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Karol Mossakowski; Dana Ciocarlie; Marianne Piketty; Fanny Vincens; Jean-Etienne Sotty
Edith Canat de Chizy: Suono [ Signature / CD - released 9/Jun/2023 ] Suono, le son à l'origine de toute musique : comment le faire naître, comment le mouvoir, le conduire, le combiner avec d'autres sons? En bref, comment l'écrire pour mieux le découvrir? Ce sont autant de questions auxquelles chacune des sept pièces... |
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GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Clovis et Clotilde / Te Deum Katarina Jovanovic (soprano) / Philippe Do (tenor) / Mark Schnaible (bass) / Orchestre National de Lille / Jean-Claude Casadesus [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Jan/2011 ] "There are many moments to cherish, notably Clotilde's prayer, starting on an exquisitely delicate pianissimo." Gramophone Magazine, February 2011 |
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VIVALDI / MOZART / SCHUBERT / BACH / REINECKE / KUHLAU / etc
Flute Favourites Kazunori Seo, Petri Alanko, Béla Drahos, Patrick Gallois, Jean-Claude Gérard, Uwe Grodd, Wolfgang Schulz (flute) [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Feb/2019 ] From its origins as one of the oldest musical instruments known to man to the sophisticated mechanics and elegant design today, the flute has been highly significant for every culture and historical period. |
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ASSANDRA / CACCINI / LEONARDA / STROZZI
Il Canto delle Dame María Cristina Kiehr (soprano), Amandine Beyer, Alba Roca (violins), Sylvie Moquet (viole de gambe), Mara Galassi (harp) & Jean-Marc Aymes (harpsichor [ Ambronay Editions / CD - released 25/Aug/2010 ] The genesis of Concerto Soave is closely bound up with the music of 17th -century Italian composers. Thus the ensemble was the first, some 15 years ago, to devote a recording to the Sacri Musicali Affetti of Barbara Strozzi (for empreinte digitale).... |
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SIGISMUND NEUKOMM
Neukomm: Requiem à la mémoire de Louis XVI La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy, Jean-Claude Malgoire [ Alpha / CD - released 16/Jun/2017 ] In spite of the immense success he enjoyed in his lifetime, Sigismund Neukomm (born in Salzburg in 1778, died in Paris in 1858 at the age of eighty) is practically forgotten nowadays. Yet he left a catalogue of nearly two thousand works, including... |
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Lama Gyurme & Jean-Philippe Rykiel
Rain Of Blessings: Vajra Chants [ RealWorld Gold / CD - released 25/May/2012 ] Lama Gyurme is a Buddhist monk from the Kingdom of Bhutan in south Asia. Jean-Philippe Rykiel is a blind French pianist... |
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JOACHIM RAFF
Raff: Violin Sonatas (Complete), Vol. 1 - Nos. 1, 2 Laurence Kayaleh (violin), Jean-Fabien Schneider (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Aug/2019 ] "Throughout this disc Laurence Kayaleh and Jean-Fabien Schneider show great insight into each other's abilities, leading to a real partnership performance with both performers on top form." MusicWeb |
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Laurent Lefavre - bassoon; Gordan Nikoliltch - violin; Geneviave Strosser - viola; Jean-Marie Trotereau - cello
Devienne - Bassoon Quartets [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 22/Sep/2003 ] Laurent Lefèvre studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris with Maurice Allard and Gilbert Audin. |
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Le Balcon, Alphonse Cemin and Johan Leysen, Alphonse Cemin, Johan Leysen (soloist), Le Balcon, Alphonse Cemin, Johan Leysen and Jean-Claude Frissung
Pedro García-Velásquez: Words and music [ B Records / CD - released 26/May/2023 ] Pedro GarcIa-Velesquez tackles Samuel Beckett's radiophonic play and transports it into the virtual places which he so loves to explore with his music. In the castle of King Croak, the valets Words and Music rub shoulders with musician robots and the... |
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Mozart, Wo
Don Giovanni, Idomeneo, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Dantons Tod, Capriccio, Arabella, Lisa Della Casa, Anton Dermota, Werner Krenn, Otto Wiener, Jean Madeira, Wolfgang Windgassen, Murray Dickie, Anneliese R [ ORFEO / CD - released 30/Jan/2009 ] |
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BEETHOVEN / MOZART / CHABRIER / RAVEL / etc
