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FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn 2032, Vol. 12: Les jeux et les plaisirs Giovanni Antonini; Kammerorchester Basel [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 8/Jul/2022 ] The twelfth volume in the Haydn2032 series, in which Giovanni Antonini conducts the Kammerorchester Basel, is devoted to 'games and pleasures'. The symphonies, recorded here, were composed for the daily theatrical performances held at Eszterháza. |
JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos 3 & 5 / Pohjola's Daughter, Op. 49 Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Santtu-Matias Rouvali [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 21/Oct/2022 ] The Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra introduce us to the 'green' side of Sibelius who, suffering from health problems and financial worries, moved to the shores of Lake Tuusula just before writing his Third Symphony. |
JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 / King Christian II Suite Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Santtu-Matias Rouvali [ Alpha / CD - released 28/Feb/2020 ] "his tinkering with tempo and dynamics all serve the music in a positive light. It is a refreshing and enlightening performance…the playing from the Gothenburg Symphony is all one could want." Fanfare |
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN / GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Haydn 2032, Vol. 16: The Surprise Il Giardino Armonico, Basel Chamber Orchestra, Giovanni Antonini [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2024 ] "With consistently alert, finely nuanced playing from the period forces (including superb wind principals), this latest addition to Antonini's Haydn odyssey is self-recommending" Gramophone |
JEAN-BAPTISTE QUENTIN / ARCANGELO CORELLI
Corelli & Quentin: Flute Sonatas Jean Rondeau (early keyboard instruments), Anna Besson, Myriam Rignol [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 22/Mar/2024 ] In 1700, Corelli published his 12 violin sonatas, Opus 5, in Rome. A veritable revolution in violin technique, they won the admiration of eminent composers (Bach, Dandrieu, Couperin) and greatly influenced the French (Francoeur, Leclair, Senaille,... |
JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
Rameau: Zoroastre 1749 Jodie Devos (Amélite), Véronique Gens (Erinice), Reinoud Van Mechelen (Zoroastre), Tassis Christoyannis (Abramane), Chœur de Chambre de Namur [ Alpha Classics / 3 CD - released 4/Nov/2022 ] Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) left two very different versions of his tragédie en musique Zoroastre: the first, in 1749, received a lukewarm reception and the work was withdrawn from the repertory. Rameau gave it a thorough revision in 1756. At... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Schwanengesang & String Quintet Julian Prégardien; Martin Helmchen; Christian Tetzlaff; Florian Donderer; Rachel Roberts; Tanja Tetzlaff; Marie-Elisabeth Hecker [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Sep/2021 ] "Julian Prégardien, his tone lighter and brighter than that of his father Christoph, is a sentient, involving interpreter who always compels you to listen. His diction, like his father's, is invariably clear and expressive." Gramophone |
J.S. BACH
Bach Inspiration Juliette Hurel (flute), Mailys de Villoutreys (soprano), Ensemble Les Surprises [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 23/Mar/2018 ] After a Mozart release with the Quatuor Voce, Juliette Hurel has devised a programme focusing on Bach, featuring two staples of the flute repertoire: the Suite for orchestra no.2 with its famous Badinerie and the Partita for solo flute, his only work... |
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Bach & l'Italie Justin Taylor (harpsichord) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 22/Sep/2023 ] Johann Sebastian Bach hardly ever left his native Saxony, yet he was always up to date on what was going on elsewhere in Europe. Naturally, he paid close attention to innovations from Italy, the cradle of the concertante style, and instilled... |
HAYDN / HANDEL / SCARLATTI
L'Arianna Kate Lindsey (mezzo-soprano) / Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 24/Jan/2020 ] "what really make the project spark...The playing of Arcangelo under Jonathan Cohen is typically high-quality, and often heartbreakingly attendant to the drama." Gramophone Awards 2020 - Short List - Recital |
La Fonte Musica; Michele Pasotti
Zacara da Teramo: Enigma Fortuna (Complete Works) [ Alpha Classics / 4 CD - released 27/Aug/2021 ] In this recording entitled Enigma Fortuna, the ensemble La Fonte Musica, directed by Michele Pasotti, aims to shed light on the mysterious and eccentric personality of Antonio Zacara da Teramo (1355-1416). A contemporary of Boccaccio, Donatello and... |
PHILIPP HEINRICH ERLEBACH
Erlebach: Lieder Le Banquet Céleste; Damien Guillon [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 14/May/2021 ] "The Sarabande from the Second Sonata would melt the stoniest heart, and the gigues that end both works seem to kick up their heels with delight." BBC Music |
J. S. BACH
Trinitatis: Bach Cantatas Le Banquet Céleste, Damien Guillon [ Alpha / CD - released 5/May/2023 ] "Deeply engaging and moving performances of three Bach cantatas result in 'an exceptional and original release'." Gramophone Editor's Choice May 2023 |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Theodora, HWV 60 Louise Alder; Arcangelo; Jonathan Cohen; Adam Plachetka; Tim Mead; Stuart Jackson; Anna Stéphany [ Alpha Classics / 3 CD - released 23/Feb/2024 ] Among Handel's seventeen English oratorios, Theodora (1750) is unique. The story is not taken from the Bible, it is set in the Christian era, there is no national triumph and it does not end in joy. |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 [on period instruments] Mahler Academy Orchestra, Philipp von Steinaecker [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 21/Jun/2024 ] "Fascinating, then, with the punchy extremes of the inner movements really hitting home." Gramophone |
Martin Helmchen
Schumann: Novelletten & Gesänge der Frühe [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 8/Apr/2022 ] Schumann was twenty-eight years old when he composed in 1838 a cycle of eight pieces for piano, the Novelletten (Novelettes) op.21. This impressive, highly virtuosic set was dedicated to the pianist Adolf von Henselt, whose spectacular playing and... |
CARL MARIA VON WEBER
Weber: Overtures / Konzertstück in F minor / Arias Martin Helmchen; Anna Prohaska; Konzerthausorchester Berlin; Christoph Eschenbach [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 28/May/2021 ] 200 years ago, on May 26th 1821, today's Berlin Concert Hall was inaugurated as "Königliches Schauspielhaus". Destroyed as "Preußisches Staatstheater" during World War II, the building, located in eastern Berlin, was rebuilt during GDR times and... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 5 Martin Helmchen (piano) / Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Andrew Manze [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 13/Dec/2019 ] As the celebration of the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth approaches, and following a much admired version of the Diabelli Variations (Alpha 386 - Gramophone Editor's Choice), Martin Helmchen has decided to record his complete piano concertos... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Requiem (LP) Simone Kermes, Stephanie Houtzeel, Markus Brutscher / MusicAeterna / New Siberian Singers, Teodor Currentzis [ Alpha Classics / 2 LP - released 23/Aug/2019 ] Mozart's Requiem is a supreme masterpiece of the history of music and a work inextricably bound up with the Mozartian legend. Now Alpha's recording of it under the direction of Teodor Currentzis is given a new lease of life in a vinyl reissue. A... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Sonata 3 op.5 / Variations on a theme by Paganini Nelson Goerner (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 25/Oct/2019 ] "he doesn't detonate the instrument in an effort to accommodate the occasionally overblown writing but has mastered its details so thoroughly that, for all the breadth and heft of the musical ideas, the piece sounds proportionate to the piano" Gramop |
