Robert Kubica & Van Berkel
Sor:guitar Duets Vol.1/Etc. [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Feb/1996 ] |
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... |
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. |
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) |
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 Home of Opera / 3 CD - released 20/May/2016 ] "Kent Nagano uses Kaye's complete edition preserving the recitatives. He balances this by taking quite a brisk view of the tempi and the pacing of the piece." MusicWeb |
PUCCINI / VERDI / MASSENET / BIZET / BERLIOZ / DONIZETTI / etc
L'enchanteur Roberto Alagna (tenor) with Natalie Dessay, Angela Gheorghiu, Inva Mula, Jose van Dam & others [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2016 ] Roberto Alagna is the kind of 'opera singer' who can sing for all with such infectious pleasure that all we can do is sit back and enjoy. And so happy are we to listen to him that there's only one thing we feel we should say to him: thank you. |
VIVALDI
Concertos pour Violoncelle (for cello) Roel Dieltiens (cello) / Richte van der Meer (cello) / Ensemble Explorations / Roel Dieltiens [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 22/Sep/2007 ] "An excellent soloist, a creative band playing one-to-a-part and a beautifully rounded recorded sound. This is an exceptional release." Early Music Review |
GRIEG / DVORAK / ELGAR
Holberg Suite / Serenade for Strings Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra / Conrad van Alphen [ Telarc SACD / SACD - 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. - On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in stereo and... |
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. |
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 ] |
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... |
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... |
SIMEON TEN HOLT
Ten Holt: Multiple Piano Works Irene Russo (piano), Fred Oldenburg (piano) / Sandra and Jeroen van Veen Piano Ensemble [ Brilliant Classics / 11 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2008 ] |
JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
Rameau: Achante et Céphise (complete) Sabine Devieilhe, Cyrille Dubois, David Witczak, Judith Van Wanroij /Les Chantres du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles, Alexis Kossenko [ Erato / Warner Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 5/Nov/2021 ] "...this is an invigorating and joyous revival of a musically rich opera." BBC Music Christmas 2021 Opera Choice |
CARL NIELSEN
Nielsen: Flute Concerto, Clarinet Concerto, Aladdin Suite Samuel Coles (flute), Mark van de Wiel (clarinet), Paavo Jarvi [ Signum / CD - released 3/Mar/2017 ] "a true virtuoso with a vibrant tone… What makes this recording outstanding, however, is his obvious rapport with the rest of the orchestra and conductor Paavo Jarvi and the clarity of the sound" MusicWeb International, May 2017 |
PERGOLÉSE / VIVALDI
Pergolèse & Vivaldi: Stabat Mater pour deux castrats Samuel Mariño (countertenor), Filippo Mineccia (countertenor) / Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal; Marie van Rhijn [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / CD - released 12/Mar/2021 ] Two countertenors for Pergolesi's Stabat Mater: this is the resurrection of the first performance in France of this work, introduced by two Italian Castratos from the Royal Chapel of Louis XV, who were enthusiastic propagators of it both at Court... |
KALEVI AHO
Aho: Solo Samuli Peltonen (cello), Hiyoli Togawa (viola), Piet Van Bockstal (oboe), Simon Reitmaier (clarinet), Bram van Sambeek (bassoon), Marie Luise Neunecke [ BIS SACD / SACD - released 2/Jul/2021 ] Seven instrumental solos by the Finnish symphonist |
ERIK SATIE
Complete works for piano four-hands Sandra & Jeroen van Veen (piano four-hands) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2009 ] Piano Duo Sandra & Jeroen were established in 1987, and since then have toured extensively. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah (complete oratorio) Scholars Baroque, David van Asch [ Naxos / 2 CD Box Set ] Handel's Messiah, first performed 250 years ago, is undoubtedly one of the great musical masterpieces of all time. Composed in only 24 days, it is the work of a genius which holds an extraordinary place both among the composer's works and in the... |
BRAHMS / REGER
Clarinet Quintets Sharon Kam (clarinet), Isabelle van Keulen, Ulrike-Anima Mathé, Volker Jacobsen & Gustav Rivinius [ Berlin Classics / CD - released 10/Dec/2015 ] Sharon Kam recorded Mozart's Quintet in 2011 as a pendant to his Concerto with her colleagues Isabelle van Keulen, Ulrike]Anima Mathe, Volker Jacobsen and Gustav Rivinius ("a brilliantly successful disc of this very desirable coupling, very well... |