|
J. S. BACH
St Matthew Passion [complete oratorio] Rogers Covey-Crump, Michael George, Emma Kirkby, Michael Chance, Martyn Hill & David Thomas /Choir of King's College, Cambridge & Brandenburg Consort [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 31/Aug/2009 ] 'The choir of King's College are on top form throughout…so, too, are the excellent obbligato performances from the Brandenburg Consort.' Gramophone 2003 |
|
J.S BACH
Bach: Transcriptions Various Artists [ Brilliant Classics / 20 CD - released 25/Sep/2020 ] Bach's music is often described as indestructible, in the sense that no matter how it is performed or in whichever arrangement, its essential spirit survives. In the Baroque period the practice of arranging one's own music or that of other composers... |
|
BALLROOM DANCE COLLECTION
Ballroom Dance Collection (10 CD set plus instructional DVD) Ray Hamilton Orchestra / Gary Tesca Orchestra [ Brilliant Classics / 11 CD/DVD Box Set - released 7/Mar/2008 ] The untimate collection of strict tempo ballroom music on 10 CD's accompanied by an instructional DVD. The music is performed by the mighty Ray Hamilton Orchestra along with some tracks by the Gary Tesca Orchestra. |
|
VIVALDI
Essential Vivaldi [10 CD set] Various artists including Enrico Casazza, Roberto Loreggian, Jaap ter linden, Heinz Holliger, Holland Boys Choir, etc [ Brilliant Classics / 10 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2011 ] OVER 600 MINUTES OF HIS MOST FAMOUS WORKS. Includes Quattro Stagioni (Four Seasons), Recorder Concertos, Oboe Concertos, Mandolin Concertos, Organ Concertos, Trio Sonatas, Gloria & more! |
|
TRADITIONAL
Evensong and Vespers at King's The Choir Of King's College / Stephen Cleobury [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] EVENSONG & VESPERS AT KING'S Vespers for the feast of the blessed Virgin Mary Evensong for advent |
|
JOLIVET / ROUSSEL / FRANCK / DEBUSSY / SAINT-SAENS / MILHAUD / POULENC / FAURE / VIEUXTEMPS / etc
French Violin Sonatas Daniele Orlando, Linda di Carlo, Mauro Tortorelli, Angela Meluso, Krysia Osostowicz, Susan Tomes, Kristóf Baráti, Klára Würtz, Bruno Monteiro, etc [ Brilliant Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 14/Jan/2022 ] The works in this collection emerged from the genre of duo concertant initially conceived as showcases for the virtuosity of Nicolò Paganini and his successors in the Franco-Belgian school of violin playing, notably Henry Vieuxtemps. |
|
GIROLAMO FRESCOBALDI
Frescobaldi: Complete Edition Roberto Loreggian (organ & harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / 15 CD Box Set - released 22/Aug/2011 ] A release of great importance: the first time CD-issue of the Complete Works of Girolamo Frescobaldi. The CD's in this edition are all newly recorded, by the foremost scholar/musicians of Italy, using period instruments. |
|
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel Edition Various Artists [ Brilliant Classics / 65 CD Box Set - released 1/Jan/2015 ] An exact contemporary of Bach, George Frideric Handel was one of the most important composers of the Baroque era, carving out a career for himself which was equally as impressive as his fellow countryman's. Born in Halle, Germany, to parents who were... |
|
ARVO PART
Part: The Collection Ulster Orchestra, Hungarian State Opera, Leeds Cathedral Choir, Elora Festival Singers, Benjamin Hudson (violin, viola) Jurgen Kruse (piano), etc [ Brilliant Classics / 9 CD Box Set - released 17/Dec/2021 ] The most comprehensive collection ever issued of Arvo Pärt's music, surveying the full range of an output from one of the most distinctive voices in late 20th-century music. |
|
MAX REGER
Reger Collection [11 CD set] Amadeus Webersinke (piano) Manfred Scherzer (violin) Annelies Burmeister (alto) / Radio Chorus Berlin, Dietrich Knothe / RSO Leipzig / Dresden Philhar [ Brilliant Classics / 11 CD Box Set - released 22/Apr/2015 ] "splendid music in excellent, sympathetic performances." MusicWeb International, 1st July 2013 |
