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J. S. BACH
Motets, BWV225-230 Richard Myron (violin), Jan Freiheit (cello) & Tobias Schade (organ) / Vocalconsort Berlin, Marcus Creed [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] "The present recording makes a first-rate impression in every category, from the thoughtful programming to the exemplary performances to the vibrant, clear, naturally balanced sound." (10/10 ClassicsToday March 2011) |
CHRISTOPHER TYE
Latin & English Church Music Richard Pinel (organ) / Byrde Recorder Consort / The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford / Bill Ives, director [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Jul/2005 ] “Flawless ensemble, crisp consonants and perfectly paced dynamics.” – BBC Music Magazine (Review of With a Merrie Noyse) |
Richard Savino, guitar, Artaria Quartet
Boccherini - Guitar Quintets Vol. 2 [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 16/Sep/2001 ] The second of 3 volumes. |
Robert Claire - flute, Davitt Moroney - harpsichord, Jaap ter Linden - vio
Couperin - Concerts Royaux [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 1/Aug/2001 ] Exquisite works written for the Sunday entertainments of the Sun-King. |
TULEV
Songs Robin Blaze (tenor) / Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir / Talinn Chamber Orchestra / Paul Hillier [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Jan/2009 ] Toivo Tulev, one of the principal figures in Estonian music today, contributes to a wide range of styles. His works are deeply influenced by his study of Gregorian chant, that gives them a mystic, incantatory dimension. Paul Hillier directs this... |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
A London Symphony / Serenade to Music Rochester Philharmonic, Christopher Seaman [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Apr/2012 ] "The Serenade to Music is also most sensitively done...the whole performance is conveyed with enormous affection...Serious Vaughan Williams collectors will surely want to hear this admirable new recording" (International Record Review) |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Octet Op. 20 / etc Roel Dieltiens (cello) & Frank Braley (piano) / Ensemble Explorations [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 20/Feb/2017 ] A year before writing the masterly Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, Mendelssohn had already taught his elf and fairy cohorts to fly: in the Scherzo of the Octet op.20, the centrepiece of a work composed in 1825, when its composer was only sixteen!... |
VIVALDI
Concertos pour Violoncelle (for cello) Roel Dieltiens (cello) / Richte van der Meer (cello) / Ensemble Explorations / Roel Dieltiens [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 22/Sep/2007 ] "An excellent soloist, a creative band playing one-to-a-part and a beautifully rounded recorded sound. This is an exceptional release." Early Music Review |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Études (with Messiaen: Fauvettes de l'Hérault - Concert des garrigues) Roger Muraro (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi Debussy Centenary Edition / CD - released 30/Nov/2018 ] "The etudes, among Debussy's last compositions (1915), are simply captivating. Muraro is a top-notch musician; he performs wonderfully on a finely balanced recording. Highly recommended." Nicholas Butler/Marbecks |
OFFENBACH
Suites for two cellos Roland Pidoux & Etienne Peclard (cello) [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] Though everyone is familiar with Offenbach's talent as a composer of operettas, very few people know that he was also a brilliant cellist. |
TELEMANN
Orpheus. (Complete opera) Roman Trekel / Dorothea Raschmann / Ruth Ziesak / Werner Gara / RIAS-Kammerchor / Akademie far Alte Musik Berlin / Rena Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 12/Apr/2003 ] "Strongly recommended...No opera lover should miss it." (Gramophone) |
HEINRICH IGNAZ BIBER
Violin Sonatas Romanesca: Andrew Manze (violin) / Nigel North (lute & theorbo) / John Toll (harpsichord & organ) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / 2 CD - released 20/May/2011 ] "This is masterful playing...The range of expression is indeed a constant joy. Amongst the finest baroque chamber music to have appeared in recent years." - Gramophone Magazine |
FRESCOBALDI / KAPSBERGER / SCHMELZER
Fantastic Style - 17th Century Violin Music (Frescobaldi, Kapsberger, Schmelzer) Romanesca: Andrew Manze (violin) / Nigel North (theorbo) / John Toll (organ) [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD ] Harmonia Mundi's Fantastic Style is a two-for-the-price-of-one combination of two great albums by Romanesca: Phantasticus, originally released in 1996, and Schmelzer: Violin Sonatas from 1998. Phantasticus takes as its point of departure an extract... |
Romanesca: Andrew Manze, violin / Nigel North, theorbo / John Toll, organ
Uccellini - Sonatas [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 13/Mar/2005 ] "Some of the most uninhibited baroque playing around. Any disc released by Romanesca is a 'must'". - Classic CD |
JOHN BLOW
Blow: Venus & Adonis Rosemary Joshua (sop), Gerald Finley (bar), Robin Blaze (countertenor), Clare College, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Renae Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 29/Sep/2008 ] "Rene Jacobs and his musicians present Blow's Venus and Adonis with persuasive style and dramatic clarity...Venus's lament and the closing plaintive chorus touch the heart deeply." (Daily Telegraph) |
RAMEAU
Pieces De Clavecin En Concerts Christophe Rousset (harpsichord), Ryo Terakado (cello), Kaori Uemura (Bass viol) [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 10/Feb/2003 ] |
HANDEL
Giulio Cesare in Egitto (complete opera recorded in 2005) Royal Danish Theatre, Copenhagen / Andreas Scholl / Inger Dam-Jensen / Randi Stene / Lars Ulrik Mortensen (cond) [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 DVD - released 27/Apr/2008 ] G - Here is what is probably Handel's most accomplished opera: the heir to L'incoronazione di Poppea with respect to the villainy of some of its characters, but also the Baroque ancestor of certain Romantic operas! |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No.4. / Capriccio Italien Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Daniele Gatti [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] "Daniele Gatti's music directorship of the Royal Philharmonic is generally considered to be the finest thing to happen to the orchestra in years. Just how far he's managed to turn them into a force to be reckoned with can be gauged by this powerhouse... |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphonies Nos 4, 5 & 6 / Romeo & Juliet / Capriccio italien / Serenade for Strings Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Daniele Gatti [ Harmonia Mundi / 3 CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - "The performance is magnetic; Gatti has the full measure of Tchaikovsky's white-heat inspiration. Altogether an excellent recommendation." The Gramophone on the Pathetique. |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No.5. / Romeo & Juliet Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Daniele Gatti [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / SACD - released 11/Apr/2004 ] "Gatti strips away layers of accrued misreadings of the scores and instead unearths tempos and dynamics as originally stipulated by the composer. Wonderful." Andrew Clarke, The Independent, 7-13 February 2004, ***** - On Hybrid Super Audio CD... |
