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JEAN PHILIPPE RAMEAU
Rameau: Les Boréades Collegium 1704, Václav Luks [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / 3 CD - released 11/Sep/2020 ] "a splendid performance of a splendid work, one that can be readily recommended to those interested in the composer or the French Baroque in general. For those not yet captured by the glories of Rameau, it would be a fine introduction to them." Fanf |
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Bach: Motetten BWV 225-230 (Double Gatefold LP) Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe [ Phi / 2 LP - released 24/Feb/2017 ] To launch Philippe Herreweghe's birthday year, we turn the spotlight once more on one of his most accomplished recordings: Bach's Motets BWV 225-230. Recorded in 2011 in the splendid acoustics of the Jesus-Christus-Kirche in Berlin, this... |
HELLENDAAL / WASSENAER / FESCH / SCHICKHARDT / SOLNITZ / GRONEMAN / HURLEBUSCH
Baroque Concerti from The Netherlands Combattimento Consort Amsterdam, Jan Willem de Vriend, Musica Ad Rhenum, Jed Went [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/2021 ] Excellent performances in Historically Informed Performance style by Dutch groups Combattimento Consort conducted by Jan Willem de Vriend and Musica Ad Rhenum, conducted by Jed Wentz, who is also a traverso soloist. |
J. S. BACH
Bach Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1 - 6 (LP) Concentuis Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Warner Classics / 2 LP - released 11/Jun/2021 ] Nikolaus Harnoncourt remains a beacon for performing Bach's works. Most of his recordings are true milestones of the discography. |
J. S. BACH
The Best of Johann Sebastian Bach (LP) Concentuis Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt / Beatrice Rana / Academy St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner / Ton Koopman / etc [ Warner Classics / 2 LP - released 11/Jun/2021 ] Highlights from the greatest masterpieces by JS Bach performed by first-class musicians: Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Mstislav Rostropovich, Ton Koopman, Alexandre Tharaud, David Fray, Sir Neville Marriner, Fabio Biondi, Emmanuel Pahud, Beatrice Rana,... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Symphonies Complete Danish Chamber Orchestra, Adam Fischer [ Naxos / CD Box Set - released 26/Aug/2022 ] 2022 marks 25 years of close, innovative cooperation between Adam Fischer and the Danish Chamber Orchestra. This has resulted in a number of releases, and gained international recognition. |
RUDOLF ESCHER
Escher: Orchestral, Chamber and Choral Music Concertgebouw, Riccardo Chailly / Netherlands Chamber Choir [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Apr/2020 ] The most extensive survey on record of a major Dutch 20th-century composer, featuring some of the country's most distinguished musicians. |
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CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN
Alkan Edition [Piano, Organ & Chamber Music] Costantino Mastroprimiano, Mark Viner, Laurent Martin, Alan Weiss, Alessandro Deljavan, Costantino Mastroprimiano (pianos) / Trio Alkan, Kevin Bowyer [ Brilliant Classics / 13 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2018 ] "Two major pluses are the excellent contextual essay and the budget price. It's a steal." BBC Music |
FRANCO CAVALLONE
Cavallone: Music For Guitar Cristiano Porqueddu (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Mar/2021 ] Franco Cavallone (1957) is one of today's most prolific and successful composers for the guitar. He himself studied the guitar with Bruno Mattioli, a pupil of Alirio Diaz, Leo Brouwer and Angelo Gilardino. He won several international competitions,... |
DIMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 1 (Nos. 1-5) Cuarteto Casals [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2024 ] After being subjected to public attacks by the Soviet regime in the mid-1930s, Shostakovich sought new avenues of self-expression by turning to chamber music, and the string quartet became for him the perfect medium for private confession. To launch... |
ANDRE PARFENOV