|
VARIOUS
Romantic Flute Various Artists [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD ] |
|
SCHUMANN
Complete Solo Piano Works Ronald Brautigam, Luba Edlina, Peter Frankl, Mariana Izman, Wolfgang Schmitt-Leonardy, Klara Wurtz [ Brilliant Classics / 13 CD Box Set - released 13/Dec/2010 ] |
|
SPOHR
Spohr: Chamber Music for Clarinet, Soprano and Piano Various Artists [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 23/Oct/2020 ] A new recording of Spohr's masterpiece in the field of art-song, complemented by a trio of attractive instrumental rarities. Though his star has fallen since his death in 1859, Louis Spohr was once commonly ranked alongside the greatest of his... |
|
TELEMANN
Ino Cantata Dramatic Barbara Schlick (soprano) / Music Antiqua Köln, Reinhard Goebel [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 31/Aug/2009 ] Of all the composers who witnessed the widespread blossoming of the arts in the middle of the 18th century, it was Georg Philipp Telemann who responded the most enthusiastically to each new phase of musical development. In his last works in... |
|
TRADITIONAL
Georgi Robev Russisch-Orthodoxe Weihnachtschore [Chants for Christmas] Boris Christoff (Bass) Choir Of The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Angel Popkonstantinov / Bulgarian National Choir Svetoslav Obretenov [ BRILLIANT CLASSICS / CD - released 28/Feb/2009 ] RUSSISCH-ORTHODOXEN WEIHNACHTSCHÖRE Russian Orthodox Chants for Christmas |
|
J. S. BACH
Bach Masterworks [Brandenburg Concertos, Violin Concertos, Goldberg Variations, etc] Various artists incls musica Amphion, Camerata Antonio Luco, Netherlands Bach Ensemble, Ton Koopman (organ), Pieter-Jan Belder (harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / 10 CD Box Set - released 10/Jun/2010 ] Bach is here represented by some of his major works. This set contains a brand new and exciting recording of the complete Brandenburg Concertos played on period instruments by Musica Amphion. |
|
DVORAK
Dvorak Jubilee set Various artists incls Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Walter Susskind, Ruggiero Ricci (violin) [ Brilliant Classics Masterworks / 10 CD - released 16/Dec/2006 ] All composers are represented by some of their best known works. Also included are some pieces one might not expect. Performances are by prominent musicians. Some of the recordings were made as recent as only a few months ago. |
|
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi Edition Various artists including Federico Guglielmo, Jaap ter Linden, Rinaldo Alessandrini, Federico Maria Sardelli, Pieter Jan Leusink [ Brilliant Classics / 66 CD Box Set - released 30/Nov/2014 ] This release draws attention to the diversity of his oeuvre, starting with his instrumental music and moving on to feature his sacred cantatas and operas. It is the most comprehensive edition of Vivaldi's music yet |
|
W.A. MOZART
The Best of Mozart (Incls 'Eine Kleine Nachtmusic' & 'Le Nozze Di Figaro' overture) Various artists including La Petite Bande, Mozart Academie Amsterdam, Karl Leister (clarinet) etc [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 23/Apr/2006 ] This double CD offers a very mixed bag of some of Mozart's loveliest compositions: Eine kleine Nachtmusik, Requiem, the Jupiter Symphony, Ave Verum and the Clarinet Concerto. |
|
ALKAN / BEETHOVEN / HUMMEL / MENDELSSOHN / SCHNITTKE / VIVALDI / etc
Cello Sonatas Edition various cellists from the vast Brillian Classics catalogue [ Brilliant Classics / 33 CD Box Set - released 10/Apr/2020 ] This set offers an extensive anthology of Cello Sonata on 33 CDs. The deep resonant and eloquent sound of the cello is able to express the widest spectrum of human emotions, from intimately whispering, mournfully lamenting to passionately singing. |