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ERIK SATIE
Satie: Piano Music (Incls 3 Gymnopadies, Gnossiennes & Sports et divertissements) Hakon Austbo (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 28/Feb/2009 ] This is an excellent disc, especially when offered at such a low price." MusicWeb |
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EDWARD GRIEG
Grieg: Lyrische Stucke [Lyric Suites] Hakon Austbo (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 10/Mar/2009 ] "Anyone who has heard the Norwegian pianist's Naxos recordings of Scriabin and Messiaen (will) be taken aback by his mastery of atmosphere and colour‚ evident as early as his breathtaking restatements in the Arietta from Op 12‚ the first piece in... |
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MEDTNER
Piano Sonatas / Piano works (complete on 7 CDs) Hamish Milne (piano) with Boris Berezovsky & Geoffrey Tozer [ Brilliant Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 15/Mar/2008 ] Nikolai Medtner (1880-1951) was a Russian composer who slowly invaded the recording industry. Especially his piano concertos, mainly no.'s 2 and 3, are receiving attention. But Medtner did write just music just involving the piano. Of his solo works... |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert - Piano Sonatas Nos. 14 & 15 Hanna Shybayeva (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Jul/2009 ] New recording: one of a series of releases from Brilliant Classics featuring outstanding young artists who have won the principal prizes at the Young Pianist Foundation's National Piano Competition. Shybayeva 'impresses with a solid sense of form... |
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BOTTESINI / CHOPIN / RACHMANINOV
The Romantic Double Bass (Concertos, sonatas and other works) Hans Roelofsen (double-bass) Rudolf Senn (double-bass) with George Pieterson (clarinet) and Marien van Staalen (cello) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] Say double bass and people will probably think of jazz music. In spite of pioneering composers like Bottesini and active present-day players like Dutch Hans Roelofsen and Rudolf Senn the double-bass does not have a serious image in classical music.... |
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GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Telemann: Music for Flute Hanspeter Oggier (pan flute), Ensemble Fratres [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2016 ] Telemann wrote so much and so well for the flute with the understanding of one who knew the instrument from the inside. 'How my heart beats,' he wrote, 'when I see the walls and corners of the room covered with musical instruments… Excellent... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Music for Pan Flute & Organ 'With More Than A Hundred Pipes' Hanspeter Oggier (pan flute), Sarah Brunner (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 25/Sep/2020 ] The combination of the Pan Flute and the Organ makes perfect sense, given that the organ is in fact a giant pan flute in the production of the tone. How well the two instruments fit together and how beautifully they can grow to form one large... |
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BRUHNS
Complete Cantatas Harmonices Mundi, Claudio Astronio [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 24/Jun/2016 ] Nicolaus Bruhns (1665‐1697) was born in Denmark, where he caught the attention of Buxtehude, becoming his most talented and favourite pupil. He became composer at the Danish Royal Court when his untimely death at age 31 ended a splendid career.... |
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Harmonices Mundi, Claudio Astronio
STRADELLA: San Giovanni Crisostomo [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 22/Jul/2016 ] |
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BEETHOVEN
Piano Sonatas / Bagatelles (rec 1970-81) Harris Goldsmith (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2007 ] Gramophone Magazine Re-issue of the Month - January 2007 |
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LOUIS VIERNE
Vierne: Complete Organ Symphonies Hayo Boerema (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 20/Nov/2020 ] Some years before graduating from the Paris Conservatoire with a coveted first prize in 1894, Louis Vierne was serving as an assistant to his teacher, Charles Widor, both at the Conservatoire itself and at the Church of Saint-Sulpice. Both in... |
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ZELENKA
Orchestral Works / Trio Sonatas Heinz Holliger, Maurice Bourgue (oboes) Saschko gawriloff (violin) Klaus Thunemann (bassoon) / Camerata Bern [ Brilliant Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/2009 ] 'This is brilliant and quite stylish ensemble playing, which should win over many listeners' Gramophone reviewing the Trio Sonatas |
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EUGEN d'ALBERT
Tiefland (complete opera recorded in 1963) Heinz Hoppe, Hanne-Lore Kuhse, Ernst Gutstein, Theo Adam / Staatskapelle Dresden, Paul Schmitz [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2015 ] s.Considered the composer's masterpiece, Eugen d'Albert'sTiefland tells the story of Marta, a poor young woman who is the mistress of the wealthy local landowner Sebastiano. Sebastiano is about to marry an heiress, and plans to have Marta marry his... |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: La Finta Semplice (complete opera recorded in 1983) Helen Donath, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Robert Holl, Teresa Berganza / Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, Leopold Hager(cond) [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2012 ] "Helen Donath is her usual bright-toned and fluent self and she has a fine trill; Teresa Berganza is lovely too, nuanced as always and still in creamy voice. Light and springy, even more delectable is Jutta-Renate Ihloff in the soubrette role." |
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RAVEL
The Best Of Ravel (Incls Bolero, Gaspard de la Nuit & Piano Concerto in G) Helene Grimaud, Paul Crossley (piano)/ Orchestre National de France under Eliahu Inbal / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under Jesus Lopez-Cobos [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 26/Apr/2007 ] Ravel’s Boléro has become an evergreen. These 2 CD’s provide material for those who would like to hear more by this typically French composer. |
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MOLTER
Clarinet Concertos Henk de graaf (clarinet) Amadeus Ensemble, Rotterdam / Marien van Staalen [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 12/Apr/2008 ] Johann Melchoir Molter wrote six clarinet concertos. The first four of these dating from around 1745 makes them the earliest known solo concertos for this instrument. |
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VIVALDI / ALBINONI / MOZART / MOLTER / CRUSELL / etc
Wind Concertos [special priced boxed set] Henk de Graaf (clarinet) Daniel Smith (Bassoon) Stefan Schilli (oboe) (trumpet) Herman Jeurissen (horn) Emma Johnson (clarinet) etc [ Brilliant Classics / 10 CD Box Set - released 10/Dec/2010 ] A delightful collection of Wind concertos, featuring some rarer works amongst the well known. |
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WEBER / BRUCH / CRUSELL / KROMMER / STAMITZ / HOFFMEISTER / COPLAND / etc
Clarinet Concertos Henk de Graaf (clarinet) Maria Du Toit (clarinet) Oskar Michallik (clarinet) Giovanni Punzi (clarinet), Eva Katrine Dalsgaard (viola), etc [ Brilliant Classics / 14 CD Box Set - released 1/Sep/2018 ] Many of the composers in this set wrote for the clarinet at times when the orchestral status and design of the instrument were still in transition: the 18th century saw the gradual establishment of the clarinet as a more-or-less standard orchestral... |
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FRANZ KROMMER
Clarinet Quartet & Quintet Henk de Graaf (clarinet) / Schubert Consort Amsterdam [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] Frantisek Kramar (1759-1831) was born in Moravia (his name Krommer was adopted by him when settling in Germany and Austria), and held musical posts at several European courts, his last station being Kapellmeister of the Vienna Imperial Court. He was... |
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J. S. BACH
Mass in B Minor Hillevi Martinpelto, Bernarda Fink, Axel Kohler, Christoph Pregardien, Matthias Goerne, Franz-Josef Selig / RIAS-Kammerchor, Rene Jacobs [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 25/Feb/2015 ] The Reissue of one of the finest recordings of Bach's "Hohe Messe'! This "compelling performance..spacious and intimate" (Gramophone) boasts of a line-up of famous soloists: Christoph Prégardien, Matthias Goerne, Bernarda Fink and Hillevi... |