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ALBAN BERG / GUSTAV MAHLER
Sehnsucht: Berg - Mahler Live in Rotterdam Barbara Hannigan (soprano), Raoul Steffani (baritone) / Camerata RCO, Rolf Verbeek [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 21/Oct/2022 ] Sehnsucht, a central and nearly untranslatable word of the Viennese fin-de-siècle period, referring to aspects of longing, melancholy, and nostalgia. During the Covid-19 pandemic, a collective Sehnsucht arose, in performers and audiences alike.... |
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SCHOENBERG / BERG / WEBERN / ZEMLINSKY
Vienna - Fin de Siècle Barbara Hannigan (soprano), Reinbert De Leeuw (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 20/Jun/2019 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 - Solo Vocal |
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Hannigan/De Leeuw
Vienna Fin De Siecle (Lp) [ Alpha / 2 LP - released 29/Apr/2019 ] After the huge success of her first album for Alpha, Crazy Girl Crazy (Alpha 293), which received a Grammy Award, a JUNO Classical Award in Canada, the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik, FFFF in Télérama and DIAMANT in Opéra Magazine and was... |
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ZOLTAN KODALY / ANTONIN DVORAK
Kodály: Duo for Violin and Violoncello, Op. 7 - Dvorák: Piano Trio, Op. 90 "Dumky" Barnabás Kelemen; Nicolas Altstaedt; Alexander Lonquich [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 11/Jun/2021 ] After the success of the recent recording of works by Veress and Bartók, which won both a Gramophone Award and a BBC Music Magazine Award in 2020, the Lockenhaus Festival series, curated by its artistic director Nicolas Altstaedt, continues its... |
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JOHANNES MATTHESON
Mattheson: De Brauchbare Virtuoso Diana Baroni (transverse flute), Pablo Valetti (violin), Petr Skalka (cello), Dirk Börner (harpsichord) [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - released 7/Apr/2003 ] |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Storie Di Napoli Marco Beasley, Ensemble Accordone, Gido Morini [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 22/Oct/2012 ] This programme of Neapolitan music, covering a vast historical span (from the Renaissance to the 20th century) is a 'manifesto' of the musical influences that have nurtured Marco Beasley. Guido Morini's arrangements, written especially for him, make... |
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DEBUSSY / CHOPIN / MUSSORGSKY
Behzod Abduraimov - Debussy - Chopin - Mussorgsky Behzod Abduraimov (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 29/Jan/2021 ] GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Piano |
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PROKOFIEV / SAIDAMINOVA / RAVEL
Shadows of My Ancestors Behzod Abduraimov (piano) [ Alpha / CD - released 12/Jan/2024 ] "Throughout this release, one consistently gets caught up in Abduraimov's gorgeous and focused sonority, his rock-solid rhythm." Gramophone Award Nomination 2024 - Piano |
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Belcea Quartet
Belcea Quartet: The Alpha Classics Complete Recordings [ Alpha Classics / 15 CD - released 4/Oct/2024 ] "This boxed set of fifteen CDs brings together all the recordings made by the Belcea Quartet for Outhere Music. |
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BEETHOVEN
The Complete String Quartets Belcea Quartet [ Alpha Classics / 8 CD Box Set - released 23/Aug/2019 ] Alpha is reissuing the complete Beethoven quartets by the Belcea Quartet : 'Beethoven's music has been at the center of our life as a quartet from our very first rehearsal together back in 1994. However, it is more recently that we immersed ourselves... |
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JANACEK / LIGETI
Janácek & Ligeti, Quartets Belcea Quartet [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 19/Apr/2019 ] Formed in 1994 at the Royal College of Music in London, the Belcea Quartet already has an impressive discography, including the complete Beethoven string quartets (ALPHAxxx). For this new recording, the ensemble has chosen three quartets by two... |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Quartet No. 3 / Piano Quintet Belcea Quartet, Piotr Anderszewski (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 20/Apr/2018 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 - Chamber |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: String Sextets Belcea Quartet, Tabea Zimmermann, Jean-Guihen Queyras [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 11/Mar/2022 ] BBC Music AWARD NOMINATION 2023 - CHAMBER |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Clavier Übung II Benjamin Alard [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 5/Sep/2011 ] It had been almost four year since Johann Sebastian Bach, the famous music director of Leipzig, hadn't had a new work published. In 1731, it had been the Sixth Partita, which had put an end to a collection published year after year and published this... |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Sonates en trio, BWV 525-530 Benjamin Alard [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 25/Jun/2021 ] Johann Sebastian Bach's Trio Sonatas for organ, masterpieces in their intrinsic poetic power, were composed between 1723 and 1725, in his early days as Kantor in Leipzig. They are performed here by Benjamin Alard, First Prize winner in the organ... |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Partitas Nos. 1-6, BWV825-830 Benjamin Alard [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - released 26/Apr/2010 ] Among Bach's published works we find the four-part Clavier Übung anthology designated for both harpsichord (parts I, II and IV) and organ (part III). The first collection, published in 1731, contains Six Partitas for the harpsichord composed "for the... |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Trio Sonatas Nos. 1-6, BWV525-530 Benjamin Alard [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 26/Jul/2010 ] Originating in Italy, the trio sonata imposed itself as one of the major musical forms of the 18th century. Having been formalised in sharply contrasting movements by Corelli, it seduced composers who found within it a means to develop their thematic... |
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Various Composers
The Christmas Album Benjamin Appl (baritone), Regensburger Domspatzen, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Florian Helgath [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2024 ] German baritone Benjamin Appl celebrates Christmas through the enduring tradition of Bach chorales and popular carols, from as far afield as Germany, Austria, America, Britain, Sweden, France and the Netherlands. |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS / FRANZ SCHUBERT / GYORGY KURTAG
Lines of life: Schubert & Kurtág Benjamin Appl, György Kurtág, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, James Baillieu [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 14/Feb/2025 ] Benjamin Appl met Hungarian composer György Kurtág in 2019 and has worked with him ever since. 'He has shaped me both as a musician and as a human being, perhaps more than anyone else,' says Appl. |
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KORNGOLD / SCHUBERT / BRAHMS / WOLF / DEBUSSY / EISLER / etc
For Dieter: Hommage à Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Benjamin Appl (baritone), James Baillieu (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD/Book - released 20/Jun/2025 ] "His dignified manner - stately tempos and a cool, antiseptic recording ambience - stands back from the repertoire...Whether or not Appl felt dutybound to give back to the master with this tribute, I hope he considers this mission accomplished" Gramo |