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W.A. MOZART
Essential Mozart (Incls 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik', Piano Concertos 20, 21 & 23, Symphonies 38, 40 & 41, Clarinet Concerto & Horn Quintet) Klara Wartz (piano) the Philharmonia Orchestra / the Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra. Sir Colin Davis etc [ Brilliant Classics / 10 CD - released 14/Aug/2005 ] The Essential masterworks in a handsome 10-CD wallet package, substantial but manageable. The great, complete masterworks together in superb performances by renowned artists. |
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Madrigali Libri V & VI Krijn Koetsveld, Le Nuove Musiche [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 23/Mar/2018 ] The last and closing instalment of the Monteverdi Complete Madrigals recordings by Le Nuove Musiche. Claudio Monteverdi published his eight books with Madrigals between 1585 and 1635. In these books we can follow the transformation in music... |
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ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD
Violin Concerto / Violin Sonata Kristóf Baráti (violin) / Philharmonie Zuidnederland, Otto Tausk [ Brilliant Classics / CD Box Set - released 10/Feb/2015 ] Erich Wolfgang Korngold was a child prodigy (his musical talent was compared to that of the young Mozart). His early works are written in the tradition of Mahler and Richard Strauss, later he emigrated to America and became one of Hollywood's most... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Violin Sonatas / Cello Sonatas Kristóf Baráti (violin) Timora Rosler (cello) Klára Würtz (piano) [ Brilliant Classics Quintessence / 5 CD Box Set - released 25/Sep/2020 ] Here are superb musicians from Hungary to add their own approach: on 'traditional' rather than 'period' instruments but interpretatively untrammelled by one or another performing dogma. |
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HUMMEL
Mathilde von Guise (complete opera recorded in 2008) Kristine Gailite, Philippe Do, Pierre Yves Pruvot / Solamente Naturali / Didier Talpain [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] "At Brilliant's budget price, highly recommendable for anyone interested in what was happening to German opera in the period between Beethoven and Wagner." (MusicWeb Nov 2010) |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Complete Divertimenti & Serenades Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester Mannheim, Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Amati Chamber Orchestra [ Brilliant Classics / 9 CD Box Set - released 5/Apr/2024 ] A divertimento is defined as music intended for light entertainment, 'to please the ear' rather than arouse the emotions in the phrase of one early-19th-century theorist. The word was used interchangeably at the time with serenade and cassation, and... |
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JOHANN FRIEDRICH FASCH
Instrumental Music Kurt Sandau (corno da caccia) Hans-Peter Steger (bassoon) Ludwig Güttler (corno da caccia) Wolfgang Klier, Andreas Lorenz (oboe) / Virtuosi Saxoniae [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 29/Jul/2013 ] Johann Friedrich Fasch was highly esteemed by his contemporaries and the generations of musicians who followed him. |
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COLOMBANO
Colombano: Psalms for Six Voices La Cappella Musicale Della Cattedrale di Vercelli, Denis Silano [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2018 ] The conventual franciscan Orazio Colombano (c.1554-after 1595) hailed from Verona and came to the ancient city of Vercelli, in Piedmont, east of Turin, in 1579 to take up his first professional appointment as Moderator for Music at the Cathedral, a... |
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ALESSANDRO STRADELLA
Cantata for Christmas Eve and Sinfonias La Magnifica Communita [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 14/Oct/2008 ] A contemporary of Buxtehude and Lully Antonio Stradella (1644-1682) remained in Italy his entire life. He benefited from important patrons in Rome, including Christina of Sweden. Here in the mid-seventeenth century, with the theatres being closed for... |
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BOCCHERINI
Boccherini Edition (37 CDs of Symphonies, Chamber Music and the Stabat Mater) La Magnifica Communita / Ensemble Claviere / Petersen Quartet / New Berlin Chamber Orchestra and others [ Brilliant Classics / 37 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2012 ] One of the most distinguished figures of the Classical period, the Italian composer Luigi Boccherini (1743--1805) was revered by 18th-century listeners and musicians for the charm, elegance and lyrical beauty of his music. Although his legacy has... |
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BOCCHERINI
String Quintets - Volume 9 La Magnifica Comunita [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Feb/2011 ] This is brilliantly written music by a masterful composer at the peak of his creative talent. |
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BOCCHERINI
String Quintets - Volume 1 La Magnifica Comunita [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 14/Aug/2005 ] "These performers 'La Magnifica Comunita' add to the interest by taking great care with dynamics and shading - some of which will not be in the original score - and with a wider variety of articulation even using harmonics when a pianissimo effect... |
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BOCCHERINI
String Quintets Volume 7 La Magnifica Comunita [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 12/Dec/2009 ] Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805) was an exact contemporary of Josef Haydn, and knew his Austrian colleague well. He also knew the younger Mozart. |
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FRANCESCO ANTONIO BONPORTI
Bonporti: Sonatas Op.2 for 2 Violins and B.C. Labirinti Armonici [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 25/May/2018 ] Francesco Bonporti (1672-1749) lived for the largest part of his life in Trento, his native town. He studied in Rome, and was influenced by Arcangelo Corelli, whose style of imitative counterpoint he invests with dramatic elements. His fame spread... |
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FRANCESCO ANTONIO BONPORTI
Bonporti: Sonatas Op. 1 for 2 Violins Labirinti Armonici, Andrea Ferroni [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 14/Feb/2020 ] "If you haven't heard anything of Bonporti, this budget disc is an excellent opportunity to get to know him. The players of Labirinti Armonici are skilled and enthusiastic advocates of his oeuvre. I look forward to future recordings." MusicWeb |
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ALFREDO PIATTI
Piatti: Complete Cello Sonatas Lamberto Curtoni (cello) Giovanni Doria Miglietta (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 10/May/2022 ] Alfredo Piatti (1822-1901) was the "Paganini of the Cello", as his admirer Franz Liszt called him, having given him a valuable Amati cello. Piatti was born in Bergamo. |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Complete Concertos and Sinfonias for Strings and Basso Continuo L'Archicembalo [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2019 ] "this is surely an indispensable set for Vivaldians... it is a treasure trove of irresistible, life-enhancing music, as good and convenient a place as any to discover these underrated compositions." MusicWeb |
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VIVALDI
La Cetra 12 Violin Concertos, Op.9 L'Arte dell'Arco, Federico Guglielmo [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 24/Jun/2016 ] A new instalment of Guglielmo's recording cycle of the complete Opus number 1‐12 by Vivaldi: the 12 violin concertos Op. 9, known as "La Cetra", dedicated to Charles VI, the holy Roman Emperor of the Hapsburg empire. As in the other concerto... |
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VIVALDI
6 Sonatas Op.5 L'Arte dell'Arco, Federico Guglielmo [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 22/Apr/2016 ] This CD presents the first recording on period instruments of Vivaldi's complete Opus 5, consisting of 4 violin sonatas for violin solo and continuo, as well as two Trio Sonatas for two violins and continuo. In the years of composition of these... |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Complete Concertos & Sonatas Op 1 - 12 L'Arte dell'Arco, Federico Guglielmo [ Brilliant Classics / 20 CD Box Set - released 20/Sep/2016 ] "these performances are light enough confections, low enough in calories to make sure you can keep tasting for ages without feeling uncomfortable. The price, plus the good notes and recording make these a bit of a bargain." CDReview |