FRANCK / RICHARD STRAUSS
Sonatas for Violin and Piano David Grimal (violin) Georges Pludermache (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 15/Nov/2000 ] two popular violin sonatas |
Debarre & Beier
Paroles De Swing [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 26/Nov/2007 ] |
Deller Consort
Gregorian Chant [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 17/Jul/2000 ] |
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: King Arthur, Z628: excerpts Deller Consort [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 17/Jul/2000 ] |
THOMAS TALLIS
Lamentations of Jeremiah Deller Consort / Alfred Deller [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] Deller Consort, Alfred Deller |
WILLIAM BYRD
Masses for 3, 4 & 5 voices Deller Consort / Alfred Deller [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 11/Apr/2006 ] Alfred Deller was born 31 May 1912 at Margate, England. |
JOHN BLOW
Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell Deller Consort / Alfred Deller [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 23/Feb/2008 ] The Ode on the Death of Purcell is a setting of a fine poem by John Dryden, a writer with whom Purcell had frequently collaborated. This is indeed one of the finest 'monuments' ever erected to the memory of a great artist. |
Deller Consort & Choir/King's
Purcell: King Arthur [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / 2 CD - released 30/May/2011 ] |
PURCELL
King Arthur (complete) Deller Consort / The King's Musick, Alfred Deller - director [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / 2 CD - released 20/May/2011 ] It was with Henry Purcell, the greatest of 17th century English composers that the semi-opera, that specifically English genre, reached its apogee. |
TRADITIONAL
Folksongs Alfred Deller (countertenor), Mark Deller (countertenor), Desmond Dupré (lute) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Aug/2013 ] "a beautifully plaintive, soft-grained recital" (Gramophone) |
Deller/Todd/Perulli/Chapuis
Couperin: Lecons De Tenebres [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 14/May/2001 ] |
ANONYMOUS / BYRD / CUTTING / JOHNSON / MORLEY / etc
Shakespeare Songs Desmond Dupre-lute, Deller Consort, Alfred Deller-director [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 10/Feb/2014 ] There can be no doubt that music played a considerable role in Shakespeare's plays, although very little of it has survived. |
BRUCKNER
Symphony No.3 'Wagner Symphony' Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 25/Jul/2014 ] "A fascinating recording... Nagano captures the reverence and agitation of the symphony perfectly..." - The Independent (UK) |
BRAHMS
Symphony No 4 (with Schoenberg - Variations Op 31) Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Kent Nagano [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 1/Feb/2015 ] "Nagano delivers an overwhelming and superbly articulated account of the Schoenberg. His Brahms is beautifully played, but lacks the last ounce of passion, especially in the outer movements." BBC Music Magazine, March 2015 **** |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphony no.6 Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Kent Nagano [ Harmonia Mundi musique d'abord / CD - released 10/May/2012 ] Premiered in Vienna on 26 February 1899 under the direction of Gustav Mahler, Bruckner's Sixth Symphony was never altered or revised by its composer, which shows his exceptional confidence in it. He was, indeed, especially proud of its compositional... |
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Bach: Goldberg Variationen Diego Ares (harpsichord) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 15/Jun/2018 ] In the thirty-two movements that make up the Goldberg Variations, Bach offers us a perfect equilibrium between structure, proportion, counterpoint and melody. Diego Ares, for whom this remarkable work has been a lifelong inspiration, sees the key to... |
LIED
Lieder by Beethoven, Schubert, Korngold, Schumann, Beethoven, etc Dietrich Henschel (baritone) Bernarda Fink (mezzo) Werner Gura (baritone), various pianists [ Harmonia Mundi / 3 CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] Three major artists of the harmonia mundi label invite you to share in a moment of intimacy: the works of Schubert, Schumann, Brahms - but also Beethoven, Dvorák, and even Korngold in the twentieth century - are its finest jewels. |
SCHUBERT
An den Mond / Lieder Dietrich Henschel (baritone) Helmut Deutsch (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 10/Jul/2014 ] "Schubert's recurring themes of death, night and wandering shape a thoughtful, expressive and beautiful recital by this baritone and accompanist." (BBC Music) |
KORNGOLD
Lieder Dietrich Henschel (baritone) Helmut Deutsch (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 10/Aug/2013 ] ***** Five Stars (Pick of the Month) BBC Music Magazine (Nov 02) |
BEETHOVEN
Lieder Dietrich Henschel (baritone) Michael Schafer (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 11/Aug/2003 ] "a varied and thoroughly enjoyable Beethoven soiree." -The Daily Telegraph (31 May 2003) |