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JOHN DOWLAND / THOMAS CAMPION / JOHN DANYEL / THOMAS FORD / HENRY PURCELL / etc
Drop Not, Mine Eyes Alexander Chance (counter-tenor), Toby Carr (lute) [ Linn / CD - released 28/Apr/2023 ] "Chance's tone is pellucid; notes fall round and clear as water drops...a recording in which Chance stakes serious claim to the title of his generation's most exciting British countertenor." Gramophone Editor's Choice July 2023 |
SCHUBERT / CHOPIN / LISZT / STRAVINSKY
Schubert / Chopin / Liszt / Stravinsky: Four Pianos - Four Pieces Alexander Melnikov (pianos) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 9/Apr/2018 ] "Melnikov gives thrilling performances of four cornerstones of the repertoire." Sunday Times |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Fantasie: Seven Composers, Seven Keyboards Alexander Melnikov (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 16/Jun/2023 ] BBC Music Magazine July 2023 - Instrumental Choice |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Piano Concerto Op 54 / Piano Trio No. 2 Op. 80 Alexander Melnikov (fortepiano) / Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado, with Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) & Isabelle Faust (violin) [ Harmonia Mundi CD + DVD / 2 CD/DVD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] '[T]he use of an early 19th-century fortepiano, here a Streicher of 1847, brings textural clairty, enhanced by the exceptionally subtle and sensitive dialogue between the two superb string players.' (BBC Music) |
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
Scriabin: Etudes (Complete) Alexander Paley (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Dec/2002 ] His mother was a pianist, his father a diplomat, and he, Alexander Nikolayvich Scriabin was Russia's most unusual composer. During his short life-span of 43 years, Scriabin wrote three symphonies, two symphonic poems, variations for a string quartet,... |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Piano Concerto No.1 Alexander Ullman (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor) [ Rubicon / CD - released 24/Jun/2022 ] Alexander Ullman was the winner of the 2011 Franz Liszt International Piano Competition in Budapest. He studied at the Purcell School, the Curtis Institute and the Royal College of Music. His teachers include William Fong, Leon Fleischer and Dmitri... |
FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS
Murder on the High C's Florence Foster Jenkins (soprano) with additional tracks by Alexander Kipnis; John Charles Thomas; Josephine Tumminia; Ezio Pinza; Jeanette MacDonald [ Naxos Nostalgia / CD - released 1/Oct/2003 ] "Hilariously ignorant of all musical rules and delightfully incapable of hitting, never mind holding the note, she recorded just nine songs. Priceless." -- Andrew Clarke, The Independent |
BORIS TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky, (B): Music for Chamber Orchestra Musica Viva Chamber Orchestra / Ludmila Golub, organ / Alexander Rudin, conductor [ Hyperion / CD - released 13/Jul/2004 ] "These excellent, meticulously prepared readings are warmly recorded. The production is again up to Hyperion's best. Recommended" - MusicWeb Oct 2004 |
PAUL DUKAS
Dukas: Music for Piano / Orchestral Music / Ariane et Barbe-Bleue Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Jean Hubeau, Martha Argerich, Alexander Rabinovitch (pianos) / Orchestre National de I'O.R.T.F., etc [ Warner Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 15/Mar/2024 ] The composer Paul Dukas was known for abandoning many of his musical undertakings, resulting in a limited output of published works. This collection consolidates the core of his oeuvre in landmark renditions by prominent artists. |
BERTHOLD GOLDSCHMIDT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Goldschmidt: Beatrice Cenci (complete opera with libretto) Roberta Alexander, Stefan Stoll, Simon Estes, Della Jones / Berlin Radio Chorus, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek [ Sony Classical / 2 CD Box Set - released 7/Feb/1995 ] "The cast is a strong one, dominated by the burnished tone of Roberta Alexander in the title role of the abused daughter. Della Jones as her stepmother Lucrezia is equally fine" BBC Music |
