CARLOS CHAVEZ
Complete Symphonies London Symphony Orchestra Eduardo Mata conductor [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 30/Nov/2014 ] Carlos Chávez is one of Mexico's most important and prolific 20th century composers. He championed the symphony form at a time when it was generally neglected by other Latin American composers, and the results are magnificent |
JOSEF HAYDN
Complete Scottish & Welsh Folksongs Lorna Anderson (soprano) & Jamie MacDougall (tenor) / Ensemble Haydn Trio Eisenstadt [ Brilliant Classics / 18 CD Box Set - released 20/Jan/2010 ] 'Lorna Anderson and Jamie MacDougall are the ideal singers, both with a healthy, natural resonance, intelligent relish for the texts and unfailingly reliable intonation.' Gramophone. |
JOSEF HAYDN
Complete Scottish & Welsh Folksongs Vol 3 Lorna Anderson (soprano) & Jamie MacDougall (tenor) / Ensemble Haydn Trio Eisenstadt [ Brilliant Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 20/Jan/2010 ] |
JOSEF HAYDN
Scottish Songs Vol 5 (folksong arrangements) Lorna Anderson (soprano) / Jamie MacDougall (tenor) / Haydn Trio Eisenstadt [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] This important and charming set is the fifth of six volumes (totalling 18CDs in all) which gather together Joseph Haydn's arrangements of British folksongs. |
JOSEF HAYDN
Scottish Songs Vol 6 (folksong arrangements) Lorna Anderson (soprano) / Jamie MacDougall (tenor) / Haydn Trio Eisenstadt [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] 'In the vigorous songs he (MacDougal) is excellent...Equally consistent is the standard of performance. The singers ideally suited to their tasks, the instrumentalists unfailingly lively and stylish in their playing' (Gramophone) |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Mélodies Lorna Windsor (soprano) & Antonio Ballista (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2018 ] A much-recorded and lauded Italian pianist joins an exciting young multilingual soprano for an extensive collection of Debussy's songs: a significant recorded contribution to the celebrations of the composer's centenary. Debussy wrote songs... |
DIAZ / GOMES / RIOS / GUOLLHERME / ROMERO / CASTRO / etc
Los Ecos de Manzanares: Canzionero de la Sablonara, 17th Century Spanish Court Music; La Boz Galana, Sebastian Leon Louis Capeille (double harp), Guillherme Barroso (baroque guitar), Lore Agustí (soprano), Sebastián León (baritone) / La Boz Galana [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 14/Feb/2020 ] The Cancionero de la Sablonara is a collection made up of 75 polyphonic songs composed for the Royal Court of Madrid during the first two decades of the 17th century. The manuscript is named after Claudio de la Sablonara, copyist and archivist of... |
FRANZ LISZT
A Liszt Portrait [30 CD set] Louis Lortie, Artur Pizarro, Nelson Friere, Lazar Berman, Alfred Brendel, various orchestras & performers [ Brilliant Classics / 30 CD Box Set - released 10/Apr/2012 ] |
LUIGI DALLAPICCOLA
Complete Music for solo Piano & Violin and Piano Luca Fanfoni (violin) & Maria Clementi (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Apr/2015 ] "Dallapiccola's oeuvre isn't huge, and the sub-oeuvre of his solo piano music fits on a disc with room to spare, here taken up by his even smaller body of works for violin and piano. What his music lacks in grandeur and dimension, however, it makes u |
ANTONIO BAZZINI
Music for Violin and Piano Luca Fanfoni (violin) & Maria Semeraro (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 15/Aug/2015 ] A delightful CD, played with panache and sensitivity by one of the most notable Italian violinists, Luca Fanfoni. |
NIKOLAI MYASKOVSKY
Myaskovsky: Cello Sonatas Luca Magariello (cello) & Cecilia Novarino (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Apr/2017 ] Nikolay Myaskovsky (1881‐1950) was educated (after a failed schooling for Military Engineer, prompted by his father) at the famous St Petersburg Conservatoire under the tutelage of Rimsky‐Korsakov, Lyadov and Glazunov. His musical style has absorbed... |
Barriere & de Bury
Sonates et suites pour le clavecin Luca Quintavalle [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2017 ] The output of Jean Barrière (1707‐1747) largely focuses around his own instrument, the cello, for which he wrote several books of suites and sonatas that have received sporadic attention on record. His work for harpsichord alone is much less... |
PAUL HINDEMITH
Hindemith: 4 Sonatas for Viola Solo Luca Ranieri (violin) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2018 ] Hindemith was not only a composer but also a hugely talented viola player who wrote a number of remarkable, innovative works for his instrument. The piano-accompanied sonatas are relatively wellknown, so too the Trauermusik. |
C. P. E. BACH
CPE Bach: Complete Organ Music Luca Scandali (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Mar/2014 ] From the outset the sonatas met with widespread favour, with their galant style, full of good humour and energy...The chorale preludes are naturally more clean-cut and sombre but they still take the opportunity for colourful musical illustration. |
LIGETI / MATTER / PERETTI / ESSL / FITKIN etc
Le Nuove Musiche Luca Scandali (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 26/Jan/2018 ] This new recording presents an anthology of organ compositions written in Europe during the last 70 years. From a stylistic point of view the new organ installed at the Parish Church of Our Lady of Fatima in Pinerolo is suitable for a variety of... |
BALDASSARE GALUPPI
Galuppi: Organ Sonatas Luca Scandali (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2017 ] Baldassare Galuppi (1706‐1785) was born in Venice, where he spent much of his life, although he travelled Europe extensively, holding important musical posts at the courts of London and St. Petersburg. He was a famous keyboard player as well as an... |
PELLEGRINI & PADOVANO
Pellegrini & Padovano: Complete Organ Music Luca Scandali (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 13/Apr/2018 ] This collection of Toccatas, Ricercars and Canzones by Annibale Padovanoand Vincenzo Pellegrini comprises examples of all the main forms o fItalian organ music of the Renaissance, the Golden Age in which keyboardmusic flourished and huge leaps of... |
HINDEMITH
Sonatas for Viola and Piano Luca Sonzò (viola) & Maurizio Paciariello (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 26/Jun/2014 ] It was Paul Hindemith - himself an excellent violist - who was largely responsible for rescuing the instrument from relative oblivion. Detailing a selection of his sonatas for viola...this release charts the development of the composer's style |
BELLINI
Il Pirata Lucia Aliberti, Stuart Neill, Hermine May, Roberto Frontali / Deutsche Oper Berlin, Marcello Viotti [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 2 CD - released 9/Feb/2014 ] Il pirata is one of the most successful operas by Vincenzo Bellini. It was written in 1827 and was one of the first romantic operas written in Italy. Starring the great Lucia Aliberti and Stuart Neill, conducted by opera specialist Marcello Viotti. |
DONIZETTI
Donizetti - Operas: Lucia di Lammermoor / Poliuto / La Figlia del Reggimento / Maria di Rohan / L'elisir d'amore (all complete) Luciana Serra, William Matteuzzi, Denia Mazzola, Giuseppe Morino, Chris Merritt, Adelina Scarabelli, Elisabeth Connell, Renato Bruson and others. Orc [ Brilliant Classics / 10 CD - released 16/Aug/2005 ] A most welcome issue in the prestigious Brilliant Classics opera series of some of the more popular Donizetti along with a couple of rarities in a special value boxed set. |