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GIACOMO MEYERBEER
Meyerbeer In France Hjördis Thébault (soprano), Pierre‐Yves Pruvot (baritone), Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 19/Aug/2016 ] Renowned in his lifetime, Giacomo Meyerbeer - born Jakob Liebmann Meyer Beer - was one of the first opera composers to truly establish himself as master of the genre. His fame was at a height in the mid 19th century, as he managed to produce hit... |
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FAURE / MOZART / BACH / VERDI / PERGOLESI / HANDEL / MAHLER
In Paradisum: Spiritual Classical Music Holland Boys Choir / Choir of King's College / Pro Cantione Antiqua and many more [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Mar/2011 ] The most moving, serene, peaceful and comforting choral classics: In Paradisum, includes a breathtaking selection of well-loved spiritual classical melodies. |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Famous Cantatas Holland Boy's Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink [ Brilliant Classics Quintessence / 5 CD Box Set - released 25/Sep/2020 ] 'characteristic performances, marked by a great sense of authenticity' (Gramophone) |
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ARVO PART
Spiegel Im Spiegel Benjamin Hudson (violin/viola), Sebastian Klinger (cello) & Jürgen Kruse (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 19/Apr/2010 ] These days Estonian composer Arvo Pärt is mainly associated with his later works. Born in 1935 he wrote 'avant-garde' works at first. In the nineteen seventies he increasingly found his inspiration in medieval religious music, both western and... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Violin Concertos, Salzburg Divertimenti and Haffner Serenade Hungarian Chamber Orchestra, Kristóf Baráti / Amati Chamber Orchestra, Gil Sharon / Kammerorchestra 'C.P.E. Bach', Hartmut Haenchen [ Brilliant Classics Quintessence / 5 CD Box Set - released 25/Sep/2020 ] "..Baráti is out of the top drawer. With intensity of sound, unbridled athleticism and searing leaps into the stratosphere which send a tingle down the spine" (Gramophone) |
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FRANCESCO ANTONIONI
Antonioni: My River - Music for Strings I Solisti Aquilani, Vladimir Ashkenazy & Francesco Antonioni [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/2024 ] The legendary pianist and conductor joins his clarinettist son and Italian musicians in music by one of Italy's most powerfully individual living composers. |
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FRANCESCO GEMINIANI
Geminiani: Violin Sonatas Op. 1 Igor Ruhadze (baroque violin), Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya (harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2022 ] Igor Ruhadze's Brilliant Classics recording of sonatas by Locatelli (94736) won warm praise from Gramophone. 'The playing is elegantly supple, the string tone warm, and the architecture of individual movements thoughtfully worked out. |
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PIETRO LOCATELLI
Locatelli: Complete Violin Concertos Igor Ruhadze (baroque violin) / Ensemble Violini Capricciosi [ Brilliant Classics Quintessence / 5 CD Box Set - released 22/Jan/2021 ] Igor Ruhadze studied modern violin at the Moscow Central School of Music before pursuing his growing interest in music of the Baroque period. A pioneer of historically informed performance, he co-founded the Ensemble Violini Capricciosi. |
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HEINRICH IGNAZ FRANZ von BIBER
Biber: Mystery Sonatas [complete violin sonatas] Igor Ruhadze (violin) / Ensemble Violini Capricciosi [ Brilliant Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 24/Feb/2017 ] The first recording of the complete violin sonatas by Biber. Played with full technical command and imagination by Igor Ruhadze and his Ensemble I Violini Capricciosi. |
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CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK
Gluck: Demofoonte Colin Balzer, Sylvia Schwartz, Ann Hallenberg / Il Complesso Barocco / Alan Curtis (cond) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 4/Dec/2020 ] Demofoonte dates from the early 'Milan years' of Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714- 1787), long before the radical 'reform operas' for which he is most famous and his break with opera seria and the librettos of Pietro Metastasio. |
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BARTOLOMEO CAMPAGNOLI
CAMPAGNOLI: 6 Flute Quartets Ensemble Il Demetrio: Gabriele Formenti (flute), Maurizio Schiavo (violin), Mauro Righini (viola), Antonio Papetti (cello) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 23/Feb/2018 ] Bartolomeo Campagnoli (1751‐1827) learned his trade with famous Italian musicians Tartini and Nardini. As a virtuoso on the violin he travelled Europe, where he held several important posts in Freising (Bavaria), Dresden and Stockholm, before... |
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SCHUBERT
Rosamunde Ileana Cotrubas (soprano) / Staatskapelle Dresden, Willi Boskovsky [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 15/Aug/2015 ] This is a wonderful performance by the superb Dresden Staatskapelle conducted by Willi Boskovsky, a feast of Viennese charm, humour, grace and wit. The soloist is the great soprano Ileana Cotrubas, an opera legend, irresistible in this repertoire. |
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HUMPERDINCK
Hänsel und Gretel (complete opera recorded in 1969) Ingeborg Springer, Renate Hoff, Theo Adam, Gisela Schröter / Staatskapelle Dresden, Otmar Suitner [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] Engelbert Humperdinck's opera Hänsel und Gretel has remained a firm favourite in opera houses around the world. A skilful blend of Weber's Der Freischütz, Wagner's Meistersinger and Siegfried, it weaves a magical spell upon the listener. Conjuring up... |
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MESSIAEN
Songs (Complete) Ingrid Kappelle (soprano) Hakon Austbo (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Mar/2009 ] All Messiaen's songs? Well, everything he wrote for soprano and piano. Olivier Messiaen is considered one of the most important and influential composers of the twentieth century. He is probably best-known for his Turangalîla symphony and for making... |
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TELEMANN
Cantatas from the Harmonische Gottesdienst Ingrid Schmithasen (soprano) Klaus Mertens (baritone) / Il Concertino Kaln [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 26/Apr/2007 ] Telemann was a full contemporary of J.S. Bach and wrote a massive 1034 cantatas. They include the 3 complete year cycles of the Harmonische Gottes-Dienst (Harmonious Divine Worship). |
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DVORAK
Complete Works For Piano Duet (Incls Slavonic Dances) (Rec 1989-90) Ingryd Thorson and Julian Thurber (pianos) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 14/Aug/2005 ] "the fact remains that this ridiculously cheap Brilliant box gives us consistently generous performances, idiomatically played, of music that moves irresistibly through the bloodstream infusing the body with its infectious brio." (MusicWeb Oct 2004) |
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RAVEL
Complete works for piano duet Ingryd Thorson, Julian Thurber (pianos) with David Gardiner (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Feb/2011 ] "These performances from Denmark are all affectionate and notably intelligent and they are powerfully yet pleasingly recorded. The culmination of this set is a fine account of that terrifying masterpiece La valse. Recommended." (Gramophone) |
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DVORAK
Complete Piano Works Inna Poroshina (piano) [ Brilliant Classics Piano Library / 5 CD Box Set - released 6/Dec/2010 ] Gramophone Magazine Re-issue of the Month - March 2011 |
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ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorák: Complete Piano Music Inna Poroshina (piano) [ Brilliant Classics Quintessence / 5 CD Box Set - released 22/Jan/2021 ] Gramophone Magazine Re-issue of the Month - March 2011 |
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PIETRO MASCAGNI
Messa di Gloria Iorio Zennaro, Pietro Spagnoli, Alberto Galletti / Ensemble Seicentonovecento, Flavio Colusso [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] "From the same period as Cavalleria Rusticana, and just as lusty in places, Mascagni's mass is certainly worth hearing. Playing and singing are idiomatic, if fuzzily executed in places." (BBC Music) |