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BEETHOVEN / HAYDN
Haydn & Beethoven Piano Sonatas Olivier Cave (piano) [ Alpha / CD - released 2/Feb/2018 ] Ludwig van Beethoven was just twenty years old when he first met Joseph Haydn, in 1790. Two years later, the young composer joined the Viennese master's numerous pupils. But, weary of his teacher's frequent absences and stung by his criticisms, he... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Concertos for two harpsichords Olivier Fortin / Emmanuel Frankenberg / Ensemble Masques [ Alpha / CD - released 24/Jan/2019 ] The practice of composing for two keyboard instruments, very common in the illustrious Bach family, naturally achieved its apotheosis with Johann Sebastian, whose three concertos for two harpsichords are performed here by Olivier Fortin and Emmanuel... |
FRANCOIS COUPERIN
Couperin : L'art de toucher le clavecin Olivier Fortin (harpsichord) [ Alpha / CD - released 28/Sep/2018 ] The harpsichord is perfect in its compass, and brilliant in itself; but, as one can neither swell nor diminish its notes, I shall always be grateful to those who, through consummate art sustained by good taste, manage to make this instrument... |
HENRY PURCELL
Dido and Aeneas (complete opera recorded in 2014) Opera de Rouen / Vivica Genaux, Henk Neven, Ana Quintans, Marc Mauillon / Vincent Dumestre (cond) [ Alpha DVD / DVD - released 20/Feb/2015 ] CHOEUR ACCENTUS Vivica GENAUX Dido Henk NEVEN Æneas Ana QUINTANS Belinda Marc MAUILLON Sorceress, Marin Vincent DUMESTRE Musical direction Cécile ROUSSAT & Julien LUBEK Staging, Choregraphy, Set, Costumes Laurent CASTAINGT Lights Stéphane... |
BEETHOVEN
Resound Volume 5 Orchester Wiener Akademie / Martin Haselbock [ Alpha / CD - released 21/Apr/2017 ] The Orchester Wiener Akademie and its conductor Martin Haselböck continue their RESOUND Beethoven series. The aim of this project is to record the complete Beethoven symphonies on period instruments in the venues where they were first performed,... |
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LOUIS SPOHR
The Forgotten Master: The Four Clarinet Concertos Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Paul Meyer (conductor & clarinet) [ Alpha / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] |
MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 7 Orchestre National de Lille; Alexandre Bloch [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 25/Sep/2020 ] Alexandre Bloch, who has been Music Director of the Orchestre National de Lille since 2016, has chosen to devote a whole season of concerts to Mahler's symphonies. The Seventh (1904-05) is the most rarely recorded of the cycle - unjustly, because... |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: La Damoiselle élue, Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien & Nocturnes Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France; Maîtrise de Radio France; Chœur de Radio France; Mikko Franck [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 8/Apr/2022 ] The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and Mikko Franck continue their collaboration with Alpha Classics and here invite the Maîtrise and Chœur de Radio France to join them in a Debussy programme. This recording couples La Damoiselle élue, a... |
PIERE HENRY
Pierre Henry: La Dixième Symphonie, Hommage à Beethoven Bruno Mantovani, Marzena Diakun, Benoît Rameau, Orchestre du Conservatoire de Paris, Jeune Chœur de Paris, Chœur de Radio France Orchestre Philharmoni [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 11/Sep/2020 ] Pierre Henry, a supreme innovator in the field of sound aesthetics, opened the gates to many other musical universes through the applications of his technological research..... |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 19 KV 459 - Concerto for Flute & Harp KV 299 - Andante for Flute KV 315 - Horn Concerto No. 1 KV 412/514 ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Howard Griffiths, Thomas Zehetmair, Aaron Pilsan, Nicolas Rames, Diren Duran, Elisabeth Plank [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 17/Nov/2023 ] For the seventh volume in this collection devoted to Mozart by the younger generation of soloists, the award-winning Austrian pianist Aaron Pilsan records the concerto K.459 with the ORF Radio Symphonieorchester in Vienna. French horn player Nicolas... |
EDUARD TUBIN
Tubin: Kratt Paavo Järvi; Estonian Festival Orchestra; Florian Donderer [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 23/Jun/2023 ] For their fourth recording on Alpha Classics, Paavo Järvi and the Estonian Festival Orchestra - who bring together the best Estonian talent and leading musicians from around the world each year in Pärnu - celebrate composers from Estonia and Poland,... |
JOHN ADAMS
John Adams Paavo Järvi, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 9/Sep/2022 ] In this programme, Paavo Järvi and the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich celebrate one of the most important composers of our time with works from different periods and citing a wide range of references, autobiographical or typically American. John Adams has... |
Paavo Järvi; Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich
Tchaikovsky Symphonies [ Alpha Classics / 5 CD - released 8/Oct/2021 ] Paavo Järvi and the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich have put the finishing touches to their complete recording of Tchaikovsky's symphonies. Assembled here are the six famous works, coupled with the Capriccio Italien, Romeo and Juliet, the Waltz and... |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1 "Winter Daydreams" / Italian Capriccio / Waltz from "Eugene Onegin" Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Paavo Järvi [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 13/May/2022 ] The Estonian conductor Paavo Järvi and the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich continue their journey through Tchaikovsky's symphonic works. This fourth volume opens with the Symphony no.1 (1866), subtitled 'Winter Daydreams'. |
Paavo Järvi; Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 'Pathétique' & Romeo and Juliet [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 8/Oct/2021 ] After two volumes praised by the international press (Diapason d'Or, Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik etc.) the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich presents the third release in its Tchaikovsky cycle, featuring the Sixth Symphony and Romeo and Juliet. A... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / GEORGE ANTHEIL / MORTON FELDMAN / JOHN CAGE
Le monde selon George Antheil Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin) Joonas Ahonen (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 13/May/2022 ] George Antheil called himself a 'Pianist-Futurist'. A lover of speed, cars and aeroplanes, the American composer settled in the Paris of the Années Folles, where he frequented Picasso and Stravinsky, and composed works such as Sonate sauvage. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Death And The Maiden Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin) / The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 15/Apr/2018 ] Grammy Awards 60th Awards (2017) - Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance |
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Schoenberg: Pierrot lunaire Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin) [ Alpha Classics / CD/Book - released 9/Apr/2021 ] Pierrot lunaire, premiered in Berlin in 1912, is a series of twenty-one short melodramas for voice and five instruments on German translations of poems by Albert Giraud. Here the composer first introduces Sprechgesang (speech-song), a technique that... |
JOHN ZORN / KARL AMADEUS HARTMANN / FRANK MARTIN / LUBOŠ FIŠER / JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Time & Eternity Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Camerata Bern [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 13/Sep/2019 ] "This is very much a concept album and, as such, it needs to be listened to as programmed. Kopatchinskaja's playing is daring in her use of extreme dynamics, sometimes down to a spidery whisper." Gramophone Editor's Choice November 2019 |
BELA BARTOK / FRANCIS POULENC / MAURICE RAVEL
Deux: Music for Violin & Piano Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin) Polina Leschenko (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 10/Apr/2018 ] "Every reading here works like a dream; no doubt in part because the three main works' Hungarian folk roots are a perfect partner to her own Moldovan folk heritage." Gramophone Editor's Choice Feb 2018 |
