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GIUSEPPE ROSETTA
Rosetta: Music for Guitar Gian Luca Barbero (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 23/Oct/2020 ] Giuseppe Rosetta (1901-1985) studied in Rome under Respighi but soon returned to his Piedmontese birthplace of Vercelli. There he remained, leading and enriching the local musical culture as an organist, choir conductor and music teacher. He spurned... |
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FRANCOIS COUPERIN
Couperin: Complete Published Trios for Two Harpsichords Gian Luca Rovelli, Marco Gaggini (harpsichords) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 17/Jan/2020 ] In the foreword to his "L'Apothéose de Lully" the great French Baroque composer François Couperin wrote: "This Trio, just like the L ́Apothéose de Corelli, and in fact all my trios, may be executed on two harpsichords, as well as on any other... |
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MONTEVERDI
L' incoronazionedi Poppea (complete opera) Gian Paolo Fagotto / Patrizia Biccire / Liliana Rugiero / William Matteuzzi / Musical Chapel of S. Petronio / Sergio Vartolo (conductor / cembalo) [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] A brand new recording made in Italy by Renaissance and Baroque specialist Sergio Vartolo. This harpsichordist conducts the Musical Chapel of S. Petronio and a group of specialized singers such as tenor Gian Paolo Fagotto. |
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REINHOLD GLIERE
Gliere: Piano Music Gianluca Imperato (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 5/May/2017 ] "I doubt very much if there are any listeners who will not be won over by the effortless charm of this music." MusicWeb Sept 2017 |
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GIUSEPPE SAVERIO MERCADANTE
Mercadante: Chamber Music for Flute Gian-Luca Petrucci (flute) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 23/Oct/2020 ] A unique compilation of chamber music in new recordings to celebrate the diverse legacy of a noted Italian impresario, a century and a half after his death. At the time of his death in 1870, Saverio Mercadante was known as a director and... |
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FREDERICK THE GREAT
Frederick The Great: Nine Sonatas for Flute and Harpsichord Gian-Luca Petrucci (flute) Paola Pisa (harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 25/Feb/2022 ] Though Frederick II of Prussia, better known as "the Great" (1712-1786), was one of the greatest strategists of history, he found a way of reconciling his army life, his battles and his political determination with his passion for the flute. |
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PAOLO UGOLETTI
Ugoletti: Three Concertos Gianni Alberti (sax), Jozsef Ormeny (pno) Marko Komonko (violin) Serhiy Katsaval (tromb) / Strings of the Lviv Philharmonic Orchestra, Ferdinando Nazz [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 23/Sep/2016 ] Prominent Italian composer Paolo Ugoletti (born in 1956) describes his music as follows: "It consists of a theatre of sound, narration, fables and slashes of the imagination. It has something in common with the folly of the Baroque universe, the... |
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PROKOFIEV / KUPKOVIC / KARAYEV / SALMANOV / LOURIE / etc
Gidon Kremer plays 20th Century Composers [3 CD set] Gidon Kremer (violin) / with Oleg Maisenberg (piano) & Tatiana Gridenko (violin) / USSR State TV & Radio Symphony Orchestra [ Brilliant Classics Historic Russian Archive Edition / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2011 ] One of the world's most compelling musicians, and a tireless exponent of the challenging and the unexpected, Gidon Kremer was born in Riga, Latvia in 1947. |
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ROMANTIC VIOLIN
Romantic Violin (violin pieces by Dvorak, Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Bruch, etc) Gil Sharon, Bohuslav Matousek, Emmy Verhey, Ilya Grubert (violins) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/May/2008 ] Gil Sharon lives in the Netherlands, where he is concertmaster of the Limburg Symphony Orchestra. In 1971 he won first prize in the "Internatyional Emily Anderson Violin Competition" in London. As a result of this he was invited for solistic... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Flauto d'Amore Ginevra Petrucci (flauto d'amore), Paola Pisa (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 6/May/2016 ] The Flauto d'Amore first appeared in the Baroque, when woodwind instruments were frequently included in chamber ensembles, and it was soon considered the most prominent of the flute family, right after the ordinary flute. It was built in B flat, in A... |
