Aasgaard/Rlpo/Schwarz
From Jewish Life [ Avie / CD - released 7/Apr/2008 ] |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Adrian Chandler (director/violin) / La Serenissima [ Avie / CD - released 25/Sep/2015 ] "an intensely dramatic account that will add spice to what has for many listeners perhaps come to resemble a dreary domestic relationship." (Gramophone Magazine award nomination 2016 - Baroque Instrumental) |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Music for the Chapel of the Pieta Adrian Chandler (Director/violin); Mhairi Lawson (soprano) / La Serenissima [ Avie / CD - released 17/Jun/2005 ] RECORDING OF THE MONTH - MusicWeb March 2005 "In performances as wonderful as these, you can't help loving it!" |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: x2: Double Concertos for Horns, Oboes, Violin & Cello, Oboe & Bassoon Adrian Chandler, La Serenissima [ Avie / CD - released 20/Nov/2018 ] Vivaldi x2 TITLE: Vivaldi x2 COMPOSER: Vivaldi ARTISTS: Adrian Chandler, violin / director La Serenissima Rachel Chaplin, Mark Baigent - oboes Peter Whelan - bassoon Anneke Scott, Jocelyn Lightfoot - horns Vladimir Waltham,... |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: A Tale of Two Seasons - Concertos & Arias Adrian Chandler (violin, director) & Sally Bruce-Payne (mezzo-soprano) / La Serenissima [ Avie / CD - released 30/Jul/2013 ] Adrian Chandler and La Serenissima, with virtuoso soloist mezzo-soprano Sally Bruce-Payne, continue their enlightening exploration of the music of Vivaldi focusing on two contrasting eras of the composer's Venetian operatic career. |
LOUIS-GABRIEL GUILLEMAIN
Guillemain: Brillance Indéniable The Virtuoso Violin in the Court of Louis XV - Sonatas and Symphonies by Louis-Gabriel Guillemain Alana Youssefian (baroque violin) [ AVIE / CD - released 3/Apr/2020 ] Award-winning baroque violinist Alana Youssefian and her ensemble Le Bien-Aimé debut on AVIE showcasing music of the brilliant but little-known French violinist and composer Louis-Gabriel Guillemain. His precociousness noted at an early age... |
Alexandra Silocea
Various: Sound Waves [ Avie / CD - released 13/May/2013 ] |
SERGE PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1 - 5 Alexandra Silocea (piano) [ Avie Records / CD - released 28/Apr/2011 ] "This debut recording serves as a journey through my own musical path. The aim of recording Prokofiev's first five piano sonatas together was to show all the facets of Prokofiev's musical personality, from Op. 1 to Op. 138, which is the revised... |
RICHARD STRAUSS / LEO JANACEK / OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Strauss (R.)/Janacek/Respighi: Violin Sonatas Frank Almond (violin) William Wolfram (piano) [ Avie / CD - released 20/Nov/2006 ] "unassailable technical mastery and absolute temperamental harmonisation. Some sort of standard is offered by Perlman and Ashkenazy; Almond and Wolfram are not out of place in such company." (BBC Music) |
Almond/Wolfram
Various: A Violin's Life [ Avie / CD - released 22/Apr/2013 ] |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Songs & Piano Music [2 CDs] Amanda Pitt (soprano) Mark Wilde (tenor) Peter Savidge (baritone) David Owen Norris (1844 Broadwood Square Piano) [ Avie / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] "A veritable treasure-trove." (BBC Radio 3) |
LUCIANO BERIO
Berio: Complete Piano Music (including Sequenza IV and the Piano Sonata) Andrea Lucchesini (piano) [ Avie / CD - released 24/May/2007 ] "Andrea Lucchesini's account of Berio's Piano Sonata … conjures up some dusky, mesmerising effects and calls for a virtuosity which Lucchesini provided. He wove rich textures around the repeated note which binds the whole piece together so... |
BEETHOVEN / BARTOK / BRAHMS
Perspectives 2 Andreas Haefliger (piano) [ Avie / 2 CD - released 31/Jul/2008 ] "It is interesting to track Haefliger's career. On the present evidence this is a career that is moving from strength to strength. By providing essentially a recital experience on CD, the strength of comparisons with other pianists' recordings of... |
Andreas Haefliger
Perspectives 3 [ Avie / 2 CD - released 31/Mar/2008 ] |
BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / JANACEK
Perspectives 4 Andreas Haefliger (piano) [ Avie / CD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] Andreas Haefliger's concept of replicating his recital programmes on record has been a critical and commercial success. The fourth instalment in the Perspectives series juxtaposes Beethoven with works that are inspired and influenced by that... |
BACH / WEISS / FALCKENHAGEN
The Baroque Lute Andrew Maginley (lute) [ Avie / CD - released 6/Oct/2007 ] Andrew Maginley was born in New York City. He began playing electric guitar as a teenager while studying illustration at the High School of Art & Design. |
ALBINONI / CALDARA / HANDEL / SCARLATTI
Conversazione I: Cantatas from a Cardinal’s Court Andrew Radley (countertenor) / Sounds Baroque / Julian Perkins [ Avie Records / CD - released 11/Aug/2011 ] "Countertenor Andrew Radley is both swoonsome and stately, depending on the material" (The Independent) |
SCHUMANN
Frauenliebe Und Leben (with Lieder by Mahler & Britten) Ann Murray (soprano) Malcolm Martineau (piano) [ Avie / CD - released 21/Oct/2007 ] "what a perceptive and versatile recitalist Ann Murray is … to each group of songs Murray brought a perfectly judged sense of style and delivery. Just as on the operatic stage, she knows exactly how to communicate with an audience and what to tell... |
Arvo Pärt, Jakub Ciupinski, John Corigliano, Maurice Ravel, Morten Lauridsen, Philip Glass
Mirror in Mirror Anne Akiko Meyers (violin) / Elizabeth Pridgen (keyboard) / Jakub Ciupinski (electronics) / Philharmonia Orchestra / Kristjan Järvi [ AVIE / CD - released 7/Sep/2018 ] Superstar violinist Anne Akiko Meyers is one of today's most in-demand classical performers. A Billboard Top Selling Classical Instrumentalist of the Year, she is beloved by audiences around the world, with a reputation for groundbreaking recital... |
Arcangelo Corelli, Astor Piazzolla, Duke Ellington, George David Weiss, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Hugo Peretti (etc.)
Shining Night Anne Akiko Meyers (violin), Jason Vieaux (guitar), Fabio Bidini (piano) [ Avie / CD - released 6/May/2022 ] Anne Akiko Meyers has amassed a multitude of fans and admirers for her exquisitely curated recordings, often exploring her passion for new music, and old music in new guises. Her quest for creative collaborations has inspired countless commissions... |