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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Temple of Chastity: 13th Century Spanish music from Codex Las Huelgas-Volume 1 Mille Fleurs with Jan Walters (harp) [ Signum / CD - released 1/Dec/2007 ] "the performances are the epitome of sophisticated smoothness.... The recording impresses by its freshness and vigour, and by the excitement the singers clearly find in this fascinating repertoire" Ivan Moody, Gramophone |
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Miroslav Vitous / Jan Garbarek / Chick Corea / John McLaughlin / Jack DeJohnette
Universal Syncopations [ ECM Records / CD - released 11/Nov/2003 ] Infinite surge! Miroslav Vitous, the great bassist and Weather Report founding member, with an extraordinary cast of old friends, musicians who have changed the course of jazz, in an exciting album that is at once timeless and contemporary. |
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Miroslav Vitous/Jan Garbarek
Atmos [ ECM Touchstones / CD - released 18/Jan/2019 ] "Jan Garbarek is my favorite sax player," Miroslav Vitous has said. "We have an incredible musical rapport and you can hear it. He understands my Slavic melodies and what I use for atmosphere because he's European and his father was Polish, which is... |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Feen [The Fairies] (Complete opera recoded in 1983) Kurt Moll, Linda Esther Gray, Jan-Hendrick Rootering, Cheryl Studer / Bayerischen Rundfunks Symphonieorchester, Wolfgang Sawallisch [ ORFEO / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/1984 ] Recorded: July 1983 Recording Venue: Munich, Germany |
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VERDI / BOITO
Falstaff (complete opera recorded in 2006 in a new version by Tony Britten) Music Theatre London / Ian Jervis / Jan Hartley / Julia Forsyth / Simon Butteriss / Rosamund Shelley [ Signum Vision / DVD - released 1/Aug/2008 ] G; - "The DVD was recorded on location in and around a real golf club and the club acts as the setting for most of the scenes barring a few in the Fords' home." (MusicWeb Oct 2008) |
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ARCANGELO CORELLI
Corelli: Concerti Grossi Op 6 [Includes 'Christmas Concerto'] Musica Amphion, Pieter-Jan Belder [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2012 ] Drawn from Brilliant Classics' criticallyacclaimed edition of Corelli's complete works, there is much for listeners to discover and enjoy in these recordings, which feature outstanding readings by a leading period-instrument ensemble, Musica Amphion,... |
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GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Telemann: Tafelmusik (complete) (Rec 2003) Musica Amphion / Pieter-Jan Belder (conductor) [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD - released 26/Aug/2005 ] "There is plenty of variety and colour and moments...Characterisation of the various movements, whether Francophile or Vivaldian is acutely judged and the rewards are uniform - and lasting." (Musicweb) |
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SCHUYT / VALLET / van NOORDT / HACQUART / BENEDICTUS BUNS / CORNET / etc
Music from the Golden Age of Rembrandt Musica Amphion, Pieter-Jan Belder / Ensemble Bouzignac, Erik van Nevel [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 14/Aug/2005 ] |
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GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Telemann Collection Musica Amphion, Pieter‐Jan Belder, Erik Bosgraaf, Ensemble Cordevento, Andrius Puskunigus, Federico Guglielmo, Collegium Instrumentale Brugense, Patri [ Brilliant Classics / 10 CD - released 27/Jan/2017 ] Commemorating the 250th anniversary of the death of Georg Philipp Telemann, this release encapsulates a snapshot of the composer's varied and wide‐ranging works. Deservedly celebrated as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Telemann mastered a... |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Harpsichord Concertos Musica Amphion, Pieter-Jan Belder harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 17/Jun/2022 ] With his seven concertos for harpsichord and strings Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) laid the foundation for one of the most popular forms to come: the keyboard concerto. These concertos however are almost all considered to be arrangements by... |
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CARL HEINRICH GRAUN
Easter Oratorio Nina Koufochristou, Andreas Wolf, Jan Kobow, Dagmar Saskova / Kolner Akademie, Cologne Academy Choir, Michael Alexander Willens [ CPO / CD - released 16/Aug/2014 ] "Arduous vocal writing, both solo and choral, suggests that Graun had impressive singers at his disposal. The challenges are variably met here: tenor Jan Kobow is at his limits in places, though there's a particularly fine contribution from bass-bari |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 9 "Jenamy" & 12 / Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Major ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien; Howard Griffiths; Evren Ozel; Jan Mrá?ek [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 18/Jul/2025 ] Mozart's piano concerto in E flat KV 271 has long been known as the 'Jeunehomme' - but it was discovered in 2004 that it was actually composed for Louise Victoire Jenamy; Mozart misspelled her name as 'jenomy' in a letter to his father in 1778 and so... |
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EVENCIO CASTELLANOS
Santa Cruz de Pacairigua / El Rio de las Siete Estrellas Orquesta Sinfonica de Venezuela, Jan Wagner [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] Evencio Castellanos belonged to the generation of Venezuelan composers who established a new nationalistic style in the first half of the 20th century. One of his best known works, Santa Cruz de Pacairigua pays homage to the construction of a church... |
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Pat Metheny / Jan Garbarek / Gary Burton / Scott Colley
Hommage a Eberhard Weber [ ECM / CD - released 25/Sep/2015 ] In January 2015 musicians and listeners converged upon Stuttgart's Theaterhaus for two consecutive nights to celebrate the 75th birthday of Eberhard Weber. The concerts centered around a specially commissioned 35-minute suite by Pat Metheny, with... |
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Paul Giger, Puierre Favre, Jan Garbarek
Alpstein (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 15/Dec/2008 ] |
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KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN
Stockhausen: Mantra (1970) Pestova/Meyer Piano Duo and Jan Panis (electronics) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Oct/2010 ] "In this, the first recording of the work for 13 years, the trio creates a mesmerising trip, in every sense of the word, for dual pianos with electronic modification." (William Dart NZ Herald) |
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JAN VAN DER ROOST
Sinfonia Hungarica & From Ancient Times Philharmonic Winds OSAKAN / Jan Van der Roost [ Naxos Wind Band Classics / CD - released 3/Feb/2014 ] The music of Belgian-born Jan Van der Roost has been performed all over the world, gaining popular acclaim wherever it is heard. From Ancient Times pays tribute to the golden age of the Franco-Flemish School of the 15th and 16th centuries represented... |
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J. S. BACH
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Books 1 & 2 Pieter-Jan Belder (harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD - released 15/Jun/2009 ] Hans von Bulow called Bach's Well Tempered Clavier 'The Old Testament' of music - Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas being the so called 'New Testament. Bach's set of 48 preludes and matching fugues is the ultimate in keyboard instruction. Intended for his... |
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PADRE ANTONIO SOLER
Keyboard Sonatas Vol 4 Pieter Jan Belder (fortepiano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 18/Apr/2011 ] Antonio Soler was born in 1729, and received his early musical instruction from his father, a military musician in the Spanish Army. At the age of 6 he entered the Abbey of Montserrat and became a choirboy in the famous escolania. He also learned how... |
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J. S. BACH
Bach, (J.S.): Toccatas Pieter Jan Belder (harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 14/Feb/2020 ] A Toccata (from Italian Toccare, to touch) is a virtuoso piece of music typically for a keyboard instrument, featuring fast-moving, lightly fingered or otherwise virtuosic passages with or without imitative or fugal interludes. |