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JOSEF HAYDN
6 Duo Concertantes for two flutes Ginevra Petrucci (flute) & Gian‐Luca Petrucci (flute) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Apr/2015 ] During Haydn's successful stays in London he recognised the need for high quality chamber music for a variety of instruments, among which the flute, which rapidly gained popularity in bourgeois circles. For this purpose he cleverly arranged his own... |
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ROBERT MUCZYNSKI
Muczynski: Chamber Music Ginevra Petrucci (flute), Gleb Kanasevich (clarinet), Dorotea Racz (cello), Dmitry Samogray (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 5/May/2017 ] Robert Muczynski (1929‐2010) was born in Chicago, son of a Polish and Slovak immigrant. At the age of 5 he started his piano lessons, and later studied at the DePaul University composition with Walter Knupfer and Alexander Tcherepnin. |
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DUPUY / BUCHNER
Romantic Flute Concertos Ginevra Petrucci (flute) / Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali, Maurizio Ciampi [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] "The scandalously colourful Dupuy's work is rooted in classicism, while Büchner's displays a Verdian mix of seriousness and easy lyricism. Ginevra Petrucci plays attractively, and she is well supported by the Milan-based orchestra." Sunday Times |
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LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Chamber Music with Flute Ginevra Petrucci (flute), Giovanni Auletta (piano), Gian-Luca Petrucci (flute), Francesco Bossone (bassoon), Mirei Yamada (violin), Luca Sanzò (viola) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 1/Aug/2023 ] Showpiece variations, folksongs, little-known trios and an early masterpiece: an unrivalled survey of Beethoven's flute writing in new recordings by experienced Italian chamber musicians. Beethoven's attitude to composition is exemplified by an... |
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JEAN LANGLAIS
Langlais: Organ Music Volume 2 Giorgio Benati, Fausto Caporali, Alessandro Perin (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 12/Jul/2024 ] Jean Langlais was born on February 15, 1907, in La Fontenelle, Brittany, France. He became blind from the age of two. Sent to the Paris National Institute for the Blind Youth in 1918, he studied piano, violin, harmony and organ with great blind... |
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KUHLAU
Violin Sonatas Giorgio Leonida Tosi (baroque violin), Zero Emission Baroque Orchestra [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 22/Apr/2016 ] Friedrich Kuhlau (1786‐1832) was born in Hannover, but as a student he went to Denmark, where he stayed the rest of his life, becoming an important national composer. Kuhlau was a near contemporary of Beethoven, and his style shares elements of... |
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MIRTO / MANCA / SIGNORILE / ALBINI / etc
Nocturnes Giorgio Mirto guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 30/Jul/2013 ] "His touch is soft yet strong, and his manner of sound-producing is truly singing. The guitar's voice is sonorous, without the wooden dryness." MusicWeb International, April 2013 |
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MIRTO / KROGSETH
Norwegian Memories / Viking Concerto Giorgio Mirto (guitar) / Florence String Ensemble [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Apr/2015 ] Giorgio Mirto follows in a long and distinguished line of guitarist-composers stretching back to his fellow Italian Mauro Giuliani, and he is justifiably a regular contributor to the catalogue of Brilliant Classics, playing both the classic (mostly... |
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ALBINONI
12 Trattenimenti armonici per camera Op. 6 Giorgio Tosi (baroque violin), Marlise Goidanich (baroque cello) & Carlo Centemeri (organ) Zero Emission Baroque Orchestra [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2014 ] Tomaso Albinoni is one of the greatest composers of the Italian Baroque...Italian Baroque specialist Carlo Centemeri...now leads the Zero Emission Baroque Orchestra in this new recording of Albinoni, playing on period instruments. |
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VARIIOUS COMPOSERS
The Organ of the Badia Fiorentina Giovanna Riboli (organ of the Badia Fiorentina) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 28/Aug/2020 ] The organ of the Badia Fiorentina is a famous historical instrument, one of the finest surviving examples of an Italian renaissance organ. It was completed in 1558 by the celebrated organ builder Onofrio Zeffirini from Cortona, Tuscany. In 1978 the... |