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Ricercar Consort/Philippe Pier
Marais: Trios Pour Le Coucher [ Ricercar / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2010 ] |
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WAGNER
Tannhauser (complete opera recorded at the Festspielhaus, Baden-Baden 2008) Robert Gambill, Camilla Nylund, Waltraud Meier, Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra, Philippe Jordan, conductor [ Arthaus Musik DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] G - Recorded live from the Festspielhaus, Baden-Baden, 2008 |
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MAHLER
Symphony No. 4 in G Rosemary Joshua (soprano) / Orchestre des Champs Elysees / Philippe Herreweghe [ PHI / Outhere / CD - released 1/Sep/2011 ] "There are arresting moments, and the playing has a delicate beauty and textual clarity that repeatedly draw one's attention to Mahler's technical finesse - and the slightly soft-focus recording doesn't get in the way." (BBC Music Magazine) |
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SCHUBERT
Symphonies 1, 3 & 4 'Tragic' Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Philippe Herreweghe [ PHI / 2 CD - released 24/Jun/2013 ] Although Franz Schubert's earliest symphonies are sometimes considered youthful works of a composer still learning his trade, they nonetheless attest to a genius of symphonic construction such as few musicians could boast at, respectively, 16... |
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BEETHOVEN
Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 Eroica Royal Flemish Philharmonic / Philippe Herreweghe [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jun/2008 ] "Philippe Herreweghe has the better sound, hands down, and thus is the advantage of this disc. When I finished listening twice, I simply sat back with a great feeling of satisfaction. This is good Beethoven, maybe even great" (Audiophile Audition) |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 6 "Pastoral" Royal Flemish Philharmonic / Philippe Herreweghe [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Jun/2009 ] Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice - Awards Issue 2009 - "The high resolution sound on this PentaTone SACD is exemplary. The soundstage is wide and deep with a clarity and presence that nearly duplicates a live performance." (AudAud.com Oct 2009) |
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BEETHOVEN
Symphonies Nos. 4 and 7 Royal Flemish Philharmonic / Philippe Herreweghe [ Pentatone Classics / Hybrid SACD - released 25/Oct/2011 ] "Herreweghe's expertise in period-style performance convinces totally: the orchestra sound is crisp and clean, with rattling, war-like timpani and tight-reined, yet decently weighty string sound...In terms of everything that matters - not just style... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 8 Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Philippe Herreweghe [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 29/Feb/2008 ] "This is a delightful and highly entertaining disc containing two fine performances of music that never sounds tired or routine. I look forward to the next instalment with keen anticipation". FANFARE: Christopher Abbot |
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SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 9 in C major, D944 'The Great' Royal Flemish Philharmonic / Philippe Herreweghe [ Pentatone / CD - released 16/Sep/2011 ] Philippe Herreweghe conducts the Royal Flemish Philharmonic in this recording of Schubert's majestic and final symphony. Herreweghe is well known for his interpretations of early music and brings a special dimension to this performance. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 6 "Pastoral" Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Philippe Herreweghe, with [ Brilliant Classics / 5 Hybrid SACD - released 17/Nov/2023 ] Philippe Herreweghe's performance of Beethoven's (1770-1827) complete symphonies is nothing short of a musical revelation. Herreweghe, renowned for his mastery of historically informed performance practices, brings a fresh and invigorating... |
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ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Stabat Mater Ilse Eerens, Michaela Selinger, Maximilian Schmitt & Florian Boesch / Collegium Vocale Gent - Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Philippe Herreweghe [ PHI / CD - released 22/Apr/2013 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD NOMINATION 2014 |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Salome (complete opera recorded in 2008) Royal Opera House / Nadja Michael, Thomas Moser, Michaela Schuster / Philippe Jordan (cond) [ BBC / Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] "One of the most hotly anticipated, controversial and downright exciting opera productions of this year arrives quickly onto DVD. David McVicar, one of the most in-demand opera directors at work today, produces a visceral, exciting realisation of... |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Paulus Op. 36 (complete oratorio) Melanie Diener, Annette Markert, James Taylor, Matthias Goerne / La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale / Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi HMHeritage / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2016 ] "Like all Herreweghe's performances of choral works, this one has a welcome unity of purpose in a reading notable for finely moulded choral singing and sensitively executed orchestral playing, all controlled by the conductor's disciplined yet flexibl |
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MAHLER
Des Knaben Wunderhorn [with Harmonia Mundi catalogue] Sarah Connolly, Dietrich Henschel / Orchestre des Champs-Elysees / Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Classique / CD/Book - released 10/Feb/2011 ] "The two singers have here superb voices, and Philip Herreweghe's accompaniments leave almost nothing to be desired…" (BBC Music) |
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MISSA
Les plus belles messes de l'histoire musicale: the finest masses in musical history Soloists / Choeur et Orchestre du Collegium Vocale Gent / La Chapelle Royale / RIAS-Kammerchor / Philippe Herrewege / Marcus Creed [ Harmonia Mundi / 3 CD - released 10/Sep/2008 ] From the contrapuntal summits of the Renaissance to the great solemn Masses of Bach, Mozart and Beethoven, from Romantic renewal to contemporary disillusion: Harmonia mundi invite you to discover generous excerpts from the Masses that have made history! |
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JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: La Pericole (Complete Operetta recorded in 2022) Stephanie D'Oustrac, Philippe Talbot, Tassis Christoyannis, Eric Huchet / Orchestre de chambre de Paris, Julien Leroy [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 10/Feb/2023 ] La Perricholi - in reality, Micaela Villegas - was Lima's leading theatrical l lady in the 1770s when Peru was a Spanish colony. Her life was fictionalised in a one-act play by Prosper Mérimée and a libretto was fashioned on which Offenbach created... |
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JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: La Pericole (Complete Operetta recorded in 2022) {Blu-ray) Stephanie D'Oustrac, Philippe Talbot, Tassis Christoyannis, Eric Huchet / Orchestre de chambre de Paris, Julien Leroy [ Naxos BLU-RAY / Blu-ray - released 10/Feb/2023 ] La Perricholi - in reality, Micaela Villegas - was Lima's leading theatrical l lady in the 1770s when Peru was a Spanish colony. Her life was fictionalised in a one-act play by Prosper Mérimée and a libretto was fashioned on which Offenbach created... |
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PURCELL
Odes for the Feast Day of Saint Cecilia (Incl Hail! bright Cecilia) / Te Deum / Funeral for Queen Mary Susan Hamilton (soprano) Siri Thornhill (soprano) Robin Blaze (countertenor) Mark Padmore (tenor) / Collegium Vocale, Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / 2 CD - released 10/Jul/2014 ] "These are beautiful performances...invigoratingly sculpted by Herreweghe...Indeed, the new disc deserves the blessing of Cecilia herself." - Classical Insites |
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J.S. BACH / ELLIOTT CARTER
Cello Suite No. 3 / Triple Duo / Enchanted Preludes Thomas Demenga (cello) Hansheinz Schneeberger (violin) Philippe Racine (flute) Ernesto Molinari (clarinet) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 1/Jan/1990 ] Thomas Demenga was born in 1954, in Berne, Switzerland. Thomas Demenga studied with Walter Grimmer, Antonio Janigro, Leonard Rose and Mstislav Rostropovich, amongst others, and received his chamber music education at the Juilliard School. |
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J. S. BACH
St Matthew Passion Ian Bostridge, Franz-Josef Selig, Sibylla Rubens, Andreas Scholl / Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/1999 ] |