J. S. BACH / MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER / ARCANGELO CORELLI / etc
A Baroque Christmas (Limited Edition) Akademie fur Alte Berlin, RIAS Kammerchor, René Jacobs / Ensemble 415,Chiara Banchini / Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé [ Harmonia Mundi / 4 CD Box Set - released 4/Oct/2019 ] Ranging from unaffected simplicity to elaborate polyphony, the composers of the 17th and 18th centuries left us some of the most sublime pages of sacred music intended to tell the story of the Nativity. The extraordinary musical legacy produced as a... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
50 Most Beautiful Classical Pieces Renaud Capucon, Martha Argerich, William Christie, David Fray, Philippe Jaroussky, Riccardo Muti, Maria Joao Pires, etc [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2015 ] All works performed by the best and iconic artists of the Warner Classics & Erato catalogues. |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Sonatas & Trio Renaud Capucon (violin) Gérard Caussé (viola) Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Marie-Pierre Langlamet (harp) Edgar Moreau (cello) Bertrand Chamayou (piano) [ Erato Classics / CD - released 10/Nov/2017 ] Their readings of the late sonatas are packed with glorious detail, while Renaud Capuçon, Bertrand Chamayou and Edgar Moreau make a great case for the early Piano Trio.' BBC Music Award WINNER 2018 - Chamber |
DVORAK / TCHAIKOVSKY / RACHMANINOV / HUMPERDINCK / STRAVINSKY
Summer Night Concert 2017 Renee Fleming (soprano) / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach [ Sony Classical DVD / DVD - released 10/Jul/2017 ] Fairytales and myths have inspired composers from time immemorial, and audiences, too, have invariably been enthralled by the unending struggle between good and evil. Central to the Vienna Philharmonic's 2017 Summer Night Concert are German, French,... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 9 (Recorded live from the Opéra Bastille and the Palais Garnier, Paris 2014-15) Ricarda Merbeth, Daniela Sindram, Robert Dean Smitm, Günther Groissböck / Paris National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Philippe Jordan [ Arthaus DVD / 4 DVD Box Set - released 20/Sep/2016 ] "A seasoned Beethovenian will likely conclude that a lot of care and thought went into the interpretations as well." Classical-Net |
MATTHIAS WECKMANN
Complete Works Ricercar Consort, La Fenice [ Ricercar / 5 CD Box Set - released 22/Apr/2016 ] Matthias Weckmann is doubtless the most fascinating Hamburg composer of the mid-17th century. A disciple of Schütz, nurtured on Italian music and, in particular, that of Claudio Monteverdi, he shone in all genres, achieving an impressive blending of... |
LOUIS COUPERIN
The Complete Harpsichord Works RIchard Egarr (harpsichord) [ Harmonia Mundi / 4 CD Box Set - released 3/Oct/2011 ] "Egarr revels in the variety, both harmonic and rhythmic, that this music contains, and the interpretative opportunities it offers. I don't think anyone, even Egarr, would suggest listening to all four of these CDs at a single sitting, but in smaller... |
Richard Fawkes
History Of Classical Music [ Naxos Audiobooks / 8 CD - released 9/Sep/2002 ] |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Grand Organ of Liverpool Cathedral (concert recorded in 2012) [plus CD] Richard Lea at the Walker Organ of Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral [ Priory DVD + CD / DVD/CD - released 20/Sep/2013 ] |
Richard Tucker
The Song & Cantorial Album Col [ Sony Classical / 14 CD - released 10/Jun/2013 ] |
GERALD FINZI
A Finzi Anthology Robert Plane (clarinet), Tim Hugh (cello), Roderick Williams (baritone), Iain Burnside (piano), James Gilchrist (tenor), John Mark Ainsley (tenor) [ Naxos / 8 CD - released 9/Sep/2016 ] More than any other composer, Gerald Finzi (1901-1956) has come to embody the lyrical pastoralism so associated with English twentieth-century music. This anthology includes eight critically acclaimed recordings of Finzi's works. The themes of... |
Poulenc
Poulenc-Mass in G, Prayers of St. Francis, Motets for Christmas & Lent Robert Shaw Festival Singers, Robert Shaw director [ Telarc Records / CD - released 22/Sep/2003 ] Telarc Classics - Top quality recordings at mid-price. |
Robert Spano
Transmigration [ Telarc Classical / CD - released 24/Aug/2009 ] |
JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffman (The Tales of Hoffman) (complete opera) Roberto Alagna, Jose van Dam, Natalie Dessay, Sumi Jo / l'Opera National de Lyon, Kent Nagano [ Erato Warner Classics Home of Opera / 3 CD - released 20/May/2016 ] "Kent Nagano uses Kaye's complete edition preserving the recitatives. He balances this by taking quite a brisk view of the tempi and the pacing of the piece." MusicWeb |
GIROLAMO FRESCOBALDI
Frescobaldi: Complete Keyboard Works Roberto Loreggian (organ & harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / 15 CD Box Set - released 1/Mar/2023 ] Definitive recordings by the leading Frescobaldi performer of our time, now more conveniently packaged than ever. In 2007, Roberto Loreggian embarked on a project that would see him record every published work by Girolamo Frescobaldi. Issued as a... |
GIROLAMO FRESCOBALDI
Frescobaldi: Complete Unpublished Works for Harpsichord and Organ Roberto Loreggian (harpsichord/organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 10/Dec/2021 ] Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583- 1643) was one of the most important and influential composers for the keyboard in the early 17th century. He embraced the late renaissance style in his early output, and by the end of his life had contributed some of the... |
LAURIDSEN / BYRD / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / WHITACRE / HOLST / etc
A Choral Christmas The Rodolfus Choir, Ralph Allwood (director) [ Signum / CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] A leading light in the world of youth choral music, the Rodolfus Choir is made up of choristers from ages 16-25 who are past and present participants of the Eton Choral Courses, begun by the choir's director Ralph Allwood in 1980. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Nuove Invenzione Rolf Lislevand (lute, baroque guitar) / Concerto Stella Matutina [ Sony Classical / CD - released 25/Jul/2018 ] Bringing the elements of baroque and jazz together and developing a new kind of music by optimizing the instruments of Early Music and giving each instrument section its moment on the recording was the goal of this release. |
BEETHOVEN
Complete works for the Piano Volumes 12: Variations (II) Ronald Brautigam, fortepiano [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Apr/2012 ] "This instrument has a light tone and touch but is by no means limited in terms of dynamic range, and Ronald Brautigam performs even the least inspiring of these works with a conviction and musicality which makes you believe in their worth." MusicWeb |