RICHARD STRAUSS / LUDWIG THUILLE
R. Strauss & Thuille: Cello Sonatas Andrea Favalessa (cello) & Maria Semeraro (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 24/Feb/2017 ] Between Richard Strauss and Ludwig Thuille (born in 1864 and 1861 respectively) existed a strong friendship and mutual respect. Their two youthful cello sonatas share the same idiom: passionate and lateromantic soaring themes, a profound lyricism and... |
MARCO lo MUSCIO
Andrea Padova plays lo Muscio Andrea Padova (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 12/Jul/2019 ] Born in 1971, Marco lo Muscio is an organist, pianist and composer who has performed on the great organs of Europe and the US. His own music been performed by the likes of Christopher Herrick, Thomas Trotter and David Briggs. This album focuses on... |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto Nos. 2 & 3 Anna Federova (piano) / Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, Laërcio Diniz & Gerard Oskamp [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 12/Apr/2024 ] The Ukrainian pianist Anna Fedorova is renowned for her playing of Rachmaninoff, and in particular the four concertos which she has performed across the world. She made these recordings in 2014, at a relatively early stage in her career. |
GRIEG
Peer Gynt Suites / Lyric Pieces Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Mark Ermler / Håkon Austbø (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/May/2015 ] The composer Edvard Grieg was at the forefront of a flourishing of creativity that took place in Scandinavian culture in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, alongside his contemporaries, Nielsen and Sibelius. His imagination was particularly... |
HUMMEL
Piano Septets Aya Okuyama (fortepiano), Allessandro Commellato (fortepiano) / Solamente Naturali, Bratislava [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] Johann Nepomuk Hummel has lived for a long time in the shadow of Beethoven. Only in recent years has his true importance become apparent: a dramatic style, a great sense of musical structure and craftsmanship, alternating drama and charm. |
ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY
Zemlinsky: Lieder Barbara Bonney (soprano) Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo) Hans Peter Blochwitz (tenor) Andreas Schmidt (baritone) Cord Garben (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 10/May/2009 ] 'The casting is, almost without exception, sensitive and revelatory.' Gramophone |
SAINT-SAENS
Romances Sans Paroles: songs transcribed for oboe & piano Bart Schneeman (oboe) Paolo Giacometti (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Mar/2012 ] |
JOHANN LADISLAUS DUSSEK
Dussek: Complete Piano Sonatas, Volume 1 Op.10 & Op.31/2 Bart van Oort (fortepiano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 23/Mar/2018 ] The start of an exciting new project: the recording of the complete piano sonatas by Dussek! Johann Ladislaus Dussek (1760‐1812) was born in rural Bohemia. He led a restless life, travelling Europe as a keyboard virtuoso and settling in several... |
JOSEF HAYDN
Complete Piano Sonatas (Rec 2000) Bart van Oort (fortepiano) Ursula Datschler (fortepiano) Stanley Hoogland (fortepiano) Yoshiko Kojima (fortepiano) Riko Fukuda (fortepiano) [ Brilliant Classics / 10 CD - released 14/Aug/2005 ] "this exceptional box set of the complete Haydn Piano Sonatas would be highly desirable at a premium price. Instead, we can have the set for no more than the cost of low-quality discs that don't even give the names of the performers or orchestras on... |
JOSEF HAYDN
Complete Keyboard Sonatas [10 CD set] Bart Van Oort / Ursula Dutschler / Stanley Hoogland / Riko Fukuda (keyboard) [ Brilliant Classics Piano Library / 10 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2011 ] It is only comparatively recently that Haydn's piano sonatas started to feature in recitals, and some of the major pianists of our time have added some of them to their repertoire - Alfred Brendel being perhaps the most illustrious champion of this... |
JOHANN LADISLAUS DUSSEK
