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LISZT / BRAHMS / DEBUSSY
A Portrait of Tamas Vasary [4 CD set] Tamas Vasary (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Mar/2012 ] In 1962 Stephen Plaistow wrote of the Liszt E flat Polonaise on this set that 'the playing of the E major Polonaise is outstanding: it has bravura, exquisite timing and poise, colour, delicacy, plenty of rhythmic character and an air of ebullient... |
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ALESSANDRO ROLLA
Rolla: Viola Concertos, Symphony in D Tantum ergo; Simonide Braconi, Salvo Vitale, Orchestra Il Demetrio, Maurizio Schiavo [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 11/Jan/2019 ] As both conductor at La Scala from 1802 to 1833, and a professor at the new conservatoire in Milan (from 1808, the year of its foundation, to 1835), Alessandro Rolla (1757-1841) was the heartbeat of Milanese music in the turbulent early decades of... |
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LUDWIG SCHUNCKE
Piano Music Tatiana Larionova (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] Ludwig Schuncke (1810‐1834) died tragically young of tuberculosis at age 24. He was hailed in the Leipzig musical circles as a young genius, Robert Schumann (who became a close friend) exclaimed: "this is the one we were waiting for!" Schuncke wrote... |
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W.A. MOZART
Le Nozze di Figaro [The Marriage of Figaro] (complete opera recorded in 2001) Teatro Argentina / Marco Grimaldi / Medelyn Renee Monti / Jose Farsilha / Paolo Ponziano Ciardi (cond) [ Brilliant Classics / DVD - released 15/Mar/2008 ] G : - |
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TELEMANN
Paris Quartets Jed Wentz (transverse flule) / Musica ad Rhenum [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 10/Mar/2008 ] Telemann's sunny character and humorous disposition shine through in his music. During his life time he was very successful, artistically and commercially. One of the highlights of his later years had been his Tafelmusik, which combines styles from... |
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BRAHMS
Piano Works (including 3 Intermezzi Op.117 and 2 Rhapsodies Op.79) Thomas Beijer (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] New recording: one of a series of releases from Brilliant Classics featuring outstanding young artists who have won the principal prizes at the Young Pianist Foundation's National Piano Competition. |
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TORELLI
Trumpet Concertos (Complete) Thomas Hammes (trumpet); Peter Leiner (trumpet 2); European Chamber Soloists. Nicol Matt [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 14/Aug/2005 ] "A highly recommendable way of exploring some worthwhile late 17th century music. It deserves the attention of anyone interested in the development of the trumpet." (MusicWeb April 2004) |
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GRANADOS
Piano Works (complete) - Includes 12 Spanish Dances & Goyescas Thomas Rajna (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 15/Mar/2008 ] Enrique Granados (1867-1916) is one of the first so-called "national" composers of Spain. Together with his compatriot Isaac Albeniz, he created a new style of pianism in which elements of the Spanish folklore and folksong are embedded. |
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JOSEPH RHEINBERGER
Rheinberger: Complete Violin Sonatas Thomas Schrott, Piero Barbareschi [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 13/Apr/2018 ] Joseph Rheinberger (1839-1901) has gone down in history thanks to his impressive collection of organ music, akin in style and second only to those of Felix Mendelssohn. Composer and organist, Rheinberger was a highly influential musical figure in the... |
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JOHANN GEORG PISENDEL
Pisendel: Violin Sonatas Thomasz Aleksander Plusa (violin) with Robert Smith (cello), Earl Christy (lute/theorbo), Ere Lievonen (harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 10/Apr/2017 ] Johann Pisendel was the German violinist of his age; one whose total mastery of the instrument, and its expressive possibilities as filtered through both the Italian and German styles prevalent in the high Baroque era, made a fundamental impression... |
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CHOPIN / FALLA / DEBUSSY / BRITTEN / BARTOK / etc
Cello Rhapsody (sonatas and rhapsodies) Timora Rosler (Cello) Klera Wertz (Piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/May/2010 ] "Timora Rosler has a capturing talent, intimate expressiveness, virtuosity and a natural feeling for the composition … Her interpretation is exceptionally fascinating". |
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CHARLES TOURNEMIRE
Tournemire: Complete Organ Music- Oeuvres d'Orgue Tjeerd van der Ploeg (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 25/Sep/2020 ] Charles Tournemire was born in Bordeaux in 1870. A child prodigy he became organist-accompagnateur at age 11 at the St. Pierre in Bordeaux. At the Paris Conservatory he had lessons from De Bériot and César Franck, after whose death he continued with... |
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PIETRO YON
Yon: Complete Organ Music, Vol.1 Tommaso Mazzoletti (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 22/Jan/2021 ] Sumptuous and spectacular Romantic works by 'Toscanini's Organist'. |
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J. C. F. FISHCER
J.C.F. FISCHER: Harpsichord Suites Tony Millan [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 22/Jul/2016 ] |
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LALLIET / MOLBE / VERDI / FRIEDEMANN / JANCOURT / VERROUST
Romantic Music for Oboe, Bassoon and Organ Trio Andrea Palladio [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Oct/2018 ] Arrangements and original works for an unusual combination, celebrating the virtuosity of the Romantic-era bassoon. |
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MARCO ENRICO BOSSI
Bossi: Piano Trios Trio Archè [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 23/Feb/2018 ] Marco Enrico Bossi was born in Salò in 1861 and died crossing the Atlantic on his way back from a highly successful concert tour in the United States. He was a composer of great personality whose thoroughly international outlook distinguished him... |
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ERMANNO WOLF-FERRARI
Wolf-Ferrari: The Two Piano Trios Trio Archè [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/2018 ] Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876-1948) is a composer difficult to classify. A child of his time he kept aloof from the innovations of the modernists and dodecaphony. As son of a German father and a noble-born Venetian mother he was born in Venice and went... |
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ANTON ARENSKY
Arensky: Piano Trios Trio Carducci [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2018 ] Two masterpieces of Russian romantic-era chamber music performed by a talented young Italian trio. The chamber music of Anton Arensky (1861-1906) embodies a happy and inspired synthesis of two contrasting sound-worlds: the peculiarly Russian... |
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LUDWIG PHILIPP SCHARWENKA
Scharwenka: Piano Trios Trio Gustav [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 17/Jun/2022 ] Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka (1847-1917) was born in eastern Prussia (now part of Poland) in the town of Samter to a family with ancient Bohemian roots, but determinedly German in its culture. He and his brother Xaver (1850-1924) received their first... |
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ILDEBRANDO PIZZETTI
Pizzetti: Piano Trio, Works for Violin, Cello & Piano Trio Hèrmes [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Feb/2026 ] Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880-1968) was an Italian composer, music theorist, and teacher whose work bridges the late Romantic tradition and early twentieth-century modernism. A member of the so-called "Generation of the Eighties" alongside Ottorino... |