G. F. HANDEL
Where'er You Walk: Arias for Handel's Favourite Tenor Allan Clayton, Classical Opera, Ian Page [ Signum / CD - released 10/Jul/2016 ] "The outstanding young tenor fulfils his early promise...he phrases with immaculate taste and style." (Sunday Times) |
HANDEL
Belshazzar (complete oratorio) Allan Clayton, Rosemary Joshua, Iestyn Davies / Les Arts Florissants, William Christie [ Les Arts Florissants Editions / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Jun/2014 ] "The choir of Les Arts Florissants acquit themselves with full honours in Handel's imaginative dramatic narrative choruses" (Gramophone Magazine, December 2013) |
ALMA DEUTSCHER
Alma Deutscher - My Book of Melodies Alma Deutscher (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 8/Nov/2019 ] Internationally renowned, British prodigy, Alma Deutscher returns with her sensational new album From My Book of Melodies. From My Book of Melodies comprises of melodies Deutscher has composed from the ages of 4 and 14 performed on the piano. Born in... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Alexandre Dumas: Et La Musique Karine Deshayes (mezzo-soprano), Marie-Laure Garnier (soprano), Kaëlig Boché (tenor), Raphaël Jouan (cello), Alphonse Cemin (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 23/Oct/2020 ] 'There are few people as susceptible to certain musical beauties as I am; the more learned and complicated the instrumentation, the less I sense it, the faster it escapes me; on the contrary, if a simple and melancholic motif appears, I feel flooded... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Sonates et partitas, BWV 1001-1006 Amandine Beyer (violin) [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - released 25/Jun/2021 ] The violinist Amandine Beyer interprets Bach's famous Sonatas and Partitas, veritable bravura pieces that push back the limits of the instrument, at the intersection between the German solo tradition and the Italian concerto. |
C.P.E. BACH
Bach: Sonatas For Violin & Fortepiano Amandine Beyer, Edna Stern [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 23/Jun/2017 ] From the Alpha Collection III of reissues restoring to the limelight some of the gems of early music repertory in their catalogue of labels. The discs in this series allow listeners to renew acquaintance with treasures of the Renaissance and Baroque,... |
VIVALDI
The Four Seasons Op. 8 & other concertos Amandine Beyer (violin) / Gli Incogniti [ Alpha Essential Baroque Masterpieces / CD - released 20/Nov/2015 ] "The one-to-a-part Gli Incogniti offer a pliant, transparent texture, and soloist Amandine Beyer's tone has an attractive brogue to it." Gramophone Magazine |
NICOLA MATTEIS
Matteis: False Consonances of Melancholy Amandine Beyer (violin), Gli Incogniti [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 23/Aug/2019 ] "Amandine Beyer is a wonderfully expressive and sensitive violinist with a secure technique, clear and sonorous tone and discreet approach to ornamentation... " The Strad Magazine |
SCHUBERT / SHOSTAKOVICH / PÁRTOS
Schubert, Shostakovich & Pártos Amihai Grosz (violin), Sunwook Kim (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 25/Sep/2020 ] For this first solo album, Amihai Grosz joins forces with the pianist Sunwook Kim and together they present a programme coupling Schubert, Shostakovich and Pártos. |
Amjad Ali Khan (sarod) with Ayaan Ali Khan, Amaan Ali Khan (sarod) & Satyajit Talwalkar (tabla)
Indian Classical Ragas [ Wigmore Hall Live / CD - released 12/Sep/2011 ] Recorded live at Wigmore Hall, London, 8 April 2010 Walking straight-backed onto the famous Wigmore Hall stage, Amjad Ali Khan receives a standing ovation before he plays a note. The renowned sarod player has been a regular visitor to London for... |
PETER SCULTHORPE / BRETT DEAN / ROSS EDWARDS
Island Songs Amy Dickson (saxophone) / Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Northey, Miguel Harth-Bedoya [ Sony Classical / CD - released 1/Feb/2016 ] "Amy Dickson is the star of this disc…thrilling performance and vivid recording." (Five Stars BBC Music) |
ELGAR / TAFFANEL / FAURE / WOODALL / HARTY / BOWEN / etc
Intimate Landscapes Anda Hollins (flute) Richard Mapp (piano) [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 18/Nov/2002 ] Guest Principal Flute with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra |
BEETHOVEN / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / COPLAND / RACHMANNOV / BRITTEN / etc
The Classic Andre Previn Andre Previn (piano / conductor) with Emanuel Ax, Cecile Lucad, Leonard Pennario, Alicia de Larrocha, Julian Bream, etc [ Sony Classical / 55 CD Box Set - released 3/May/2019 ] The Los Angeles Times called him a "candidate for most versatile American musician, past or present". In an unparalleled career extending over seven decades, André Previn has won four Academy Awards and ten Grammy Awards and admirers worldwide as a... |
Andre Previn
Ost: It's Always Fair Weather [ Sony Classical / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] |
MOZART / MENDELSSOHN / MUSSORGSKY / LIEBERSON
Piano Pieces For Children Andre Previn (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 20/Aug/2016 ] "An attractively played collection" (BBC Music) |
Andre Rieu
The Christmas I Love [ Universal / CD - released 17/Dec/2012 ] The Christmas I Love is a lovely collection of standard Christmas carols and holiday-themed classical pieces performed by "the Waltz King of PBS," Andre Rieu and the Johann Strauss Orchestra. It's an understated and enchanting collection of holiday... |
RAVEL / PROKOFIEV / MOZART / BACH / CHOPIN
Andre Tchaikowsky - The Complete RCA Collection André Tchaikowsky (piano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner [ RCA Red Seal / Sony Classical / 4 CD Box Set - released 15/Feb/2018 ] First ever release of André Tchaikowsky's complete RCA recordings in a 4CD collection. The set includes Tchaikowsky's debut LP recording remastered for the first time on CD. This recording features Ravel's Gaspard de la Nuit which Tchaikowsky... |
Andrea Bocelli, with Matteo Bocelli, Ed Sheeran, Josh Groban, Dua Lipa, Aida Carifullina & Ensemble
Sì (LP) [ Decca / 2 LP - released 26/Oct/2018 ] Presenting Sì: Andrea Bocelli's first album of new material in 14 years. It's a set of powerful, emotional songs, some featuring interpolations of classical themes (from, for example, Bach and Massenet), and an all encompassing positive message of... |
FROBERGER / CASPAR / COUPERIN / MUFFAT / etc
Pour passer la Melancolie Andreas Staier (anon. French harpsichord, late 17th century, Joseph Collesse, 1749, restored by Laurent Soumagnac 2000-4) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Feb/2013 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER 2013: Baroque Instrumental |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Intimate Chopin (LP) Andrei Gavrilov, Alexandre Tharaud, Samson Francois, Nicholas Angelich, Nikolai Lugansky, Ingrid Fliter [ Warner Classics / LP - released 30/Sep/2022 ] Not very forthcoming as a person, Chopin invents a new type of touch, able to render the immaterial, to encompass absolute limpidity, and the full gamut of modern pianism...the versions collected here are all performed by Warner's greatest artists. |