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DOMENICO SCARLATTI
Scarlatti: Sonates, Naples, 1685 Olivier Cavé [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 25/Jun/2021 ] These sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti seem to contain all the vivid colours of Naples: in the hands of Olivier Cavé, they spring to life as playful tableaux, dreams where the notes resemble reminiscences, each of them conjuring up a noisy, turbulent... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos K.415, 175, 503 Olivier Cavé, Divertissement, Rinaldo Alessandrini [ Alpha / CD - released 16/Sep/2016 ] Olivier Cavé has made several acclaimed discs for Aeon (Clementi, Haydn, Bach, Scarlatti). This student of Nelson Goerner, Maria Tipo and Aldo Ciccolini invariably impresses listeners with the refinement of his playing. This is an album of three... |
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1 & 2 Olivier Cavé (piano), Kammerakademie Potsdam, Patrick Hahn [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 9/Oct/2020 ] A subtle performer of the Baroque and Classical piano repertory, Olivier Cavé here offers us for the first time his interpretation of Beethoven's first two concertos, written between the ages of twenty-five and thirty. |
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... |
JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY / MARIN MARAIS / JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU etc
Clavecins concertants Olivier Fortin, Emmanuel Frankenberg (harpsichords) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 3/Jul/2026 ] Olivier Fortin and Emmanuel Frankenberg present a programme of transcriptions of French orchestral works for two harpsichords: "This was common practice in the 17th and 18th centuries, as it allowed people to play the popular tunes they heard at the... |
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... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN / EDVARD GRIEG
Mendelssohn & Grieg: String Quartets Opus13 [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 18/Sep/2026 ] The Opus13 Quartet was formed in 2014 and takes its name from the String Quartet in A minor, Op. 13, by Felix Mendelssohn, a passionate early work and the first piece they ever played together. Comprising two Norwegians (violinists Sonoko Miriam... |
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,... |
C.P.E. BACH / IGOR STRAVINSKY / DARIUS MILHAUD / CHARLOTTE SOHY
Symphonies in 3 Movements Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Bar Avni [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 27/Feb/2026 ] "his is a unique collection, well worth exploring...It showcases a musician with fresh things to say about both programming and interpretation." Gramophone May 26 |
MODEST MUSSORGSKY / MAURICE RAVEL / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Tableaux Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Joseph Swensen [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 4/Sep/2026 ] This album centres on Ravel: Ravel the composer with Ma Mère l'Oye - originally a suite for piano four hands composed in 1910, orchestrated the following year to become a ballet… and Ravel the arranger with Mussorgsky's famous Pictures at an... |
GUSTAV 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..... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 9 "Jenamy" & 12 / Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Major ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien; Howard Griffiths; Evren Ozel; Jan Mrá?ek [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 18/Jul/2025 ] Mozart's piano concerto in E flat KV 271 has long been known as the 'Jeunehomme' - but it was discovered in 2004 that it was actually composed for Louise Victoire Jenamy; Mozart misspelled her name as 'jenomy' in a letter to his father in 1778 and so... |
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... |
