ALBINONI / CORELLI / PACHELBEL / HANDEL / BACH
Baroque Favourites I Musici, with Enzo Altobelli (cello) Felix Ayo (violin) Walter Gallozzi (violin) Maria Teresa Garatti (organ) Severino Gazzelloni (flute) etc [ Philips Australian Eloquence / CD - released 6/Dec/1999 ] Eloquence offers the perfect introduction to baroque music |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons / Concerto No. 10 in B flat RV 362 The Hunt / Concerto in A RV 552 per eco in lontano Roberto Michelucci (violin) Felix Ayo (violin) Franco Tamponi (violin) Walter Gallozzi (violin) / I Musici [ Philips Eloquence / CD - released 6/Dec/1999 ] "… the soloist, Felix Ayo, a player of quite exceptional quality" Gramophone |
BARTOK / STRAVINSKY / SAINT-SAENS / TCHAIKOVSKY / KODALY / etc
Virtuoso Violin Wolfgang Schneiderhan (violin) & Albert Hirsh (piano) / Tibor Bisztriczky (violin) & Felix Schröder (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Sep/2015 ] A violinist who straddled the divide between the old ways and the new was the Viennese virtuoso Wolfgang Eduard Schneiderhan. He was born on 28 May 1915 and beginning violin lessons at five, he polished his technique under Sevcík and Winkler. From... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Simple Symphony / Spring Symphony / Four Sea Interludes Jennifer Vyvyan; Norma Proctor; Peter Pears / Royal Opera House Orchestra, Benjamin Britten / I Musici, Felix Ayo [ Alto / CD - released 10/Aug/2013 ] (Spring Symph) "confirmed in my admiration by this, both technically and musically among the best things the gramophone has given us. The music is not difficult for any open-minded listener to enjoy" (Gramophone) |
MAX REGER
Reger: Complete String Trios and Piano Quartets Volume 2 Felix Schwartz (viola) / Aperto Piano Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Sep/2008 ] This is the second of two discs of the complete piano quartets and string trios of Max Reger. The Piano Quartet in A minor, Op. 133, completed during the first month of World War I, is a deeply expressive and intense work, using the full range of... |
GORDON SHI-WEN CHIN
Chin: Double Concerto / Formosa Seasons Cho-Liang Lin (violin) / Felix Fan (cello) / Kansas City Symphony Orchestra / Michael Stern [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Mar/2007 ] "Formosa Seasons" is based on a series of Haiku-like poems, and is dedicated to the celebrated Taiwanese-American violinist Cho-Liang Lin. |
PETER SCHICKELE
Schickele: A Year in the Catskills Felix Wang (cello), Melissa Rose (piano) / Blair Woodwind Quintet [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] A Year in the Catskills is a five-movement quintet - a seasonal retrospective suffused with clever baroque tints, elements of pastoral fantasy, and a jazzy finale to dissipate any feelings of melancholy. |
Felix Weingartner
Beethoven: Triple/Pno Conc No3 [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 29/Mar/2004 ] |
Rodrigo Costa Felix
Fados de Amor [ Arc / CD - released 1/Aug/2013 ] |
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 5 / Sonata No. 29 (orch. Weingartner) (rec 1930, 1933) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Felix Weingartner [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / CD - released 1/Jun/2007 ] The Hammerklavier transcription was transferred mainly from U.S. Columbia “Viva-Tonal” pressings with the exception of two sides that came from first edition laminated English Columbias (including the second movement, which has a pronounced swish on... |
Felix Mottl
Wagner Mecanique [ Oehms Classics / CD - released 17/Jan/2005 ] |
Felix Ribel
Paper Doors [ CD - released 9/Sep/2016 ] Paper Doors is collection of ten elegant and inspiring songs, kicking off with the energetic 'Shadows', and the gentler, melodic style of 'In Your Arms' with the magnetic Martha Wainwright. The album features a stunning cover image created by... |
J-Felix
101 Reasons [ Tru Thoughts / CD - released 28/Jul/2015 ] '101 Reasons' is the debut album on Tru Thoughts from singer, producer and multi-instrumentalist J-Felix. The heavy '80s funk lilt and dubby rhythmic driving force of his sound was first showcased with January's "101 Reasons" EP, supported by Don... |
MOZART / GLUCK / CHERUBINI / HAYDN / PERGOLESI
Teresa Berganza - Eighteenth-Century Portraits Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano), Félix Lavilla (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Kammerorchester, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent [ Australian Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2018 ] 'This has always been one of Teresa Berganza's most attractive records.' Opera, September 1968 (Mozart arias) |
ROSSINI / SCARLATTI / TURINA / GRANADOS / FALLA / GUERRERO / etc
Brava Berganza! - Rossini: Arias / Canciones Espanolas: Spanish Songs & more Teresa Berganza (soprano) Félix Lavilla (piano) London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson, Benito Lauret, Gerardo Gombau [ Australian Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2018 ] "I called her performance of [the Falla songs] incomparable, and it still remains so, with her completely idiomatic interpretation, vitality, exemplary enunciation, beautifully clean melismata, and wide range of colour" Gramophone |
Felix Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn's Hawaiian Serenaders - Dreams Of Hawaii [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Jun/1999 ] Since way, way back, the beautiful Hawaiian islands have been popularly adorned with a flowery lei of romantic glamour. Described by countless visitors as 'the Paradise of the Pacific', referred to by Mark Twain as ... |
Felix Mendelssohn's Hawaiian Serenaders
We Got Rhythm - The Swing Side Of The Serenaders [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Jun/2002 ] Unlike "Dreams Of Hawaii", this compilation focuses on the non-Hawaiian repertoire of the Serenaders, and reveals a 'hot' band more than capable of getting the clientele in a cosy night-club onto the dance floor... |
FRANZ BENDA
Violin Sonatas (ornamented versions from a Berlin manuscript) Leila Schayegh (violin) / Vaclav Luks (harpsichord/fortepiano) / Felix Knecht (cello) [ Glossa / CD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] |
Felix Da Housecat
He Was King [ Nettwerk / CD - released 24/Aug/2009 ] |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Canciones Espanolas: Spanish Songs Teresa Berganza (mezzo) with Narciso Yepes (guitar) and Felix Lavilla (piano) [ 2 CD - released 8/Dec/2007 ] |