DVORAK / GRIEG / BRAHMS
Dvorak / Grieg / Brahms: Music for Piano, Four hands Claire Chevallier, Jos Van Immerseel (piano Bechstein 1870) [ Alpha / CD - released 1/Apr/2017 ] Jos van Immerseel and Claire Chevallier have enjoyed a close collaboration for many years now. Like Jos van Immerseel, Claire Chevallier loves period pianos; like him, she is a researcher and possesses her own collection of keyboard... |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 5, 7, 8 & 9 Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, Eduard van Beinum [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 4 CD Box Set - released 10/Jan/2014 ] Eduard van Beinum's performances of Bruckner were extraordinary in a most inconspicuous way. He never took liberties with the score, did not like to exaggerate, was spontaneous, and always strove to achieve the crucial transitions in Bruckner's work... |
KALEVI AHO
Aho: Double and Triple Concertos Dimitri Mestdag, Anneleen Lenaerts (harp), Storioni Trio (Wouter Vossen, violin), Marc Vossen (cello), Bart van de Roer (piano), Antwerp Symphony Orch [ BIS / CD - released 3/Dec/2021 ] Two recent and unusual concertos from the prolific Finnish composer. |
MOZART / RAVEL / CHOPIN / BACH / BRAHMS / SCHUBERT / etc
Dinu Lipatti: Icon Dinu Lipatti (piano) with Otto Ackermann, Ernest Ansermet, Eduard van Beinum, and others [ EMI Icon / 7 CD - released 2/Jun/2008 ] "Doubtless collectors will have the majority of these performances on various labels, and will have filled in rarities such as appeared on such as Jecklin. But I commend the balance between known and rare in this extensive collection." (MusicWeb... |
DOMENICO CIMAROSA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cimarosa: Requiem Elly Ameling, Birgit Finnila, Richard van Vrooman, Kurt Widmer / Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne / [ Philips / CD - released 1/Aug/1969 ] Domenico Cimarosa's abilities as an operatic composer are evident in his large-scale Requiem in which the soloists and chorus range from the mournful supplication of the opening movements, through vivid evocations of the 'day of wrath'. |
DIEPENBROCK / ANDRIESSEN / VERMEULEN / PIJPER / BOSMANS / BADINGS / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Songs by Dutch Composers Elly Ameling, Jard van Nes, Roberta Alexander, with Dalton Baldwin (piano) Albert de Klerk (organ) Gerard van Blerk (piano), Hein Meens (tenor), etc [ Globe / CD - released 21/Mar/1993 ] Recorded between December 1980 and April 1981 |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Concert Arias Francine van der Heyden, Miranda van Kralingen, Annemarie Kremer, Marcel Reijans, Ezio Maria Tisi, and others / various orchestras [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 10/Aug/2007 ] This set contains all concert arias on 6 CD's recorded by several singers including the famous Dutch soprano Miranda van Kralingen. |
CZERNY / DEBUSSY / HELLER / GLASS / CAGE / BORTKIEWICZ / RACHMANINOV / etc
Virtuoso Piano Etudes Fred Oldenburg, Alessandro Marangoni, Jan Vermeulen (piano), Zlata Chochieva, Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy, Peter Frankl, Jeroen van Veen (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 22 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2019 ] This monumental set dedicated to the Virtuoso Piano Étude offers a rewarding opportunity to witness two centuries in the evolution of masterpieces for the study of the piano. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (complete opera with libretto) Piero Cappuccilli, Mirella Freni, José van Dam, Nicolai Ghiaurov / La Scala Chorus & Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Jul/2016 ] "one of the most beautiful Verdi sets ever made. The playing of the orchestra is brilliantly incisive as well as refined, so that the drama is underlined by extra sharpness of focus..with electrifying choral singing as well." (Penguin Guide) |
TARTINI
