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J. S. BACH
Bach: Sonatas & Partitas for solo violin Vol 1 Isabelle Faust (violin) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Mar/2010 ] "Hearing this performance, I was convinced more than ever that Faust is one of the greatest violinists of her generation. Needless to say Harmonia Mundi's recorded sound is beautiful. I cannot wait for the next instalment." (Keith) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Sonate D.574 / Rondo op.70 / Fantasie D.934 Isabelle Faust (violin) / Alexander Melnikov (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD ] "violinist Isabelle Faust and pianist Alexander Melnikov play each variation on 'Sei mir gegrusst' as if they're discovering it for the first time. Their sense of wonder can be heard right from the start of the Fantasy…delectable." CD Review, BBC Radio |
BOHUSLAV MARTINU
Martinu: Violin Concerto No. 2 / Toccata e due canzoni / etc Isabelle Faust (violin) Cedric Tiberghien (piano) / Prague Philharmonia, Jirí Belohlávek [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 20/Feb/2017 ] "This is a powerful and valuable Martinů anthology and one I would commend as an introduction to the composer." (MusicWeb July 2008) |
KURTAG / KODALY / VERESS
Cello Sonatas Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) Alexandre Tharaud (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/May/2011 ] "Altogether an intelligently laid-out disc, with interesting repertoire and magnificent playing and recording." BBC Music Magazine - March 2002 Performance***** Sound***** |
KRENEK
Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae RIAS-Kammerchor / Marcus Creed [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] When Ernst Krenek wrote these Lamentations in 1941, his music had been banned by the Nazi regime as 'degenerate art' and he was an exile in the United States, where he earned his living as a teacher. Ingeniously combining the polyphonic tradition and... |
JOHN BLOW
Blow: Venus & Adonis Rosemary Joshua (sop), Gerald Finley (bar), Robin Blaze (countertenor), Clare College, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Renae Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 29/Sep/2008 ] "Rene Jacobs and his musicians present Blow's Venus and Adonis with persuasive style and dramatic clarity...Venus's lament and the closing plaintive chorus touch the heart deeply." (Daily Telegraph) |
CASPAR KITTEL
Arias & Cantatas Schola Cantorum Basiliensis / Rene Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/May/2010 ] Caspar Kittel (1603-1639) was a German musician who trained in Italy and returned to work at the Dresden Court, deputizing for his colleague Heinrich Schütz when the latter spent a period in Denmark. |
J.C. BACH / BUXTEHUDE / ROVETTA / SCGUTZ/ ERIEBACH
German Baroque Cantatas Andreas Scholl (counter-tenor) / Concerto di Viole / Basel Consort [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] Editor's choice Gramophone - The Times (London) Classical CDs of the Year 1998 - "Expressively versatile though Scholl unquestionably can be, it is perhaps in the sphere of elegy and plaint that his art can be heard to strongest advantage...this is... |
TRADITIONAL
Chant Byzantin Sister Marie Keyrouz [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 29/Sep/2008 ] In the Byzantine Rite, the Office of Matins for Holy Saturday is a meditation on the mystery of Christ asleep in the tomb, deeply imbued with faith and hope. As for the chants for Matins of Easter Day, they are the most splendid in the entire... |
SCHUBERT / HUMMEL
Schubert: Die Forelle (Trout Quintet) / Hummel: Quintet Trio Wanderer [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 29/Sep/2008 ] "The Wanderers and their friends play both works with irresistible freshness and brio, making one listen afresh to the glories of Schubert - and regret the neglect of Hummel." Three stars (Excellent) The Sunday Times |
JOSEF HAYDN
Piano Trios Nos 39, 43-45 Trio Wanderer [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] "Music whose profundity is still not fully acknowledged, but surely irresistible when performed with such flair and imagination." Gramophone Magazine, December 2002 Critics' Choice |
MASSAINO / ROBERT WHITE / MARBRIANUS de ORTO / ROLAND de LASSUS
Lamentations Of The Renaissance Huelgas-Ensemble / Paul van Nevel [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 25/Apr/2008 ] The heartrending words of the Lamentations of the Prophet Jeremiah have at all times inspired a multitude of musical settings imprinted with a characteristic mixture of pain and hope. It would be wrong to imagine that these famous biblical poems... |
MANUEL DE FALLA
Seven Spanish Popular Songs / Harpsichord Concerto / El gran teatro del mundo Victoria de los Angeles (sop) / Instrumental soloists, Josep Pons [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] Following in the footsteps of his teacher Felipe Pedrell, Manuel de Falla chose to set his music within the twin Spanish traditions of art and folk music. If the Siete canciones populares españolas mark the culmination of his work on folksong, the... |
BROSCHI / GALUPPI / GIACOMELI / HASSE / PORPORA
Arias for Farinelli Vivica Genaux (mezzo-soprano) / Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin, Rene Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] "While Vivica Genaux has all the virtupsity needed to negotiate the intricately embellished lines in these songs, she knows, too, how to use ornamentation for expressive effect. Strongly recommended." ***** Five Stars (Pick of the Month) BBC Music... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete sonatas for violin and piano (plus free 'making of' DVD) Isabelle Faust (violin) Alexander Melnikov (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Sep/2009 ] Gramophone Awards 2010: WINNER: Chamber - "The combination of the two fires a laser between the staves...A marvellous set." Gramophone Magazine |