C.P.E. BACH
The C.P. E. BACH Collection Konrad Hunteler (flute) Anner Bylsma (cello) Bob van Asperen (harpsichord) / Amsterdam Baroque, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, etc [ Warner Classics / 13 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2014 ] "this is a superb box set and a great boost to anyone's music collection, C.P.E. Bach or otherwise. It's stuffed with refreshingly vibrant performances and recordings, and is a joy to dip into or even to dive in and wade through in unseemly haste." ( |
Kooij/Van Doeselaar
Schubert:water Songs [ Bis / CD - released 4/Dec/2000 ] |
Kronos Quartet with Michael Collins (Clarinet) Christopher van Kampen (cello) John Constable (piano)
Gorecki, Henryk - Lerchenmusik (Chamber Music) [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 3/May/1991 ] "Lerchenmusik, completed in 1986, is the longest of the two compositions on this superlatively well performed and recorded disc." (Gramophone) |
ROLF WALLIN
Act Kroumata Percussion Ensemble / Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / John Axelrod / Jukka-Pekka Saraste / Jaap van Zweden [ Ondine / CD - released 14/Dec/2007 ] "Act" is the première recording on Ondine of Norvegian composer Rolf Wallin - one of Scandinavia's leading composers and a figure of increasingly international renown who celebrates his 50th birthday in 2007. Three of his works are featured in world... |
ATTILIO ARIOSTI
Ariosti: 6 Cantatas (with Trio Sonatas by Locatelli & Vivaldi) Laurie Reviol, soprano / Truike van der Poel, contralto / Musica Solara [ Naxos / CD - released 19/Sep/2005 ] "Excellent performances of six cantatas which make one understand why Ariosti was a successful opera composer" (MusicWeb Nov 2006) |
Laurin/Akatsu/Orch Van Wassena
Entertainments For A Small Flu [ Bis / CD ] |
MENDELSSOHN
Organ Works: Mendelssohn in London Leo van Doeselaar (Thomas Hill Organ, St. Pieterskerk Leiden) [ MDG SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 16/Aug/2014 ] When Mendelssohn first played the organ in England, he surprised his public with his virtuosity, which was completely unknown to the British on this instrument. His pedal playing was particularly impressive, and as a consequence England's extremely... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Requiem Leontyne Price, Dame Janet Baker, Veriano Luchetti, Jose van Dam / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 1/May/2011 ] "Solti's 1977 Chicago version, with an unusually sensitive and pure-toned quartet of soloists, and with superb choral singing and orchestral playing, has all the ingredients for success." (Penguin Guide) |
Les Agremens/Guy Van Waas
Gretry: Cephale & Procris [ Ricercar / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2010 ] |
Les Agremens/Van Waas
Gossec/Gretry/Pieltain [ Ricercar / CD - released 1/May/2011 ] |
Les Agremens/Van Waas
Haydn/Lebrun: Symphonies & Con [ Ricercar / CD - released 18/Apr/2011 ] |
JOHANN ADOLPH HASSE / NICOLA PORPORA
Salve Regina. Motets by Hasse and Porpora Les Muffatti, Clint van der Linde [ Ramée / CD - released 25/Mar/2022 ] Naples was in the mid-18th century the third largest European city and one of the greatest centres of political, commercial and cultural influence. The conservatoires there were founded by religious orders and were originally intended as charitable... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 / A Midsummer Night's Dream London Philharmonic Orchestra, Concertgebouworkest, Eduard van Beinum [ Australian Decca SBS Eloquence / CD - released 20/Jun/2018 ] Classic 1950s accounts of Mendelssohn the teenage genius, the masterly orchestral tone-painter and the deft theatre composer, recorded by Decca and now reissued in new remasterings. With three of Mendelssohn's most popular orchestral works, Eloquence... |
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Bernstein: Wonderful Town (complete musical) L'Opera de Toulon / Jasmine Roy, Rafaëlle Cohen, Dalia Constantin, Lauren Van Kempen / Larry Blank [ BelAir Clasiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 30/Jan/2019 ] For the first time on DVD & Blu-ray in scenic version, and to celebrate Leonard Bernstein's centennial, the delightful Wonderful Town filmed during its French premiere at the Opéra de Toulon!With a keen sensitivity to the demands and specificities of... |
TELEMANN
Three (3) Orchestral Suites L'orfeo Barockorchester / Carin van Heerden (conductor) [ CPO / CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] The orchestral suites on this enchanting new disc of Telemann are beautiful works, considered by some as the most difficult pieces Telemann wrote for recorder and oboe. The music fascinates from the first to the last note with its originality and... |
W.A MOZART
Mozart: Double concerti K. 365, K. 505 & K. Anh. 56/315f Louis Lortie (piano), Vladyslava Luchenko (violin), Iris van Wijnen (mezzo) / Sinfonie Orchester Biel Solothurn, Kaspar Zehnder (cond) [ Fuga Libera / CD - released 13/Nov/2020 ] The Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel and the Orchestre Symphonique Bienne Soleure have worked together for several years on producing concerts founded on the concept of apprenticeship, offering renowned artists and promising young musicians the... |
FERDINANDO PAER
Leonora Ursula Koszut, Siegfried Jerusalem, Edita Gruberová, Norbert Orth, John van Kesteren / Bayerisches Symphonieorchester, Peter Maag [ Australian Decca Eloquence / 2 CD Box Set - released 28/Nov/2014 ] "Maag directs a piece for which he has an obvious affection with a care for both its lyrical and histrionic possibilities" (Gramophone) |
Lucy Van Dael
Bach:sonatas/Partitas Sol.Vln1 [ Naxos / CD ] |
Lucy Van Dael
Bach:sonatas/Partitas Sol.Vln2 [ Naxos / CD ] |
J. S. BACH
Violin Sonatas Vol 1 Lucy van Dael (violin) Bob van Asperen (harpsichord) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2005 ] "there is a musicianship that allows the music to emerge unscathed by performance inconsistencies." - The Strad (David Denton) February 2001 |