SCHOENBERG
Die Jakobsleiter Friede auf Erden Dietrich Henschel, Jonas Kaufmann, Stephan Ragamer, Michael Volle / Rundfunkchor Berlin / Deutsches SO / Kent Nagano [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / SACD - released 21/Mar/2004 ] "Kent Nagano's superb reading, full of humanity, is a clear first choice, going off into deepest space in the stunning closing passage - truly, music from another world." The Independent - |
BEETHOVEN / MOZART / SCHUMANN
Hermann Baumann: Horn Master & Teacher Hermann Baumann / Eva Maria Gorres / Folkwang Kammerorchester Essen [ Harmonia Mundi DVD / DVD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] One of a series edited by François Manceaux & Olivier Bernager in partnership with Arte & France Musique, uncovering great musicians of our time. |
Herreweghe/Collegium Vocale
Bach: Himmelfahrts-Oratorium [ Harmonia Mundi / CD ] |
Hiller/Hilliard Ensemble
Sumer Is Icumen In [ Harmonia Mundi / CD ] |
TRADITIONAL
Medieval English Music: Anonymous 14th- and 15th-century masters Hilliard Ensemble [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'Abord / CD - released 10/Feb/2014 ] "The performances… match the beauty of the music… a sound of remarkable purity. Their ensemble singing is perfection itself, and each part is exquisitely phrased." - Stereo Review |
ORTHODOX CHANT
Orthodox Chant: Orthodox Music of the 17th & 18th Centuries Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 10/Apr/2008 ] "The choir...sing with exceptional blend and purity of tone" (The Absolute Sound) |
Hillier/His Majesties Clerkes
Early American Choral Music [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 12/Mar/2001 ] |
His Majestie's Clerkes, Hillier
Billings - Early American Choral Music Vol. 1 [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 19/May/2001 ] 'highly recommended.' - Chicago Tribune |
RAMEAU
Rameau 1764-2014 [10 CD boxed set] Claron McFadden, Sandrine Piau, Isabelle Poulenard, Howard Crook, Jerome Correas / Les Arts Florissants, William Christie [ Harmonia Mundi / 10 CD Box Set - released 11/Jan/2008 ] "These could be creaking performances after the passage of so much time but they're not are they, they're still vital and this set as a whole makes a very cost effective guide for anyone who's got a Rameau shaped hole on their record shelves" CDRevie |
Huelgas Ensemble
Various: Art Of The Cigar [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 25/Apr/2011 ] |
PADOVANO
Mass for 24 Voices Huelgas Ensemble, Nevel [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 12/May/2001 ] Music for 24 parts! |
DUFAY
O Gemma Lux - Complete Isorhythmic Motets Huelgas Ensemble, Paul van Nevel [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/May/2011 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (Pre 1700) - A sumptuous farewell to the musical Middle Ages. |
ANONYMOUS / GERARDE / DESPREZ / LASSUS / etc
Le Chant de Virgile Huelgas-Ensemble, Paul Van Nevel [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 10/Feb/2014 ] "Sung with such exquisite fluency, the Huelgas Ensemble under Van Nevel conveys the excitement of an epoch that yielded some of the most beautiful combinations of poetry and music." - The Observer (13 Jan 2002) |
JEAN RICHAFORT
Richafort: Requiem Mass Huelgas-Ensemble, Paul van Nevel [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'Abord / CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] We possess many works by Jean Richafort, but very little biographical information on the composer. In the 16th century he was the object of veneration and admiration. The great Ronsard himself spoke of him in the most enthusiastic terms, and most of... |
CIPRIANO de RORE
Missa Praeter rerum serium Huelgas-Ensemble / Paul Van Nevel [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 25/Jul/2014 ] Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine (Feb 2003) |
W.A. MOZART
A Little Night Music: Eine kleine Nachtmusic / Symphony No. 29 in A major, I Filarmonici di Bologna / Angelo Ephrikian (conductor) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/May/2003 ] "Delightful" - Classic CD |
JOSEF HAYDN
Cantatas for Esterhazys Sunhae Im, Johanna Stojkovic (sopranos) Max Ciolek (tenor) / VokalEnsemble KAln / Cappella Coloniensis / Andreas Spering [ Harmonia Mundi Haydn Edition / CD - released 1/Feb/2009 ] MARBECKS STAFF PICK: REISSUE CD OF THE YEAR 2009 - "The music is so enjoyable, the performances so good, and the sound so exemplary that it can be warmly recommended to anyone interested in vocal music from the mid-18th Century." - American Record... |
J.S. BACH
Trauerode BWV 198 / Jesu, der du meine Seele BWV 78 Ingrid SchmithAsen, Howard Crook, Peter Kooy, Charles Brett / La Chapelle Royale / Philippe Herreweghe (dir) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] Whatever the occasions for which they were written (a tribute to a dead queen, or a chorale cantata), the two works on this recording have one subject in common: death and the soul's salvation. Performed in 1727 in memory of the sorely mourned... |
DE FALLA
La Vida Breve (Complete Opera) Inmaculada Egido / Antonio Ordonez / Mabel Perelstein / Coro De Valencia / Orquesta Ciudad De Granada / Josep Pons [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 4/Jan/2008 ] "The latest in a series of recorded gems from the Orquesta Ciudad de Granada and its conductor Josep Pons, this one a sultry, shimmering account of Manuel de Falla's gypsy opera La vida breve. Enchanting and typical of the work this label has been... |
RACHMANINOV / SHOSTAKOVICH
Songs Iris Oja (mezzo) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] "This is a distinctly beautiful voice, with some power but no undue showiness, an often crystalline top, good diction and expressive intelligence." (BBC Music) |