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SCHUBERT / SHOSTAKOVICH / PÁRTOS
Schubert, Shostakovich & Pártos Amihai Grosz (violin), Sunwook Kim (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 25/Sep/2020 ] For this first solo album, Amihai Grosz joins forces with the pianist Sunwook Kim and together they present a programme coupling Schubert, Shostakovich and Pártos. |
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J. S BACH
The Well Tempered Clavier Book 1 Andrei Vieru (Piano) [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - released 6/Feb/2006 ] "Bach is, of course, the ideal candidate for inventive recreation, and Andrei Vieru's set of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier Book One scores pretty high on the novelty front… He certainly makes you think.." The Independent |
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Andrew Forrest
Alpha - Omega [ Local (SOR) / CD ] |
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SCARLATTI / SCHUBERT / ALBENIZ / MOMPOU
Landscapes Andrew Tyson [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 20/Sep/2019 ] After releasing two recordings - the first devoted to Chopin (ZZT 347) and the second to Ravel and Scriabin (ALPHA 277) - and winning First Prize at the Géza Anda Competition in 2015, which gave his career a powerful momentum, the young American... |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT / FRANZ BERWALD
Schubert & Berwald: Chamber Music Anima Eterna Brugge, Jos van Immerseel [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 12/Apr/2019 ] Jos van Immerseel: "While since its foundation in 1987 Anima Eterna Brugge has grown organically into a symphonic orchestra, chamber music once again forms an important part of our repertory today. We will continue our journey through orchestral... |
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JANACEK / DVORAK
Jos van Immerseel conducts Dvorak & Janacek Anima Eterna Brugge, Jos van Immerseel [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 18/Sep/2015 ] Jos Van Immerseel is celebrating his 70th birthday with three important releases...These anthologies will once again demonstrate everything the pianofortist brings to the interpretation of the symphonic and chamber repertoires. |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Concertos Anima Eterna, Jos van Immerseel [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 23/Jun/2017 ] From the Alpha Collection III of reissues restoring to the limelight some of the gems of early music repertory in their catalogue of labels. The discs in this series allow listeners to renew acquaintance with treasures of the Renaissance and Baroque,... |
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BEETHOVEN / KUHLAU / DOPPLER
Beethoven, Kuhlau & Doppler: Variations on Folk Songs Anna Besson, Olga Pashchenko [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 23/Oct/2020 ] Anna Besson is a flautist with a passion for traditional music, who has already made an album of Irish folk music, The Dubhlinn Gardens (ALPHA447). For this new recording, she teams up with the Russian fortepianist Olga Pashchenko, an eminent... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Flute Concertos Anna Besson; Reinoud Van Mechelen; A Nocte Temporis; Clara Izambert [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 22/Aug/2025 ] In 1777, Mozart met the wealthy Ferdinand Dejean, an amateur flautist and retired surgeon of the Dutch East India Company. Dejean commissioned a handful of works from the young composer, who termed them 'some simple, short little concertinos'.... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Flute Concertos Julien Chauvin (violin) Amihai Grosz (viola) / Le Concert de la Loge [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 16/Jan/2026 ] The Simply Mozart adventure, dedicated to his last three symphonies, comes to an end with this third volume and the 39th symphony. The programme also includes the overture to Così fan tutte and the Sinfonia concertante. |
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FRANCESCO CAVALLI / CHRISTOPH GRAUPNER / FRANZ TUNDER etc
Celebration of Life in Death Anna Prohaska; La Folia Barockorchester; Robin Peter Müller [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 25/Feb/2022 ] Constantly in search of eclectic and meaningful programmes, the soprano Anna Prohaska here celebrates 'life in death'. An ambitious programme, conceived with Robin Peter Müller and his ensemble La Folia, which takes us on a journey across the... |
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J.S BACH
Bach: Redemption Anna Prohaska (soprano), Lautten Compagney, Wolfgang Katschner [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 9/Oct/2020 ] Anna Prohaska asked Wolfgang Katschner and the Lautten Compagney at the outset of the coronavirus crisis whether they shouldn't spontaneously organize a musical get-together in this period. This has now resulted in Redemption. |
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CASTELLO / CASTROVILLARI / GRAUPNER / HASSE / PURCELL / etc
Serpent & Fire Anna Prohaska (soprano) / Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2016 ] "Another stunner from soprano Anna Prohaska...It's all beautifully planned and paced, with riveting instrumental interludes from Il Giardino Armonico." The Observer |
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RAVEL / BERNSTEIN / MESSIAEN / WOLF / FAURE / DEBUSSY / PURCELL / etc
Anna Prohaska - Paradise Lost Anna Prohaska (soprano), Julius Drake (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 10/Apr/2020 ] GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Song |
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BERIO / RAVEL / FALLA
Black Is The Colour Anna Stéphany, Labyrinth Ensemble [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 26/Jan/2018 ] Alpha continues its collaboration with the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence and its Academy, which will celebrate its twentieth anniversary in 2018. We invite you to discover artists of great talent who take us on a trip to Auvergne, Sicily, Armenia and... |
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CHOPIN
Chopin: 4 Ballades & 4 Impromptus Anna Vinnitskaya (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 12/Feb/2021 ] The pianist Anna Vinnitskaya has built up an impressive discography since her victory at the Queen Elisabeth Competition in 2007: Bach, Brahms, Ravel, and of course the Russian composers with whom she has been familiar since her childhood in... |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Paganini Rhapsody Anna Vinnitskaya (piano), NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, Krzysztof Urbanski [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 25/Aug/2017 ] .Serge Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto might never have seen the light of day had it not been for hypnosis: before the twenty-seven-year-old composer began work on it, he was on his last legs - financially, artistically and psychologically. Dr... |
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HENRY MADIN
Madin: Te Deum pour les Victoires de Louis XV Anne Magouet, Michiko Takahashi, Robert Getchell, Alban Dufourt, Alain Buet / Stradivaria & Les Cris de Paris, Daniel Cuiller [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2016 ] [Madin] writes vividly…[and] Daniel Cuiller is well in command of his forces in both pieces; worth investigating" (Gramophone) |
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GUILLAUME DUFAY
Dufay: Missa Se la face ay pale Antoine Guerber, Diabolus in Musica [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 23/Aug/2019 ] Following the Alpha label's successful Red, Yellow, Blue and Pink collections (a total of fifty-six reissues), which brought the pearls from the Baroque catalogue back into the spotlight, there are now fourteen new titles offering a chance to... |
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GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Chandos Anthems (Anthems for Cannons) Arcangelo; Jonathan Cohen [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 4/Jul/2025 ] In the summer of 1717, after performing his Water Music during a royal cruise on the Thames, Handel began composing for James Brydges (1674-1744), who became the first Duke of Chandos and created the Cannons Concert at his estate in Cannons (near... |