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BOULEZ / DEBUSSY / MESSIAEN / RAVEL
Rare French Piano Music Ralph van Raat (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/May/2020 ] This album of French piano rarities features seldom-heard and recently discovered works by composers who had an influence on Pierre Boulez, as well as the premiere recording of Boulez's Prélude, Toccata et Scherzo. |
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TAN DUN
Tan Dun: Eight Memories in watercolor / C-A-G-E-(In Memory of John Cage) / Film Music Sonata / etc Ralph van Raat (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Jun/2022 ] |
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GAVIN BRYARS
Piano Concerto (The Solway Canal) / After Handel’s Vesper / Ramble on Cortona Ralph van Raat (piano) / Cappella Amsterdam / Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic / Otto Tausk [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Apr/2011 ] "It's in the nature of Bryars's solo piano music that it flows along in gently timeless way...it also severally challenges a performer's ability to keep the listener's attention suitably gripped. In After Handel's Vesper's and Ramble on Cortona,... |
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OLIVIER MESSIAEN / CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Ralph van Raat & Håkon Austbø play Messiaen & Debussy Ralph van Raat (piano I) & Håkon Austbø (piano II) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2012 ] "Their approach, characterised by fierce dynamic contrasts, jagged phrasing and explosive fortissimos, suits Messiaen's highly coloured extremes of rapture and religious awe..." |
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LABORDE / BERTON / TRIAL / GLUCK / GOSSEC / GRETRY:
Legros, haute-contre de Gluck Reinoud Van Mechelen (tenor), A Nocte Temporis [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 22/Sep/2023 ] "...He is at his best as the pastoral lover, when the luminous timbre of his high notes glows amid the flutes and reeds of A Nocte Temporis, the superb period-instrument band that he founded and expertly directs." BBC Music |
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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: Concert Arias Reinoud Van Mechelen, A Nocte Temporis [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 24/Jan/2025 ] Fresh from his triumphant onstage success in Paris, Berlin and Brussels singing leading roles in the operas of Rameau and Mozart, tenor Reinoud Van Mechelen presents his long-awaited first Mozart recording. Together with his ensemble A Nocte... |
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MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER
Charpentier: David & Jonathas Reinoud Van Mechelen; Caroline Arnaud; Gaétan Jarry; Marguerite Louise [ Château de Versailles Spectacles CD+DVD+BLU-RAY / 2 CD/DVD - released 9/Jun/2023 ] This is a baroque dream: a performance of the sacred drama David and Jonathas, a masterpiece by Charpentier and one of the miracles of French opera, in the Royal Chapel of Versailles! In 1688, the Louis-le-Grand Jesuit school performed this vibrant... |
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NICOLAS CLERAMBAULT
Clérambault: Cantates Françoises Reinoud Van Mechelen (tenor), A Nocte Temporis [ Alpha / CD - released 2/Feb/2018 ] After a Bach album, the tenor Reinoud Van Mechelen and his ensemble A Nocte Temporis present a programme of French music devoted to Nicolas Clérambault (1676-1749), a precociously gifted composer who published four volumes comprising a total of... |
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ORLANDO di LASSO
Renaissance of the Spirit Werthen / I Fiamminghi & Currende, Erick van Nevel [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2000 ] I Fiamminghi reflects on it's musical heritage in an evocative & beautiful concept recording that juxtaposes contemporary orchestral arrangements of the music of Flemish masters of the 15th & 16th centuries with exceptional a cappella choral singing... |
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BEN FOSKETT
Dinosaur Richard Uttley (piano) Mark van de Wiel (clarinet) Eric Lamb (flute) Jean-François Becquaert (soprano saxophone) Raphaële Kennedy (soprano), etc [ NMC / CD - released 16/Aug/2014 ] "The early Five Night Pieces, for piano, played by Richard Uttley, have a lucid modernist assurance, but Foskett's 2009 Prom commission, the orchestral From Trumpet, is something else again: big, monolithic, broodingly textured, with a rich internal |
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Ricky Van Shelton
Loving Proof / Wild Eyed Dream (Two Original Albums on One CD) [ T-Bird Americana / CD - released 25/Jul/2011 ] |
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SCHUBERT
The Song Collection [6 CD set] Robert Holl (bass-baritone) Ellen van Lier (soprano) David Lutz, Konrad Richter, Naum Grubert (piano [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 25/Feb/2015 ] Robert Holl is one of the foremost bass baritones of today. He has collaborated with the greatest conductors like Bernard Haitink, Eugen Jochum, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Claudio Abbado, and is equally active in opera as in Lieder. Particularly his... |
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Robert Kubica & Van Berkel
Sor:guitar Duets Vol.1/Etc. [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Feb/1996 ] |
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ALBAN BERG
Orchestral Works Robert Murray (tenor) Isabelle van Keulen (violin) Saga Danielsson (child soprano) Geraldine McGreevy (soprano); Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra [ Chandos / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] "Thanks to the lucid conducting of Mario Venzago, the magnificent and fearless playing of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, and a Chandos recording which combines clarity and enormous weight, this set represents an outstanding addition to the... |
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ALPHONS DIEPENBROCK
Diepenbrock: Complete Songs Roberta Alexander (soprano), Jard van Nes mezzo (soprano), Christa Pfeiler (mezzo soprano), Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Robert Holl (bass/baritone). [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 22/Jan/2021 ] An all-star vocal line-up draws every nuance from the lush harmonies and word-setting of this late-Romantic Dutch master: the first time that his complete songs have been released in a single set. |
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JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffman (The Tales of Hoffman) (complete opera) Roberto Alagna, Jose van Dam, Natalie Dessay, Sumi Jo / l'Opera National de Lyon, Kent Nagano [ Erato / Warner Classics The Opera Collection / 3 CD - released 25/Jul/2011 ] "With Nagano taking a light, airy view and using the most scholarly text available, this new version certainly has its place." (Gramophone) |
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GRIEG / ELGAR / DVORAK
Holberg Suite / Serenade for Strings / Serenade for Strings Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra / Conrad van Alphen [ Telarc Records / CD - released 21/Nov/2003 ] Blending the lushness of these Romantic compositions with the richness of the Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra's strings, Maestro van Alphen interprets the serenades with great fervor. |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Symphonies 94, 96, 97 (with Bruckner - Symphony No 7) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Eduard van Beinum [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 8/Jun/2008 ] |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
handel: Water Music Suites Nos. 1-3, HWV348-350 / Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV351 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum, Bernard Haitink [ Australian Philips Eloquence / CD - released 1/Sep/2011 ] These are unashamedly old-fashioned, but beautifully clear performances of these timeless masterpieces. They were recorded in the famed 'old' Concertgebouw and the sound of the winds especially - horn (track 3) and oboe (track 2) - is beautifully... |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Trois Nocturnes / La Mer / Images for Orchestra Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Women's Voices of the Collegium Musicum, Eduard van Beinum [ Australian Decca SBS Eloquence / CD - released 14/Jul/2014 ] Beinum was born in Arnhem, Netherlands, where he received his first violin and piano lessons at an early age. He joined the Arnhem Orchestra as a violinist in 1918. His grandfather was conductor of a military band. His father played the double bass... |