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ZELENKA / FUX / de ALMEIDA / HANDEL / NUCCI / MANNA / PEREZ
Jakub Józef Orliński: Anima Aeterna Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor), with Fatma Said (soprano), Il Pomo D'oro , Francesco Corti [ Erato / CD - released 29/Oct/2021 ] "An album that reinforces Orliński as one of the most striking young talents not just in countertenor singing but in Baroque music more broadly." Gramophone Editor's Choice Awards Issue 2021 |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Diabelli Variations Michael Houstoun (piano) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 18/Aug/2017 ] Following the monumental set of the complete Beethoven piano sonatas, Michael Houstoun and Rattle proudly release a superb account of the Diabelli Variations, thirty-three variations on a waltz by Anton Duabelli composed by Ludwig van Beethoven... |
MAURICE RAVEL / MANUEL DE FALLA / ERIK SATIE / FRANCIS POULENC
Camino Sean Shibe (guitar) [ Pentatone / CD - released 20/Aug/2021 ] "Vivid, beguiling and intensely intimate" BBC Music Recording of the Month Oct 2021 |
MOZART / CHOPIN
Grigory Sokolov: The Salzburg Recital Grigory Sokolov (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 28/Jan/2015 ] "From the beginning of Mozart's F major sonata, K. 280, the first of two included, the Sokolov spell is cast...here is poetic and intimate playing of the highest order." (Gramophone Award Nomination 2015 - Instrumental) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven Journey: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5 / Choral Fantasia Op 80 Leif Ove Andsnes (piano & director) / Mahler Chamber Orchestra [ Sony Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Dec/2014 ] "One of the pleasures of these splendid performances is the rapport between the soloist/conductor and his musicians. They play as one." (Sunday Times) |
FRANZ LISZT / SIGISMOND THALBERG
Liszt & Thalberg: Opera transcriptions & fantasies Marc-André Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Aug/2020 ] "The execution is so incredibly neat and well ordered, and yet sounds completely spontaneous, like an inspired improvisation…This is a master pianist at the height of his powers" GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Piano |
BACH / LISZT / CHOPIN / BUSONI
Vida breve Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Feb/2021 ] Piano Sonatas by Chopin (No 2) and Hough (No 4) are the twin peaks of a typically stimulating recital which-as always from Stephen Hough-spans centuries and styles with assurance. How often do Liszt's 'Funérailles' and Gounod's 'Ave Maria' share the... |
JOSEPH HAYDN / C.P.E. BACH
Haydn & CPE Bach: Cello Concertos Steven Isserlis (cello), The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Sep/2017 ] "Isserlis's 1998 recording [of the Haydn] remains classy stuff, but this has superbly trumped it." Gramophone Disc of the Month Awards Issue 2017 |
ROSS HARRIS
Harris: Face / Symphony No. 6 'Last Letter' Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, Giordano Bellincampi, Antony Hermus [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Dec/2020 ] In Symphony No. 6 'Last Letter', Ross Harris explores settings of four poems by Vincent O'Sullivan, interlinking them with three musical interludes. The darkness of the subject matter draws from the composer music of powerful and at times despairing... |