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REYNALDO HAHN
Reynaldo Hahn: L'île du rêve Hervé Niquet, Hélène Guilmette, Artavazd Sargsyan, Cyrille Dubois, Münchner Runddfunkorchester, Ludivine Gombert, Thomas Dolié, Chœur du Concert Spiri [ Bru Zane / CD/Book - released 23/Oct/2020 ] "To have written that, you must be a poet", Massenet told Reynaldo Hahn when he read through the score of L Île du rêve. Composed when the young man was not yet eighteen years old, this curtain-raiser already had the qualities of the great works of... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Bartók, Ravel, Kurtág, Coulais Hélène Collerette (violin), Cyril Dupuy & Ludovit Kovac (cymbalums) [ Signature / CD - released 12/Mar/2021 ] "Romanian folk dances" (1915) a suite of six short works for piano composed by Béla Bartók, is performed here in an arrangement for violin and cimbalom. Bartók wrote his Solo violin sonata (a commission from Yehudi Menuhin) in 1944: The folklore... |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 Helene Grimaud (piano) / Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Wiener Philharmoniker, Andris Nelsons [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 18/Oct/2013 ] A unique, multi-faceted artist who continues to push creative boundaries, Helene Grimaud is one of few pianists to conquer the monumental dimensions of the epic Op.83. Recorded under studio conditions in Vienna's legendary Musikverein, the 2nd... |
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SCHUMANN / BRAHMS
For Clara: Works by Schumann & Brahms Hélène Grimaud (piano), Konstantin Krimmel (baritone) [ Deutsche Gramophone / CD - released 1/Apr/2018 ] Inspired by the Romantic storyteller E. T. A. Hoffmann's eccentric alter ego, Robert Schumann's Kreisleriana is a work Hélène Grimaud has known since she was a teenager and has recorded once before - yet, as she says, "you can spend a lifetime with a... |
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J.S. BACH
Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin Vol.1 Helene Schmitt (violin) [ Alpha / CD - released 26/Mar/2006 ] This recording is the first volume devoted to Bach's Sonatas and Partitas for unaccompanied violin, performed by Hélène Schmitt |
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J.S. BACH
Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin Vol.2 Helene Schmitt (violin) [ Alpha / CD - released 26/Mar/2006 ] "Schmitt allows the music to speak in a natural way, and the result is beautiful." (Gramophone) |
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SCHMELZER
Violin Sonatas Helene Schmitt (violin) Jan Krigovsky (violone) Stephan Rath (theorbo) & Jorg-Andreas Botticher (claviorganum) [ Alpha / CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] After her acclaimed version of Bach's Sonatas and Partitas, Hélène Schmitt devotes a new recording to unpublished Sonatas by Schmelzer (ca 1620-1680), recently discovered in the archives of the British Library. These Sonatas will no doubt confirm the... |
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AMBROISE THOMAS
Thomas: Psyché Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra; Hungarian National Choir; György Vashegyi; Hélène Guilmette; Antoinette Dennefeld; Tassis Christoyannis [ Bru Zane / 2 CD - released 31/Oct/2025 ] Premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 26 January 1857, Ambroise Thomas's Psyché tells the story of the ill-starred love between Eros and Psyche, who are manipulated by the cynical Mercury and envied by Daphne and Berenice, the heroine's own... |
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POULENC / FAURE / DEBUSSY
Impressions Francaises: sonatas and other works for flute Juliette Hurel (flute) / Christine Icart (harp) / Arnaud Thorette (viola) / Helene Couvert (piano) / Florence Darel (reciter) [ Zig Zag Territoires / CD - released 1/Sep/2011 ] 'Juliette Hurel performs them with technical assurance and a fine sense of style, in which sparing use of vibrato is only one of the positive elements.' Gramophone |
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BORIS / BOULANGER / DE GRANDVAL / HOLMES
Compositrices à l'aube du XXe siècle Juliette Hurel (flute), Hélène Couvert (piano) [ Alpha / CD - released 24/Jan/2020 ] Juliette Hurel and Hélène Couvert, who have long enjoyed a close rapport on the concert platform and on disc, here celebrate five French women composers at the turn of the twentieth century. Countess Clémence de Grandval was the composer of some... |
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HAYDN
Haydn: Flute Sonatas Juliette Hurel, Hélène Couvert [ Alpha / CD - released 23/Jun/2017 ] From the Alpha Collection III of reissues restoring to the limelight some of the gems of early music repertory in their catalogue of labels. The discs in this series allow listeners to renew acquaintance with treasures of the Renaissance and Baroque,... |
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FAURE
Le Jardin Clos / La Chanson d'Eve / etc Karine Deshayes (mezzo) Helene Lucas (piano) [ Zig Zag Territoires / CD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] "A little more than ten years ago I discovered the late works of Gabriel Fauré, and particularly the sumptuous cycle La Chanson d'Ève. A decade later, I still traverse with the same pleasure the intensely expressive luxuriance of these songs and... |
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RACHMANINOV
The best of Rachmaninov (2 CD set) Klara Wurtz (piano) Helene Grimaud (piano) Nikolai Lugansky (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 15/Sep/2007 ] This is a selection from the repertoire of one of the most romantic composers ever. His second pianoconcerto is probably his best-known work. Being a pianist himself Rachmaninoff knew very well how to write virtuoso music for this instrument. |
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Lindquist, Hélène / Vogler, Philipp
Berg, Alban - BERG Alban, Songs from the Youth [ Col Legno / CD - released 18/Sep/2017 ] |
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MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Piano Duets: Bolero, Introduction & Allegro, Ma Mere l'Oye, La Valse etc Louis Lortie, Helene Mercier (pianos) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Jan/2002 ] A Penguin Stereo Guide Rosette recording |
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FRANCIS POULENC
Poulenc: Piano Concertos, Aubade, and other works Louis Lortie & Hélène Mercier (piano) / BBC Philharmonic, Edward Gardner [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 16/Oct/2015 ] The French-Canadian pianists draw a persuasive portrait of the melancholic Parisian that Poulenc was: playful and depressed, like his tutor, Erik Satie. |
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RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninoff: Piano Duets Louis Lortie (piano), Hélène Mercier (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Nov/2015 ] After more than twenty years since their last recording of piano duets on Chandos, Louis Lortie and Hélène Mercier here come together again to perform works by Rachmaninoff. The Symphonic Dances was the last work to which Rachmaninoff gave an opus... |
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia Antartica / Four Last Songs / Concerto for Two Pianos & Orchestra Mari Eriksmoen (soprano), Louis Lortie, Hélène Mercier (pianos), Roderick Williams (baritone) Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 2/Feb/2018 ] "This would be my present first choice ... The Bergen players are especially effective, the huge orchestration never cluttered or opaque in SACD spaciousness ..." BBC Music magazine - Christmas 2017 |
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NOTE BY NOTE
Note by Note - The Making of the Steinway Pierre-Laurent Aimard / Harry Connick Jr. / Helene Grimaud / Hank Jones / Lang Lang [ BBC / DVD - released 10/Sep/2008 ] G - A feature-length independent documentary that follows the creation of a Steinway concert grand, #L1037 - from forest floor to concert hall. |
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SCHILLER
Opus Schiller with Lang Lang (piano) Helene Grimaud (piano) Albrecht Mayer (oboe) Anna Netrebko (soprano) [ Deutsche Grammophon Panorama / CD - released 20/Mar/2014 ] Multi-award winning electronica artist Christopher van Deylen, aka "Schiller", has sold over 2 million albums worldwide and releases his first classical-inspired album "Opus" on Deutsche Grammophon's new Panorama label. With his new album "Opus",... |