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CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach, (C.P.E.): Sonaten für Kenner und Liebhaber Pieter Jan Belder (fortepiano and clavichord) [ Brilliant Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2013 ] Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, the most famous son of the great Johann Sebastian, created his own individual style, in which freedom of expression was the keyword. |
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Pieter-Jan Belder (harpsichord/virginal/organ)
Byrd: Complete Harpsichord and Organ Music [ Brilliant Classics / 9 CD Box Set - released 3/Nov/2023 ] Byrd's vocal works would have assured him a place in history as the greatest English composer of his generation. Yet he was also the outstanding composer of his time in the realm of instrumental music - indeed, probably the first musician to achieve... |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Famous Concertos [Includes 'Brandenburg Concertos'] Thomas Zehetmair (violin), Amsterdam Bach Soloists / Pieter-Jan Belder, Musica Amphion / Erik Bosgraaf, Ensemble Cordevento [ Brilliant Classics Quintessence / 5 CD Box Set - released 22/Jan/2021 ] "This is a most rewarding reissue. Even those lovers of baroque music who usually avoid modern instrument performances, should consider this disc at budget price." (MusicWeb Sept 2013 Violin Concertos) |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas BWV95, BWV101, BWV124, & BWV127 Ruth Holton, Knut Schoch, Sytse Buwalda, Bas Ramselaar, etc / Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] The Bach's Cantatas have secured their place in the canon of human creations of eternal value. In no other oeuvre one finds the expression of all universal human emotions, from utter grief to extatic joy, from turbulant drama to serene... |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas BWV114, BWV57 & BWV155 Ruth Holton, Knut Schoch, Sytse Buwalda, Bas Ramselaar / Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] The Bach's Cantatas have secured their place in the canon of human creations of eternal value. In no other oeuvre one finds the expression of all universal human emotions, from utter grief to extatic joy, from turbulant drama to serene... |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas BWV146, BWV28 & BWV48 Ruth Holton, Marjon Strijk, Sytse Buwalda, Bas Ramselaar, etc / Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] The Bach's Cantatas have secured their place in the canon of human creations of eternal value. In no other oeuvre one finds the expression of all universal human emotions, from utter grief to extatic joy, from turbulant drama to serene... |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas BWV92, BWV54 & BWV44 Ruth Holton, Sytse Buwalda, Bas Ramselaar, Knut Schoch / Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] "Pieter Jan Leusink, artistic director of the Cantatas project, managed somehow, against all odds, to create a true best-seller out of what is arguably some of the finest music in the western world." MusicWeb |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas BWV98, BWV188 & BWV23 Ruth Holton, Sytse Buwalda, Nico van der Meel, Kmut Schoch / Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] The Bach's Cantatas have secured their place in the canon of human creations of eternal value. In no other oeuvre one finds the expression of all universal human emotions, from utter grief to extatic joy, from turbulant drama to serene... |
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KOMITAS / HAMASYAN / HENRIKSEN / AARSET / BANG
Atmosphères Tigran Hamasyan, Arve Henriksen, Eivind Aarset, Jan Bang [ ECM / 2 CD - released 26/Aug/2016 ] This far-reaching double album, recorded and mixed in three days in Lugano, introduces a new group with Tigran Hamasyan, Arve Henriksen, Eivind Aarset and Jan Bang. The Norwegians had played in diverse configurations on ECM - Jan Bang on Eivind... |
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KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
Szymanowski: Symphonies Nos 1 & 4 / Concert Overture / Study in B-flat minor Jan Krzysztof Broja (piano) / Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra / Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] "A splendid addition to what is now an indispensable cycle." (MusicWeb June 2009) |
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LARSSON / ROMAN / ATTERBERG / ROSENBERG / ALFVEN / BLOMDAHL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: A Swedish Pastorale The Stockholm Sinfonietta, Jan-Olav Wedin, with Elemér Lavotha (Cello) Alf Nilsson (Oboe d'Amore) [ BIS / CD - released 2/Feb/1980 ] Recorded 1980-05-15/17 |
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HUGO WOLF
Wolf: Morike-Lieder Werner Gura (tenor) Jan Schultsz (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'Abord / CD - released 10/Aug/2013 ] Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine Oct 2005 "This is Lieder-singing of a very special order with a native German speaker's totally idiomatic way with the poetry. Sheer delight" |
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Robert Fripp / Andrew Keeling / David Singleton / Metropole Orkest / Jan Stulen
The Wine of Silence [ Panegyric / Discipline Global Mobile / CD - released 30/Apr/2012 ] A sublime and often moving collection of contemporary orchestral music. Orchestral Soundscapes composed by Robert Fripp, arranged by Andrew Keeling, performed by the Metropole Orkest. |
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PETR EBEN
Organ Music Vol 5 Halgier Schiager (organ) with Eirik Raude (percussion) and Jan Frederik Christiansen (trumpet) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Feb/2006 ] "Both the organ and the music on which it is played offer something a bit special. Anyone who has tried and enjoyed the other issues in this series will need little prompting to add this to their collection" (MUsicWeb June 2006) |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Stabat Mater Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor) / Capella Cracoviensis, Jan Tomasz Adamus [ Erato Classics / 2 CD/DVD - released 18/Mar/2022 ] Jakub Józef Orliński in this magnificent work by Vivaldi, one of the absolute essentials of countertenor repertoire accompanied by Capella Cracoviensis. |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Etudes Jan Lisiecki (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 3/Jun/2013 ] "Chopin's poetic essence, hidden beneath every thorny, relentlessly focused problem, emerges with an inimitable subtlety and elegance." (Gramophone Editor's Choice Oct 2013) |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Complete Nocturnes (2CD) Jan Lisiecki (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 18/Feb/2022 ] "As he showed in his two previous Chopin releases, the 26-year-old Lisiecki is a player of exceptional poise and refinement. Everything here conveys a sense of ease, the singing line always beautifully brought out in the right hand." BBC Music Five S |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Complete Nocturnes (2 LP) Jan Lisiecki (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 24/Feb/2023 ] For his latest Deutsche Grammophon album, Polish-Canadian pianist Jan Lisiecki has chosen to return to the music of Frédéric Chopin, featuring profoundly personal interpretations of some of the most beautiful and best-loved pieces ever written for... |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Works for Piano & Orchestra Jan Lisiecki (piano) / NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Krzysztof Urbański [ Deutche Grammophon / CD - released 20/Jul/2017 ] "Time and time again [Lisiecki's] bouyant rhythms, spontaneity and crisp articulation married to a touching introspection leaves some distinguished competition trailing" Gramophone |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Works for piano and orchestra Jan Lisiecki (piano) / Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Apr/2016 ] "a sense of exploration permeates all the performances here, too; the first-movement cadenza is particularly imaginative in that regard" (Gramophone) |