath; Alexandre Duhamel; Jérôme Varnier; Janina Baechle [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Sep/2021 ] "Alpha's recording may not be filled with star names but it reveals so much more about the work than before. It is particularly worth acquiring for those who wish to really get inside the orchestral details of this opera." MusicWeb Recommended |
J. S. BACH
Missae Breves BWV 233 & 236 Pygmalion, Raphael Pichon [ Alpha / CD - released 20/Feb/2011 ] "These beautifully sculpted performances present a perspective on Bach which is committed to beauty of sound." (Gramophone Editor's Choice Feb 2011) |
J. S. BACH
Missae Breves BWV 234 & 235 Pygmalion, Raphael Pichon [ Alpha Essential Baroque Masterpieces / CD - released 20/Nov/2015 ] "the vitality of the choral movements of both Masses and the richly flavoured instrumental accompaniment, directed by Raphaël Pichon with warmth and an unusual sensitivity to the periodic structure of each movement." Gramophone Magazine, Dec 2008 |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 1 Quatuor Van Kuijk [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 28/Oct/2022 ] The Quatuor Van Kuijk celebrates the tenth anniversary of its creation and its sixth recording for Alpha with a complete set of Mendelssohn's quartets, of which this is the first volume: it opens with the Quartet op.13, composed in 1827, when he was... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: String Quartets Quatuor Van Kuijk [ Alpha / CD - released 15/Jul/2016 ] Despite its Dutch-sounding name, the quartet founded by Nicolas Van Kuijk in 2012 is French. But its short career is already international. The Quatuor Van Kuijk won First Prize in the 2015 Wigmore Hall Competition and First Prize and Audience Award... |
DEBUSSY / RAVEL / CHAUSSON
String Quartets Quatuor Van Kuijk, Kate Lindsey, Aphonse Cemin [ Alpha / CD - released 17/Sep/2017 ] releaseseptember2017Quatuor Van KuijKKatelindsey*alphonse Cemin*- alpha 295 -The first disc of the quartet founded by Nicolas Van Kuijk, a programme of Mozart, was awarded a 'Choc de Classica' and 'Diapason Découverte'. Now they return to their roots... |
BARTOK / SCHULHOFF / JANACEK
Lettres Intimes: Quartets by Bartók, Schulhoff & Janácek Quatuor Voce [ Alpha / CD - released 20/Feb/2017 ] The Quatuor Voce, which recently celebrated its tenth anniversary, follows up its two recordings of Mozart with Juliette Hurel (ALPHA204) and Brahms with Lise Berthaud (ALPHA214) by inviting us on a journey to central Europe. The three works recorded... |
MOZART / SCHUBERT
Mozart / Schubert: Quartets Nos.15 Quatuor Voce [ Alpha / CD - released 13/Sep/2019 ] The Quatuor Voce is fifteen years old! To celebrate this anniversary, the four musicians present a CD focusing on two composers, Mozart and Schubert, but only one number: 15! This milestone, an age imbued with both ardour and maturity, is therefore... |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY / YVES BALMER
Poétiques de l'instant Quatuor Voce; Jodie Devos; Juliette Hurel; Emmanuel Ceysson [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 22/Apr/2022 ] "It may not all add up to an essential Debussy collection but it's a thoughtful and rewarding one nevertheless." The Guardian |
MAURICE RAVEL / BRUNO MANTOVANI
Poétiques de l'instant II: Ravel & Mantovani Quatuor Voce / Juliette Hurel (flute), Rémi Delangle (clarinet), Emmanuel Ceysson (harp) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 9/Jun/2023 ] This second instalment of our long-term project Poétiques de l'Instant (Poetry of the Moment) combines two masterly string quartets with a range of other instrumental colours, unpublished transcriptions and first performances. |
ALBERTO GINASTERA / ASTOR PIAZZOLLA / GABRIEL SIVAK / SEBASTIAN PIANA etc
Figures Argentines Quatuor Voce, Pablo Márquez, Jean-Baptiste Henry [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - released 22/May/2026 ] Always curious and seeking new horizons, the musicians of the Voce quartet fell in love with Argentina during their concert tours. In Buenos Aires and Rosario, they frequented peñas and milongas (folk music dance clubs) and had exciting working... |
LERA AUERBACH
Auerbach: 72 Angels Raschèr Saxophone Quartet / Netherlands Chamber Choir, Peter Dijkstra [ Alpha / CD - released 28/Feb/2020 ] '72 Angels is a large-scale work for mixed choir and saxophone quartet. It is structured as seventytwo prelude-evocations and an epilogue. Each prelude sets to music one of the seventy- two names derived from an esoteric interpretation of Exodus... |
FLORENCE PRICE / HARRY BURLEIGH / BARRETT STRONG / NORMAN WHITFIELD / BAPTISTE TROTIGNON / etc
Because Reginald Mobley (counter-tenor) Baptiste Trotignon (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 26/May/2023 ] Grammy Awards 66th Awards (2024) Nominee - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album |
LABORDE / BERTON / TRIAL / GLUCK / GOSSEC / GRETRY:
Legros, haute-contre de Gluck Reinoud Van Mechelen (tenor), A Nocte Temporis [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 22/Sep/2023 ] "...He is at his best as the pastoral lover, when the luminous timbre of his high notes glows amid the flutes and reeds of A Nocte Temporis, the superb period-instrument band that he founded and expertly directs." BBC Music |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: Concert Arias Reinoud Van Mechelen, A Nocte Temporis [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 24/Jan/2025 ] Fresh from his triumphant onstage success in Paris, Berlin and Brussels singing leading roles in the operas of Rameau and Mozart, tenor Reinoud Van Mechelen presents his long-awaited first Mozart recording. Together with his ensemble A Nocte... |
NICOLAS CLERAMBAULT
Clérambault: Cantates Françoises Reinoud Van Mechelen (tenor), A Nocte Temporis [ Alpha / CD - released 2/Feb/2018 ] After a Bach album, the tenor Reinoud Van Mechelen and his ensemble A Nocte Temporis present a programme of French music devoted to Nicolas Clérambault (1676-1749), a precociously gifted composer who published four volumes comprising a total of... |
FRANCIS POULENC / PAUL SCHOENFIELD / BELA BARTOK / SERBAN NICHIFOR
Take 3 Reto Bieri (clarinet), Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Polina Leschenko (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 15/Mar/2024 ] "[The playing] can affectionately embrace the whimsical to the manner born, but equally bristles with spellbinding virtuosity, compelling insight and crests a lifeforce carrying all before it." 5/5 BBC Music Magazine |
