CARLO GESUALDO
Sacre Cantiones liber secundus Vocal Consort Berlin, James Wood [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Feb/2013 ] As we commemorate the 400th anniversary of the death of Gesualdo in 2013, one of his last works still remains to be rediscovered: the second book of Sacrae Cantiones, motets for six and seven voices, of which the bassus and sextus parts have, alas,... |
BERLIOZ
L'Enfance du Christ Veronique Gens, Paul Agnew / La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent / Orchestre des Champs-Elysaes / Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / 2 CD - released 20/May/2011 ] "Herreweghe paces it perceptively...the sound is extraordinarily clean and fresh, and the balance deserves much praise for the technicians as well as the artists." (Gramophone) |
W.A. MOZART
Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) (Complete opera) Varonique Gens (soprano) Patrizia Ciofi (soprano) Simon Keenlyside (baritone) / Collegium Vocale / Concerto Kaln / Rena Jacobs (director) [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / 3 SACD - released 6/May/2004 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARDS 2004: RECORD OF THE YEAR - GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER 2004: Best Opera Recording! On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in stereo and multi-channel sound - PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM. |
W.A. MOZART
Don Giovanni (complete opera recorded in 2007) Fesival Baden-Baden / Alexandrina Pendatchanska / Werner Gura / Johannes Weisser / Freiburg Baroque Orchestra / Rene Jacobs (cond) [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 DVD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] PG - "If you thought you knew Mozart's 'Don Giovanni,' think again. It is a jolting account full of Fierce and absorbing details. Much of the drama explodes from the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, playing period instruments with a bold vengeance." -... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Lieder & Bagatellen Werner Güra (tenor) Christoph Berner (fortepiano J. B. Streicher, 1847) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Sep/2015 ] BBC Music Magazine Award Finalist 2016 - vocal |
W.A. MOZART
Mozart - Lieder & Klavierstücke Werner Güra (tenor), Christoph Berner (fortepiano Streicher) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 3/Mar/2008 ] After their highly personal exploration of the Romantic lied,Werner Güra and Christoph Berner now turn to a less well-known repertoire with this selection of vocal and instrumental works. Songs for voice and piano occupied Mozart almost throughout... |
SCHUBERT
Die schone Mullerin op.25 D.795 (1824) Werner Gura (tenor) / Jan Schultsz (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] "A near perfect interpretation that finds a young tenor - with an extraordinarily beautiful voice - in total sympathy with the world of Schubert's most immediately enchanting song-cycle." (Gramophone) |
HUGO WOLF
Wolf: Morike-Lieder Werner Gura (tenor) Jan Schultsz (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'Abord / CD - released 10/Aug/2013 ] Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine Oct 2005 "This is Lieder-singing of a very special order with a native German speaker's totally idiomatic way with the poetry. Sheer delight" |
J. S. BACH
Johannes-Passion [St John Passion] BWV245 - 1749 Version Werner Güra, Benno Schachtner, Sunhae Im, Sebastian Kohlhepp / Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin, RIAS Kammerchor, Staats-& Domchor Berlin, René Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi SACD+DVD / 3 Hybrid SACD/DVD - released 1/May/2016 ] "a powerful and individual reading...He favours strongly profiled rhythms, chorales with end-of-line pauses, and full-throated singing from the RIAS Chamber Choir (16 singers, augmented for the chorales)." (Guardian) |
BRAHMS / CLARA SCHUMANN / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden [The Romance of the Song] Werner Gura (tenor) Christoph Berner (piano Ehrbar) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/Jan/2014 ] "A technique second to none, able to vary his tone, sing a lovely pianissimo and/or a long-breathed phrase with perfect control. Then no musical or verbal subtlety seems to escape him." - Gramophone |
SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN / WOLF
The Art of Lied (2 CDs for the price of 1) Werner Gura (tenor) / Christoph Berner (piano) / Philip Mayers (piano) / RIAS Kammerchor / Marcus Creed / Jan Schultsz [ Harmonia Mundi Initiales / 2 CD - released 15/Sep/2011 ] In this double album of cycles and single songs chosen from the most famous works of Schubert, Schumann and Wolf, the German tenor explores the masterpieces of the repertoire with three outstanding accompanists playing both modern and period pianos. |
COUPERIN
L'Apotheose de Lulli: Pieces for two harpsichords William Christie, Christophe Rousset, harpsichords [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 14/Jul/2001 ] Two apotheoses of the "goûts réunis". |
BOCCHERINI
Quartets for 2 Harpsichords; Fandango. William Christie (harpsichord) Christophe Rousset (harpsichord) [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 16/Jun/2003 ] A series of quartets of 1778 lies concealed beneath this brilliant disguise as ''sonatas'' for two harpsichords, which only sheds a brighter light on the melodic verve of this Italian of genius become ''Don Luis Boquerini'', the most Viennese... |
MONDONVILLE
Modonville: Harpsichord pieces with voice or violin William Christie, Judith Nelson, Stanley Ritchie [ Camera Obscura / Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 14/Jun/2019 ] Camerata Obscura is harmonia mundi's first collection aimed at exploring the connection between photography and music. In collaboration with the National School of Photography in Arles, a foursome of young artists was invited to take a fresh look at... |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Esprit/Kroenungsmesse [ Harmonia Mundi / CD ] |
GLUCK / HAYDN / HERMANN / KRUMPHOLTZ
The Queen's Harp Xavier de Maistre (harp) / Les Arts Florissants, William Christie [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Dec/2016 ] At the end of the 18th century, France and Germany developed a passion for harp music; the instrument was everywhere, in concerts and drawing rooms and many masterpieces were written for it. Queen Marie-Antoinette regularly played the pianoforte and... |
VIVALDI / MARCELLO & OTHERS
Concerto - Venice: The Golden Age Xenia Löffler (baroque oboe) / Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Georg Kallweit [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 25/Aug/2014 ] BBC Music Award Nomination 2015 - Concerto / Gramophone Magazine Award Nomination 2015 - Baroque Instrumental |
Yardani Torres (violon tzigane)
Asteria - The Starlit Night - La Nuit étoilée [ Harmonia Mundi / Harmonia Nova Series / CD - released 27/Sep/2019 ] The harmonia nova series welcomes young artists singled out for their exceptional talents. With his "starlit night," Yardani Torres Maiani invites us to discover a sensory and aesthetic experiment: in a happy convergence of influences embracing his... |
BACH / BRAHMS / BRITTEN / DVORAK / etc
Playing & Teaching the Viola - a film by Jacques Deschamps Yuri Bashmet (viola) [ Harmonia Mundi DVD / DVD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] Young Yuri was brought up on Jimi Hendrix and The Beatles. Filmed during the summer of 1990, taking advantage of glasnost. Students: Danilo Rossi, Andrei Gridchuk, Claire Bobij |
MOZART / BEETHOVEN / MESSIAEN
Yvonne Loriod: Pianist & Teacher Yvonne Loriod / Nicholas Angelich / Roger Muraro [ Harmonia Mundi / DVD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] |