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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Twelve Symphonic Poems for 2 pianos Leslie Howard (piano) & Mattia Ometto (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Sep/2018 ] The pre-eminent Lisztian of our day, Leslie Howard recorded every bar of the composer's music for solo piano during the 1990s and 2000s, including many items new to the catalogue. This new album forms a significant appendix to that edition. |
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GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Nuits d'été à Pausilippe Letizia Calandra (soprano), Fausto Tenzi (tenor), Ilario Nicotra (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Oct/2018 ] Donizetti was prolific in the field of vocal chamber music, to the extent that he almost rivalled Rossini. Nuits d'été à Pausillippe is an album of ariettas, romanzas, notturnos and duettinos published in 1836. The texts speak of four seasons and... |
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CARLOS GUASTAVINO
Guastavino: Song Cycles Letizia Calandra (soprano), Marcos Madrigal (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 28/Aug/2020 ] Carlos Guastavino (1912-2000) was one of the most important and famous composers of 20th century Argentina. He wrote over 500 works, most of them songs for voice and piano. He chose his own, personal style, rooted in the Romantic period of the 19th... |
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HASSE
Cantatas Volume 1 Lia Serafini (soprano) & Gabriella Martellacci (contralto) / Accademia del Ricercare, Pietro Busca (director) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] "Outstanding performances of some heretofore lost gems for voices lovingly coupled with instrumental works that are sure to please!" (MusicWeb April 2010) |
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BERNARDO PASQUINI
Pasquini: L'ombra di solimano - Cantatas for Bass and Continuo Lisandro Abadie (bass) / Capella Tiberina, Alexandra Nigito (harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 7/May/2022 ] Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1710) was an Italian composer of opera and church music. A renowned virtuoso keyboard player in his day he was one of the most important Italian composers for harpsichord and organ between Frescobaldi and Scarlatti. |
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ELGAR
Enigma Variations / Pomp & Circumstance Marches / Imperial March (with works by Holst, Bax & Walton) [recorded 1953] London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Malcolm Sargent [ Brilliant Classics Retrospective / 2 CD - released 20/Oct/2010 ] Throughout his life, Sir Malcolm Sargent was a passionate advocate of contemporary English music and he conducted a whole range of important first performances, including At the Boar's Head (1925) by Gustav Holst, Hugh the Drover (1924) Sir John in... |
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ARAM KHACHATURIAN
Khachaturian: Spartacus (highlights) / Gayaneh (highlights) Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, Yevgeny Svetlanov [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2014 ] Aram Khachaturian, 20th century Armenian composer, kept the Soviet authorities happy: his music is accessible, melodious, dramatic, folkloristic and glorifies the victory over evil forces. The ballet suites Spartacus and Gayane enjoy huge popularity,... |
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CARLOS CHAVEZ
Complete Symphonies London Symphony Orchestra Eduardo Mata conductor [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 30/Nov/2014 ] Carlos Chávez is one of Mexico's most important and prolific 20th century composers. He championed the symphony form at a time when it was generally neglected by other Latin American composers, and the results are magnificent |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Complete Scottish & Welsh Folksongs Lorna Anderson (soprano) & Jamie MacDougall (tenor) / Ensemble Haydn Trio Eisenstadt [ Brilliant Classics / 18 CD Box Set - released 20/Jan/2010 ] 'Lorna Anderson and Jamie MacDougall are the ideal singers, both with a healthy, natural resonance, intelligent relish for the texts and unfailingly reliable intonation.' Gramophone. |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Complete Scottish & Welsh Folksongs Vol 3 Lorna Anderson (soprano) & Jamie MacDougall (tenor) / Ensemble Haydn Trio Eisenstadt [ Brilliant Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 20/Jan/2010 ] |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Scottish Songs Vol 5 (folksong arrangements) Lorna Anderson (soprano) / Jamie MacDougall (tenor) / Haydn Trio Eisenstadt [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] This important and charming set is the fifth of six volumes (totalling 18CDs in all) which gather together Joseph Haydn's arrangements of British folksongs. |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Scottish Songs Vol 6 (folksong arrangements) Lorna Anderson (soprano) / Jamie MacDougall (tenor) / Haydn Trio Eisenstadt [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] 'In the vigorous songs he (MacDougal) is excellent...Equally consistent is the standard of performance. The singers ideally suited to their tasks, the instrumentalists unfailingly lively and stylish in their playing' (Gramophone) |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Mélodies Lorna Windsor (soprano) & Antonio Ballista (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2018 ] A much-recorded and lauded Italian pianist joins an exciting young multilingual soprano for an extensive collection of Debussy's songs: a significant recorded contribution to the celebrations of the composer's centenary. Debussy wrote songs... |
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DIAZ / GOMES / RIOS / GUOLLHERME / ROMERO / CASTRO / etc
Los Ecos de Manzanares: Canzionero de la Sablonara, 17th Century Spanish Court Music; La Boz Galana, Sebastian Leon Louis Capeille (double harp), Guillherme Barroso (baroque guitar), Lore Agustí (soprano), Sebastián León (baritone) / La Boz Galana [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 14/Feb/2020 ] The Cancionero de la Sablonara is a collection made up of 75 polyphonic songs composed for the Royal Court of Madrid during the first two decades of the 17th century. The manuscript is named after Claudio de la Sablonara, copyist and archivist of... |
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FRANZ LISZT
A Liszt Portrait [30 CD set] Louis Lortie, Artur Pizarro, Nelson Friere, Lazar Berman, Alfred Brendel, various orchestras & performers [ Brilliant Classics / 30 CD Box Set - released 10/Apr/2012 ] |
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LUIGI DALLAPICCOLA
Complete Music for solo Piano & Violin and Piano Luca Fanfoni (violin) & Maria Clementi (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Apr/2015 ] "Dallapiccola's oeuvre isn't huge, and the sub-oeuvre of his solo piano music fits on a disc with room to spare, here taken up by his even smaller body of works for violin and piano. What his music lacks in grandeur and dimension, however, it makes u |
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ANTONIO BAZZINI
Music for Violin and Piano Luca Fanfoni (violin) & Maria Semeraro (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 15/Aug/2015 ] A delightful CD, played with panache and sensitivity by one of the most notable Italian violinists, Luca Fanfoni. |
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NIKOLAI MYASKOVSKY
Myaskovsky: Cello Sonatas Luca Magariello (cello) & Cecilia Novarino (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Apr/2017 ] Nikolay Myaskovsky (1881‐1950) was educated (after a failed schooling for Military Engineer, prompted by his father) at the famous St Petersburg Conservatoire under the tutelage of Rimsky‐Korsakov, Lyadov and Glazunov. His musical style has absorbed... |
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Barriere & de Bury
Sonates et suites pour le clavecin Luca Quintavalle [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2017 ] The output of Jean Barrière (1707‐1747) largely focuses around his own instrument, the cello, for which he wrote several books of suites and sonatas that have received sporadic attention on record. His work for harpsichord alone is much less... |
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PAUL HINDEMITH
Hindemith: 4 Sonatas for Viola Solo Luca Ranieri (violin) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2018 ] Hindemith was not only a composer but also a hugely talented viola player who wrote a number of remarkable, innovative works for his instrument. The piano-accompanied sonatas are relatively wellknown, so too the Trauermusik. |