J. S. BACH
Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier - Book II [excerpts] Piotr Anderszewski (piano) [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 29/Jan/2021 ] GRAMOPHONE Award WINNER 2021 - Piano |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 17 & 20 Piotr Anderszewski (piano and conductor) / Scottish Chamber Orchestra [ Erato Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/2006 ] "In both these concertos everything is perfectly in proportion; the drama is never over-played in the D minor, while the slow movement of the G major is made that concerto's emotional heart" (Guardian) |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY / MAURICE RAVEL / BENJAMIN ATTAHIR
Debussy/Ravel/Attahir: String Quartets (CD+DVD) Quatuor Arod [ Erato / Warner Classics CD+DVD / CD - released 27/Oct/2023 ] "I find it hard to decide which I enjoyed more: the performances of the three works or the DVD providing background information about the players and their attitude to their task." BBC Music |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: String Quartets Nos 4, 12 "Quartettsatz" & 14 "Death & the Maiden" Quatuor Arod [ Erato / CD - released 2/Oct/2020 ] "The Arod always compel with their questing imagination, both in the two masterpieces and in the C major Quartet, tossed off by the teenage Schubert in five days flat." Gramophone |
ANTON WEBERN / ARNOLD SCHOENBERG / ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY
The Mathilde Album Quatuor Arod, with Elsa Dreisig (soprano) [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 22/Nov/2019 ] "The coupling is as unique as it is insightful, and comparisons would seem beside the point: it's an outstanding album." Gramophone Editor's Choice November 2019 |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: String Quintets K.515 & 516 Quatuor Ébène, with Antoine Tamestit (viola) [ Erato / CD - released 17/Mar/2023 ] "While it's always dangerous to nominate an outright 'winner' in this inexhaustible music, the Ébène are second to none in colour and vitality, and unrivalled in their lyrical tenderness. For me they become a new benchmark." Gramophone Award Finalist |
J. S. BACH
Bach For My Baby Ralph Kirshbaum (cello), Piotr Anderszewski (piano), Taverner Choir & Players, Andrew Parrott, Pierre Hantaï (harpsichord), English Chamber Orchestra [ Warner Classics / Erato Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2017 ] The music most people call "classical"--works by composers such as Bach, Beethoven, or Mozart--is different from music such as rock and country. Classical music has a more complex musical structure. Babies as young as 3 months can pick out that... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Trios 'Archduke' & 'Ghost' Renaud Capuçon (violin) Gautier Capuçon (cello) Frank Braley (piano) [ Erato Classics / CD - released 28/Feb/2020 ] "Together, all three musicians have the quality that is the most priceless of all in playing chamber music," wrote The Guardian when the Capuçons and Braley played the 'Archduke' at London's Wigmore Hall. |
HANDEL / KREISLER / RACHMANINOV / DVORAK / TCHAIKOVSKY / etc
Renaud Capucon - Un Violon a Paris (LP) Renaud Capucon (violin) Guillaume Bellom (piano) [ Erato / LP - released 12/Nov/2021 ] This album of popular short pieces provides a memento of the first French lockdown in 2020: Renaud Capuçon and pianist Guillaume Bellom performed on social media each day, raising the spirits of their fans. This collection includes music by Enrico... |
BELA BARTOK
Bartok: Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Renaud Capucon (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra, François-Xavier Roth [ Erato Classics / CD - released 18/Apr/2018 ] "Capuçon's keen, lean lyricism in the solo part, and his chamber music-like rapport with the LSO's woodwind soloists, offer compelling perspectives on this well-known, if still not popular, music." Sunday Times |
BRUNO MANTOVANI / PASCAL DUSAPIN / WOLFGANG RIHM
Renaud Capuçon plays Three Modern Concertos Renaud Capucon (violin) / Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Myung-Whun Chung, Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris, Philippe Jordan [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 17/Nov/2016 ] "All three of these violin concertos were composed expressly for Renaud Capuçon, and all take his fiercely impassioned lyrical playing as their starting point." Guardian |
ARVO PART
Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa Renaud Capucon (violin/conductor) / Orchestre de chambre de Lausanne, with Guillaume Bellom (piano) [ Erato Classics / CD - released 10/Sep/2021 ] "The playing is impeccably controlled yet fiercely expressive…Throughout the album, Capuçon reveals a keen instinct for timing and structural balance as he and his fellow musicians breathe as one." BBC Music Concerto Choice November 2021 |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Violin concerto / Violin Sonata Renaud Capuçon (violin), Stephen Hough (piano) London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle [ Erato / CD - released 5/Mar/2021 ] GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Concerto |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Violin Sonatas 1-3 Renaud Capucon (violin) Nicholas Angelich (piano) [ Erato Classics / CD - released 16/Sep/2005 ] "Beautifully considered performances taking an expansive, romantic view" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine Nov 2005 |
EDOUARD LALO / PABLO de SARASATE / MAX BRUCH
Lalo / Sarasate / Bruch: Violin Concertos Renaud Capuçon (violin) / Orchestre de Paris, Paavo Järvi [ Erato Classics / CD - released 18/Mar/2016 ] "There are no rough edges in this take on Lalo's Symphonie espagnole…instead we have a performance full of charm and mischief that emphasises the work's optimism…Capuçon certainly doesn't lack flamboyance" (Gramophone) |
BOHUSLAV MARTINU
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Martinu: Double Concerto / Concerto for String Quartet / Sinfonietta La Jolla / etc Jean-François Heisser, Alain Planès (pianos), Jean Camosi (timpani), Brandis Quartet, French National Orchestra, James Conlon [ Erato Classics / 2 CD - released 2/Oct/1998 ] "Conlon keeps a tight rein on things, making the most of the edgy ostinati and driving neo-classical allegros...on a purely artistic level these are pretty compelling performances." MusicWeb |
JACQUES OFFENBACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Offenbach: La Perichole (Highlights) Regine Crespin, Alain Vanzo, Jules Bastin, Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Rhine Opera Chorus, Alain Lombard [ Erato Opera Collection / CD - released 14/Jun/1996 ] "It is 67 minutes of unalloyed joy. I strongly recommend it" MusicWeb July 2004 |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: La Fille du Regiment (The Daughter of the Regiment) [complete opera recorded in 2007] Natalie Dessay, Juan Diego Florez, Felicity Palmer, Alessandro Corbelli, Donald Maxwell, Dawn French, Orchestra & Choir of the Royal Opera House, Brun [ Erato / Warner Classics DVD / DVD - released 29/Sep/2008 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD FINALIST 2008 - DVD - "The Royal Opera's new staging of La Fille du régiment will probably go down in history as one of the company's great achievements ... Laurent Pelly's production casts Natalie Dessay and Juan... |
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia [The Barber of Seville] (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY Royal Opera House / Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Florez, Pietro Spagnoli, Ferruccio Furlanetto / Antonio Pappano (cond) [ Erato / Warner Classics Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Nov/2015 ] "The Royal Opera's cheerful and colourful new production of Rossini's most popular work is a copper- bottomed hit." The Daily Telegraph |
FAURÉ / POULENC / RAVEL / DEBUSSY
Chanson d'Amour Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Alexandre Tharaud (piano) [ Erato Classics / CD - released 11/Sep/2020 ] GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Song BBC Music Award Nomination 2021 - Vocal |