GUSTAV MAHLER
No Time for Chamber Music Collectif9 [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 24/Sep/2021 ] Collectif9 is a Montreal-based string ensemble whose main focus is an original exploration of the classical repertoire, including transcriptions for chamber ensemble of large-scale works. Alpha is starting a collaboration with this innovative group... |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY / LUNA PEARL WOOLF
Vagues et ombres Collectif9 [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 27/May/2022 ] This recording developed out of our profound admiration of a great work - could we, as nine string players, perform Claude Debussy's La Mer and do it justice? |
JAN DISMAS ZELENKA
Zelenka: I penitenti al sepolchro del redentore, ZWV 63 Collegium 1704; Collegium Vocale 1704; Václav Luks [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 25/Jun/2021 ] The Prague-based ensemble Collegium 1704 and its founder Vaclav Luks here perform an oratorio by the Czech composer Jan Dismas Zelenka. This edifying work, typical of the oratorios produced during the Counter-Reformation, presents the faithful with... |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Via Crucis Collegium Vocale Gent; Reinbert de Leeuw [ Alpha / CD - released 8/Mar/2019 ] Franz Liszt a 67 ans lorsqu'il compose le Via Crucis. Il faudra toutefois attendre 1929, soit 43 ans après le décès du compositeur, pour que le Via Crucis soit joué pour la première fois. Cette œuvre de la maturité est construite en 15 parties, qui... |
LASSUS
Lassus: Oracula Daedalus, Roberto Festa [ Alpha / 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,... |
LASSUS
Oracula Daedalus / Roberto Festa [ Alpha / CD - released 21/Aug/2006 ] |
J S BACH
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Books 1 & 2 Frédéric Desenclos (organ) [ Alpha / 4 CD Box Set - released 31/Mar/2014 ] A veritable manifesto of the art of the keyboard at the time of Bach, this founding work of the Cantor's writing and also of all keyboard literature, is recorded here on four exceptional organs. |
DOWLAND
Dowland: Lute Songs Damien Guillon, Eric Bellocq [ Alpha / 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,... |
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Odes & Welcome Songs Damien Guillon; Le Banquet Céleste [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 11/Mar/2022 ] There are 24 Odes and Welcome Songs composed by Purcell between 1680 and 1695: 4 celebrate St Cecilia, 6 are to welcome royalty, 3 celebrate King James II's birthday and 6 celebrate that of Queen Mary (from 1684 to 1694). The others were written for... |
ALESSANDRO STRADELLA
Stradella: San Giovanni Battista Damien Guillon, Le Banquet Céleste [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 27/Mar/2020 ] "newcomers should try this present version under the excellent direction of Damien Guillon. The important thing is to get to know this ravishing piece." Gramophone Editor's Choice June 2020 |
Daniel Avery
Song For Alpha [ Phantasy / CD - released 29/Jun/2018 ] Five years after his critically acclaimed debut Drone Logic, London-based producer Daniel Avery releases his highly anticipated second album. In the years since his debut, Avery has helmed a DJ-Kicks mix CD, resided over a monthly radio show for... |
Daniel Avery
Song For Alpha (LP) [ Phantasy / 2 LP - released 29/Jun/2018 ] Five years after his critically acclaimed debut Drone Logic, London-based producer Daniel Avery releases his highly anticipated second album. In the years since his debut, Avery has helmed a DJ-Kicks mix CD, resided over a monthly radio show for... |
Danielson Famile
Tri-Danielson!!! (Alpha) [ Secretly Canadian / CD - released 3/Aug/2009 ] |
JOHANN PAUL von WESTHOFF
Westhoff: Sonates pour violon et basse continue David Plantier; Les plaisirs du Parnasse [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 25/Jun/2021 ] Published in 1694, these sonatas by Johann Paul von Westhoff are among the most fascinating pieces in the repertory. The inspiration and stylistic audacity displayed by their composer are perfectly reflected in this recording by David Plantier and... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Agitata Delphine Galou (alto), Ottavio Dantone [ Alpha / CD - released 22/Sep/2017 ] "The playing Accademia Bizantina…is keen as mustard and filled with typically telling detail by director Ottavio Dantone. A lovely disc of discoveries" Gramophone Award WINNER 2018 - Recital |
MACHAUT
Messe de Nostre Dame Diabolus in Musica / Antoine Guerber [ ALPHA / CD - released 1/Jan/2008 ] "..the singing is again superb. Guerber takes a more relaxed view of the general pacing and argument, and to the local shaping of phrases, that Parrott's more driven approach." Gramophone Magazine, April 2009 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Paris expers Paris: Ecole de Notre-Dame, 1170-1240 Diabolus in Musica / Antoine Guerber (director) [ Alpha / CD - released 21/Nov/2006 ] For the first time in musical history, towards the end of the twelfth century one centre took the leadership in music: the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris. It was to serve as a model for the whole of the Christian world. The music composed by the... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Aïrés Édouard Ferlet, Stéphane Kerecki, Airelle Besson [ Alpha / CD - released 20/Oct/2017 ] Édouard Ferlet has already explored intriguing byways for the Alpha label: in 2015 he and Violaine Cochard recorded 'Plucked Unplucked', an album associating piano and harpsichord - a successful venture that will soon see a follow-up. The bassist... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Leonardo da Vinci, La Musique Secrète Doulce Mémoire, Denis Raisin Dadre [ Alpha Classics CD + Book / CD/Book - released 10/May/2019 ] 2019 saw the 500th commemoration of the death of one of the greatest geniuses humanity has produced: Leonardo da Vinci, scientist, inventor, painter - an musician. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Du Bellay: Heureux qui, comme Ulysse Doulce Mémoire, Denis Raisin Dadre, Kwal [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 9/Sep/2022 ] Joachim Du Bellay (1522-1560) stormed onto the Parisian literary scene with the resounding avant-garde manifesto Défense et illustration de la langue française. Ronsard and Du Bellay are the great French poets of the sixteenth century, but while the... |