Monica Huggett, Richard Savino
Duets for Violin & Guitar (music of Giuliani and Paganini) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 19/May/2001 ] "one of the best orchestral recordings of the digital era" - Stereophile |
MARTIN Y SOLER
Una Cosa Rara-Harmoniemusik Moonwinds / Joan Enric Lluna (conductor) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 14/Oct/2008 ] Vicente Martín y Soler, nicknamed 'the Valencian Mozart', was as famous in his own day as his Austrian contemporary. His biggest success, the opera Una cosa rara, is a combination of beauty and honesty, in the person of a charming peasant girl! |
Moussu T e Lei Jovents
Home Sweet Home [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 26/Jan/2009 ] A magical synthesis of old-time chanson, Cajun-like folk, contemporary pop and Moorish cadences from across the water, these songs are an infectious celebration of all things Provençal. |
W. A. MOZART
Chamber Sonatas London Baroque, Charles Medlam [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] " Nothing sounds uncharacteristic - bustle, and a sure architectonic ear are in evidence across these works written between 1772 and 1780.They are jewelled little works each in a single movement." (MusicWeb) |
Mozartean Players
Mozart: Piano Trios Vol.2 [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 9/Sep/2002 ] |
W.A. MOZART
Piano Quartets K478 K493 Mozartean Players with David Miller (viola) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 13/Aug/2004 ] "A model of how such things ought to be done" (Stereo Review) |
RODRIGO
Concierto de Aranjuez / Fantasia para un gentilhombre / Musica para un jardin / etc Marco Socias (guitar) / Orquesta Ciudad de Granada / Josep Pons [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] "Socias and Pons hit you on the head with ethnic flavouring, the music sings tartly, then sweetly, but always with a Spanish accent." - The Times (22 Oct 2002) |
HANDEL
Violin Sonatas Riccardo Minasi (violin/director) Musica Antiqua Roma [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 18/Jun/2012 ] Riccardo Minasi, born in Rome in 1978, has performed both as soloist as well as concert-master with many important orchestras. Riccardo Minasi is a conductor and a musicologist as well as a leading violinist in the early music field. His critical... |
Nakamatsu
Liszt: Dante Sonata [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 27/Nov/2006 ] |
Nakamatsu,Jon
Chopin:fantasy On Polish Airs [ Harmonia Mundi / CD ] |
Nakamatsu/Manasse
Brahms: Clarinet Sonatas [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 4/Feb/2008 ] |
Nakamatsu/Rochester P.O/Seaman
Rachmaninov:piano Concerto No3 [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Sep/2001 ] |
Nakamatsu/Rochester Po/Tyzik
Gershwin: Piano Concerto In F [ Harmonia Mundi / Hybrid SACD - released 4/Jun/2007 ] |
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z629 Nancy Argenta, Lynne Dawson, Veronique Gens, Sandrine Piau / Les Arts Florissants, William Christie [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 30/Jun/2014 ] "Purcell's semi-opera sounds fresh in this recording under Christie, with spirited playing from Les Arts Florissants and vivid singing from the large cast." (Five Stars BBC Music) |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / JAMES MacMILLAN
Vaughan Williams / James MacMillan: Oboe Concertos Nicholas Daniel (oboe) / Britten Sinfonia, James MacMillan [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Apr/2015 ] BBC Music Magazine Awards 2016 - Contemporary Winner |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Complete Preludes Nikolai Lugansky (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 16/Feb/2018 ] Rachmaninoff took the genre of the prelude to its highest degree of perfection with his boundless musical invention and fearsome technical demands. In his first recording for harmonia mundi, Nikolai Lugansky brilliantly meets the challenge, offering... |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Études-Tableaux, opp. 33 & 39 - 3 Pieces Nikolai Lugansky (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 3/Feb/2023 ] "This is a great overall interpretation of one (or two, if you prefer) of the monuments of the piano repertoire, where Lugansky, like the composer, knows perfectly how to achieve each and every effect." Five Stars BBC Music Instrumental Choice April |
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Marais: Sonnerie St Genevieve [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 12/Jul/2004 ] |
CHOPIN / BEETHOVEN / LISZT / MUSTO
Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition [Live 2009] Nobuyuki Tsujii (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] "Tsujii is a real virtuoso, but he also knows how to get beyond that and into the heart of the music." (International Record Review) |
JIMMY LOPEZ
Perú Negro, Synesthésie, Lord of the Air & América Salvaje The Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, with Jesús Castro-Balbi (cello) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 31/Jul/2015 ] Born in Lima, Peru in 1978, Jimmy López is one of the most admired among the younger generation of South American Composers. |