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 (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... |
COUPERIN / LE ROUX / RAMEAU
Divine Noise: Theatrical Music for Two Harpsichords Guillermo Brachetta (harpsichord), Menno van Delft (harpsichord) [ Resonus Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2015 ] Following on from the resounding critical success of his first solo album (Ciaccona: Works for harpsichord - RES10126), harpsichordist Guillermo Brachetta returns with Divine Noise, a thrilling album of theatrical works for two... |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Götterdämmerung BLU-RAY AUDIO ONLY Gun-Brit Barkmin, Daniel Brenna, Eric Halfvarson, Shenyang / Hong Kong Philharmonic Chorus & Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden [ Naxos Blu-Ray Audio / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Feb/2019 ] 24-bit, 96 kHz Stereo and Surround Recordings This unique programme is the first time that all the ballet music from Verdi's operas has been brought together in a single recording. Although The Four Seasons from I vespri siciliani (The Sicilian... |
BOTTESINI / CHOPIN / RACHMANINOV
The Romantic Double Bass (Concertos, sonatas and other works) Hans Roelofsen (double-bass) Rudolf Senn (double-bass) with George Pieterson (clarinet) and Marien van Staalen (cello) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] Say double bass and people will probably think of jazz music. In spite of pioneering composers like Bottesini and active present-day players like Dutch Hans Roelofsen and Rudolf Senn the double-bass does not have a serious image in classical music.... |
MONTEVERDI
L'Orfeo (Complete Opera) Rotraud Hansman, Lajos Kozma, Cathy Berberian, Max van Egmond / Concentus musicus Wien / Harnoncourt [ Warner Classics Das Alte Werk / 2 CD - released 5/Nov/2013 ] |
HANDEL
Arie per la Cuzzoni Hasnaa Bennani (soprano) / Les Muffatti, Peter van Heyghen [ Ramee / CD - released 22/Jan/2016 ] Among the most famous and also the most notorious stars of European opera houses was the Italian diva Francesca Cuzzoni...This CD features some of the most beautiful and breathtaking arias, composed for the diva by Handel. |
JOSEF HAYDN
Baryton Trios Freek Borstlap (baryton), Helena van Tongern (viola) & Jan Insinger (cello) [ Etcetera / CD - released 28/May/2008 ] The baryton was once a very well known and highly regarded instrument. Very much like a cello in appearance, it has 6 to 7 strings and a typically viola da gamba like sound quality. It is interesting to note that Haydn wrote more works for baryton... |
TELEMANN
Sonatas and Sonatinas for Recorder and Basso Continuo Heiko ter Schegget (recorder) / Mieneke van der Velden (viola) / Benny Aghassi (bassoon) / Zvi Meniker (harpsichord) [ MDG SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 18/May/2011 ] The most popular recorder works used to be published in the newspaper: in 1728 Georg Philipp Telemann founded Der getreue Music-Meister primarily to divulge his own works. It is thus hardly surprising that Telemann's recorder sonatas today enjoy... |
MOLTER
Clarinet Concertos Henk de graaf (clarinet) Amadeus Ensemble, Rotterdam / Marien van Staalen [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 12/Apr/2008 ] Johann Melchoir Molter wrote six clarinet concertos. The first four of these dating from around 1745 makes them the earliest known solo concertos for this instrument. |