VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Goethe-Lieder: Das ewig Weibliche Marlis Petersen (soprano) Jendrik Springer (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Mar/2013 ] "the sheer range of Petersen's soprano and her interests enables her to compel and convince as much in 1821 Schubert as in German composer Manfred Trojahn's settings from 2008" (BBC Music Magazine Awards 2013: Vocal Finalist) |
JOSEF HAYDN
Die Schopfung [The Creation] (Complete oratorio with bonus DVD) Marlis Petersen (soprano) Werner Gura (tenor) Dietrich Henschel (baritone), RIAS-Kammerchor, Freiburger Barockorchester, Rene Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2009 ] "A classic Creation superbly performed and recorded." Gramophone Magazine: Editor's Choice November 2009 |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: The Seasons (Complete oratorio) Marlis Petersen (soprano), Werner Gura (tenor), Dietrich Henschel (baritone), RIAS-Kammerchor, Freiburger Barockorchester, Rene Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi Haydn Edition / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2009 ] "The thrilling sound of the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and Berlin's crack RIAS Chamber Choir make for a life-enhancing experience. The three soloists are superb; the whole set makes you wonder anew at the 67-year-old composer's creativity and... |
JOSEF HAYDN
The Seasons (Complete oratorio) Marlis Petersen (soprano), Werner Gura (tenor), Dietrich Henschel (baritone), RIAS-Kammerchor, Freiburger Barockorchester, Rene Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / 2 SACD - released 20/Nov/2004 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARDS - Finalist Recording of the Year 2005 "A joyous new performance of The Seasons from the Award-winning René Jacobs" - Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine |
Marta Almajano
Per un Bacio [ Harmonia Mundi / CD ] |
Mathias Lévy
Unis Vers: Le violon de Stéphane Grappelli [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 30/Aug/2019 ] 'From the unanimity acquired by the trio in terms of its sonority, with everyone even breathing together as one, to its elegant counterpoint, via an intricate blending of timbres, Mathias Lévy allows us to hear a group that has indeed found its... |
HINDEMITH / MARTINU / PROKOFIEV
Flute Sonatas Mathieu Dufour (flute) / Aleksandar Madzar (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 25/May/2002 ] Mathieu Dufour has been First Flute of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. |
SCHUBERT
Matthias Goerne Schubert Edition 5: Nacht und träume Matthias Goerne (baritone) Alexander Schmalcz (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Dec/2010 ] "This is a lovely recital, Goerne's intelligence, grace and lack of ostentation giving each song its due, with admirable support from Schmalcz." (International Record Review) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Matthias Goerne Schubert Edition Volume 7: Erlkönig Matthias Goerne (baritone), Andreas Haefliger (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Mar/2013 ] "His darkly mellow baritone, soft-grained yet with reserves of power, is a perfect instrument for the pantheistic reveries and barcarolles on this new disc." Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine - March 2013 |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Matthias Goerne Schubert Edition Matthias Goerne (baritone), Andreas Haefliger (piano) Christoph Eschenbach (piano) & Elsabeth Leonskaja (soprano) [ Harmonia Mundi / 12 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2016 ] "His darkly mellow baritone, soft-grained yet with reserves of power, is a perfect instrument for the pantheistic reveries and barcarolles on this new disc." Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine - March 2013 |
SCHUBERT
Matthias Goerne Schubert Edition 6: Schwanengesang [with piano sonata in B flat D960] Matthias Goerne (baritone) Christoph Eschenbach (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 10/May/2012 ] "This new Schwanengesang is characteristically thoughtful and probing: we hear Schubert's lyrical heartbeat at its most artless and unaffected, outstandingly so in the ghostly stillnesses of "Die Stadt" and "Der Doppelgänger""(Financial Times) |
SCHUBERT
Matthias Goerne Schubert Edition 2: An mein Herz Matthias Goerne (baritone) Eric Schneider, Helmut Deutsch (pianos) [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2009 ] "Volume two, and Goerne gives us performances of profound grandeur, mystery and compassion" Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (December 2008) |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Einsamkeit & Lieder Matthias Goerne (baritone) & Markus Hinterhäuser (Steinway piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Apr/2017 ] Following the Matthias Goerne Schubert Edition for harmonia mundi, a venture that has revealed his stature as the foremost interpreter of lieder, especially at its darkest, Matthias Goerne has now selected 19 gems, lovingly fashioned by Schumann in... |
LUCIANO BERIO
Berio: Sinfonia (with Mahler/Berio - 10 Frühe Lieder) Matthias Goerne (baritone) / The Synergy Vocals / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Josep Pons [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 4/Nov/2016 ] "this coupling is a must-have" BBC Music Magazine Awards 2017 - Vocal Winner |
Maurice Steger & Ensemble
Venezia 1625 [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 6/Mar/2009 ] |
SAMMARTINI / CALDARA / VINCI / HASSE / PIANI / FORENZA
Souvenirs d'Italie: Mr Harrach's Musical Diaries Maurice Steger (flauto dolce & recorder) & ensemble [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 24/Apr/2017 ] "Steger's pure, vocal tone captures the jauntiness and lilt of lively moments, while slow movements are imbued with lyricism and the florid ornamentation we have come to expect in his performances" BBC Music Five Stars March 2017 |
BARBELLA / SCARLATTI / FIORENZA / SARRO / MANCINI
Una Follia di Napoli Maurice Steger (flauto dolce, recorder, Flute a bec) / Fiorenza de Donati [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Dec/2012 ] In the 'holy year' of 1725, the most famous flautist of his time, J. J. Quantz, visited Naples. He inspired a host of sonatas and concertos by the great Alessandro Scarlatti and his most talented successors. |
GIUSEPPE SAMMARTINI
Sonatas for flute and basso continuo Maurice Steger (recorder) and ensemble [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 14/Oct/2008 ] "Steger's recorder-playing is by far the finest of any on the discs in this round-up. He is dramatic, caressing, forceful, virtuosic and playful by turns. One could almost call him the Roger Federer of the recorder." International Record Review,... |
CORELLI
Mr. Corelli in London [with FREE Harmonia Mundi catalogue] Maurice Steger (recorder) / The English Concert, Laurence Cummings [ Harmonia Mundi / CD/Book - released 15/Jan/2015 ] "Steger's playing is unfailingly seductive; the English Concert under Cummings is equally delectable." Stephen Pettitt, Sunday Times, 18 April 2010 |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Concerti per flauto Maurice Steger (recorders) / I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 15/Oct/2014 ] "This wonderful compilation will find its most appreciative audience in recorder enthusiasts or fans of Vivaldi. However, I found the whole collection delightful, with outstanding, dedicated performances and excellent sound quality" (AudAud.com) |