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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 ] |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Die Schopfung (The Creation) Jeannette van Dijck, Peter Schreier, Theo Adam / Gurzenich Orchestra & Choir of Cologne / GAnter Wand [ Testament / 2 CD - released 30/Dec/2007 ] "Wand's Creation was highly thought of in its time, and again the reasons are obvious enough. Back in 1963 this must have seemed a performance of exceptional clarity, with Wand showing a fine feeling for the music and driving it forwards with energy,... |
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QUANTZ / GALUPPI / VIVALDI / ALBINONI / GIORDANI / etc
18-th Century Flute Concertos Jed Wentz, Marion Moonen (traverso) / Musica ad Rhenum (with Lex Vos, Paul van der Linden, oboes) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 15/Jun/2006 ] The six Italian concerti recorded here were all written within 60 years. They show remarkable variety. Of these the Galuppi and the Ferrandini are the most extreme with sometimes weird harmonies. |
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GLASS / ADAMS / ten HOLT / EINAUDI / RICHTER / SAKAMOTO / PART / etc
Best of Minimal Piano Music Jeroen van Veen (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 23/Oct/2020 ] Highlights from the award-winning, much-praised series of Brilliant Classics recordings by today's leading champion of minimalist piano repertoire. |
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ARVO PART
Part: Fur Anna Maria: Complete Piano Music Jeroen Van Veen (Piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2014 ] "Jeroen van Veen's recording can stand alongside the best from any source, and this set is worthy of high praise in every regard." MusicWeb International, 5th November 2014 |
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PHILIP GLASS
Glass: Complete Piano Etudes Jeroen van Veen (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 22/Dec/2017 ] Philip Glass' Piano Etudes stand at the end of a long line of development, starting with "exercises" by Scarlatti, through romantic piano etudes composers such as Clementi, Czerny, Hummel, Chopin, Schumann, Brahms, Scriabin, Rachmaninoff, Debussy, to... |
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GEORGES GURDJIEFF / THOMAS de HARTMANN
Gurdjieff / de Hartmann: Complete Music For the Piano Jeroen van Veen (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 15/Oct/2021 ] Dutch pianist Jeroen van Veen, a pioneer of unusual repertoire, recorded the complete piano music of Gurdjieff/De Hartmann, 6 CDs of extraordinary, meditative and deeply spiritual music. |
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LUDOVICO EINAUDI
Piano Music Jeroen van Veen (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 26/Jan/2015 ] Ludovico Einaudi may well become the "Satie of the 21st century". His minimalist, deceptively simple piano works reach a massive audience well beyond the strict boundaries of traditional classical music. |
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YANN TIERSEN
'Pour Amélie' Piano Music Jeroen van Veen (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 24/Sep/2015 ] The maestro of Minimalist piano music has done it again, with an album of gentle melodies and soothing sounds from Yann Tiersen (b.1970) a composer best known outside his native France for the soundtrack to the movie Amélie (2001): the soundtrack... |