W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro, K492 [The Marriage of Figaro] (complete opera) [plus Blu-ray audio] Fanie Antonelou, Christian van Horn, Simone Kermes, Andrei Bondarenko / MusicAeterna, Teodor Currentzis [ Sony Classics / 4 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Aug/2017 ] "Currentzis's cast has a character and blend of its own. A premium has been put on crackling recitative, deft vocalisation (limited vibrato) and dramatic truthfulness: the sense of ensemble is palpable." Financial Times, 14th February 2014 *****t |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Folk Song Arrangements Felicity Lott (soprano) / Philip Langridge (tenor) / Graham Johnson (piano) / Christopher van Kampen (cello) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 10/May/2005 ] "Anyone wanting Britten's folk-song arrangements can safely acquire this pleasurable set without fear of disappointment" (MusicWeb May 2005) |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Quartets Francesca Dego, Timothy Ridout, Laura van der Heijden, Federico Colli [ Chandos / CD - released 25/Aug/2023 ] Following a highly successful series of concerts in the summer of 2022, Francesca Dego, Timothy Ridout, Laura van der Heijden, and Federico Colli headed into the studio to record Mozart's Piano Quartets. Whilst he may not have been the first composer... |
CESAR FRANCK
Franck: Symphonic Variations / Les Djinns / Piano Concerto No 2 Francois-Joel Thiollier & Martjn van den Hoek (pianos) / Arnhem PO / Roberto Benz [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Feb/2002 ] Not so well known repertoire of Cesar Franck |
MENDELSSOHN
Complete Piano Works Frank van der Laar, Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy, Pieter-Jelle de Boer [ Brilliant Classics Piano Library / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2010 ] Felix Mendelssohn was a virtuoso pianist, and it is worth remembering that he was born in 1809, with his friend Schumann being born a year later in 1810, as was Chopin, and Liszt following in 1811. These composers were among the greatest pianists of... |
CESAR FRANCK
César Franck Edition François-Joël Thiollier (piano) Martijn van den Hoek (piano), Muza Rubackyte (piano) Mariana Sîrbu (violin) Ruxandra Colan (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 23 CD Box Set - released 1/Jan/2019 ] This remarkable set reveals the full breadth and genius of a creative career known to most merely by the tip of the iceberg: a small number of seminal works written in the composer's final decade of life. César Franck (1822-1890), although considered... |
RAVEL / RESPIGHI / GRANADOS
Violin Sonatas Frederieke Saeijs (violin) Maurice Lammerts van Bueren (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2010 ] In 2005 Frederieke Saeijs won the First Grand Prix-'Academie des Beaux Arts' at the International Violin Competition Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud (Paris, France), as well as four special prizes |
BENOIT / WAELPUT / FETIS
Romantic Flute Concertos Gaby Pas-van Riet (flute) / Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR / Fabrice Bollon [ Hanssler / CD - released 10/Jun/2009 ] Concertos for flute and orchestra from the Romantic era are a rarity - very few 19th century composers wrote concertante music for the flute. |
IGNAZ JOSEPH PLEYEL
Symphonies Concertantes & Bassoon Concerto Gaby Pas-van Riet (flute) Wolfgang Wipfler (horn) Anne Angerer (oboe) Hanno Donneweg (bassoon) Manuel Fischer-Dieskau (cello) Konstanze Brenner (bass) [ CPO / 2 CD - released 16/Aug/2014 ] For May CPO presents Pleyel's Symphonies Concertantes. Pleyel was fated to learn one of life's most painful lessons: worldly fame is fleeting and quickly fades. |
Gershwin/Van Eps Qtet/Whiteman
Gershwin:rhapsody In Blue/Etc. [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Nov/2000 ] |
JAN IETERSZOON SWEELINCK
Cantiones Sacrae Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam, Harry van der Kamp [ Glossa / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2012 ] |
SWEELINCK
The Complete Psalms (12 CDs) Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam / Harry van der Kamp [ Glossa / 12 CD - released 1/May/2012 ] Without doubt, this 'Sweelinck Monument', has been one of the most important recording projects of recent years. Recognised by Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands, herself, at a ceremony in November 2010 at the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam, this involved... |
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. |
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) |
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... |
Grauwels/Van Den Hauwe
Romantic Flute Concertos [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Mar/2004 ] |
Greta Van Fleet
Anthem Of The Peaceful Army [ Republic / CD - released 19/Oct/2018 ] Anthem of the Peaceful Army follows the two 2017 EPs, Black Smoke Rising and From the Fires by these young Michigan rockers. Collectively written by all four band members - Jake Kiszka/guitars, Sam Kiszka/bass & keys, Josh Kiszka/vocals, and Danny... |
Greta Van Fleet
Anthem Of The Peaceful Army (LP) [ Republic / LP - released 19/Oct/2018 ] Anthem of the Peaceful Army follows the two 2017 EPs, Black Smoke Rising and From the Fires by these young Michigan rockers. Collectively written by all four band members - Jake Kiszka/guitars, Sam Kiszka/bass & keys, Josh Kiszka/vocals, and Danny... |
Greta Van Fleet
The Battle At Gardens Gate (Double Gatefold LP) [ Universal / 2 LP - released 23/Apr/2021 ] GRETA VAN FLEET is hurtling into the future with its second album, The Battle at Garden's Gate. A bold evolution from the band's 2018 full-length debut Anthem of the Peaceful Army, The Battle At Garden's Gate came together primarily on the road or... |
Greta Van Fleet
From The Fires [ Republic / CD - released 1/Dec/2017 ] The eight-track double EP, From The Fires combines four new tracks recorded in September at Rust Belt Studios in Detroit - two new original songs, "Talk on the Street" and "Edge of Darkness," as well as two covers, Sam Cooke's emotional "A Change Is... |