VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Minimal Piano Collection Vol 10 - 20 [compositions for 2 to 6 pianos] Jeroen Van Veen (Piano) and friends [ Brilliant Classics / 11 CD Box Set - released 10/Nov/2010 ] Fanfare Music: "Dutch pianist and composer, Jeroen van Veen, the leading exponent of minimalism in Holland today", Alan Swanson, Jan 2010. |
JEROEN VAN VEEN
Van Veen: Piano Music Volume 2 Jeroen van Veen (piano/organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 22/Jun/2018 ] Jeroen van Veen established himself as "The leading exponent of minimalism today" (Fanfare), "Jeroen van Veen has been a powerhouse in the piano world" (Musicweb) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Minimal Piano Collection Vol 1 to 9 Jeroen Van Veen (Piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 9 CD Box Set - released 30/Jun/2009 ] This unusual collection is dedicated to a very popular style: minimalist music. The style has evolved from austere, almost strict repetition to a more varied and free approach to material and technique. The set includes works for solo piano by most... |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Die Frau Ohne Schatten (Complete opera recorded in 1964) Jess Thomas / Ingrid Bjoner / Dietrich Fischer Dieskau / Inge Borkh / Bavarian State Opera Orchestra and Chorus / Joseph Keilberth [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2009 ] 'This is an historical document of some importance in the recorded history of this piece … Inge Borkh's utter commitment to the part of the Dyer's wife … probably remains unsurpassed.' Gramophone |
ROUSSEL
Complete Chamber Music Jet Reling (piano) Jean-Jacques Kantorow (violin) Herre-Jan Stegenga (cello) Paul Verhey (flute) Henk Guittart (viola) Irene Maessen (soprano) etc [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 20/Jan/2007 ] "This attractively packaged set is a convenient assemblage of Roussel’s work in the field of chamber music, a sequence of works characterised by the acute, even astringent, intelligence that has gone into their writing and the distinctive beauty of... |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov Edition: Complete works [Symphonies, chamber, concertos, operas, songs, choral & instrumental] Joan Rodgers (soprano) Sergei Leiferkus (baritone) Nikolai Lugansky (piano) Earl Wild (piano) Garrick Ohlsson (piano) and many more [ Brilliant Classics / 29 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2008 ] Here is the most complete collection of Rachmaninoff 's output ever assembled on disc: from the piano concertos and preludes of worldwide affection and esteem to his many songs and three operas. |
MARIO CASTELNNOVO-TEDESCO
Castelnnova-Tedesco: Complete Music For Soprano And Guitar Joanna Klisowska (soprano), Giulio Tampalini (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2017 ] Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968) wrote his song cycle "The Divan of Moses Ibn Ezra" in the last years of his life, a work of reflection on the human condition. Moses Ibn Ezra (1055-1138) was a Jewish poet who took refuge in Spain after the... |
RODRIGO
Complete Guitar Music [3 CD set] Ignacio Rodes, Marco Socías, Carlos Pérez, Carles Trepat (guitars) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/May/2010 ] Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-99) composed for the guitar for over 75 years. Over his long and productive life he produced some of the best loved music ever written for the instrument - Concierto de Aranjuez and the Fantasia para un gentilhombre. His output... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Classical Masterworks: from Bach's Brandenburg Concertos via some of Paganini's violin concertos to Satie's piano miniatures. John Lill (piano) / Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra / Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt / Eliahu Inbal / Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra / etc [ Brilliant Classics / 40 CD - released 1/Oct/2006 ] Make your acquaintance with the some of the best music written in over three centuries and revel at its beauty. These 40 CD’s cover highlights of classical music |
J.S. BACH
