ISAAC ALBENIZ
Albeniz: 4-Hand Piano Music Dúo Van Duá (piano) [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 12/Nov/2021 ] Albéniz's distinctive musical vocabulary, with its sensual harmonies, rich melodic lines and characteristic rhythmic figures, has ensured lasting popularity, not least in his music for the piano. |
J. S. BACH
Mass in B minor, BWV232 Dorothee Mields, Johannette Zomer (sops), Patrick van Goethem (alto) Jan Kobow (ten) Peter Kooij (bass) / Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Bruggen [ Glossa / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] "The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment is superb: its many virtues include precise articulation from the strings and some knockout trumpet playing." Gramophone Magazine, July 2010 |
DVORAK
Symphony No. 6 & Overtures Dortmund Philharmonic Orchestra, Jac van Steen [ MDG / CD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] |
MARCEL DUPRE
Complete Organ Works Vol. 9 (Incls 'Trois Hymns') Ben van Oosten (Organ) [ MDG / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] Klassik heute raved of Vol. 1 of the Dupré complete recording, "Ben van Oosten once again proves to be one of the few organ interpreters who do not forget the performance aspect in their attention to musicological precision." |
Eberhard Weber (electric double bass, keyboards) with Ack van Rooyen (flugelhorn)
Encore [ ECM / CD - released 20/Mar/2015 ] Encore is a companion volume to Résumé the widely-praised solo album issued in 2011. Eberhard Weber returns once more to the many live recordings of his tenure with the Jan Garbarek Group, isolating his bass solos and reworking them into new pieces... |
W. A. MOZART
Piano Concertos Nos. 9, 12 & 14 Edna Stern (piano) Orchestre d’Auvergne, Arie van Beek (direction) [ Zig-Zag Territories / CD - released 20/Oct/2010 ] After a praised discography; Ciacconas of JS BACH diapason découverte in 2005, Préludes, Chorals & Fugues de JS BACH diapason d'or in 2009, several records in romantic music; Schumann in 2007, Chopin in 2010, Edna Stern offers her first concerto... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Overtures & incidental music (with works by Haydn & Brahms) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Concertgebouworkest, Eduard Van Beinum [ Australian Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2018 ] A newly remastered collection of Decca and Philips recordings made by the under-rated Dutch conductor in Austro-German classics including a little-known account of Beethoven's Prometheus Overture. The ballet music which Beethoven wrote to... |
BARTOK / BEETHOVEN / BERLIOZ / BRAHMS / DIEPENBROCK / LALO / MENDELSSOHN / etc
Original Masters: Eduard van Beinum (Limited Edition) Eduard van Beinum, conducting the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam and the London Philharmonic Orchestra [ Decca Original Masters / 5 CD - released 24/Mar/2003 ] One of the most important Dutch conductors, Eduard van Beinum was born on 3 September 1901 in Arnhem in the Netherlands. |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Chamber Music (Includes Piano Quintet in G minor Op. 57 & Cello Sonata in D minor Op. 40) (Rec 1990-1992) Edward Auer (piano) Paul Rosenthal (violin) Godfried Hoogeveen (cello) Isabelle van Keulen (violin and viola) Timora Rosler (cello) Klara Wartz (piano [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 18/Aug/2005 ] This set of 3 CD's contains seven of the best works for small ensembles and solo instrument by Shostakovich. |
CHOPIN / GLUCK / GRANADOS / HAYDN / HINDEMITH / MENDELSSOHN / etc
The Emanuel Feuermann Edition: The Complete English Columbia Recordings & Early German Parlophone Recordings Emanuel Feuermann (cello) with Michael Taube (piano), Gerald Moore (piano), Theo van der Pas (piano), etc [ Heritage / 4 CD Box Set - released 4/Oct/2013 ] The first Heritage release to re-issue material from the Pearl catalogue. This 4 CD set brings together the complete English Columbia recordings and rare, early German Parlophone recordings of Emanuel Feuermann. Feuermann is the cellist's cellist par... |
