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J.S. BACH
Jesu, deine Passion: Cantatas BWV 22, 23, 127, 159 Dorothee Mields (sop) Matthew White (alto) Jan Kobow (tenor) Peter Kooy (bass) Collegium Vocale Orchestra / Philippe Herreweghe (conductor) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] "What can you say except that Philippe Herreweghe and his Collegium Vocale Gent are the defining interpreters of Bach's vocal and choral works for our time?" Classics Today 10/10 |
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ANDRE CAMPRA
Messe de Requiem Elisabeth Baudry, Monique Zanetti, Josep Benet, John Elwes & Steven Varcoe / La Chapelle Royale, Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 10/Jan/2014 ] This French Baroque icon from the early days of harmonia mundi [around 1986? Ed] has been 'download only' for some years and we are delighted that Herreweghe's benchmark Campra 'Requiem' is now reissued at mid price, on hm gold, due to popular demand. |
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AIRAT ICHMOURATOV
Ichmouratov: Viola Concerto No.1 / Piano Concerto Elvira Misbakhova (viola) Jean-Philippe Sylvestre (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Peacock [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 30/Jun/2023 ] The Volga-Tatar-born Canadian composer and conductor Airat Ichmouratov conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in this recording of two of his major works, in Chandos' third album devoted to the works of this outstanding composer. |
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MARTIN LUTHER / MICHAEL ALTENBURG / MICHAEL PRAETORIUS / BACH FAMILY / ANONYMOUS / etc
Music In Germany From Schütz To Bach [8 CDs plus Book] Ensemble Clements, Vox Luminis, Choeur de Chambre de Namur Choir, Ricercar Consort / Lionel Meunier, Denis Menier, Philippe Pierlot, Erik Van Nevel [ Ricercar / 8 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2017 ] After exploring the evolution of Italian and French music in the seventeenth century, Jérôme Lejeune devotes a new volume in his History of Early Music to Germany. During this century in which the Lutheran musical tradition developed further, Germany... |
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ROLAND DE LASSUS
Lagrime di San Pietro Ensemble Vocal Europeen, Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 25/Jul/2014 ] This cycle of 21 spiritual madrigals for seven voices is at once the swansong of the most famous composer of his time, who died in 1594 at the age of 62 just three weeks after dedicating the work to the Pope, and the highpoint of Counter-Reformation... |
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CARDOSO
Missa Miserere mihi Domini. Magnificat Ensemble Vocal Europaen / Philippe Herreweghe (director) [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 23/Feb/2008 ] Lisbon, 1589-1650: from the monastery to which he had gone into retreat and where he remained for 61 years, a lone composer was busy carrying on the great Renaissance tradition in polyphony, whilst outside the whole Portuguese nation was gradually... |
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Ex Cathedra, Britten Sinfonia, Jeffrey Skidmore (condutor), Philippe Honoré (violin), Mark Padmore (tenor), Vayu Naidu (speaker)
The Traveller: Earth & Sky [ Signum / CD - released 7/Jul/2023 ] THE TRAVELLER for choir, children's choir, orchestra, tenor, violin and speaker. The Traveller was the third in a series of four major works with words by Vikram Seth and music by Alec Roth, com- missioned jointly over four years by the Salisbury,... |
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FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: Violin Concerto and other orchestral music Philippe Djokic / Symphony Nova Scotia, Georg Tintner [ Naxos Titner Memorial Edition 10 / CD - released 27/Sep/2010 ] "...Tintner's Delius is not quite in that category, but I have to say that he makes a very credible and creditable case for all the music on this generously-timed album." MusicWeb |
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EDVARD GRIEG / FREDERIC CHOPIN
Grieg: Piano Concerto, Op. 16 / Chopin: Sonata in B-Flat Minor Ignaz Freidman (piano) / Studio orchestra, Philippe Gaubert [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 30/Sep/2002 ] Until 1914 Friedman lived in Berlin but during World War I he lived in Copenhagen and after the war resided in Italy. Friedman's first visit to America was in 1920 and in April 1923 he made his first records for American Columbia. |
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BERLIOZ
