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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov Edition: Complete works [Symphonies, chamber, concertos, operas, songs, choral & instrumental] Joan Rodgers (soprano) Sergei Leiferkus (baritone) Nikolai Lugansky (piano) Earl Wild (piano) Garrick Ohlsson (piano) and many more [ Brilliant Classics / 29 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2008 ] Here is the most complete collection of Rachmaninoff 's output ever assembled on disc: from the piano concertos and preludes of worldwide affection and esteem to his many songs and three operas. |
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MARIO CASTELNNOVO-TEDESCO
Castelnnova-Tedesco: Complete Music For Soprano And Guitar Joanna Klisowska (soprano), Giulio Tampalini (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2017 ] Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968) wrote his song cycle "The Divan of Moses Ibn Ezra" in the last years of his life, a work of reflection on the human condition. Moses Ibn Ezra (1055-1138) was a Jewish poet who took refuge in Spain after the... |
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RODRIGO
Complete Guitar Music [3 CD set] Ignacio Rodes, Marco Socías, Carlos Pérez, Carles Trepat (guitars) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/May/2010 ] Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-99) composed for the guitar for over 75 years. Over his long and productive life he produced some of the best loved music ever written for the instrument - Concierto de Aranjuez and the Fantasia para un gentilhombre. His output... |
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J.S. BACH
St John Passion [complete oratorio recorded in 1996] John Mark Ainsley / Stephen Richardson / Catherine Bott / Michael Chance / Paul Agnew / Stephen Varcoe / Choir Of King'S College, Cambridge [ Brilliant Classics Musica Sacra / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] 'There are fine contributions especially from Stephen Varcoe, and an exceptionally immediate and affecting 'Es ist vollbracht' from Michael Chance.' Gramophone |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Jephtha - oratorio in three acts John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Michael George (bass) Catherine Denley (mezzo-soprano) RIA Kammerchor . Akademie fer Alte Musik Berlin. Marcus Creed [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 14/Aug/2005 ] "this new recording, at super budget price, allows us to appreciate a new team of soloists. And for those who do not know this moving work, this new recording is a good place to start exploring." (MusicWeb July 2003) |
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FELIX & FANNY MENDELSSOHN
Piano Trios Complete Hrvoje Jugovic (piano); Maria Bader-Kubizek (violin); Silvia Schweinberger (viola); Dorothea Schonwiese (cello) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/2013 ] " If you're interested in Mendelssohn on period instruments, it doesn't get much better than this. If you just want the complete trios, the same advice applies." (MusicWeb Recording of the Month July 2013) |
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MAHLER
Symphonies Nos 5 & 10 (Reconstruction Rudolf Barshai) (Rec 1999, 2001) Junge Deutsche Philharmonie / Rudolf Barshai [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 14/Aug/2005 ] "The best Mahler Fifth on record is now coupled with a Tenth to treasure. Barshai's Mahler is not to be missed." (MusicWeb March 2004) |
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C. P. E. BACH
Hamburg Symphonies Kammerorchester Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Hartmut Haenchen [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] This release presents the 4 symphonies that Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach wrote during his stay in Hamburg. In these large‐scale works the string section is extended with 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 horns and bassoon, instruments which are treated as quasi... |
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BRAHMS
Piano Concertos / 16 Waltzes / etc [2 CD set] Karin Lechner (piano) / Berlin Symphony, Eduardo Marturet [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] A special priced edition of the popular piano works of Brahms in magnetic performances from Brilliant Classics. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Passio: Music for Holy Week & Easter King's College Choir, the Clare College Choir, La Stravaganza Köln, Cappella Augustana, Rheinische Kantore [ Brilliant Classics / 25 CD - released 23/Feb/2018 ] This unique box‐set presents a musical journey through one of the most crucial episodes of Christianity: the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. It tells of the deepest sorrow and anguish in the Lamentation and Stabat Mater, the moving... |
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BERTUS van LIER / HENDRIK ANDRIESSEN / HENK BADINGS / ROSY WERTHEIM
Miroir de Peine - Songs for Soprano and Organ Klaartje van Veldhoven (soprano) Matthias Havinga (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 25/Feb/2022 ] Several world-premiere recordings complementing a powerful sacred song-cycle by Hendrik Andriessen. |
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SCHUMANN
Complete Piano Music (Includes Sonatas, Kreisleriana, Studies & piano Concerto) [13 CDs plus CD Rom] Klara Würtz, Peter Frankl, Ronald Brautigam, Luba Edlina, Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy & Marianna Izman (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 14 CD Box Set - released 10/Feb/2010 ] "Klara Wurtz offers fluent and commanding performances from the last decade of, among other works, Kreisleriana, and the three piano sonatas. Wurtz is a distinguished player and a prominent deather in Brilliant's sizable cap." (Gramophone April 2010) |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Piano Works (Vol. 1) [Incls 'Kreisleriana'] Klara Wurtz (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 30/Oct/2008 ] |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY / SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor / Rachmaninov: Trio Élégiaque; Klara Wurtz (piano), Dmitri Makhtin (violin) & Alexander Kniazev (cello) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Oct/2018 ] A classic pairing: two masterpieces of Russian chamber music in a new recording by three distinguished interpreters of Romantic-era repertoire. It was writing for this combination of instruments in the unlikely context of the slow movement of his... |
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RACHMANINOV
The best of Rachmaninov (2 CD set) Klara Wurtz (piano) Helene Grimaud (piano) Nikolai Lugansky (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 15/Sep/2007 ] This is a selection from the repertoire of one of the most romantic composers ever. His second pianoconcerto is probably his best-known work. Being a pianist himself Rachmaninoff knew very well how to write virtuoso music for this instrument. |
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BEETHOVEN / DEBUSSY / SCHUMANN / TCHAIKOVSKY
Fur Elize - Piano Music For Children Klara Wurz (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 19/Nov/2008 ] |
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SCHUBERT
Complete Schubert Edition Klara Wartz, Frank van de Laar, Endres Quartet, Staatskapelle Dresden, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Peter Schreier, Hermann Prey, etc [ Brilliant Classics / 69 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2014 ] The most comprehensive Schubert Edition ever! A celebration of the Viennese genius, from the grand structures of the jubilant 9th symphony ("of heavenly length") to the morbid skeletal melodies of Winterreise, from the genial bonhomie of the Trout... |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Piano Music [Incls 'Kinderszenen, Op. 15'] Klára Würtz (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 9/Feb/2014 ] Robert Schumann was the master of the miniature, the small form, the sketch characterising a person, a landscape, a mood or an idea. Hungarian‐born pianist Klára Würtz is the ideal guide in this Schumannesque fancy world |
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W.A. MOZART
Essential Mozart [10 CD set] Klara Wurtz (piano) Harmen de Boer (clarinet) Marc Grauwels, Peter-Lukas Graf (flutes) Brandis Quartet / English Chamber Orchestra / Philharmonia Orc [ Brilliant Classics / 10 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2011 ] OVER 600 MINUTES OF HIS MOST FAMOUS WORKS. His last two symphonies (40 and 41) have to be there, just like the Clarinet Concerto and the Requiem. Also included are some piano concertos (9 and 23), flute concertos serenades, piano sonatas and more. |
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BEETHOVEN / SCHUMANN / MOZART / BARTOK / etc
Piano Music for Children Klára Würtz (piano) / Prima La Musica, Dirk Vermeulen [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] This CD is a reissue of one of the most successful Brilliant Classics recordings, Piano Music for Children, a simple and powerful concept aimed at a wide audience of music lovers, teachers, parents, grandparents and (of course..)... |