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GORECKI / MAZULIS / SAARIAHO / AUGUSTINAS / GUDMUNDSEN-HOLMGREEN / etc
Baltic Voices Vol 3 Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir / Paul Hillier [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / SACD - released 1/Dec/2005 ] "Once again Paul Hillier and his Estonian choir provide a varied programme of new choral works by Baltic composers. Despite a wide gamut of styles, each composition has an immediacy that is not always found in contemporary music." Erik Levi - BBC... |
MACHAUT / O'REGAN / DUFAY / BRYARS
Scattered Rhymes Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier (director), Orlando Consort [ Harmonia Mundi / SACD - released 23/Jun/2008 ] "This collection has actually been programmed with considerable care...with the acoustic of the recording venue effectively becoming an additional element in the performance." (Choral & Song Recording of the Month BBC Music June 2008) |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Powers of Heaven: Orthodox Music of the 17th & 18th Centuries The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir / Paul Hillier [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / SACD - released 23/May/2004 ] On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in full 5.1 surround sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM - "The choir...sing with exceptional blend and purity of tone" (The Absolute Sound) |
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Europa Central
Shpil (O.Klezmer) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD ] |
Faiz Ali Faiz & Titi Robin
Jaadu Magic [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 31/Jan/2011 ] |
POULENC
La Voix Humaine / La Dame de Monte-Carlo Felicity Lott (soprano) / Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Armin Jordan [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 1/Jun/2012 ] "Lott uses [her voice] exquisitely. You want to hear Felicity Lott's anguish, textual inflections and lacerating pain in 'La Vox humaine." San Francisco Examiner |
HANDEL
Belshazzar (complete opera recorded in 2008) Festival Aix-en-Provence / Kenneth Taylor, Rosemary Joshua, Bejun Mehta / Rene Jacobs (cond) [ Harmonia Mundi DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] "Mehta's King Cyrus is immaculately sung and powerfully acted...Jacobs proves a consistently lively presence" (BBC Music) |
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Fink/Gens/Jacobs
Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte [ Harmonia Mundi / 3 CD - released 27/Aug/2007 ] |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Provencal Organs Francis Chapelet / Michel Chapuis / Lucienne Antonini / Rena Saorgin [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 20/Mar/2007 ] Between the beginning of the 15th century and the death of Henry IV (1610) the polyphonists of the Dukes of Burgundy took the works of the Franco-Flemish School as far afield as Italy and Spain. In the wake of the musicians followed the... |
BEETHOVEN
Piano Sonatas Nos 29 Hammerklavier' & 30 Francois-Frederic Guy (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 10/Jul/2016 ] François-Frédéric Guy has performed the complete cycle of 32 Sonatas in Washington, Paris, Monaco and recently at the Festival Berlioz in La Côte-Saint-André (August 2013). His eclectic and varied discography has been warmly welcomed by the critics... |
BEETHOVEN
Piano Sonatas Frank Braley [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 29/Jul/2013 ] |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Piano Sonata Op 5 / Five Piano Pieces Op 3 / etc Frank Braley (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 1/Aug/2008 ] The 3 Opus numbers on this recording are all the works of a very young Richard Strauss (17-18 years of age), and represent his only works for the piano, because he never returned to the instrument. It is surprising to learn how resolutely Strauss,... |
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Frederic Chiu
Chopin: Etudes Op25/Barcarolle [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 11/Oct/2004 ] |
CHOPIN
The Essentials Frederic Chiu, Brigitte Engerer, Olga Kern, Alain Planes, Cedric Tiberghien, Alexandre Tharaud, etc (pianos) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] Idealised by romantic myth, Frédéric Chopin is one of the most celebrated composers in history. This virtuoso pianist devoted his whole output to his instrument and developed a unique style which made him "an extraordinary artist" (Berlioz). Here the... |
CHOPIN
Etudes: Op. 25 / 3 Nouvelles etudes (sans opus) / Berceuse Op.57, Barcarolle Op.60, Polonaise-Fantaisie Op.61 Frederic Chiu (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 3/Nov/2004 ] "The actual recording is exemplary. Warm and with all the depth one requires, Producer/Engineer Brad Michel should be congratulated." - MusicWeb Nov 2004 |
MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn-Piano Sonatas Op 6, 105 & 106; Rondo Capriccioso Op 14 Frederic Chiu, piano [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 13/Aug/2004 ] "Mendelssohn's sonatas show off Chiu's considerable gifts: a phenomenal keyboard technique, understated elegance and a sympathetic imagination that helps these undervalued pieces emerge with all their charms apparent." - San Francisco Chronicle |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Piano Music Including Romeo and Juliet Frederic Chiu (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 19/May/2001 ] breathtaking performances of the piano transcriptions |
RAVEL / DECAUX / SCHOENBERG
Reflections Frederic Chiu (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi musique d'abord / CD - released 10/May/2012 ] This title was released for the first time in 1995. |
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ROSSINI
Peches de vieillesse [Sins of my old age] (Selection) / William Tell Overture (arr Liszt) Frederic Chiu (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 10/Aug/2013 ] "This disc is first rate… Frederic Chiu is brilliant." |
