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JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
Rameau: Chez la Pompadour, Le retour d'Astrée, Les Sybarites Ensemble Les Surprises, Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 23/Sep/2022 ] The famous Marquise de Pompadour, favourite of King Louis XV for nearly twenty years, reigned over the arts at court. Rameau, whom she particularly admired, was omnipresent. He received a specific commission for the Théâtre des Petits Appartements,... |
GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: Quintets with Piano Eric Le Sage (piano) / Quatuor Ébène [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 20/Mar/2013 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Chamber |
HEINRICH IGNAZ FRANZ von BIBER
Biber: Requiem Freiburger Barockconsort, Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier [ Alpha / CD - released 26/Feb/2021 ] GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Choral |
ROBERT SCHUMANN / CLARA SCHUMANN / EDWARD ELGAR
Romance Gabriel Pidoux; Jorge Gonzales Buajasan [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 25/Feb/2022 ] The French oboist Gabriel Pidoux, voted 'Instrumental Soloist of the Year' at the Victoires de la Musique Classique in 2020, has made a name for himself in both early and modern repertories. He now records his first solo album, accompanied by the... |
WOLFGANG RHIM
Rhim: Jakob Lenz (complete opera) De Munt La Monnaie / Georg Nigl, Henry Waddington, John Graham-Hall / Franck Ollu (cond) [ Alpha DVD / DVD - released 14/Jun/2019 ] Wolfgang Rihm's chamber opera Jakob Lenz has become one of the most frequently performed works in the 20thcentury German opera repertoire. |
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn 2032, Vol. 10: Les heures du jour Giovanni Antonini; Il Giardino Armonico [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 9/Jul/2021 ] "Fast movements fizz and crackle, with virtuoso sallies from the Giardino Armonico soloists. Bass lines are always vital and animated, with never a hint of auto-chug" Editor's Choice - Gramophone September 2021 |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn 2032, Vol. 11: Au goût parisien [Symphonies 2, 24, 82, 87] Kammerorchester Basel, Giovanni Antonini [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 28/Jan/2022 ] The eleventh volume of the complete HAYDN2032 symphony cycle moves its focus to Paris: 'Every day one perceives more clearly, and consequently admires more, the productions of this great genius, who, in every one of his works, knows so well how to... |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn 2032, Vol. 1-10: The Symphonies Il Giardino Armonico, Kammerorchester Basel, Giovanni Antonini [ Alpha Classics / 10 CD Box Set - released 28/Jan/2022 ] This ten-CD set celebrates the release of the first ten volumes of the HAYDN2032 series, which aims to record all 107 Haydn symphonies by the 300th anniversary of his birth in 2032. |
ROBERT & CLARA SCHUMANN
Schumann: Dichterliebe Julian Prégardien / Eric Le Sage / Sandrine Piau [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 19/Apr/2019 ] "There is more on this riveting disc than I have room to mention, but the full flavor is here, and what a feast it is. This is glorious Schumann." Fanfare |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23, Symphony No. 40 & Don Giovanni Overture Andreas Staier, Le Concert de La Loge, Julien Chauvin [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 23/Sep/2022 ] Julien Chauvin meets up with one of the great harpsichordists and fortepianists of our time, Andreas Staier, who is a leading interpreter of the Mozart concertos. He presents us with his vision of the Piano Concerto no.23 and its famous Adagio, 'one... |
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Bach & l'Italie Justin Taylor (harpsichord) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 22/Sep/2023 ] Johann Sebastian Bach hardly ever left his native Saxony, yet he was always up to date on what was going on elsewhere in Europe. Naturally, he paid close attention to innovations from Italy, the cradle of the concertante style, and instilled... |
JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Fables de La Fontaine Karine Deshayes / Orchestre de l'opéra de Rouen Normandie / Jean-Pierre Haeck [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] A grasshopper, a milkmaid's pail, a shepherd, a fox, a country mouse, a cobbler... These are just some of the diverse and varied characters from the famous Fables that Jacques Offenbach decided to set to music in 1842, some 150 years after they were... |
HAYDN / HANDEL / SCARLATTI
L'Arianna Kate Lindsey (mezzo-soprano) / Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 24/Jan/2020 ] "what really make the project spark...The playing of Arcangelo under Jonathan Cohen is typically high-quality, and often heartbreakingly attendant to the drama." Gramophone Awards 2020 - Short List - Recital |
La Fonte Musica; Michele Pasotti
Zacara da Teramo: Enigma Fortuna (Complete Works) [ Alpha Classics / 4 CD - released 27/Aug/2021 ] In this recording entitled Enigma Fortuna, the ensemble La Fonte Musica, directed by Michele Pasotti, aims to shed light on the mysterious and eccentric personality of Antonio Zacara da Teramo (1355-1416). A contemporary of Boccaccio, Donatello and... |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine La Tempête, Simon-Pierre Bestion [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 11/Oct/2019 ] "I suspect old Claudio is smiling in the great beyond. Ambitious? For sure. Captivating and unforgettable? Definitely. Hear it." MusicWeb Recommended July 2020 |
KAPSBERGER / LANDI / CAVALIERI / LA TARANTELLA
La tarantella e un po'di follie L'Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar [ Alpha Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 14/Oct/2022 ] L'Arpeggiata and Christina Pluhar have blazed new trails in the rediscovery and interpretation of Baroque music, Italian in particular. The five recordings they made for Alpha are among the biggest-ever successes in this repertory. La Tarantella,... |
PHILIPP HEINRICH ERLEBACH
Erlebach: Lieder Le Banquet Céleste; Damien Guillon [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 14/May/2021 ] "The Sarabande from the Second Sonata would melt the stoniest heart, and the gigues that end both works seem to kick up their heels with delight." BBC Music |
J. S. BACH
Trinitatis: Bach Cantatas Le Banquet Céleste, Damien Guillon [ Alpha / CD - released 5/May/2023 ] "Deeply engaging and moving performances of three Bach cantatas result in 'an exceptional and original release'." Gramophone Editor's Choice May 2023 |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Messe Solennelle Le Concert Spirituel / Hervé Niquet [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 8/Nov/2019 ] Composed in 1824 by Hector Berlioz at the age of twenty-one and premiered at the church of Saint-Roch in Paris in 1825, the Messe solennelle has come down to us following an eventful history. After Berlioz declared that he had destroyed the score,... |
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Tyrannic Love Les Surprises [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 22/Jan/2021 ] Until the late 1680s, Henry Purcell composed almost exclusively for the royal court. But when the monarchy decided to reduce its expenditure on music in 1690, he joined the United Company, a London theatre company, and devoted himself to composing... |
