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DOMENICO CIMAROSA
Cimarosa: Overtures - arranged for Mandolin Ensemble Quintetto a Plettro "Giuseppe Anedda" [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 12/Apr/2024 ] New, fun-filled arrangements, with historical authenticity on their side, of bright and breezy curtain-raisers by a once-celebrated contemporary of Mozart. |
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LUIGI BOCCHERINI
Boccherini: Complete Flute Quintets Rafael Ruibérriz de Torres (flute) / Francisco de Goya String Quartet [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 22/Jan/2021 ] Spanish 'period' instrumentalists in new recordings of under-rated chamber music from the golden age of Classicism, full of musical sunshine and summer breezes. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Serenata Napoletana: Music for mandolin and piano Raffaele La Ragione (mandolin) & Giacomo Ferrari (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 10/Feb/2015 ] This release invites to you an evening in Naples, one of the most beautiful and romantic cities in the world, and listen to an enchanting collection of Neapolitan songs, played by the mandolin, the instrument most closely related to that city of... |
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MARIN MARAIS
Pièces de viole ‐ Book V (1725) Suite Nos. 1‐7 Rainer Zipperling, Ghislaine Wauters, Pieter‐Jan Belder & Wout Oosterkamp [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 10/Mar/2014 ] These captivating suites are brought to life in vivid performances by acclaimed chamber musicians and early music specialists Rainer Zipperling, Ghislaine Wauters and Pieter‐Jan Belder. |
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JOSE ARRIOLA
Arriola: Orchestral Music Real Filharmonía de Galicia, Maximino Zumalave, with Joaquín Soriano (piano) & David Alonso (horn) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2018 ] These are the first-ever recordings of music composed by José (Pepito) Arriola, whose works are virtually unknown. Born in Betanzos in the northern Spanish region of Galicia in 1895, Arriola was a celebrated child prodigy known at the time as a... |
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OTTORINO RESPIGHI / GABRIEL FAURE / CESAR FRANCK
Alter Ego: Music for Flute and Piano by Respighi, Fauré & Franck Rebecca Taio (flute), Emanuel Silver (flute) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/2023 ] Rebecca Taio's choice to programme these well-known pieces from the great repertoire for violin and piano has to do with the technical challenges they pose, both instrumentally and interpretatively. In the flautist's words: 'It's an incredibly... |
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HANDEL
Handel: Cantatas & Sonatas Recondita Armonia Ensemble [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 19/Aug/2016 ] During Handel's stay in Italy he was greatly influenced by the great vocal tradition of that country. He wrote a substantial quantity of Italian Cantatas, mini operas for one or more solo voices and instrumental ensemble. They are on secular... |
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ALEXANDER GUILMANT
Complete Organ Sonatas Adriano Falcioni (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 18/May/2015 ] Inspired by the great organ works of Cesar Franck the sonatas are impressive and substantial concert pieces, written in classical sonata style, but symphonic in scope and expression |
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CARL ORFF
Orff: Trionfi Regina Werner (soprano) & Eberhard Buchner (tenor) / Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzich, Herbert Kegel [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 18/May/2015 ] Orff's musical language is as raw, raucous and "vulgar" (in the literal sense of "of the people") as his texts: theatrical, blown-up and extravagant these works foreshadow the 20-th century pop culture, they certainly achieved the same popularity |
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WAGNER
Parsifal (complete opera recorded in 1975} René Kollo, Ulrik Cold, Gisela Schröter, Theo Adam, Reid Bunger / Rundfunk‐Sinfonie‐Orchester Leipzig, Herbert Kegel [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 22/Aug/2015 ] This reissue of the 1975 live recording of Wagner's Parsifal features a stellar cast: the great René Kollo in the title role, further Theo Adam, Gisela Schröter and Ulrik Cold, and the splendid Rundfunk‐Sinfonie‐ Orchester Leipzig, conducted by... |
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MENDELSSOHN
Incidental Music for Antigone, Athalia & Oedipus René Pape (bass) / Radio Symphonie-Orchester / Christoph Spering / Stefan Soltesz [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 30/Jun/2011 ] "Just think: some two hours and fifteen minutes of new and vintage Mendelssohn! The chamber music has enjoyed a great renaissance over the last decade or so. Now the theatrical Mendelssohn beckons. On this evidence these scores include much music of... |
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VARIOUS
Happy Christmas from Milan Renato Bruson / Montserrat Caballe / Montserrat Marti / Rossana Potenza [ Brilliant Classics / DVD ] |
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FRANCESCO MARIA ZUCCARI
Cello Sonatas Renato Criscuolo (baroque cello) / Mvsica Perdvta [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 10/Dec/2012 ] "this is an enterprising and skilful recording that should be of considerable interest to lovers of the cello and late-Baroque chamber music generally." (International Recording Review) |
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C. P. E. BACH
Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu Barbara Schlick, Christoph Prégardien, Paul Elliott & Stephen Varcoe / Rheinische Kantorei, Das Kleine Konzert, Hermann Max (conductor) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2014 ] Wholly conforming to this new aesthetic is C.P.E. Bach's grandiose Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu, written during the composer's sojourn in Hamburg and which earned high recognition beyond this city during his lifetime. |
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MICHELANGELO ROSSI
Music for Organ and Harpsichord Riccardo Castagnetti (organ & harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] Michelangelo Rossi lived from 1601 till 1656, and held during his life several important posts as court composer and musician (Rome, Modena). Rossi's "Toccate e correnti d'intavolaturad'organo e cimbalo" is his only published work, an important... |
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W. A. MOZART
Idomeneo, K366 Richard Lewis (Idomeneo), Léopold Simoneau (Idamante), Sena Jurinac (Ilia), Lucilla Udovich (Elettra) / Glyndebourne Festival Chorus and Orchestra, Si [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 2 CD - released 8/Nov/2013 ] A classic performance of Idomeneo from 1956 Glyndebourne, conducted by Sir John Pritchard, featuring an excellent cast, with brilliant Sena Jurinac and formidable Leopold Simoneau. |
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ARCANGELO CORELLI
Corelli: Violin Sonatas Op.5 Rémy Baudet, Pieter-Jan Belder, Jaap ter Linden, Mike Fentross [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 13/Apr/2018 ] "Corelli has a nice ear and most delicate taste which led him to select the most pleasing harmonies and melodies and to construct the parts so as to produce the most delightful effect upon the ear", thus said Geminiani, contemporary of Arcangelo... |
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SCHUBERT
The Song Collection [6 CD set] Robert Holl (bass-baritone) Ellen van Lier (soprano) David Lutz, Konrad Richter, Naum Grubert (piano [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 25/Feb/2015 ] Robert Holl is one of the foremost bass baritones of today. He has collaborated with the greatest conductors like Bernard Haitink, Eugen Jochum, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Claudio Abbado, and is equally active in opera as in Lieder. Particularly his... |
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W.A. MOZART
Apollo et Hyacinthus (complete opera) Robert Morvai (tenor), Antonia Bouerva (soprano), Anna Haase (soprano), Daniel Lager (alto) / European Chamber Soloists / Nicol Matt [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] This is a very recent recording of one of Mozart’s early operas. For this work 11 year old (!) Mozart used a story from Ovid’s Metamorphoses. The text by Father Widl is in Latin. |
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MENDELSSOHN
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Complete incidental music) Lynne Dawson, Susanne Mentzer, English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Jun/2012 ] Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate |