J. S. BACH
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos / Harpsichord & Violin Concertos Apollo's Fire, Jeannette Sorrell, with Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin) [ Avie / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2010 ] "The sound is closely miked, and the most is made of the variety of instrumental colour Bach puts so exhilaratingly on show." Sunday Times |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Années de pèlerinage, Première année: Suisse Charles Owen (piano) [ Avie / CD - released 17/Sep/2021 ] "Accomplished with thorough and refined pianistic skill and a wholehearted identification with Liszt's message, Owen's music-making is powerfully compelling." - Editor's Choice, Gramophone November 2021 |
MODES MUSSORGSKY
Mussorgsky: Unorthodox Music Claire Booth (soprano), Christopher Glynn (piano) [ AVIE / CD - released 15/Oct/2021 ] "A Mussorgsky melange full of surprises … David Nice enjoys [a] multi-faceted recital… vivid character… a picture-perfect presentation of both text and music… classy work all-round" ★★★★ Choral & Song Choice, BBC Music magazine Christmas 2021 |
Julian Bream (guitar)
My Life in Music [ Avie Records DVD / DVD - released 13/Nov/2006 ] "This is a splendid presentation with wide musical appeal but to guitarists it is an Aladdin's cave." (MusicWeb Nov 2006) |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: The French Connection 2 Katy Bircher (flute) / La Serenissima / Adrian Chandler [ Avie Records / CD - released 6/Jun/2011 ] "La Serenissima remain buoyant and sweet, eschewing the taut, opaque sound of many of today's Baroque orchestras, and embracing something more relaxed and open, helped by a pleasing bloom." (Gramophone Award Nomination 2012) |
JAMES LEE III
Voyages - Orchestral music by James Lee III ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop, conductor [ Avie / CD - released 20/May/2022 ] In Voyages, prolific American composer James Lee III takes the listener on a colourful journey through his endlessly creative orchestral music; painting biblical imagery in Beyond Rivers of Vision and celebrating the joyous Feast of Tabernacles... |
ALBINONI / CALDARA / CORRELLI / TARTINI / TORELLI / VIVALDI
The Italian Job: Baroque Instrumental Music from the Italian States Rachel Chaplin and Gail Hennessy (oboes) Peter Whelan (bassoon), La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler (violin / director) [ Avie / CD - released 24/Feb/2017 ] "the whole underpinned by a scholarly attittude to programming and performance style which is yet worn with a light grace." Gramophone Award WINNER 2017 - Baroque Insrumental |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 4 / Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Simon Trpceski (piano) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Vasily Petrenko [ Avie Records / CD - released 6/Jun/2011 ] "Trpceski is aided throughout by the unanimity of feeling produced by Vassily Petrenko's direction of the orchestra, conductor and pianist working hand in glove." (BBC Music) |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 3 Simon Trpceski (piano) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Vasily Petrenko [ AVIE / CD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] "His playing has that rare combination of power, passion, and precision which, combined with his rich tone and singing line, make this one of the most moving and musical Rachmaninov Third's on disc." (10/9 ClassicsToday.com) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: "Trout" Quintet / Waltzes / Ländler Thymos Quartet, with Christoph Eschenbach, Jean-Frédéric Neuburger (pianos) & Yann Dubost (double bass) [ Avie / CD - released 15/May/2020 ] "there's no rigid ensemble, either; the mood is convivial, like conversing friends who occasionally interrupt each other. Eschenbach's solo moments have memorable rhetorical swagger…I couldn't stop smiling." BBC Music August 2020 Chamber Choice |