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BOTTESINI / CHOPIN / RACHMANINOV
The Romantic Double Bass (Concertos, sonatas and other works) Hans Roelofsen (double-bass) Rudolf Senn (double-bass) with George Pieterson (clarinet) and Marien van Staalen (cello) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] Say double bass and people will probably think of jazz music. In spite of pioneering composers like Bottesini and active present-day players like Dutch Hans Roelofsen and Rudolf Senn the double-bass does not have a serious image in classical music.... |
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MONTEVERDI
L'Orfeo (Complete Opera) Rotraud Hansman, Lajos Kozma, Cathy Berberian, Max van Egmond / Concentus musicus Wien / Harnoncourt [ Warner Classics Das Alte Werk / 2 CD - released 5/Nov/2013 ] |
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HANDEL
Arie per la Cuzzoni Hasnaa Bennani (soprano) / Les Muffatti, Peter van Heyghen [ Ramee / CD - released 22/Jan/2016 ] Among the most famous and also the most notorious stars of European opera houses was the Italian diva Francesca Cuzzoni...This CD features some of the most beautiful and breathtaking arias, composed for the diva by Handel. |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Baryton Trios Freek Borstlap (baryton), Helena van Tongern (viola) & Jan Insinger (cello) [ Etcetera / CD - released 28/May/2008 ] The baryton was once a very well known and highly regarded instrument. Very much like a cello in appearance, it has 6 to 7 strings and a typically viola da gamba like sound quality. It is interesting to note that Haydn wrote more works for baryton... |
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TELEMANN
Sonatas and Sonatinas for Recorder and Basso Continuo Heiko ter Schegget (recorder) / Mieneke van der Velden (viola) / Benny Aghassi (bassoon) / Zvi Meniker (harpsichord) [ MDG SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 18/May/2011 ] The most popular recorder works used to be published in the newspaper: in 1728 Georg Philipp Telemann founded Der getreue Music-Meister primarily to divulge his own works. It is thus hardly surprising that Telemann's recorder sonatas today enjoy... |
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MOLTER
Clarinet Concertos Henk de graaf (clarinet) Amadeus Ensemble, Rotterdam / Marien van Staalen [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 12/Apr/2008 ] Johann Melchoir Molter wrote six clarinet concertos. The first four of these dating from around 1745 makes them the earliest known solo concertos for this instrument. |
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LEONARDO LEO
Cello Concertos Hidemi Suzuki (baroque cello / cello piccolo) Orchestra 'Van Wassenaer' / Makoto Akatsu violin/director [ BIS Baroque / CD - released 30/Jun/2004 ] "Uno splendido disco." CD Classica |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH / GUSTAV MAHLER
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 / Mahler: Symphony No. 10 (Concert version ed. Mengelberg/Dopper) Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Nov/2022 ] These two Tenth Symphonies represent powerful statements by composers undergoing the greatest of crises in their eventful lives. Gustav Mahler's last and incomplete symphony was kept a secret by his widow Alma for many years after his death. |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 / Symphony No. 9 in E flat major, Op. 70 Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Sep/2023 ] Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5 was premiered in 1937. It was composed in response to the Soviet denouncement in Pravda of the composer's most recent works. The symphony was an overwhelming success, returning the composer to favour with the... |
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WOLFGANG RIHM
Et Lux Huelgas Ensemble & Minguet Quartett, Paul van Nevel [ ECM New Series / CD - released 1/May/2015 ] "Tropes waft in from across the ages: this music treads the line of tangibility, with sudden rushes of anger or fondness and the messy half-memories that come with grief...van Nevel doubles the vocal parts to create broad, generous textures that soun |
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ANTOINE BRUMEL
Missa "Et Ecce Terrae Motus" (Earthquake Mass) / Dies Irae Huelgas Ensemble, Paul van Nevel [ Newton Classics / CD - released 1/Mar/2015 ] |
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DUFAY
O Gemma Lux - Complete Isorhythmic Motets Huelgas Ensemble, Paul van Nevel [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/May/2011 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (Pre 1700) - A sumptuous farewell to the musical Middle Ages. |
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LASSUS / PALESTRINA / ASHEWELL
La Quinta Essentia Huelgas Ensemble / Paul Van Nevel (conductor) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/Jan/2014 ] "Huelgas Ensemble here produce a really amazing range of sounds, full and rich and yet wonderfully translucent. There can be few better ways to introduce oneself to the music of Thomas Ashewell. Paul van Nevel and his singers mine his expressive... |
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SIMONE de BONEFONT
Simone de Bonefont: Missa pro Mortuis Huelgas-Ensemble (early music ensemble) / Ensemble Huelgas, Paul Van Nevel [ Cypres / CD - released 10/Jul/2020 ] International Classical Music Awards 2021 WINNER - Early Music |
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ANONYMOUS / GERARDE / DESPREZ / LASSUS / etc
Le Chant de Virgile Huelgas-Ensemble, Paul Van Nevel [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 10/Feb/2014 ] "Sung with such exquisite fluency, the Huelgas Ensemble under Van Nevel conveys the excitement of an epoch that yielded some of the most beautiful combinations of poetry and music." - The Observer (13 Jan 2002) |
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JEAN RICHAFORT
Richafort: Requiem Mass Huelgas-Ensemble, Paul van Nevel [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'Abord / CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] We possess many works by Jean Richafort, but very little biographical information on the composer. In the 16th century he was the object of veneration and admiration. The great Ronsard himself spoke of him in the most enthusiastic terms, and most of... |
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CIPRIANO de RORE
Missa Praeter rerum serium Huelgas-Ensemble / Paul Van Nevel [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 25/Jul/2014 ] Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine (Feb 2003) |
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ERKKI-SVEN TUUR
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra / Aditus / Exodus Isabelle Van Keulen (violin) / CBSO / Paavo Jarvi [ ECM / CD - released 1/Jan/2003 ] "The recording captures the full range of Tüür's orchestral colours, and the booklet includes an illuminating interview with the composer as well as helpful descriptive notes." David Fanning, Gramophone |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 (with Rihm: Time Chant) Jaap van Zweden (violin) / Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Jan/2014 ] "Van Sweden's virtuosity as a violinist…is here shown to be of the highest class, in an account of the great Shostakovich Concerto that holds its own with the finest." Musical Opinion |
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Jacques Van Oortmerssen
Organ Of Sint Lambertus [ Bis / CD ] |