NORBERT BURGMULLE
Lieder & Piano Sonata Eleonora Contucci (soprano), Costantino Mastroprimiano (fortepiano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 25/Mar/2013 ] Norbert Burgmüller's early death in 1836 at the age of 26 was greatly lamented by his famous contemporaries Mendelssohn and Schumann, the latter comparing the tragedy of his death with that of Schubert. He was considered a major talent, and he left a... |
WOLF-FERRARI
Wolf-Ferrari: Piano Music Costantino Catena [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 11/Jan/2019 ] Sumptuous, late-Romantic but little-known piano music including several world premiere recordings. The name of Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876- 1948) is now emerging from the shadow cast by his wartime collaboration with Italy's Fascist regime. Operas... |
JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Hummel: Complete Piano Sonatas Costantino Mastroprimiano (fortepiano) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2018 ] The first complete recording of the Hummel piano sonatas on fortepiano! The name of Hummel usually is related to two other musical giants of his period: Mozart and Beethoven. Hummel was a pupil of the former and a rival of the later, both being... |
CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN
Alkan Edition [Piano, Organ & Chamber Music] Costantino Mastroprimiano, Mark Viner, Laurent Martin, Alan Weiss, Alessandro Deljavan, Costantino Mastroprimiano (pianos) / Trio Alkan, Kevin Bowyer [ Brilliant Classics / 13 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2018 ] "Two major pluses are the excellent contextual essay and the budget price. It's a steal." BBC Music |
CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN
Alkan: Solo Piano Music Costantino Mastroprimiano (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 19/Nov/2014 ] CharlesāValentin Alkan was one of the most important pianists and piano composers of the 19th century, although he lived the largest part of his life in obscurity and seclusion. He was a close friend of Chopin (they were neighbours in Paris) and he... |
LOUIS AUBERT
Piano Works (including Deux pieces en forme de Mazurka Op.12) Cristina Ariagno (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] Louis Aubert was born in Brittany in 1877 and soon showed promise as a singer, but his real skill was as a pianist. He studied with Fauré, and Maurice Ravel was another fellow student with whom he would develop a lasting friendship. |
ANTON RUBINSTEIN
Complete Violin Sonatas Daniela Cammarano (violin) & Alessandro Deljavan (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2014 ] Rubinstein's works are essentially romantic, based on the aesthetics of Schumann and Chopin. His violin sonatas span a period of over 20 years, and offer an abundance of warm, sweeping melodies and instrumental brilliance. |
HEINRICH & CARL BAERMANN
Heinrich & Carl Baermann: Music for Clarinet and Piano Dario Zingales (clarinet) & Florian Podgoreanu (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2018 ] Heinrich Baermann and his son Carl count among the most accomplished clarinettists of the Romantic age. Many composers wrote for Heinrich, most notably Carl Maria von Weber, who composed his two concertos and chamber works with Heinrich in mind,... |
CZERNY / VIOTTI
Piano Concertos David Boldrini (piano), Elena Pinciaroli (piano), Rami Musicali Orchestra [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 6/May/2016 ] This 2 CD set contains some seldom heard early 19th century concertos in which the piano plays the leading role. Carl Czerny, a famous pianist and teacher, student of Beethoven, wrote an immense oeuvre for the piano, in which his prodigious... |
CLEMENTI / PAISIELLO / PERGOLESI / KOZELUCH / BOCCHERINI / etc
Concerti Galante David Boldrini (piano), Viktor Csányi (violin), Elena Pinciaroli (piano) Rami Musicali Orchestra, Filippo Conti [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 14/Feb/2020 ] "As a collection of off-the-beaten-track Mozart era piano concertos, you could hardly go wrong with this" MusicWeb April 2020 |
HEIDEN / DESSAU / SCHULHOFF / HINDEMITH / etc
Entartete Musik David Brutti (alto saxophone) & Filippo Farinelli (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] Entartete Musik ('degenerate music') was the term applied to music in Germany after 1933 (when Hitler became Chancellor) that did not fulfil the expectations of culture according to Joseph Goebbels and the Nazi party. The most 'Entartete' instrument... |
WOLF-FERRARI
Wolf-Ferrari: 3 Violin Sonatas Davide Alogna (violin), Costantino Catena (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 4/Dec/2020 ] Little-known but spellbinding late-Romantic sonatas receiving only their second complete recording: essential listening for collectors of Romantic-era rarities. With well-received albums of his piano trios, piano music and music for chamber... |
FERRUCCIO & FERDINANDO BUSONI
Complete Music For Clarinet Davide Bandieri (clarinet) & Alessandra Gentile (piano) / Camerata Strumentale "Città di Prato" [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] This release presents the complete music for clarinet and piano by Ferruccio Busoni. The works span Busoni's whole creative life, from the classical forms of his youth to the highly chromatic and expressionist language of his mature age. Ferruccio... |
CARL MARIA von WEBER
Weber: Complete Chamber Music for Clarinet Davide Bandieri (clarinet) / Quartetto Savinio, with Matteo Fossi (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 11/Mar/2022 ] Carl Maria von Weber had a special fondness for the clarinet, finding it the ideal instrument for expressing the profound Romanticism he had made his own. |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart - Piano Concertos Nos 1, 21 & 25 Derek Han (piano) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Paul Freeman [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 17/Oct/2008 ] |
W. A. MOZART
Complete Piano Concertos (Rec 1993 & 2001) Derek Han, piano, Philharmonia Orchestra, Paul Freeman, with Pieter-Jan Belder, harpsichord, and Zoltan Kocsis, Dezsa Ranki and Andras Schiff (pianos) [ Brilliant Classics SACD / 11 SACD - released 18/Aug/2005 ] On 11 discs we present every single known work by Mozart for piano and orchestra. In addition to the more and less regularly performed 25 concertos with a single soloist we include some Rondos and both concertos for 2 and 3 pianos and orchestra. |
W.A. MOZART
Piano Concertos Nos 20, 21 'Elvira Madigan', 23 & 24 Derek Han (piano) / Philharmonia Orchestra under Paul Freeman [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] In addition to Brilliant's best-selling 170 CD box with the complete works by Mozart they celebrate with this double CD of four major piano concertos. |
W.A. MOZART
The Great Piano Concertos Vol. 2 (Incls KV271 Jeunehomme KV449 KV456 KV537 Coronation Concerto) Derek Han (piano) / Philharmonia Orchestra under Paul Freeman [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 13/Mar/2006 ] Of course we can not ignore Mozart’s anniversary. So in addition to Brilliant's best-selling 170 CD box with the complete works by this composer they celebrate his 250th birthday with a special series. This consists of 14 3CD-sets with selected... |
TCHAIKOVSKY
The Best Of Tchaikovsky (Includes the complete Piano Concerto No 1 in B flat minor) Derek Han (piano) Vladimir Spivakov (violin) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Enrique Batiz and others [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] Tchaikovsky is one the pillars of classical music who cannot be ignored. Some of his works have become all time favourites. On this double CD we have compiled all his popular works. |
TCHAIKOVSKY
The Collection: Six CD set (Incls Piano Concertos, Symphonies 4-6 & Ballet Suites) Derek Han (piano) Vladimir Spivakov (violin) / Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Enrique Batiz [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 30/Apr/2008 ] Russian Peter Iljitch Tchaikovsky's romantic character may be heard in all his music: the symphonies no.'s 4,5 and 6, the 1st and 2nd piano concertos, the violin concerto, Serenade for Strings and music for his three large ballets: The Nutcracker,... |