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HUMMEL
Piano Septets Aya Okuyama (fortepiano), Allessandro Commellato (fortepiano) / Solamente Naturali, Bratislava [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] Johann Nepomuk Hummel has lived for a long time in the shadow of Beethoven. Only in recent years has his true importance become apparent: a dramatic style, a great sense of musical structure and craftsmanship, alternating drama and charm. |
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ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY
Zemlinsky: Lieder Barbara Bonney (soprano) Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo) Hans Peter Blochwitz (tenor) Andreas Schmidt (baritone) Cord Garben (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 10/May/2009 ] 'The casting is, almost without exception, sensitive and revelatory.' Gramophone |
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SAINT-SAENS
Romances Sans Paroles: songs transcribed for oboe & piano Bart Schneeman (oboe) Paolo Giacometti (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Mar/2012 ] |
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JOHANN LADISLAUS DUSSEK
Dussek: Complete Piano Sonatas, Volume 1 Op.10 & Op.31/2 Bart van Oort (fortepiano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 23/Mar/2018 ] The start of an exciting new project: the recording of the complete piano sonatas by Dussek! Johann Ladislaus Dussek (1760‐1812) was born in rural Bohemia. He led a restless life, travelling Europe as a keyboard virtuoso and settling in several... |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Complete Piano Sonatas (Rec 2000) Bart van Oort (fortepiano) Ursula Datschler (fortepiano) Stanley Hoogland (fortepiano) Yoshiko Kojima (fortepiano) Riko Fukuda (fortepiano) [ Brilliant Classics / 10 CD - released 14/Aug/2005 ] "this exceptional box set of the complete Haydn Piano Sonatas would be highly desirable at a premium price. Instead, we can have the set for no more than the cost of low-quality discs that don't even give the names of the performers or orchestras on... |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Complete Keyboard Sonatas [10 CD set] Bart Van Oort / Ursula Dutschler / Stanley Hoogland / Riko Fukuda (keyboard) [ Brilliant Classics Piano Library / 10 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2011 ] It is only comparatively recently that Haydn's piano sonatas started to feature in recitals, and some of the major pianists of our time have added some of them to their repertoire - Alfred Brendel being perhaps the most illustrious champion of this... |
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JOHANN LADISLAUS DUSSEK
Dussek: Complete Piano Sonatas & Sonatinas Bart van Oort, Viviana Sofronitski, Petra Somlai, Wolfgang Brunner, Alexei Lubimov, Tuija Hakkila, Zvi Meniker, Ursula Dütschler, Piet Kuijken (period [ Brilliant Classics / 10 CD Box Set - released 22/Mar/2024 ] Johann Ladislaus Dussek (1760-1812) was regarded by his contemporaries as one of the foremost keyboard performers and composers of his age. |
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ARVO PART
Pärt: Spiegel im Spiegel (LP) Benjamin Hudson (violin) Sebastian Klinger (cello) Jurgen Kruse (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / LP - released 1/Aug/2023 ] An LP reissue for a critically acclaimed best-seller of the Brilliant Classics catalogue, and an ideal introduction to the unique, meditative world of Arvo Pärt. The gentle piano arpeggios introducing Spiegel im Spiegel calm the pulse and invite... |
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SCHUBERT
The Last Years - The Great String Quartets / Piano Trios / String Quintet / Octet Brandis Quartet / Klaviertrio Amsterdam / Berlin Philharmonic Octet [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 10/Dec/2012 ] "I really admire these heartfelt accounts for their warm expressiveness and sumptuous textures. I certainly fully intend to revisit this set in the future." (MusicWeb Feb 2005 on the String Quartets) |
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KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
Complete Music for Violin and Piano Bruno Monteiro (violin), Joao Paulo Santos (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 15/Apr/2015 ] For all the Eastern-tinted opulence of his sole opera, King Roger, and assorted, lush vocal cycles, it is in the works scored for violin that we may hear most characteristically the voice of Karol Szymanowski. The reasons are personal as much as... |
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ERWIN SCHULHOFF
