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J. S. BACH
Bach: Famous Cantatas [Incls BWV143 & BWV147] Ruth Holton, Marjon Strijk, Sytse Buwalda, Bas Ramselaar, etc / Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink [ Brilliant Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2014 ] The Bach's Cantatas have secured their place in the canon of human creations of eternal value. In no other oeuvre one finds the expression of all universal human emotions, from utter grief to extatic joy, from turbulant drama to serene... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Russian Orthodox Choral Music Rybin Male Choir, Dumka Choir, Yurlov Academic Choir [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 22/Jan/2021 ] A history of Russian Orthodox sacred music from the 'Moscow Baroque' to the present day, including many rare and long unavailable recordings. |
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DILEMANDO REIS
Reis: Guitar Music Salvatore Fortunato (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Apr/2019 ] The sound of Rio: songs by an icon of the Brazilian popular guitar, reinterpreted by an accomplished young Italian soloist. The most famous Brazilian popular guitarist of the last century, Dilermando Reis (1916-1977) recorded over 40 albums... |
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IDA PRESTI
Presti: Complete Music for 2 Guitars Salvatore Fortunato (guitar), Fabio Perciballi (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 3/Nov/2023 ] - Ida Presti (1924-1967) was a French classical guitarist and composer. She first came to prominence as a child prodigy, before maturing into what Alice Artzt has called "the greatest guitarist of the 20th century, and possibly of all time." -... |
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ERIK SATIE
Complete works for piano four-hands Sandra & Jeroen van Veen (piano four-hands) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2009 ] Piano Duo Sandra & Jeroen were established in 1987, and since then have toured extensively. |
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FRANCESCO da MILANO
Music for Lute Sandro Volta [ Brilliant Classics SACD / CD - released 30/Nov/2014 ] Francesco da Milano was a composer of the Italian Renaissance period...His extraordinary talents are well exemplified in his lute works, a large selection of ricercares and fantasias. |
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MARCO DALL'AQUILA
La Battaglia Music for Lute, vol. 2 Sandro Volta (6-course lute) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2016 ] The music on this album has its origins in an exciting moment of the history of the lute. It stands at the crossroads of an evolving technique: from performance primarily using a plectrum, to the use of the fingers of the right hand alongside the... |
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LUIGI LEGNANI
Legnani: Complete Music for Flute and Guitar Sara Ligas, Omar Fassa [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 22/Jul/2016 ] |
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ANTON EBERL
Eberl: Piano Sonatas & Variations Sayuri Nagoya (fortepiano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 14/Jan/2022 ] New recordings of keyboard music by a now-unfamiliar Viennese friend of Mozart, once admired by the likes of Haydn and Gluck, and whose pieces were previously attributed to Mozart himself. |
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GREGORIAN CHANT
Gregorian Chant Schola Cantorum Karolus Magnus under Stan Hollaardt [ Brilliant Classics Musica Sacra / CD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] Gregorian Chant is the music of the Western Christian Church, and since the Reformation exclusively of the Roman Catholic Church. |
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Schola Cantorum Karolus Magnus under Stan Hollaardt
Imago Christi: Images of Christ in Gregorian Chants [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 28/Nov/2006 ] There are 26 items which form this production of Gregorian chants covering 20 centuries (divided into four sections) during which religious church communities have celebrated Jesus of Nazareth. Of course Gregorian chant reached its final form already... |
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DUFAY / OCKEGHEM / JOSQUIN / GOMBERT / BRUMMEL / etc
O Magnum Mysterium [4 CDs plus bonus CD Rom] Schola Cantorum Stuttgard, Clytus Gottwald [ Brilliant Classics Choral Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2011 ] |
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DUFAY / OCKEGHEM / FINCK / DESPREZ / GOMBERT / BRUMEL / etc
O Magnum Mysterium Schola Cantorum Stuttgart / Clytus Gottwald [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2009 ] Roughly speaking classical music started just before 1400 in Flanders, where an unprecedented burst of creativity formed the Flemish School, producing the most amazing polyphonic choral textures, of the utmost complexity. |
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TRADITIONAL
Per Anni circulum, Gregorian Chant Schola Gregoriana Benedetto XVI, Don Nicola Bellinazzo [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 19/Aug/2016 ] The soothing sounds of Gregorian chant reverberate from the very beginnings of Christianity to the present day. This timeless music still has the power to move and stir us, giving us a moment to pause and reflect on our busy lives. This release, Per... |
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FRESCOBALDI
Masses (Incls 'Messa sopra l'aria della Monica') Schola Gregoriana / Roberto Loreggian [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "Roberto Loreggian delivers very good performances. The singing of the Schola Gregoriana is bright and clear. If these two disc reflect the quality of this whole project we are in for a treat." Bargain of the Month MusicWeb Oct 2010 |
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SCHUTZ / PRAETORIUS / SCHEIN / DEMANTIUS
17th-Century Funeral Music Schutz-Akademie, Howard Arman [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] This CD brings together 17th century vocal works in which death and burial play a central role, the agony, the penitence and the consolation of the hereafter. Reformation composers didn't write Requiem Masses for the dead, but they commemorate their... |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: 9 Suites Scipione Sangiovanni (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2018 ] "Handel's masterful suites shine in this well-articulated, controlled performance. I could have done with a little more crispness, and a greater distance between piano and mic" BBC Music Jan 2019 |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Taracea: A Musical Mosaic Spanning Five Centuries Seldom Sene (Recorder Quintet) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 22/Sep/2014 ] "The recorder consort's limitations as a chamber ensemble show...But these observations are outweighed by the commitment, technical versatility, unanimity of ensemble and near-immaculate tuning on display." Gramophone Magazine, December 2014 |
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ANTONIO VERACINI
Veracini: Trio Sonatas Op.1 Semperconsort, Luigi Cozzolino (violin & concertmaster) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2023 ] The only available complete recording, newly made by a stylish Italian early-music ensemble, of a landmark collection of Baroque chamber music. Antonio Veracini (1659-1733) was the uncle and teacher of his more famous nephew, the composer and... |
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SEGEI RUDNEV
Rudnev: Music for Guitar Sergei Rudnov, Aynur Begutov, Anton Baranov, Rovshan Mamedkuliev, Vladimir Mityakov (guitars) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 25/Feb/2022 ] Russian guitarist and composer Sergei Ivanovich Rudnev was born in 1955 in Tula. In 1975 he graduated in the accordion and balalaika class of Tula's "Dargomyzhsky" Conservatory, and while attending this school he studied guitar. |