ERIC SATIE
Satie (LP) Aldo Ciccolini (piano) [ Erato / LP - released 13/May/2022 ] A special re-release for Record Store Day 2016, this LP of Gymnopédies, Gnossiennes and other piano pieces by Erik Satie salutes Aldo Ciccolini, the Italian-born pianist who launched the Satie 'boom' when this album first appeared in 1956. Whether... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Goldberg Variations Alexandre Tharaud (piano) [ Erato CD + DVD / 2 CD/DVD - released 16/Oct/2015 ] Music of the Baroque era - Bach keyboard concertos and Scarlatti sonatas - already features in the eclectic Erato catalogue of the French pianist Alexandre Tharaud. Now he is giving us his interpretation of one of the monuments of the repertoire for... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Alexandre Tharaud - Le poète du piano Alexandre Tharaud (piano) with various orchestras & conductors [ Erato / 3 CD - released 23/Oct/2020 ] Thirty years of recording. A discography built from stones of many different, and sometimes clashing, colours, but a discography with a broad and solid structure, a kind of self-portrait. |
MAURICE RAVEL / MANUEL de FALLA
Ravel: Piano Concertos / De Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain Alexandre Tharaud (piano) / Orchestre National de France, Louis Langree [ Erato / CD - released 13/Oct/2023 ] "There is much to admire here, not least the Orchestre National de France, which is on superlative form under Louis Langrée...Tharaud is the star of the show, though." BBC Music |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Harpsichord Concertos BWV 1052,1053,1056,1057, 1059, 1058, 1054 Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra / Ton Koopman [ Erato Duo Bonsai / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/1990 ] Recorded at Eglise Walone, Amsterdam, Holland.1988 - 1989 |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Brandenburg Concertos [complete] Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra / Ton Koopman [ Erato Duo Bonsai / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/1990 ] Recorded at Eglise Walone, Amsterdam, Holland.1985 |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Concerti Grossi Op. 6 - Nos 1, 2, 4, 6 Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman [ Erato / CD - released 24/Apr/1987 ] A transformative force in historically informed performance, Ton Koopman is renowned as a conductor, harpsichordist and organist. In 1979, aged 35, he founded the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra in the city where he had studied with the great Dutch... |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY/ MAURICE RAVEL / GABRIEL FAURE
Anne Queffelec [3 CD set] Anne Queffelec (piano) with Pierre Amoyal (violin) / Orchestre National de Monte-Carlo [ Erato / Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2014 ] A collection of Anne Queffélec's Erato recordings of French repertoire which in which she expresses great musicality, allowing us to rediscover her fine recordings of Ravel's Miroirs, Debussy's Etudes and Fauré's Violin Sonatas (with Pierre Amoyal),... |
MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ravel: The Works for Solo Piano Vol 2 Anne Queffelec (piano) [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/1993 ] Recorded at St Martin's Church, East Woodhay, Newbury, September 1990 |
SCARLATTI / DEBUSSY/ RAVEL / BEETHOVEN / FAURE / SATIE / etc
Anne Queffélec - The Complete Erato Recordings Anne Queffelec (piano) with Pierre Amoyal (violin), Imogen Cooper (piano), Frédéric Lodéon (cello) & others [ Erato / Warner Classics / 21 CD Box Set - released 18/Jan/2022 ] A pianist whose exceptional intelligence and sensitivity draws on her effervescent spirit, Anne Queffélec learned her craft in both Paris and Vienna. Her close relationship with Erato, which dates back to 1970, has produced a rich discography. |
NINO ROTA
Rota: Works For Harp Anneleen Lenaerts (harp), Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Brussels Philharmonic, Adrien Perruchon [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 25/Mar/2019 ] As Anneleen Lenaerts proves, Nino Rota brought the same gifts to his music for harp as he did to such unforgettable film scores as The Godfather, La dolce vita and Romeo and Juliet. "What could be better than to sweep an audience away and give them a... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: String Quartet Nos. 5, 7 & Piano Quintet Artemis Quartet, with Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano) [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 15/Mar/2019 ] "On their first Shostakovich disc, the playing is of the highest musical and technical quality. The quintet takes its place alongside celebrated accounts by Sviatoslav Richter and Vladimir Ashkenazy." Sunday Times |
THOMAS ADES
Ades: The Exterminating Angel (complete opera recorded in 2017) Metropolitan Opera / Audrey Luna, Amanda Echalaz, Sally Matthews, Sophie Bevan, Alice Coote, Christine Rice, Iestyn Davies / Thomas Ades (cond) [ Erato DVD / DVD - released 20/Feb/2019 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 TOP THREE - Contemporary |
ARTHUR HONEGGER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Honegger: Symphonies 1-5 / Pacific 231 / Rugby Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Charles Dutoit [ Erato Ultima / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/1998 ] "There's enough variety and invention here to convince anyone that Honegger is a grievously under-rated composer. The Bavarioan Radio Orchestra under Charles Dutoit plays with dedication." Five Stars BBC Music Mag (June 2006) |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 5 / Pieces for solo piano Bertrand Chamayou (piano) / Orchestre National de France, Emmanuel Krivine [ Erato / CD - released 1/Dec/2018 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER 2019 - Recording of the Year |
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Complete works for solo piano Bertrand Chamayou (piano) [ Erato / Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 28/Jan/2016 ] For his second release on Erato, Bertrand Chamayou is dedicating two CDs to the complete solo piano music of Ravel. "My style of playing and the way I imagine sound can be largely attributed to Ravel," says Chamayou. "Recording his music is not just... |
OLIVIER MESSIAEN
Messiaen: Vingt Regards sur l'enfant Jésus (with works by Kurtag, Harvey, etc) Bertrand Chamayou (piano) [ Erato / 2 CD - released 3/Jun/2022 ] 'Above all, what impresses is how profoundly nuanced his playing is - holding the sometimes conflicting elements in balance.' Gramophone Editor's Choice July 2022 |
CAVALLI / CESTI / MARINI / MERULA
Bruno de Sá - Roma Travestita Bruno de Sá (sopranist), Il Pomo d'Oro, Francesco Corti [ Erato Classics / CD - released 16/Sep/2022 ] Bruno de Sá's Erato debut, Roma travestita, could hardly be more striking. The young Brazilian singer - a rare example of a male soprano - explores a period when women were banned from the public stages of Rome and men assumed female operatic roles.... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Octet / Symphonies Nos 10 & 12 Camerata Bern [ Erato / CD - released 20/May/1990 ] Rare recording from 1990 |
THEILE / J. C. BACH / BUTNER / SCHUTZ / BERTOLI / etc
Himmelsmusik Celine Scheen (soprano) Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor) / L'arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar (theorbo & direction) [ Erato Classics / CD - released 5/Oct/2018 ] "Instrumental numbers have all the group's signature lightness of touch and depth of colour, and the improvisatory freedom and sway of an anonymous Chiaccona is vintage L'Arpeggiata." Gramophone |