The Devil's Trill & Violin Concertos D12, D51, D80, D115 Gordan Nikolitch (violin) Orchestre d'Auvergne Arie Van Beek / David Oistrakh (violin) & with Lev Oborin (piano) [ Alto / CD - released 25/Mar/2015 ] ...Nikolitch is a sensitive player, constantly aware of the underlying poetry in Tartini's music... |
Greta Van Fleet
Anthem Of The Peaceful Army [ Republic / CD - released 19/Oct/2018 ] Anthem of the Peaceful Army follows the two 2017 EPs, Black Smoke Rising and From the Fires by these young Michigan rockers. Collectively written by all four band members - Jake Kiszka/guitars, Sam Kiszka/bass & keys, Josh Kiszka/vocals, and Danny... |
Greta Van Fleet
The Battle At Gardens Gate [ Universal / CD - released 23/Apr/2021 ] GRETA VAN FLEET is hurtling into the future with its second album, The Battle at Garden's Gate. A bold evolution from the band's 2018 full-length debut Anthem of the Peaceful Army, The Battle At Garden's Gate came together primarily on the road or... |
Greta Van Fleet
Starcatcher (LP) [ Republic / LP - released 21/Jul/2023 ] Grammy-winning rock band Greta Van Fleet's much anticipated third studio album. The album is written and recorded by the band-lead singer Josh Kizska, guitarist Jake Kizska, bassist/keyboardist Sam Kizska and drummer Danny Wagner-alongside... |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Gotterdammerung (complete opera recorded 2018) Gun-Brit Barkmin, Daniel Brenna, Eric Halfvarson, Shenyang, Amanda Majeski, Peter Kálmán / Hong Kong Philharmonic Chorus & Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden [ Naxos / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2018 ] This is the third and penultimate release in the acclaimed cycle of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen with the Hong Kong Philharmonic conducted by Jaap van Zweden. Of the star cast for Siegfried, Matthias Goerne has been singled out for particular... |
LASSUS / PALESTRINA / ASHEWELL
La Quinta Essentia Huelgas Ensemble / Paul Van Nevel (conductor) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/Jan/2014 ] "Huelgas Ensemble here produce a really amazing range of sounds, full and rich and yet wonderfully translucent. There can be few better ways to introduce oneself to the music of Thomas Ashewell. Paul van Nevel and his singers mine his expressive... |
COSTANZO FESTA
La Spagna: 32 Variations sur 'La Spagna' Huelgas-Ensemble / Paul Van Nevel (conductor) [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 1/Feb/2015 ] "a remarkable testament to the man's [Festa's] intellectual and imaginative powers." Early Music Review, February 2015 |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schumann: Der Rose Pilgerfahrt Op112 Inga Nielesn (sop) Deon van der Walt (tenor) Annemarie Moller (mezzo) / Danish National Radio Symphony & Choir, Gustav Kuhn [ Chandos / CD - released 30/Sep/2007 ] "The chorus and orchestra are first rate and the recording sponsored by Danish Radio, is full-bodied and atmospheric. A valuable rarity." (Penguin Stereo Guide) |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Canatas / Magnificat BWV243 Jennifer Smith, Anthony Rolf-Johnson, Jose van Dam / Ensemble vocal de Lausanne, Michel Corboz / Scottish Philharmonic Singers, Raymond Leppard [ Erato Collection / CD - released 14/Nov/1995 ] Original recordings from 1979 & 1984 |
MAX RICHTER
Richter: Solo Piano Music Jeroen van Veen (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Jan/2017 ] Having made a gradual switch during the 15 years since his first album was published from electronica to instrumental variations on ambient and minimalism, Max Richter is among the most commercially successful composers of our time. This album of his... |
SIMEON TEN HOLT
Incantatie IV: for three pianos Jeroen van Veen (piano), Sandra van Veen (piano) & Tamara Rumiantsev (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Nov/2014 ] According to pianist Jeroen van Veen performing this work is like "looking at the sea: all the time there are changes in colour, radiance, and momentum, never an exact repetition". |