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PAUL HINDEMITH
Hindemith: Sonatas Alexander Melnikov (piano) with Isabelle Faust (violin) Jeroen Berwaerts (trumpet) Teunis van der Zwart (althorn), etc [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Dec/2014 ] 'The patron saint of neglected instruments, Hindemith composed more than 30 sonatas for very diverse resources … The Hindemith anniversary of 2013 opened the gates to a welcome flood of excellent recordings, and this new release stands high among the |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
A Life Of Tango Alfredo Marcucci (bandoneón), Michel van der Meire (bass), Juan Masondo (guitar & voice) [ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 8/Nov/2004 ] |
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Alice Foccroulle, Reinoud Van Mechelen, Lambert Colson
Teatro Spirituale [ Ricercar / CD - released 22/Mar/2019 ] This recording transports us to Rome's Chiesa Nuova, the Oratory Church where in 1600 the premiere took place of the first spiritual opera, La Rappresentatione di Anima e di Corpo by Cavalieri. That pioneering spirit has inspired this programme... |
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ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK
Humperdinck: Music for the Stage Andrea Chudak, Ruxandra Voda van der Plas, Harrie van der Plas, Malmö Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Dario Salvi [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Nov/2020 ] Engelbert Humperdinck won a worldwide reputation through his application of Wagnerian techniques to folk music in Hänsel und Gretel. But he wrote far more widely for the stage than is acknowledged. |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT / FRANZ BERWALD
Schubert & Berwald: Chamber Music Anima Eterna Brugge, Jos van Immerseel [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 12/Apr/2019 ] Jos van Immerseel: "While since its foundation in 1987 Anima Eterna Brugge has grown organically into a symphonic orchestra, chamber music once again forms an important part of our repertory today. We will continue our journey through orchestral... |
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JANACEK / DVORAK
Jos van Immerseel conducts Dvorak & Janacek Anima Eterna Brugge, Jos van Immerseel [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 18/Sep/2015 ] Jos Van Immerseel is celebrating his 70th birthday with three important releases...These anthologies will once again demonstrate everything the pianofortist brings to the interpretation of the symphonic and chamber repertoires. |
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DEBUSSY
Mer, Images & Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune Anima Eterna Brugge, Jos van Immerseel [ Zig Zag Territories / CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] After discs devoted to Ravel and Poulenc (ZZT060901 & ZZT110403 - critical and popular successes, the latter measured in sales), Jos van Immerseel returns to French music, tackling Debussy and his most famous orchestral works. This he does... |
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MUSSORGSKY
Pictures at an Exhibition (with Ravel - Ma Mere L'Oye) Anima Eterna Brugge, Jos Van Immerseel [ Zig-Zag Territories / CD - released 10/Feb/2015 ] "It's very interesting but not entirely successful. As always with Immerseel and his band, attention to detail is faultless, and it's good to hear more portamento in their phrasing than we're used to." (Guardian) |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Concertos Anima Eterna, Jos van Immerseel [ Alpha Classics / 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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RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade op 35 / Russian Festival Easter Overture (with Borodin - Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor, etc) Anima Eterna / Jos van Immerseel [ Zig Zag Territories / CD - released 20/Jul/2009 ] "The recording is crystal clear and has some great dynamics, especially on the percussion and heavy brass. Anima Eterna is probably the most interesting and significant orchestra recording at the moment." (Amazon.co.uk) |
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BERLIOZ
Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 Anima Eterna / Jos van Immerseel [ Zig Zag Territories / CD - released 20/Mar/2010 ] Gramophone Magazine Recording of the Month - May 2010 - "...it is the sheer raw clarity of every line and colour in these Flemish players' performance, and its effect on the rhythms, that strikes you, especially in their revelatory account of the... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Symphonies / Concertos / Sonatas Midori C. Seiler (vio) Jos van Immerseel (piano) Ulrich Hübner (hn) Frank Theuns (fl) Marjan de Haern (hp) / Anima Eterna Brugge, Jos van Immerseel [ Zig-Zag Territoires / 6 CD Box Set - released 22/Apr/2013 ] This economically priced box set of six CDs brings together all the previous releases on ZZT of Mozart works performed by Jos van Immerseel: Symphonies nos.29, 39, 40 & 41, the Bassoon Concerto, Violin Concertos nos.2 and 3, the Concerto for two... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Flute Concertos Anna Besson; Reinoud Van Mechelen; A Nocte Temporis; Clara Izambert [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 22/Aug/2025 ] In 1777, Mozart met the wealthy Ferdinand Dejean, an amateur flautist and retired surgeon of the Dutch East India Company. Dejean commissioned a handful of works from the young composer, who termed them 'some simple, short little concertinos'.... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Requiem / Coronation Mass (rec 1975) Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Agnes Baltsa, Werner Krenn, JosAC van Dam / Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon Karajan Master Recordings / CD - released 26/Jan/2008 ] The French review magazine Diapason wrote of this Coronation Mass: "The choral and orchestral forces are very effective, the soloists prestigious and the conductor's interpretation spectacular and very lyrical", and of the Requiem: "The tempos are... |
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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART / WIM HENDERICKX
Flow Annelien Van Wauwe (clarinet) / NDR Radiophilharmonie, Andrew Manze [ Pentatone / CD - released 20/May/2022 ] On her second PENTATONE album FLOW, Annelien Van Wauwe presents a programme inspired by her love for yoga, combining Mozart's famous Clarinet Concerto with the world premiere recording of Wim Henderickx's concerto SUTRA. Van Wauwe performs both... |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Wunderkind Felix Ars Musica; Patrick van der Linden; Nanette Mans [ Channel Classics / CD - released 4/Oct/2024 ] Robert Schumann called Mendelssohn the Mozart of the 19th century given his mastery of both the keyboard and composition at such an early age. |
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The Art Van Damme Quintet
Cocktail Capers / More Cocktail Capers [ Jasmine / CD - released 8/Jan/2021 ] Once described as 'The hippest cat ever to swing an accordion', ART VAN DAMME achieved the near impossible by getting the Jazz firmament to accept the accordion as a serious musical instrument. Having got his recording career under way in the... |
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JOHANN LADISLAUS DUSSEK
Dussek: Complete Piano Sonatas, Volume 1 Op.10 & Op.31/2 Bart van Oort (fortepiano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 23/Mar/2018 ] The start of an exciting new project: the recording of the complete piano sonatas by Dussek! Johann Ladislaus Dussek (1760‐1812) was born in rural Bohemia. He led a restless life, travelling Europe as a keyboard virtuoso and settling in several... |
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CHOPIN / FIELD / CLARA SCHUMANN / WEBER / LISZT
Chopin his contemporaries and his instruments Bart van Oort (Broadwood 1823, Erard 1837) Costantino Mastroprimiano (Graf, 1826) Cor de Groot (Playel, 1847) Jan Vermeulen (Trondlin, 1828) [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 20/Mar/2012 ] |
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W.A. MOZART
Complete Keyboard Works [14 CDs plus CD Rom] Bart van Oort (fortepiano) [ Brilliant Classics / 14 CD Box Set - released 12/Dec/2011 ] Brilliant Classics proudly present this major production. It remarkably includes no less than 8 first recordings. Performing fortepianist Bart van Oort, also being a musicologist unearthed for instance Mozart's own arrangement for keyboard of his... |