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MAX RICHTER
Richter: Solo Piano Music Jeroen van Veen (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Jan/2017 ] Having made a gradual switch during the 15 years since his first album was published from electronica to instrumental variations on ambient and minimalism, Max Richter is among the most commercially successful composers of our time. This album of his... |
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TERRY RILEY
Riley: In C Jeroen van Veen (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 10/Dec/2015 ] Terry Riley is one of the founders of the Minimalist Movement. His most famous and ground breaking work, "In C", is based on structured interlocking repetitive patterns, creating a hypnotic, multi‐layered aural sensation, which inspired many compoers... |
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SATIE
Slow Music Jeroen Van Veen (Piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2014 ] The recent trend for "slow" (such as slow food as opposed to fast food) may also be applied to music, and most particularly to the music of Erik Satie, the French eccentric, who created his own most personal aesthetics. In his music slowness does not... |
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PHILIP GLASS
Solo Piano Music Jeroen Van Veen (Piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 20/Feb/2013 ] A new compilation of the music for piano solo by Philip Glass, icon of minimalism. |
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LUDOVICO EINAUDI
Einaudi: Waves - The Piano Collection Jeroen van Veen (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 20/Apr/2015 ] Ludovico Einaudi may well become the "Satie of the 21‐st century". His minimalist, deceptively simple piano works reach a massive audience well beyond the strict boundaries of traditional classical music. |
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ZBIGNIEW PREISNER
Preisner: Piano Music; Jeroen van Veen (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 13/Apr/2018 ] Like Zbigniew Preisner (born in 1955) is Poland's leading film music composer and is considered to be one of the most outstanding film composers of his generation. For many years Preisner enjoyed a close collaboration with the director Krzysztof... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Minimal Piano Collection Vol 10 - 20 [compositions for 2 to 6 pianos] Jeroen Van Veen (Piano) and friends [ Brilliant Classics / 11 CD Box Set - released 10/Nov/2010 ] Fanfare Music: "Dutch pianist and composer, Jeroen van Veen, the leading exponent of minimalism in Holland today", Alan Swanson, Jan 2010. |
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SIMEON TEN HOLT
Incantatie IV: for three pianos Jeroen van Veen (piano), Sandra van Veen (piano) & Tamara Rumiantsev (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Nov/2014 ] According to pianist Jeroen van Veen performing this work is like "looking at the sea: all the time there are changes in colour, radiance, and momentum, never an exact repetition". |
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ERIK SATIE
Satie: Complete Piano Music Jeroen van Veen (piano) with Sandra Van Veen (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 9 CD Box Set - released 20/Apr/2016 ] This set contains the complete music for piano by Erik Satie, including the works for 4 hands. |
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RYUICHI SAKAMOTO
Sakamoto: For Mr Lawrence - Piano Music; Jeroen van Veen (piano) with Sandra van Veen (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 2/Sep/2019 ] "This is an interesting and enjoyable set. I would not recommend that you sit down and listen to the whole set at once...this was an enjoyable listen. Brilliant Classics should be applauded for bringing us such a comprehensive set as this." MusicWeb |
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JEROEN VAN VEEN
Van Veen: Piano Music Volume 2 Jeroen van Veen (piano/organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 22/Jun/2018 ] Jeroen van Veen established himself as "The leading exponent of minimalism today" (Fanfare), "Jeroen van Veen has been a powerhouse in the piano world" (Musicweb) |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 / Overtures - Prometheus, Fidelio, Leonore 2 & 3 / Grosse Fuge Joan Sutherland, Norma Procter, Arnold Van Mill / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ernest Ansermet [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2009 ] "…the depth and concentration of the Ansermet shines decisively out… Ansermet's reading is taut and imposing" Gramophone |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Great Sacred Works (Incls Stabat Mater & Nisi Dominus) Jochen Kowalski (counter-tenor) Nico van der Meel (tenor) / Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra / Vittorio Negri [ ABC Eloquence / CD - released 8/Jul/2005 ] One could be forgiven for being surprised that sacred music does not account for a more substantial proportion of Vivaldi's life's work, especially in view of his having been ordained a priest. The music on this disc, however, presents the 'other'... |
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Joe Van Loan
The Great Group And Solo Vocals Of Joe Van Loan - Yesterday's Roses 1949 - 1962 [ Jasmine / CD - released 14/May/2021 ] Joe Van Loan possessed an awesome falsetto tenor voice that enhanced the recordings of many great doo wop vocal groups of the 1950s. Best known for his tenure with The Ravens, who he eventually led for some years. He also sung with The Dixieaires,... |
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J.S. & J.C. BACH / SCHUTZ / BOHM
Beloved and Beautiful Johannette Zomer (soprano) / Netherlands Bach Society / Jos Van Veldhoven [ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] "The Netherlands Bach Society proves their mettle time and time again and so once more here. Though I am usually rigorously opposed to such small ensembles, like the use of a string quartet here, the soundness of the performance and particulars of... |
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BUXTEHUDE
Membra Jesu Nostri Johannette Zomer (soprano) / Netherlands Bach Society / Jos Van Veldhoven [ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 14/Apr/2006 ] "Magnificent new versions of moving meditations on the crucified Christ" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine (June 2006) |
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FRANZ BERWALD / ÉDOUARD Du PUY
A Bassoon in Stockholm… Donna Agrell (bassoon), with Lorenzo Coppola (clarinet), Teunis van der Zwart (horn), Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano), etc [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 31/Dec/2015 ] Donna Agrell has chosen three chamber works which were all premièred with Preumayr on the bassoon. She is joined by colleagues from the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century as well as by Ronald Brautigam - all of them playing period instruments. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Sackbutt: Trombone in the 17th and 18th Century Jorgen van Rijen (trombone) / Combattimento Consort Amsterdam / Jan Willem de Vriend [ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/May/2009 ] "Fans of the trombone will no doubt fined this of interest, but the music turns out to be far more worthwhile and rewarding than just a sackbut showcase." Gramophone |
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ROBERT & CLARA SCHUMANN
Works for oboe and piano Joris van den Hauwe (oboe, oboe d'amore) & Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden (piano) [ Etcetera SACD / SACD - released 1/Jun/2007 ] Joris Van den Hauwe (oboe) is, without doubt, one of today's greatest oboists. His many performances and CD recordings, ranging from baroquer to avant-garde, have been widely acclaimed by both the public and the press alike. The quality of his music,... |
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DUKAS
Dukas: Ariane et Barbe-Bleue (Recorded live at Gran Teatre del Liceu, June & July 2011) José van Dam, Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet / Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Stéphane Denève (conductor) & Claus Guth (director) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 2/Feb/2013 ] José van Dam is cast as the villainous Barbe-bleue, while taking on the immensely demanding role of Ariane - who does not leave the stage throughout the entire opera - is American soprano Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet. |