CHARLES ALKAN
Cello Sonata Op.47 (with Liszt - Elegies, La Lugubre Gondole, etc) Emmanuelle Bertrand (cello) Pascal Amoyel (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 25/Jul/2014 ] "intelligently played and beautifully recorded." - Gramophone February 2002 |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Johannes Brahms : Sonatas & Liebeslieder for cello and piano Emmanuelle Bertrand (cello) Pascal Amoyel (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 23/Jul/2021 ] "It's rare to find interpretations that marry insight and naturalness, and that sends this recording to very near the top of an imposingly tall heap." Gramophone |
ALKAN / SAINT-SAENS / GRIEG / STRAUSS / LISZT
Le Violoncelle Romantique [The Romantic Cello] (2 CDs for the price of 1) Emmanuelle Bertrand (cello) / Pascal Amoyel (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi Initiales / 2 CD - released 15/Sep/2011 ] "The enthusiastic playing of Bertrand and Amoyel captures Saint-Saëns' characteristic youthful vigour and gleeful virtuosity." Classic FM Magazine |
GRIEG
Sonata for violoncello and piano in A minor op.36 / Lyric Pieces Emmanuelle Bertrand (cello) / Pascal Amoyel (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Sep/2008 ] Alongside the Sonata op.36 - one of the monuments of the repertoire for cello and piano - Emmanuelle Bertrand and Pascal Amoyel have transcribed some of the delightful Lyric Pieces as a sort of personal diary: in their own way, they retrace the life... |
OLIVIER GREIF
Sonate de Requiem / Piano Trio Emmanuelle Bertrand (cello) / Pascal Amoyel (piano) / Antje Weithaas (violin) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 14/Apr/2006 ] 'I have never composed so much in my life. If I ask myself the reasons for such profusion, I realise that it is because I have nothing else in my life but music. If I stop composing, I die', Olivier Greif wrote after finishing his Trio in 1998. |
ELGAR
Nursery Suite, Serenade, Dream Children & other works English Chamber Orchestra / Paul Goodwin (with William Bennett, flute) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] "Paul Goodwin conducts with flair; alert to what's written on the page, sensitive to what's not." - CLASSIC CD |
VIVALDI
Concertos for the Emperor RV 189, 202, 271, 277, 183, 286 The English Concert / Andrew Manze [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / SACD - released 10/Mar/2005 ] "Music fit for a king in performances that fully match Vivaldi's grand vision" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine Oct 2004 - SACD Hybrid / DSD / stereo & multi-channel |
BIBER
Missa Christi Resurgentis The English Concert, Andrew Manze [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 29/Sep/2008 ] The interpretation of Andrew Manze and The English Concert 'succeeds in exalting the luxuriance of this voluptuous style' (Diapason). |
VIVALDI
Concertos for the Emperor [plus free Harmonia Mundi catalogue] The English Concert; Andrew Manze [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] "Music fit for a king in performances that fully match Vivaldi's grand vision" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine Oct 2004 |
C.P.E. BACH
Symphonies no.1-4 / Cello Concerto in A major The English Concert / Andrew Manze (with Alison McGillivray, cello) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Feb/2007 ] "No other performances surpass those of Andrew Manze and his orchestra, who simply have tremendous fun with Bach's uniquely personable creations, highlighting and enlivening every twist and turn... In the concerto, Alison McGillivray's confident,... |
VIVALDI
Le Passioni dell'Uomo: Violin concertos Enrico Casazza (violin) / La Magnifica Comunita [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] Includes world premiere recordings |
W. A. MOZART
String Quintets Ensemble 415 / Chiara Banchini [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 20/Apr/2009 ] "Ensemble 415 delivers stylish performances on period instruments. In general they capture the pathos and melancholy of the G minor more convincingly than the grandeur of the C major." BBC Music Magazine, June 2009 *** |
BOCCHERINI
Quintets with two violas Ensemble 415 / Chiara Banchini [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 23/Feb/2008 ] The quintets with two violas represent a peak in the mature career of Boccherini at a time when he had lost the support of all his patrons and was living under particularly difficult conditions (1801). But, if there is a certain melancholy in these... |
BOCCHERINI
Sextets Op.23 Ensemble 415 / Chiara Banchini [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 2/Jul/2002 ] "full of beautiful, fine-drawn, sensitive playing" (Gramophone) |
ARCANGELO CORELLI
Corelli: Concerti grossi op.6. Ensemble 415 / Chiara Banchini / Jesper Christensen [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] 'With Ensemble 415's splendid performances radiating relaxed spontaneity in every bar (...) one has only to close one's eyes to feel oneself transported to a warm summer evening in Rome.' Gramophone |
CORELLI
Violin Sonatas Chiara Banchini (violin), Jesper Christensen (harpschord), Luciano Contini (lute), Käthi Gohl (cello) [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 17/Jul/2000 ] |
Ensemble Bella Musica de Vienne. Michael Dittrich - director
Dances from Old Vienna: [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/May/2003 ] "Sparkling" - CD Review |
JOSQUIN DESPREZ
Chansons: Adieu mes amours Ensemble Clement Janequin [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 9/Jun/2003 ] |
VASQUEZ / BRUDIEU / FLECHA / MUDARRA / de VALDERRABANO
Canciones y Ensaladas [Chansons & Dances] Ensemble Clement Janequin. Dominique Visse [ Harmonia Mundi musique d'abord / CD - released 10/May/2012 ] Chansons of Clemens non Papa, Gombert, Fresneau, Certon and Hesdin |
CLAUDE LE JEUNE
Lejeune, Claude - Autant en emporte le vent Ensemble Clement Janequin / Dominique Visse, director [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'Abord / CD - released 20/Feb/2013 ] Lejeune represents the archetype of the Renaissance musician. This colourful recording offers an ideal opportunity to take advantage of the most recent discoveries and hear these seting of works by the foremost French poets of the fifteenth and... |