Schulhoff: Complete Music for Violin and Piano Bruno Monteiro (violin), Joao Paulo Santos (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 22/Nov/2016 ] Erwin Schulhoff (1894-1942) was a Czech composer of GermanJewish descent. He received his musical education in Cologne, Leipzig and Vienna. Under the Nazis he was captured for his Jewish identity and his music, which the Germans considered Entartet,... |
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RAVEL
Complete Melodies Monica Piccinini, Christian Immler, etc., Filippo Farinelli (piano), Claudia Giottoli (flute), Giacomo Menna (cello) / ECU Ensemble, Marco Momi [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 24/Jun/2013 ] Exquisite, refined, exotic, full of colouristic effects and unheard-of timbres, Ravel's songs are a cornerstone of the 20th century song repertoire. This new recording contains the complete songs, accompanied by piano or by instrumental ensemble. |
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HUGO WOLF
Italienisches Liederbuch, Mörike‐Lieder Christiane Oelze soprano, Hans Peter Blochwitz tenor Siegfried Lorenz baritone, Norman Shetler piano Rudolf Jansen piano [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2013 ] Austrian composer Hugo Wolf is primarily known as an innovator of the Lied genre. Harmonically influenced by Wagner he created a highly individual style, in which the content of the poems he set to music were expressed in a concentrated way, the... |
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BEETHOVEN / SCHUMANN / SCHUBERT / HENZE / CHOPIN
The Early Recordings [6 CD set] Christoph Eschenbach (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Sep/2010 ] Of appeal to connoisseurs of the piano and to new-music enthusiasts Will receive coverage in the serious musical press. |
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MAX REGER
Reger - Complete music for clarinet & piano Claudio Conti (clarinet) & Roberta Bambace (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 12/Jun/2016 ] "Claudio Conti plays with [great] conviction and passion. He takes the A flat Sonata's Larghetto at a flowing pace…[and] plays with a sense of engagement and flair. His rich, dark sound suits the muscular Allegro dolente that opens the F sharp minor |
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NORBERT BURGMULLE
Lieder & Piano Sonata Eleonora Contucci (soprano), Costantino Mastroprimiano (fortepiano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 25/Mar/2013 ] Norbert Burgmüller's early death in 1836 at the age of 26 was greatly lamented by his famous contemporaries Mendelssohn and Schumann, the latter comparing the tragedy of his death with that of Schubert. He was considered a major talent, and he left a... |
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WOLF-FERRARI
Wolf-Ferrari: Piano Music Costantino Catena [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 11/Jan/2019 ] Sumptuous, late-Romantic but little-known piano music including several world premiere recordings. The name of Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876- 1948) is now emerging from the shadow cast by his wartime collaboration with Italy's Fascist regime. Operas... |
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JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Hummel: Complete Piano Sonatas Costantino Mastroprimiano (fortepiano) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2018 ] The first complete recording of the Hummel piano sonatas on fortepiano! The name of Hummel usually is related to two other musical giants of his period: Mozart and Beethoven. Hummel was a pupil of the former and a rival of the later, both being... |
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JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Hummel Edition Costantino Mastroprimiano (fortepiano), Madoka Inui (piano), Luigi Bianchi (violin), Aldo Orvieto (piano), Luigi Bianchi (viola), Claudio Maccari (gui [ Brilliant Classics / 20 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2018 ] Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837) was a pupil of Mozart, a protégé of Haydn, a friendly rival of Beethoven, and renowned throughout Europe as one of the greatest pianists of his day, a sought-after teacher who instructed some of the most... |
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CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN
Alkan Edition [Piano, Organ & Chamber Music] Costantino Mastroprimiano, Mark Viner, Laurent Martin, Alan Weiss, Alessandro Deljavan, Costantino Mastroprimiano (pianos) / Trio Alkan, Kevin Bowyer [ Brilliant Classics / 13 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2018 ] "Two major pluses are the excellent contextual essay and the budget price. It's a steal." BBC Music |