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LEOPOLD van der PALS
Van der Pals: Concertos fro Violin, Cello & Piano Gordan Trajkovic (Violin) Tobias van der Pals (Violoncello) Marianna Shirinyan (Piano) / Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, Fredrik Burstedt [ CPO / CD - released 10/May/2020 ] Leopold van der Pals wrote a total of three works in which he dealt with the concerto genre. |
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FRANCIS POULENC
Poulenc: Complete Chamber Music Graf Mourja (violin), Alexandre Tharaud (piano), Ronald van Spaendonck (clarinet), Francoise Groben (cello) [ Naxos / 5 CD Box Set - released 25/Mar/2022 ] " Acclaim for these recordings can be summed up by the comment 'you simply can't go wrong with any of the discs in this series.' (ClassicsToday.com on their original release) |
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JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
Rameau: Dardanus (complete opera [1739] recorded in 2015) DVD + Blu-ray Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux / Reinoud Van Mechelen, Gaëlle Arquez, Karina Gauvin, Florian Sempey, Nahuel Di Pierro / Raphaël Pichon (cond) [ Harmonia Mundi DVD + Blu-ray / 2 DVD - released 20/Sep/2016 ] This video was recorded live at performances of the original version of 'Dardanus' (1739) given at the Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux in April 2015, in a production by Michel Fau and choreography by Christopher Williams. Raphaël Pichon, the Ensemble... |
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Grauwels/Van Den Hauwe
Romantic Flute Concertos [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Mar/2004 ] |
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COUPERIN / LE ROUX / RAMEAU
Divine Noise: Theatrical Music for Two Harpsichords Guillermo Brachetta (harpsichord), Menno van Delft (harpsichord) [ Resonus Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2015 ] Following on from the resounding critical success of his first solo album (Ciaccona: Works for harpsichord - RES10126), harpsichordist Guillermo Brachetta returns with Divine Noise, a thrilling album of theatrical works for two... |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Götterdämmerung BLU-RAY AUDIO ONLY Gun-Brit Barkmin, Daniel Brenna, Eric Halfvarson, Shenyang / Hong Kong Philharmonic Chorus & Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden [ Naxos Blu-Ray Audio / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Feb/2019 ] 24-bit, 96 kHz Stereo and Surround Recordings This unique programme is the first time that all the ballet music from Verdi's operas has been brought together in a single recording. Although The Four Seasons from I vespri siciliani (The Sicilian... |
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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... |