PURCELL
Dido and Aeneas [recorded 1994] Emily Van Evera, Ben Parry, Janet Lax, Hanne Mari Ørbaek / Taverner Choir, Taverner Players, Andrew Parrott [ Avie / CD - released 18/Dec/2014 ] AVIE continues to mine the rich catalog of recordings made by Andrew Parrott and his Taverner Choir & Players with a sumptuous reissue of Purcell's Dido & Aeneas. The performance is as fresh as when the recording was made in 1994, with baritone Ben... |
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (complete opera) Emily Van Evera / Ben Parry / Taverner Choir & Players, Andrew Parrott [ Sony Essential Masterworks / CD - released 20/Nov/2009 ] "Tempos are not particularly brisk but the playing is throughout fresh and vivid...the whole ensemble, down to Douglas Wootton's down-to-earth entertaining Sailor and the charming enchantresses, is superb." MusicWeb |
J. S. BACH
Trauer-Musik: Music to mourn Prince Leopold, BWV 244a Emily Van Evera / Clare Wilkinson / Charles Daniels / Tom Meglioranza / Taverner Consort and Players / Andrew Parrott [ Avie Records / CD - released 5/Sep/2011 ] A unique document and superb performance make this a recording for classical music aficionados and lovers of Bach's music alike. |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Gloria RV 589 / Magnificat RV 610b Emily Van Evera, Nancy Argenta, Catherine King, Margaret Cable / Taverner Choir & Players, Andrew Parrott [ Erato Classics Red Line / CD - released 25/Oct/2018 ] "Whatever the finer detail of musical and musicological interpretation, this disc should appeal to anyone with an inquisitive turn of mind...a fascinating and worthwhile experiment, a refreshing way to hear some pretty well-known music" Gramophone |
Emily Van Evera, soprano / Christopher Morrongiello, lute
My Lady Rich (Music inspired and written for Lady Penelope Rich - Works by Bartlet, Byrd, Coprario, Dowland, Holborne) [ Avie / CD - released 24/Aug/2005 ] "The disc concludes with a very impressive and moving song cycle by John Coprario, an English composer who was strongly influenced by the Italian style. The cycle was subtitled 'For the death of the Right Honorable the Earle of Devonshire', and... |
MARTIN LUTHER / MICHAEL ALTENBURG / MICHAEL PRAETORIUS / BACH FAMILY / ANONYMOUS / etc
Music In Germany From Schütz To Bach [8 CDs plus Book] Ensemble Clements, Vox Luminis, Choeur de Chambre de Namur Choir, Ricercar Consort / Lionel Meunier, Denis Menier, Philippe Pierlot, Erik Van Nevel [ Ricercar / 8 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2017 ] After exploring the evolution of Italian and French music in the seventeenth century, Jérôme Lejeune devotes a new volume in his History of Early Music to Germany. During this century in which the Lutheran musical tradition developed further, Germany... |
Ludwig van Beethoven
Two Trios for Clarinet, Cello & Piano Ensemble Kheops: Ronald Van Spaendonck, Marie Hallynck & Muhiddin Durruoglu [ Fuga Libera / CD - released 28/Apr/2008 ] |
J.S. BACH
The very best of Bach: Excerpts from orchestral, concertos, vocal and choral works Eteri Andjaparidze (piano) Bela Banfalvi (violin) Emilia Csanky (oboe) Lucy van Dael (violin) Nicholas Gedge (bass-baritone) and many others [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 8/Dec/2005 ] Presented in a stylish slipcase with a modern take on John Minnion's composer cartoons, with detailed track listings and accessible texts on the composer's life and an overview of their most famous works. |
CHOPIN / RACHMANINOV / ALBENIZ / SATIE / MOZART / MENDELSSOHN / SCHUBERT / etc
The Piano Collection (25 CD Set ) Evgeny Kissin, Halane Grimaud, Hakon Austbo, Martijn van den Hoek, Sviatoslav Richter, Klara Wartz, Alfred Brendel, Emil Gilels (pianos) [ Brilliant Classics / 25 CD Box Set - released 16/Dec/2006 ] 25 CD's offers superb quality piano music equally superbly executed by outstanding musicians such as Alfred Brendel, Sviatoslav Richter, Hélène Grimaud, Håkon Austbø, Emil Gilels, Yevgeny Kissin… and the list goes on. |