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NICOLA FRANCESCO HAYM
Haym: Flute Music Cappella Musicale Enrico Stuart, Chiara Strabioli (flute & recorder), Romeo Ciuffa (flute & recorder) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Apr/2022 ] This recording presents all of Haym's surviving instrumental works assigned specifically to be played on the flute. His Opus 2 Nos. 6-9 are for two violins or flauti (recorders) and continuo, and No.12 is specifically for two flauti and continuo. Of... |
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JOSEPH RHEINBERGER
Rheinberger: Organ Music Carlo Guandalino (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2017 ] "[Rheinberger] was the master of melody, and it is so good to have an instrument where the top line sings with such charm and authority. The new Alessio Lucato organ is perfectly voiced for this music." Choir & Organ |
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IGNAZIO CIRRI
Cirri: Sonatas and Duos for Cello Carlos Montesinos Defez (cello) / Breaking Bass Ensemble [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 11/Mar/2022 ] The debut album from a Spanish string-bass ensemble with a mission to revive lost treasures of chamber music from the Baroque era. |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Italian Cantatas Carlotta Colombo, Maria Dalia Albertini, Marta Fumagalli, Roberto Balconi [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 17/Jun/2022 ] Georg Frideric Handel (1685-1759) had probably encountered Gian Gastone de' Medici, son of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, in Hamburg at some point before heading south to Italy, where he arrived in August 1706, staying in Florence as a guest of... |
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W.A. MOZART
Requiem (filmed at St Ignazio Church in Rome) Cecilia Casdia / Mario Malagnini / Orchestra Sinfonica del Festival di Pasqua / Tamas Pal (cond) [ Brilliant Classics / DVD - released 15/Mar/2008 ] G : - |
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MENDELSSOHN
Complete Choral Works Chamber Choir of Europe and Warttembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen. Nicol Matt [ Brilliant Classics / 10 CD - released 16/Aug/2005 ] "This is all well recorded and beautifully performed. Full credit to Brilliant Classics for this wonderful and revelatory set of Mendelssohn's complete sacred choral works. Don't miss this super bargain!" (MusicWeb April 2004) |
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J.S. BACH
Chorales [6 CD set plus CDRom) Chamber Choir of Europe, Nicol Matt [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2011 ] Here perhaps is the very heart of Bach; a very palpable demonstration of his heritage and impact. Bach revered his forebears, while at the same time wishing to renew their legacy - both that of his own, already notable Bach family and of their... |
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W. A. MOZART
Requiem, Masses, Vespers & Sacred choral works [11 CD set plus CD Rom] Chamber Choir of Europe. Nicol Matt. with Annermarie Kremer, soprano [ Brilliant Classics Choral Classics / 11 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2011 ] "As a conductor of choral music Nicol Matt has an impressive pedigree, and these performances going back over a period of a decade or so show in every way that his taste and judgement are consistently secure. this is a set which brings musical... |
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THOMAS TALLIS
The Lamentations of Jeremiah / Contrafacta. Chapelle du Roi / Alastair Dixon. Chapelle du Roi / Alastair Dixon [ Brilliant Classics Musica Sacra / CD - released 20/Aug/2009 ] Thomas Tallis served four monarchs in his post at the Chapel Royal, and was held in great esteem by his masters and colleagues. 'Tallis is dead, and music dies,' said William Byrd, his most distinguished pupil. |
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THOMAS TALLIS
The Complete Works (Incls Free CD rom) Chapelle du Roi / Alistair Dixon [ Brilliant Classics / 10 CD Box Set - released 15/Mar/2008 ] "The performances on these discs are of the very highest quality. Chapelle du Roi is a highly respected group that specializes in sacred music of the renaissance period, making them perfect exponents of Tallis's music. They are under the highly... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Harp Concertos Charlotte Balzereit, Giselle Herbert, Jutta Zoff, Jana Bouskova, Roberta Alessandrini, etc (harps) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, etc [ Brilliant Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 4/Dec/2020 ] The harp is an ancient instrument, with origins in the antiquity of perhaps many civilisations, and the modern orchestral harp is the culmination of a long evolution in form and technology. |
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GIOVANNI BATTISTA GRAZIOLI
Grazioli: 12 Harpsichord Sonatas Opp. 1 & 2 Chiara Minali (harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 28/Aug/2020 ] Giovanni Battista Grazioli (1746-1820) lived the largest part of his life in Venice, where in 1785 he was appointed organist of the famous and prestigious San Marco. He wrote highly acclaimed sacred liturgical music, and never turned his hand to... |
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IGNAZIO SPERGHER
Spergher: Organ and Harpsichord Music Chiara Minali (organ and harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2019 ] "..this recording should give Spergher's compositions much more prominence. This music deserves to be more widely known by performers and audiences alike." Choir & Organ |
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BENEDETTO MARCELLO
Marcello: Complete Sonatas for Organ and Harpsichord Chiara Minali (organ) & Laura Farabollini (harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Sep/2018 ] Historically informed performances of poised and inventive keyboard music from the Golden Age of the Venetian Baroque. The epitome of a Renaissance man, Benedetto Marcello (1686-1739) won success and acclaim as a poet, writer, musician, lawyer,... |
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JOHANN SPETH
Speth: Ars Magna Consoni et Dissoni - Music for Organ Chiara Minali (Organ of the Parish Church of Santa Maria Assunta - Cavalese, Italy)/ Letizia Butterin (Gregorian Chant) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 9/May/2022 ] Johann Speth (1664- after ca. 1719) was born in Speinshart, about 150 km from Nuremberg, to the teacher Heinrich Speth and his wife Margareta. Almost nothing is known of his life before his appointment as organist of Augsburg Cathedral. |
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RAVEL
Complete orchestral works (Incls Daphnis et Chloa, Alborada del Gracioso & Pictures at an Exhibition [Mussorgsky orch. Ravel]) (Rec 1987-88) Choeur et Orchestre National de France. Eliahu Inbal [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD - released 18/Aug/2005 ] "The recordings were made by Yoshiharu Kawaguchi who clearly espoused the then new digital medium for its ability to portray the merest breath through to stunning ear-assaulting climaxes." (MusicWeb Oct 2003) |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Ave Verum: Sacred Choral Favourites Choir of St John's College, Cambridge / Christopher Robinson [ Brilliant Classics Musica Sacra / CD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] A collection of everyone's favourite sacred choral music, including Mozart's Ave verum corpus, Faure's Cantique de Jean Racine and Franck's Panis angelicus. |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Winterreise D911 Christian Hilz (baritone) / Eckart Sellheim (fortepiano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 11/Nov/2010 ] Winterreise, or Winter's Journey, was composed in 1827, just a year before Schubert's premature death. The song cycle contains some of his greatest music - by turn highly emotional, desolate and spare, and with a sense of alienation and loss. |
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DANDRIEU / CORRETTE / BALBASTRE / CHAUVEYT GUILMANT / FRANCK / DUBOIS / BOELY
Organ Music for Christmas Christian Lambour [ Brilliant Classics SACD / CD - released 30/Nov/2014 ] The French word 'noël' is closely associated with the organ, and this new recording from the Breton organist Christian Lambour introduces the listener to works from the 17th to the 20th century. |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Complete Organ Concertos Christian Schmitt (organ) Charlotte Balzereit (harp) / Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra. Nicol Matt [ Brilliant Classics Quintessence / 5 CD Box Set - released 22/Jan/2021 ] The first complete recording of the Breitkopf Urtext Edition of the organ concertos of George Frideric Handel. Handel's organ concertos enjoy a wide popularity, they are brilliant concert pieces, in which the organ plays a joyous, "worldly" part. |