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MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO / ANGELO GILARDINO / CRISTIANO PORQUEDDU
Homage to Angelo Gilardino - A Life for Music Cristiano Porqueddu (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 14/Jan/2022 ] An 80th-birthday tribute featuring new recordings of key works by the Italian guitarist-composer from one of his most dedicated interpreters. |
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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,... |
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BELLOMO / FRANCO / REBAY / BIBERIAN / CHASSAIN / CAVALLONEone
Easy Studies for Guitar, Vol. 3 Cristiano Porqueddu (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Mar/2020 ] This is the 3rd volume of "Easy Studies for Guitar", a successful concept compiled by master guitarist Cristiano Porqueddu. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Russian Guitar Music of the 20th and 21st centuries Cristiano Porqueddu (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD - released 5/May/2017 ] Although one would not automatically associate the guitar with Russia, the history of the Russian guitar goes far back, as early as 1790 the tradition starts with a 7‐string instrument, continuing to flourish in the 19th century as a salon... |
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LOUIS AUBERT
Piano Works (including Deux pieces en forme de Mazurka Op.12) Cristina Ariagno (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] Louis Aubert was born in Brittany in 1877 and soon showed promise as a singer, but his real skill was as a pianist. He studied with Fauré, and Maurice Ravel was another fellow student with whom he would develop a lasting friendship. |
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JUAN FRANCES de IRIBARREN ECHEVARRIA
Iribarren: Sacred Music in Malaga Cathedral Cristina Bayon (soprano) Jorge Enrique Garcia Ortega (counter-tenor) / Ensemble Esitös [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 10/Apr/2020 ] First recordings of sacred motets and villancicos by a forgotten figure of the Spanish Baroque. |
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ANTONIN DVOARK
Dvorak: 2 Serenades Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra Pardubice, Stanislav Vavřínek & Vahan Mardirossian [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/2024 ] New Czech recordings of perennially popular serenades from the pen of Dvořák at a turning point in his career, full of freshness, Bohemian charm and flowing melodies. The Serenades for Strings and Winds never get old, and never lose their appeal,... |
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DENNIS JOHNSON / PHILIP GLASS / TOM JOHNSON / PETER GARLAND / TERRY RILEY / etc
Minimal Piano Collection Volume XXI‐XXVIII Jeroen Van Veen (piano) [ Brilliant Clasics / 8 CD Box Set - released 5/May/2017 ] This 8CD set bring the listener back to the roots of Minimalism, all works were written in the seventies of the 20th century, a time when the new aesthetics and perception of music, sound, repetition and time experience were creating a new chapter in... |
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EDWARD ELGAR
Complete Original Organ Music Daniel Justin (Grand organ of the Leeds Cathedral) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] This new recording contains Elgar's complete original works for organ, as well as several arrangements of his famous showpieces, the first Pomp & Circumstance March, the Imperial March and Nimrod from the Enigma Variations, an iconic piece of English... |
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ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak : Complete Sacred Choral Music Daniel Kirch, John Aler, Piotr Beczala, Javier Tomé, Christine Brewer, Christiane Libor etc [ Brilliant Classics / 7 CD - released 23/Mar/2018 ] The complete Sacred Choral music by the most popular Czech composer, Antonin Dvořák, counting among the greatest Romantic Sacred music of the 19th century. Contains the Requiem, Stabat Mater, the Mass, Te Deum and the seldom heard oratorio Svata... |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: String Quartet No. 3 / Piano Quintet Daniel Quartet & Klara Wurtz (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 22/Feb/2014 ] This new recording presents two of Schumann's best and most famous chamber music works. |
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ANTON RUBINSTEIN
Complete Violin Sonatas Daniela Cammarano (violin) & Alessandro Deljavan (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2014 ] Rubinstein's works are essentially romantic, based on the aesthetics of Schumann and Chopin. His violin sonatas span a period of over 20 years, and offer an abundance of warm, sweeping melodies and instrumental brilliance. |
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VERDI
Messa da Requiem Daniela Nedialkova (sop) Ivanka Ninova (mezzo) Roumen Doikov (ten) Emil Ponorsk (bass) / Choir & Orchestra of the Sofia Opera, Ivan Marinov [ Brilliant Classics Musica Sacra / CD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] 'I have paid a lot of money to hear this work over the years, often with 'name' conductors and soloists. Not many have given me as much pleasure as this performance.' Musicweb International review |
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JAN PIETERSZOON SWEELINCK
Sweelinck: Complete Harpsichord and Organ Music Daniele Boccaccio [harpsichord / organ] [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 10/Apr/2020 ] Daniele Boccaccio is one of Italy's foremost keyboard players. A scholar as well, he did extensive research into historic sources. He plays 3 different historic organs and a copy of a Flemish harpsichord. |
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TCHAIKOVSKY / DVORAK / ROTA / GADE / ELGAR / BARTOK / etc
Romantic Serenades For Strings Daniele Orlando (violin) / Ensemble Instrumental Musica Viva, Capella Istropolitana, Orchestra da Camera 'Ferruccio Busoni', Arhus Chamber Orchestra, [ Brilliant Classics / 5 CD - released 23/Mar/2018 ] This 5‐CD set contains one of the most extensive selections of Serenades for String Orchestra, a warm bath of lush, vibrant and soothing music, utterly romantic, atmospheric and beguiling, like the buzzing of a summer afternoon. Included are the... |
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Daniele Ruggieri (flute), Alberto Mesirca (guitar)
MUSIC FOR FLUTE AND GUITAR, Rochberg, Riley, Ribot, Goljiov, Wuorinen, Crawford Seeger, Delpriora; Daniele Ruggeri, Alberto Mesirca [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2018 ] A brief history of 20th-century American music and a valuable, offbeat addition to the comprehensive Brilliant Classics library of guitar music. Among the most extensive works here is the cycle of Cantos Desiertos (1996) composed for flute and... |
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CAPLET / DONJON / DOPPLER / HARTMANN / LINCETTO / etc
Music for Flute and Organ Daniele Ruggieri (flute & alto flute) & Andrea Toschi (organ & harmonium) [ Brilliant Classics / CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2015 ] An enterprising and original programme of works originally written for flute and organ by a wide variety of composers, spanning more than 150 years (not the usual compilation of Baroque lollipops like the Albinoni/Adagio or the... |
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MAURO GUILIANI
Guiliani: Complete Music for Flute and Guitar Daniele Ruggieri (flute), Alberto Mesirca (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 11/Mar/2022 ] The combination of flute and guitar was a popular and appealing one for many amateur musicians of the early 19th century, and the Italian guitarist-composer Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829) realised its full potential. |
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JOHN STANLEY
Stanley: Complete Flute Sonatas Daorsa Dervishi (Baroque flute), Alessia Travaglini (viola da gamba & cello), Nicola Bisotti (harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2023 ] A first on record: two sets of sonatas by an English contemporary of Handel and Johann Christian Bach, painting a lively portrait of chamber music in London during the middle of the 18th century. John Stanley (1712-1786) was a Londoner, active... |
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HEINRICH & CARL BAERMANN
Heinrich & Carl Baermann: Music for Clarinet and Piano Dario Zingales (clarinet) & Florian Podgoreanu (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2018 ] Heinrich Baermann and his son Carl count among the most accomplished clarinettists of the Romantic age. Many composers wrote for Heinrich, most notably Carl Maria von Weber, who composed his two concertos and chamber works with Heinrich in mind,... |