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ALBAN BERG / ANTON WEBERN / ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Berg, Schoenberg & Webern: Piano Works Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano) [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 13/Sep/2024 ] One of the most celebrated pianists of our time, remaining true to herself and to her music, and in doing so, is following in the footsteps of the great Russian musicians of the Soviet era. This album pays tribute to the Second Viennese School,... |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Gloria RV 589 / Magnificat RV 610b Emily Van Evera, Nancy Argenta, Catherine King, Margaret Cable / Taverner Choir & Players, Andrew Parrott [ Erato Classics Red Line / CD - released 25/Oct/2018 ] "Whatever the finer detail of musical and musicological interpretation, this disc should appeal to anyone with an inquisitive turn of mind...a fascinating and worthwhile experiment, a refreshing way to hear some pretty well-known music" Gramophone |
JOSEF MYSLIVECEK
Il Boemo {soundtrack) Emőke Baráth (soprano), Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Sophie Harmsen (mezzo-soprano), Simona Šaturová (soprano) / Collegium 1704, Václav Luks [ Erato / CD - released 25/Mar/2017 ] Countertenor Philippe Jaroussky and soprano Emőke Baráth appear on the soundtrack of a 2022 film by the award-winning Czech director Petr Václav. Called Il Boemo (The Bohemian), it tells the story of the Prague-born composer Josef Mysliveček... |
VIVALDI / BACH / TELEMANN / DEBUSSY / MOZART / etc
Emmanuel Pahud - A Portrait Emmanuel Pahud (flute) [ Erato / Warner Classics Inspiration / CD - released 10/Feb/2015 ] Brilliant, charming & versatile: When Emmanuel Pahud became the youngest member of the Berlin Philharmonic at the age of just 22, he was at the beginning of an unprecedented career. His technical brilliance and the exceptional musical versatility... |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Water Music Suites 1-3, HWV348-350 [LP] English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner [ Erato Classics LP / LP - released 7/Apr/2023 ] John Eliot Gardiner will celebrate his 80th birthday on April 20th 2023. Erato Recordings are celebrating this wonderful conductor with two of his most emblematic albums to be released on vinyl: Handel's Water Music and Purcell's King Arthur. When... |
HENRY PURCELL
England, My England - the music of Purcell (with Monteverdi - Balli e balletti) Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Elliot Gardiner [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 12/Mar/2016 ] "I hope that you warm to the CD as much as I did and that together they lead you to explore Purcell further." (MusicWeb on England My England) |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Motets (Bwv 225-231) and Cantatas (Bwv 50 & 118) English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Elliot Gardiner [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2019 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1700-1760) |
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GESUALDO
Tenebrae Responsories / Miserere [Psalm 50] Ensemble A Sei Voci [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2015 ] Gesualdo is now known to have composed some of the most intensely expressive music ever written - and is also known for the lurid details of his private life. The French ensemble A Sei Voci has rich-toned voices which illuminate this extraordinary... |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Concerti [Incls The Four Seasons, L'estro armonico, La Stravaganza, & more] Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi [ Erato / Warner Classics / 9 CD Box Set - released 1/Mar/2017 ] Vivaldi's concertos - so irresistibly inventive and colourful - have become central to the world's appreciation of Baroque music. In the composer's own time his brilliantly innovative works created something of an international sensation, even... |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: L'estro armonico [12 concertos Op 3] Europa Galante / Fabio Biondi (violin, director) [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2015 ] 'Listening to these performances, I once again felt some of the thrill and excitement that affected me on hearing this music for the very first time' (Gramophone) |
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LUIGI BOCCHERINI
Boccherini: String & Guitar Quintets & Minuet in A [the famous minuet] Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 18/Mar/2018 ] "Refreshingly, the programme is drawn from the composer's most experimental works...and is delivered not just with percussion, but also with fire, enthusiasm and wit" BBC Music |
CHOPIN / SCRIABIN / GRIEG / BEETHOVEN / etc
Verbier Festival - Best of 2014 Evgeny Kissin, Sergei Babayan, Martha Argerich, Daniil Trifonov (piano), Ingela Brimberg (soprano), Daniel Hope (violin), etc / Verbier Festival Orche [ Erato / 2 CD - released 25/Jul/2015 ] Evgeny Kissin has recorded a captivating recital of Chopin Polonaises and Impromptus. The live performance was recorded at Switzerland's acclaimed Verbier Festival in July, 2004. |
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Music For Queen Mary Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner [ Warner Classics The Erato Story / CD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] "This disc is, without a shadow of a doubt, one I would not want to do without." (MusicWeb Jan 2003) |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Alcina (complete opera recorded in 2015) Festival Aix-en-Provence / Patricia Petibon, Philippe Jaroussky, Anna Prohaska, Katarina Bradic / Andrea Marcon (cond) [ Erato / Warner Classics DVD / 2 DVD - released 10/Jun/2016 ] "Petibon is sensational throughout: supremely confident in the pathos and neurotic pyrotechnics of Alcina's music and character. In the pit, Andrea Marcon directs the Freiburger Barockorchester smartly, with a shiver of sul ponticello bowing" (BBC) |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Alcina (complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Festival Aix-en-Provence / Patricia Petibon, Philippe Jaroussky, Anna Prohaska, Katarina Bradic / Andrea Marcon (cond) [ Erato / Warner Classics Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Jul/2016 ] 'The direction of the singers is outstanding' (BBC DVD/Blu-ray of the Month September 2016) |
MONTI / ELGAR / PAGANINI / SAINT-SAENS / POPPER / etc
Works for Cello & Piano Edgar Moreau (cello) Pierre-Yves Hodique (piano) [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] "This splendid recital, so astutely recorded, serves notice of a singular talent." (MusicWeb) |
J. S. BACH
Orchestral Suites Nos 1 - 4 (with works by J.L. Bach, Fasch, Telemann & Zelenka) Freiburger Barockorchester, Thomas Hengelbrock [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2015 ] This set is a tribute to the Orchestral Suite (Ouvertüren), a major genre during the German Baroque era. It assembles works from Johann Bernhard and Johann Ludwig Bach - much admired by their cousin Johann Sebastian Bach - and Zelenka, Fash and... |
GLINKA / DARGOMIZHSKY / MUSSORGSKY / BORODIN / TCHAIKOVSKY
Russian Melodies & Romences Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano) Mstislav Rostropovich (piano) [ Erato Warner Apex / 2 CD - released 22/Jun/2009 ] "A marvellously rich programme recorded by Russian music's exiled royal couple. Vishnevskaya's voice is still forceful but often squally in this 1991 recording; but their intense feeling for these classic 19th-century songs is unique and moving."... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete sonatas & variations for cello & piano Gautier Capucon (cello) Frank Braley (piano) [ Erato / Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/2019 ] "..the partnership is one of Classical balance, and the result is by turns poised, polished, intimate and exuberant…undeniably a class act" Gramophone |
ANTONIN DVORAK / VICTOR HERBERT
Dvorak / Herbert: Cello Concertos Gautier Capucon (cello) / Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Jarvi [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "Gautier Capuçon gives a richly lyrical and sympathetic account of Herbert's Concerto, reaching heights of eloquence in its beguiling slow movement and revelling in the virtuosity of the latter parts of the finale." BBC Music Magazine, March 2009 **** |
