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ZBIGNIEW PREISNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Preisner: Requiem for my Friend Elzbieta Towarnicka / Varsov Chamber Choir / Sinfonia Varsovia / Jacek Kaspszyk [ Erato / CD - released 4/Sep/1998 ] "Play it loud and feel the hairs on the back of your neck stick up! Fantastic" (review) |
DOWLAND / JONES / HANDEL / ABEL / BOYCE / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Emma Kirkby: 5 Classic Albums Emma Kirkby (soprano) with Anthony Rooley (lute & orpharion) Evelyn Tubb (soprano) London Baroque, etc [ Erato / Warner Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2015 ] With her uncommonly pure voice, agile coloratura and particular sensitivity to words, Dame Emma Kirkby is one of the world's leading sopranos in the field of early music. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: 6 Concerti Grossi Op.3 English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner [ Erato Apex / CD - released 2/Sep/2002 ] "This memorable recording is a must for lovers of Handel's instrumental music. This bargain re-release makes it even more attractive - this is a disc to snap up right away." - MusicWeb Oct 2004 |
J. S. BACH
4 Missae Breves BWV233-236 Soloists / Ensemble Vocal et Instrumental de Lausanne, Michel Corboz [ Erato Warner Apex / 2 CD - released 22/Jun/2009 ] Now reissued at a special price |
VIVALDI / SAMMARTINI / MONZA / BOCCHERINI / DEMACHI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Improvisata - Sinfonie con titoli Elīna Garanča (mezzo-soprano) / Camerata Salzburg, Louis Langrée, Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi [ Virgin Classics / Erato / CD - released 9/Apr/2007 ] "None of this is great music, in truth, but this is where Europa Galante come to the rescue, their combination of rigorous ensemble and interpretational panache bringing it to life." Gramophone |
JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: La Belle Helene, Orphee Aux Enfers, La Grande-Duchesse de Gerolstein (Complete Operettas in French) Felicity Lott, Yann Beuron, Natalie Dessay, Ewa Podles, Sandrine Piau, Laurent Naouri, Patricia Petibon, etc / Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble, Marc [ Erato Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 15/Nov/2018 ] "These are enormously spirited performances, no undue lingering, rhythmically riveting and generally uplifting. There is punch in the concerted numbers and the dances are whirlwinds." MusicWeb |
FRANCIS POULENC
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Poulenc: Concertos for Organ, Piano, 2 Pianos & Harpsichord Marie-Claire Alain (organ) Ton Koopman (harpsich) Francois-Rene Duchable, Jean-Philippe Collard (piano) Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, James Conlon [ Erato Ultima / 2 CD - released 30/Jan/1991 ] Francis Poulenc had his first major successes as an 18-year-old composer without a single composition lesson. Despite some study, he remained largely self-taught. |
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 |
RACHMANINOV / MASSENET / POPPER / SAINT-SAENS / JOPLIN / etc
Intuition Gautier Capucon (cello) Jerome Ducros (piano) / Orchestre de chamber de Paris, Douglas Boyd [ Erato Classics / CD - released 10/Feb/2018 ] Intuition, a captivating album of short pieces for solo cello with piano or orchestra, has been conceived by Gautier Capuçon to "reflect the story of my life and follow the various stages in my emotional development". It brings together much-loved... |
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VARIOUS FRENCH COMPOSERS
Gautier Capucon - Destination Paris [LP] Gautier Capucon (cello), Jérôme Ducros (piano & harpsichord) / Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, Maîtrise de Radio France, Lionel Bringuier [ Erato Classics / LP - released 10/Nov/2023 ] A concept album of laidback repertoire from popular film melodies to French chansons to classical pieces - including "La Foule" by Édith Piaf, the main theme from Summer of '42 by Michel Legrand, "Beau soir" by Debussy, Sicilienne by Fauré, and "Chi... |
CESAR FRANCK / FREDERIC CHOPIN
Franck / Chopin: Cello Sonatas Gautier Capucon (cello) Yuja Wang (piano) [ Erato Classics / CD - released 6/Dec/2019 ] "Finesse and fire from a starry musical duo … A recital that showcased the very best in collaborative music-making," was how the Toronto Star described the concert at Koerner Hall in Toronto that formed the basis for this recording. |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: The Cello Concertos Gautier Capuçon (cello) / Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 30/Oct/2015 ] "[there is] much to admire here, particularly in the way both soloist and orchestra ratchet up the emotional temperature throughout the course of the second movement [of the Second Concerto]" BBC Music Magazine, December 2015 |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Cello Concerto & Chamber Works Gautier Capuçon (cello), Martha Argerich (piano), Renaud Capuçon (violin) / Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Bernard Haitink [ Erato Warner Classics / CD - released 18/Jan/2019 ] "Capuçon's impetuosity and thoughtfulness are complemented by Haitink's lifelong engagement with this music...Each of the [chamber] works is played with collective grace and elan by these crème de la crème chamber musicians." Sunday Times |
ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI
Scarlatti: Sedecia, re di Gerusalemme Gerard Lesne, Philippe Jaroussky, Virginie Pochon / Il Seminario musicale [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2016 ] "Full praise should go first to gerard Lesne, whose presence on this recording is the critical element in its undoubted success. This isn't just a question of his stylish singing, but of a vision of the dramatic articulation of the work as a... |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini (Complete opera recorded in 2003) Gregory Kunde, Joyce DiDonato, Patrizia Ciofi, Laurent Naouri / Orchestre Nationale de France. John Nelson [ Erato / Warner Classics Home of Opera / 3 CD Box Set - released 15/Sep/2018 ] 'A splendid achievement. Here indeed is the 'verve and vitality' Berlioz always believed he had found.' - Gramophone |
FAURE / GLAZUNOV / RACHMANINOFF
The Swan - Classic Works for Cello & Orchestra Han-Na Chang (cello), Philharmonia Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin [ Erato / LP - released 19/May/2023 ] This recording takes a new look at some of the most enduring smaller-scale works in the cello's literature. Among those chosen and performed by Han-Na Chang, several are heard in their original forms. Elsewhere, however, new orchestral arrangements... |
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SCHUMANN / STRAUSS / BRAHMS / RACHMANINOV / BEETHOVEN / etc
Helene Grimaud: The Warner Recordings [6 CD set] Helene Grimaud (piano) / Various orchestras & conductors [ Erato / Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 10/Nov/2014 ] With a flawless technique, a delicate touch and playing of poetic expressivity, the French pianist Hélène Grimaud has quickly become one of the most important musicians of her generation. Virtuosic gifts aside, her deep commitment to human rights and... |
FAGO / HEINICHEN / TERRADELLAS / SARRO / FEO / HASSE / etc
Anima Sacra: Sacred Baroque Arias Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor) / Il pomo d'oro, Maxim Emelyanchev [ Erato Classics / CD - released 26/Oct/2018 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 - Recital |
HENRYK CZYZ / TADEUSZ BAIRD / KAROL SZYMANOWSKI etc
Jakub Józef Orliński - Farewells (LP) Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor), Michał Biel (piano) [ Erato / LP - released 6/May/2022 ] With Farewells, Warsaw-born countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński, partnered by pianist Michał Biel, offers a panorama of Polish song. Often nostalgic in spirit, the programme of the album spans 150 frequently turbulent years. |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Goldberg Variations Jean Rondeau (harpsichord) [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 11/Feb/2022 ] "An ode to silence" is how harpsichordist Jean Rondeau has described Bach's Goldberg Variations. "I feel they were written for silence, in the sense that they take the place of silence." |