Dussek: Complete Piano Sonatas & Sonatinas Bart van Oort, Viviana Sofronitski, Petra Somlai, Wolfgang Brunner, Alexei Lubimov, Tuija Hakkila, Zvi Meniker, Ursula Dütschler, Piet Kuijken (period [ Brilliant Classics / 10 CD Box Set - released 22/Mar/2024 ] Johann Ladislaus Dussek (1760-1812) was regarded by his contemporaries as one of the foremost keyboard performers and composers of his age. |
BORODIN
Edition [10 CD set includes Symphonies, Chamber Works & Prince Igor] Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra / Moscow Trio / Nikolai Okhotnikov (baritone) / Marco Rapetti (piano) / etc [ Brilliant Classics / 10 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2012 ] "This set remains uniquely valuable for letting us hear so much of the composer's music that is otherwise scarce or simply unobtainable. For that reason, and at Brilliant's price, these recordings are an essential acquisition" |
SCHUBERT
The Last Years - The Great String Quartets / Piano Trios / String Quintet / Octet Brandis Quartet / Klaviertrio Amsterdam / Berlin Philharmonic Octet [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 10/Dec/2012 ] "I really admire these heartfelt accounts for their warm expressiveness and sumptuous textures. I certainly fully intend to revisit this set in the future." (MusicWeb Feb 2005 on the String Quartets) |
KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
Complete Music for Violin and Piano Bruno Monteiro (violin), Joao Paulo Santos (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 15/Apr/2015 ] For all the Eastern-tinted opulence of his sole opera, King Roger, and assorted, lush vocal cycles, it is in the works scored for violin that we may hear most characteristically the voice of Karol Szymanowski. The reasons are personal as much as... |
ERWIN SCHULHOFF
Schulhoff: Complete Music for Violin and Piano Bruno Monteiro (violin), Joao Paulo Santos (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 22/Nov/2016 ] Erwin Schulhoff (1894-1942) was a Czech composer of GermanJewish descent. He received his musical education in Cologne, Leipzig and Vienna. Under the Nazis he was captured for his Jewish identity and his music, which the Germans considered Entartet,... |
RAVEL
Complete Melodies Monica Piccinini, Christian Immler, etc., Filippo Farinelli (piano), Claudia Giottoli (flute), Giacomo Menna (cello) / ECU Ensemble, Marco Momi [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 24/Jun/2013 ] Exquisite, refined, exotic, full of colouristic effects and unheard-of timbres, Ravel's songs are a cornerstone of the 20th century song repertoire. This new recording contains the complete songs, accompanied by piano or by instrumental ensemble. |
BRAHMS / SCHUMANN / FRANCK / LEKEU
Violin Sonatas Christian Ferras (violin) Pierre Barbizet (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Mar/2009 ] 'Ferras is a player who habitually turns the simplest of melodic lines to poetical song … Lovers of the César Franck who happen not to know the Lekeu could well find a real extension of their pleasure in this very good record.' Gramophone |
HUGO WOLF
Italienisches Liederbuch, Mörike‐Lieder Christiane Oelze soprano, Hans Peter Blochwitz tenor Siegfried Lorenz baritone, Norman Shetler piano Rudolf Jansen piano [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2013 ] Austrian composer Hugo Wolf is primarily known as an innovator of the Lied genre. Harmonically influenced by Wagner he created a highly individual style, in which the content of the poems he set to music were expressed in a concentrated way, the... |
BEETHOVEN / SCHUMANN / SCHUBERT / HENZE / CHOPIN
The Early Recordings [6 CD set] Christoph Eschenbach (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Sep/2010 ] Of appeal to connoisseurs of the piano and to new-music enthusiasts Will receive coverage in the serious musical press. |
MAX REGER
Reger - Complete music for clarinet & piano Claudio Conti (clarinet) & Roberta Bambace (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 12/Jun/2016 ] "Claudio Conti plays with [great] conviction and passion. He takes the A flat Sonata's Larghetto at a flowing pace…[and] plays with a sense of engagement and flair. His rich, dark sound suits the muscular Allegro dolente that opens the F sharp minor |