Lelio, ou Le Retour a la vie / Helene / etc Sune Hjerrild, Gert Henning Jensen (tenors) Jean-Philippe Lafont (baritone) Danish National Choir & Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Jun/2007 ] The Danish National Symphony Orchestra adds to its large discography on Chandos with this unique coupling Of all the major works of Hector Berlioz, the monodrama Lélio, part II of the Symphonie Fantastique is surprisingly one of the least known... |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Béatrice et Bénédict (complete opera recorded in 2016) Glyndebourne Opera / Stéphanie d'Oustrac, Paul Appleby, Philippe Sly, Sophie Karthäuser, Lionel Lhote / Antonello Manacorda (cond) [ Opus Arte / BBC DVD / DVD - released 15/Aug/2017 ] "This is Pellyland, a deeply satisfying comic world with its own style conjured up for Glyndebourne by one of the most assured opera directors at work today" Five Stars BBC Music Opera Choice Sept 2017 |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Béatrice et Bénédict (complete opera recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Stéphanie d'Oustrac, Paul Appleby, Philippe Sly, Sophie Karthäuser, Lionel Lhote / Antonello Manacorda (cond) [ Opus Arte / BBC Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 15/Aug/2017 ] "This is Pellyland, a deeply satisfying comic world with its own style conjured up for Glyndebourne by one of the most assured opera directors at work today" Five Stars BBC Music Opera Choice Sept 2017 |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas / Masses Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of the Collegium Vocale, Philippe Herreweghe/ [ Virgin Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 8/Nov/1999 ] 'Wonderful works, affectionately realized with solo contributions of distinction... strongly recommended.' (Gramophone) |
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C.P.E. BACH
Hamburgische Festmusiken Himlische Cantorey / Les Amis de Philippe / Lutger Ramy [ CPO / CD - released 1/Sep/2006 ] "Recording quality is exceptional to match the quality of the performance" Recording of the Month MusicWeb August 2006 |
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PETITGIRARD
Guru (complete opera) Hubert Claessens / Sonia Petrovna / Philippe Do / Hungarian Symphony Orchestra Budapest / Laurent Petitgirard [ Naxos Opera Classics / 2 CD - released 26/Oct/2011 ] |
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J.S. BACH
Trauerode BWV 198 / Jesu, der du meine Seele BWV 78 Ingrid SchmithAsen, Howard Crook, Peter Kooy, Charles Brett / La Chapelle Royale / Philippe Herreweghe (dir) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] Whatever the occasions for which they were written (a tribute to a dead queen, or a chorale cantata), the two works on this recording have one subject in common: death and the soul's salvation. Performed in 1727 in memory of the sorely mourned... |
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PAUL BEN-HAIM
Ben-Haim: Evocation, Works For The Violin Itamar Zorman (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Philippe Bach Amy Yang (piano) [ BIS / CD - released 10/Mar/2019 ] Paul Frankenburger left his native Germany in 1933 in response to the National Socialists' rise to power. Up to that point he had been fully immersed in the German tradition and his compositions followed in the footsteps of the great German... |
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BYRD / FERRABOSCO
English Consort Music James Bowman / Susan Hamilton / Ricercar Consort / Philippe Pierlot [ Ricercar / 2 CD - released 15/May/2009 ] "A curate's egg - with caviar! Bowman was past his best in 1998, though his disc of Byrd and contemporaries is rich and fascinating; even better is the CD of English-born Ferrabosco, one of our unsung greats." BBC Music Magazine, April 2008 **** |
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XAVIER BENGUEREL
Concertante / Music for Percussion and Strings / Concert de tardor / Porta Ferrada Double Concerto Jaume Torrent (guitar) / Philippe Spiesser (percussion) / Manon Philippe (violin) / Mélodie Giot (cello) / O. Perpignan Méditerranée / Daniel Tosi [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 25/Aug/2011 ] Born in Spain and raised in Chile, Xavier Benguerel plays an important part in his native country's musical life, his compositions influenced by the work of Bartók, Stravinsky and the Second Viennese School. The concerto form has long fascinated the... |
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ENRIQUE GRANADOS
Granados: Goyescas Jean-Philippe Collard (piano) [ La Dolce Volta / CD - released 10/May/2020 ] "Collard is fully in command of these delightful but demanding pieces and provides a worthy alternative to de Larrocha." MusicWeb |