St John Passion [complete oratorio recorded in 1996] John Mark Ainsley / Stephen Richardson / Catherine Bott / Michael Chance / Paul Agnew / Stephen Varcoe / Choir Of King'S College, Cambridge [ Brilliant Classics Musica Sacra / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] 'There are fine contributions especially from Stephen Varcoe, and an exceptionally immediate and affecting 'Es ist vollbracht' from Michael Chance.' Gramophone |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Jephtha - oratorio in three acts John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Michael George (bass) Catherine Denley (mezzo-soprano) RIA Kammerchor . Akademie fer Alte Musik Berlin. Marcus Creed [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 14/Aug/2005 ] "this new recording, at super budget price, allows us to appreciate a new team of soloists. And for those who do not know this moving work, this new recording is a good place to start exploring." (MusicWeb July 2003) |
FELIX & FANNY MENDELSSOHN
Piano Trios Complete Hrvoje Jugovic (piano); Maria Bader-Kubizek (violin); Silvia Schweinberger (viola); Dorothea Schonwiese (cello) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/2013 ] " If you're interested in Mendelssohn on period instruments, it doesn't get much better than this. If you just want the complete trios, the same advice applies." (MusicWeb Recording of the Month July 2013) |
SCHUMANN
The Concertos (Complete) (Incls Introduction and Allegro Appassionato in G major) Julius Berger (cello); Hansheinz Schneeberger (violin) Klara Wartz (piano) Sadwestfalische Philharmonie. Florian Merz / Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie. [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 14/Aug/2005 ] "These two discs are packed tight with music. The collection has the attraction of completeness...a bargain." (MusicWeb July 2004) |
MAHLER
Symphonies Nos 5 & 10 (Reconstruction Rudolf Barshai) (Rec 1999, 2001) Junge Deutsche Philharmonie / Rudolf Barshai [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 14/Aug/2005 ] "The best Mahler Fifth on record is now coupled with a Tenth to treasure. Barshai's Mahler is not to be missed." (MusicWeb March 2004) |
C. P. E. BACH
Hamburg Symphonies Kammerorchester Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Hartmut Haenchen [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] This release presents the 4 symphonies that Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach wrote during his stay in Hamburg. In these large‐scale works the string section is extended with 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 horns and bassoon, instruments which are treated as quasi... |
CPE BACH / WF BACH / JC BACH / JCF BACH
The Sons of Bach - Symphonies, Concertos, Chamber Music Kammerorchester 'C.P.E Bach', Hartmut Haenchen conductor, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, Bart van Oort fortepiano, London Festival Orchestra, Ross P [ Brilliant Classics / 10 CD - released 1/Nov/2013 ] The Bach family of musicians comprises a dynasty that effectively spanned more than 200 years of composition. Johann Sebastian stands at the top of the hierarchy, but what do we know about the family's other members? This release offers us a... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten - War Requiem (with works by Penderecki & Berg) Kari Lovaas, Theo Adam, Anthony Roden, Dresdner Philharmonie, Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig, Herbert Kegel [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 12/Jun/2016 ] The common theme of the three works presented here is Death, the transience of earthly existence. Britten's famous War Requiem was written in commemoration of the 2nd World War victims, dedicated to the people of the destroyed city of Coventry. |
BRAHMS
Piano Concertos / 16 Waltzes / etc [2 CD set] Karin Lechner (piano) / Berlin Symphony, Eduardo Marturet [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] A special priced edition of the popular piano works of Brahms in magnetic performances from Brilliant Classics. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Passio: Music for Holy Week & Easter King's College Choir, the Clare College Choir, La Stravaganza Köln, Cappella Augustana, Rheinische Kantore [ Brilliant Classics / 25 CD - released 23/Feb/2018 ] This unique box‐set presents a musical journey through one of the most crucial episodes of Christianity: the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. It tells of the deepest sorrow and anguish in the Lamentation and Stabat Mater, the moving... |
BERTUS van LIER / HENDRIK ANDRIESSEN / HENK BADINGS / ROSY WERTHEIM
Miroir de Peine - Songs for Soprano and Organ Klaartje van Veldhoven (soprano) Matthias Havinga (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 25/Feb/2022 ] Several world-premiere recordings complementing a powerful sacred song-cycle by Hendrik Andriessen. |