Erich Kleiber, Jean Martinon - The Decca 78s London Philharmonic Orchestra, Erich Kleiber, Jean Martinon, with Eugenia Zareska (mezzo-soprano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 19/Jul/2019 ] '[Kleiber] sets a norm, from the outset, of genuine, much-felt happiness … immensely wide dynamic range.' Gramophone, December 1951 (Kleiber: Beethoven 'Pastoral') |
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HEROLD / BOIELDIEU / ADAM / OFFENBACH
French Opera Overtures (Including Zampa, Orpheus in the Underworld & La Belle Helene) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Jean Martinon [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 27/Jan/2006 ] 'Jean Martinon ... whips the orchestra into shape with the sheer energy of his conducting. All of these performances will set your pulse racing and toes tapping, from the élan of Hérold's Zampa to an absolutely wild account of the "can-can" finale to... |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos 1 & 9 / The Age opf Gold - ballet suite L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Walter Weller / London Symphony Orchestra, Jean Martinon (conductor) [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 12/Dec/2009 ] Venerated for their perky, piquant performances and the ripe, rich Decca sound, Walter Weller's thrilling readings of Shostakovich's Symphonies 1 and 9 have long been on the reissue request lists. Now, they appear on CD for the first time. |
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LULLY / CHARPENTIER
Moliere A L'Opera Luanda Siquera (soprano), Jean-Francois Lombard (tenor), Jerome Billy (tenor), Virgile Ancely (Bass) / Les Paladins, Jerome Correas (Conductor) [ Glossa / CD - released 7/Oct/2016 ] With 'Molière à l'opéra' Jérôme Correas and Les Paladins bring their much-admired combination of Baroque stylishness and varied vocal techniques to comédies-ballets composed by Jean-Baptiste Lully and Marc-Antoine Charpentier during the reign of... |
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GASPARE SPONTINI
Spontini: Fernando Cortez (La conquète du Mexique) (complete opera recorded in 2019) Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Dario Schmunck, Alexia Voulgaridou, Luca Lombardo, Gianluca Margheri / Jean-Luc Tingaud (cond) [ Dynamic DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/May/2020 ] Gaspare Spontini's rare opera 'Fernand Cortez' is now available on DYNAMIC. Recorded in October 2019 at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, this production is a WORLD PREMIERE VIDEO RECORDING of the first modern times performance |
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MENDELSSOHN
Flute Concerto in D minor / Flute Sonatas Marc Grauwels (Flute) / Wallonie Royal Chamber Orchestra / Jean-Francois Chamberlan (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Apr/2006 ] The present release includes transcriptions for flute by Marc Grauwels of early compositions by Felix Mendelssohn, a violin concerto and two sonatas for violin and piano, a new adaptation that is closer to the original version. |
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DOMENICO SCARLATTI
Mandolin Sonatas Mari Fé Pavón (baroque mandolin) with Manuel Muñoz (guitar) Jean-Christophe Leclère (harpsichord) / Artemandoline [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 10/Sep/2013 ] In Domenico Scarlatti's vast output of 555 keyboard sonatas, there are a small number of works that are especially interesting to musicologists because of characteristics such as figured bass, three- or four-movement structure, and distinctive... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Lamentations for Holy Week (Works by Carissimi, Frescobaldi, Marcorelli, Palestrina plus Toccatas by Rossi & Kapsberger) Maria Cristina Kiehr (soprano) / Concerto Soave / Jean-Marc Aymes [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 6/Jun/2007 ] "Kiehr has an angelic voice and she is superbly accompanied by the small period ensemble Concerto Soave…An inspirational disc." Classical CD of the Week, Sunday Times, 20 May 2007 |
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SIGISMONDO D'INDIA
Madrigali e Canzonette Maria Cristina Kiehr (soprano) / Concerto Soave, Jean-Marc Aymes [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 10/Feb/2014 ] "With the Concerto Soave under Jean-Marc Aymes, the Argentinian-born soprano Maria Cristina Kiehr proves herself a true mistress of the genre." Anthony Holden, The Observer, 2 March 2003 |
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MONTEVERDI
Pianto della Madonna Maria Cristina Kiehr (soprano) / Concerto Soave, Jean-Marc Aymes [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'Abord / CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] Concerto Soave, Jean-Marc Aymes |