Parfenov: Bandoneon-Story Iuliana Münch, André Parfenov, Omar Massa [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Dec/2024 ] After being subjected to public attacks by the Soviet regime in the mid-1930s, Shostakovich sought new avenues of self-expression by turning to chamber music, and the string quartet became for him the perfect medium for private confession. To launch... |
ANTONIO SALIERI
Salieri: Tarare Cyrille Dubois, Jean-Sebastian Bou, Karine Deshayes / Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset [ Aparte / 3 CD - released 2/Aug/2019 ] "Salieri shows great skill in carrying the drama forwards…Gluck is a constant presence…Dubois makes a first-rate Tarare…Deshayes is a passionate Astasie" Gramophone Editor's Choice August 2019 |
JACK HEGGIE
Heggie: Great Scott (complete opera recorded in 2015) Dallas Opera / Joyce DiDonato, Ailyn Perez, Frederica von Stade, Anthony Roth Costanzo / Patrick Summers (cond) [ Erato / Warner Classics DVD / DVD - released 12/Mar/2021 ] WQXR, the USA's leading classical music radio station, welcomed as a "deeply moving and musically brilliant work" that "should enter the standard repertory just as Heggie's two previous masterpieces - Dead Man Walking and Moby-Dick - already have". |
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MOZART / BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / SCHUBERT / etc
Lili Kraus: The Complete Parlophone, Ducretet- Thomson & Discophiles Français recordings [1933-1958] Lili Kraus (piano), with Willi Boskovsky (violin) Gilbert Coursier (horn) Francois Etienne (clarinet) [ Erato / Warner Classics / 31 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2015 ] While the outstanding reputation of the Hungarian-born pianist Lili Kraus was built on a comparatively narrow repertoire of Viennese classics (Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert), her experience as a musician and as a human being was of... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: The Great Edition Daniel Adni, Martha Argerich, Wayner Marshall, Marie-Claire Alain, Emmanuel Pahud, Maxim Vengerov, Victoria de los Angeles, Janet Baker, Sabine Meyer [ Warner Classics / 40 CD Box Set - released 16/Feb/2024 ] A child prodigy, Felix Mendelssohn is considered one of Europe's greatest composers. A virtuoso conductor and pianist, he was a respected all-round musician for whom Robert Schumann had great friendship and admiration. |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: The complete piano sonatas, variations, etc Daniel Barenboim (piano) [ Warner Classics / 9 CD Box Set - released 26/Aug/2022 ] "His crispness of detail and clarity of partwriting and texture are everywhere admirable, his sheer nimbleness and dexterity are often a joy." Gramophone |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor" [LP] Daniel Barenboim (piano), New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer [ Warner Classics LP / LP - released 16/Jun/2023 ] The German-born conductor Otto Klemperer, a towering figure in the musical history of the 20th century, died at the age of 88 on July 8th 1973, so 2023 will mark the 50th anniversary of his death. His complete recordings on Warner Classics catalogue... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Complete Symphonies & Concertos Daniel Barenboim (piano), New Philharmonia Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Sir John Barbirolli [ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 17/Mar/2023 ] The music of Brahms held an important place in Sir John Barbirolli's repertoire, and these recordings of the symphonies, made with the Vienna Philharmonic in 1966 and 1967, stand as one of the peaks of his discography. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas, Cello Sonatas, String Trios, Piano Trios Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Lynn Harrell (cello), Pinchas Zukerman (violin) Itzhak Perlman (violin), Daniel Barenboim (piano) [ Warner Classics / 11 CD Box Set - released 5/Oct/2019 ] "The result is music-making of rare concentration, spontaneity and warmth." (Penguin Guide) |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 9, 19, 20, 21, 23 & 24 (LP) Daniel Barenboim (piano/conductor), English Chamber Orchestra [ Warner Classics LP / 4 LP - released 11/Jun/2021 ] Barenboim conducts from the piano, leading the English Chamber Orchestra in performances of breathtaking passion and verve. Mozart's most famous Piano Concertos in the bestselling version from EMI then Warner catalogue since its release in the late... |
