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MAX REGER
Chorale Fantasias for organ (complete) (Rec 1989, 1990) Wouter van den Broek (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 29/Aug/2005 ] "Many of my musical acquaintances over the years, especially the organists, have warmly recommended that I get to know the music of Max Reger. I'm still learning, but to my ears there's no escaping a certain dour quality, a relentlessness, a feeling... |
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CLERAMBAULT / MARCHAND
Complete Harpsichord Music Yago Mahúgo (harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 22/Feb/2016 ] The complete harpsichord works by Clerambault and Marchand on one CD! Louis‐Nicholas Clérambault and Louis Marchand are typical representatives of the French harpsichord style, flourishing in the first half of the 18‐th century. Their Suites... |
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JOSEPH ROYER
Royer: Complete Music For Harpsichord Yago Mahugo (harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 4/Mar/2013 ] One of the lesser‐known composers of the mid 18th‐century, Turin‐born Joseph‐ Nicolas‐Pancrace Royer relocated to Paris, where he earned a reputation as a formidable harpsichordist. He was in the service of Louis XV for many years, and wrote many... |
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HANS NEUSIDLER
Neusidler: Lute Music Yavor Genov (lute) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 15/Jul/2022 ] Hans Neusidler (1508-1563) was born in Pressburg (today Bratislava, Slovakia) and first enters the historical record in 1530, when he settled in Nuremberg, Germany. He taught lute there in the 1530s, publishing eight books of lute music between 1536... |
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JOHNSON & HOLBORN
Orpheus Anglorum: Lute Music Yavor Genov (lute) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 23/Mar/2018 ] The appearance of the first prints with instructions for playing the lute in England during the 1560's coincides with the youth and education of some of the first professional native lutenists. John Johnson and Anthony Holborne share lots in common... |
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GIOVANNI ZAMBONI
Lute Music Yavor Genov (14‐course archlute) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2014 ] Italian composer Giovanni Zamboni is somewhat of a mystery to the modern listener. Very little is known of his life; he was born in Rome in the latter part of the 17th century, became a virtuoso on the theorbo, lute, harpsichord, guitar, mandore and... |
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J. S. BACH
J.S. Bach: Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach Yuan Sheng (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 11/Mar/2022 ] With almost 70 separate pieces across the 130 minutes of this generous collection, Yuan Sheng surveys a sometimes overlooked aspect of Bach's industry and genius, as both teacher and family man. |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
TCHAIKOVSKY: The Seasons Yuan Sheng (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Oct/2018 ] Yuan Sheng has a deep understanding and command of harpsichord and early pianos that has resulted in many well-received historically informed performances and recordings. In reviewing his all-Beethoven recital on an 1805 Kathönig piano, the Boston... |
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STRAVINSKY
Ballet music: Le Sacre / Petrushka / The Firebird / Pulcinella / Suites no. 1 and no. 2 Yvonne Kenny / Robert Tear / Philadelphia Orchestra under Riccardo Muti / Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields under Sir Neville Marriner [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/May/2006 ] "Marriner's Pulcinella is a joy from first bar to last; how the players enjoy the quirkiness of Stravinsky's scoring" (Gramophone on Pulcinella) |
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BERLIOZ
Beatrice et Benedict (Complete opera) [Recorded in 1981] Yvonne Minton, Placido Domingo, Ileana Cotrubas, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Orchestre de Paris / Daniel Barenboim [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] 'Minton's beautiful voice and her warm understanding of Berlioz's style are again evident … Daniel Barenboim conducts with enthusiasm.' Gramophone |
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BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / BRUCH / DVORAK / TCHAIKOVSKY / etc
The Romantic Cello [5 CD set] Zara Nelsova, Julius Berger, Alexander Russakovsky, Timora Rosler, Herre‐Jan Stegenga, Vittorio Ceccanti, Luca Fiorentini, Wladislav Warenberg (cellos [ Brilliant Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 10/Feb/2015 ] The most beautiful cello music of Beethoven, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Schumann Chopin, Saint‐Saëns, Dvořák, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff and many more |
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SCHUBERT
Masses (Incls Deutsche Messe, D. 872 & Magnificat in C major, D 485) Zdena Kloubova (soprano); Ludmila Vernerova (soprano); Marta Filova (soprano); Monica Groop (alto); Christoph Genz (tenor); Matthias Goerne (tenor); J [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD - released 16/Aug/2005 ] "There are undoubtedly greater performances of the Schubert masses, but those on this set are never less than convincing and sometimes a good deal more so. They form an ideal base from which to explore Schubert's sacred music; at super-budget price... |
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GINASTERA / BOIELDIEU
Harp Concertos Jutta Zoff (harp) / Staatskapelle Dresden, Siegfried Kurz [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 24/Jun/2013 ] This disc explores that rarity of the classical repertoire, the harp concerto. The musical characteristics of the harp can provide somewhat of a challenge for the composer if writing a concerto for the instrument, but this disc boasts two wonderful... |