Sequentia
Music For Paradise - The Best [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 14/Jan/2013 ] |
ANDRE CAPLET
Conte fantastique / Les priares / Divertissements / Septet / etc (rec 1992) Sharon Coste (Soprano), Sandrine Piau (soprano), Sylvie Deguy (mezzo) / Ensemble: Musique Oblique [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 11/Jul/2006 ] "This is music for connoisseurs and especially for those with an interest to follow up in Debussy's circle … but do not expect a Debussy apprentice." (MusicWeb Bargain of the Month June 2006) |
J.S. BACH
St John Passion (Complete Oratorio) with Cantatas BWV22, 23, 127 & 159 Sibylla Rubens, Andreas Scholl, Mark Padmore / Collegium Vocale, Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Herreweghe Bach Edition / 3 CD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] 2003 Grammy Award Nomination: Best Choral Performance - "superbly conceived and excitingly performed production of Bach's 1725 score" - Classics Today |
HANDEL
La Maga Abbandonata Simone Kermes / Maite Beaumont / Il Complesso Barocco / Alan Curtis [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / Hybrid SACD - released 2/May/2007 ] The two singers on this disc are outstanding. Simone Kermes, familiar to Handel lovers from Peter Neumann's impressive German recordings of Saul and Belshazzar, and who has recorded the title-role in Curtis's Deidamia, is a clean and focussed soprano... |
CHRISTOPHER SIMPSON
Simpson: The Seasons Sirius Viols: Hille Perl, Marthe Perl, Frauke Hess [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 26/May/2017 ] "[Sirius Viols] balance eloquence and virtuosity here in a finely-judged equilibrium. Their sound is pellucid, ensemble and articulation flawless." BBC Music chamber Choice May 2017 |
TRADITIONAL
Cantiques de l'Orient: Hymns from Lebanon Sister Marie Keyrouz / L'Ensemble de la Paix [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] Soeur Marie Keyrouz & L' Ensemble de la Paix |
TRADITIONAL
Cantiques de l’Orient: tradition Melchite Sister Marie Keyrouz / L’Ensemble de la Paix [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 20/Mar/2012 ] |
TRADITIONAL
Chant Byzantin Sister Marie Keyrouz [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 29/Sep/2008 ] In the Byzantine Rite, the Office of Matins for Holy Saturday is a meditation on the mystery of Christ asleep in the tomb, deeply imbued with faith and hope. As for the chants for Matins of Easter Day, they are the most splendid in the entire... |
MISSA
Les plus belles messes de l'histoire musicale: the finest masses in musical history Soloists / Choeur et Orchestre du Collegium Vocale Gent / La Chapelle Royale / RIAS-Kammerchor / Philippe Herrewege / Marcus Creed [ Harmonia Mundi / 3 CD - released 10/Sep/2008 ] From the contrapuntal summits of the Renaissance to the great solemn Masses of Bach, Mozart and Beethoven, from Romantic renewal to contemporary disillusion: Harmonia mundi invite you to discover generous excerpts from the Masses that have made history! |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Harmonie du Soir- Mélodies, songs Sophie Karthäuser (soprano), Stéphane Degout (baritone) / Eugene Asti (piano), Alain Planès (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 24/Aug/2018 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 TOP THREE - Solo Vocal |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626 Sophie Karthauser, Marie-Claude Chappuis, Maximilian Schmitt, Johannes Weisser Freiburger Barockorchester, RIAS Kammerchor, René Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 15/Nov/2017 ] "The results are sometimes stimulating, often jarring. There is fine work from the soloists under René Jacobs, and plenty of force in his direction" Observer |
MICHEL-RICHARD de LALANDE
Leçons De Ténèbres Sophie Karthäuser (soprano) / Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Nov/2015 ] "Karthauser's plangent singing covers a broad range of dynamic expression without ever obscuring a refined emotional essence, and tasteful embellishments always serve the meaning of the Lamentation texts." (Gramophone) |
HUGO WOLF
Wolf: Kennst du das Land [lieder by Goethe, Eichendorff, Mörike] Sophie Karthäuser (soprano) & Eugene Asti (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Sep/2016 ] "Karthäuser here proves herself a natural in Lieder...With her fresh, limpid soprano and sharp feeling for character and nuance, she gives unfailing delight in the these settings...[Asti] is a model partner, commentator and animator." (Gramophone) |
Spencer Myer
Debussy/Kohs/Copland/Busoni [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 26/Nov/2007 ] |
Staier/Freiburger Barock
Haydn: Keyboard Concs 4/6/11 [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Jan/2005 ] |
SCHUMANN
Carnaval / Papillons Stefan Vladar (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'Abord / CD - released 20/Feb/2013 ] To plunge into the intoxicating triple-time rhythms of Robert Schumann's waltzes and polonaises from Opus 2 to Opus 26 is to cross the ballroom of his first creative decade, the years he devoted to the piano, the instrument that was an extension of... |
CHOPIN
Preludes Op.28 / Ballades Stefan Vladar (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Feb/2004 ] Stefan Vladar (born 1965) won the Beethoven Competition in Vienna in 1985, where he was also the youngest participant. He has recorded previously for Sony, and is also active as a conductor with the Grosses Orchester Graz. |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 21 & 24 Stefan Vladar (piano) / Camerata Salzburg [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 21/Jul/2017 ] From the dazzling Concert Rondo via the pathos of the C minor Concerto, No.24, to the sheer joy of the famous Concerto No.21 'Elvira Madigan', Stefan Vladar invites us to rediscover two of Mozart's most popular concertos in this well-regarded recordi |
Stephen Beus
Griffes/Scriabin [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 26/Nov/2007 ] |
TARIK O'REGAN
Acallam na Senorach (Tales of the Elders) Stewart French (guitar) / National Chamber Choir of Ireland, Paul Hillier [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 12/Dec/2011 ] "Led by Paul Hillier, the National Chamber Choir of Ireland negotiates dissonance and harmony with drama and nobility, never endangering the piece through pomposity - a delicate balance aided by the sparseness of the guitar." (The Independent) |