RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Complete Songs Natalia Gerasimova (soprano), Marina Choutova (mezzosoprano), Alexei Martinov (tenor), Mikhail Lanskoi (baritone), Sergei Baikov (bass) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] Some rarely heard repertoire by this much-loved composer who exerted a powerful influence over Stravinsky, and with whom Respighi studied orchestration. |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Jazz and Ballet Suites / Film Music for Hamlet and The Gadfly National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Theodore Kuchar [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 14/Aug/2005 ] "Bargain basement prices for this three CD set from Brilliant but the performances are anything but bargain basement. Crisp, clean, vital and engaged they are consistently bracing though the repertoire, it's true, demands nothing less." |
BRAHMS
Symphonies Nos 3 & 4 Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap Van Zweden [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 21/Oct/2008 ] Johannes Brahms really admired the symphonies by Beethoven. So much so that he did not finish his first symphony until after his 40th birthday. Three more symphonies followed. The last two of these are given glowing performances here by the... |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Complete Works for Piano & Orchestra Nelson Freire, Louis Lortie (pianos) / Dresden Philharmonic / Residentie orchestra the Hague [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 20/May/2008 ] 'Louis Lortie plays all these works with immaculate brio, where necessary tempering bravura with restraint, and makes the best possible case for the music. He is admirably partnered throughout, and the sound and balance are natural and refined.'... |
HUMMEL / DUSSEK / ONSLOW
Piano Quintets Nepomuk Fortepiano Quintet [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] Hummel, Onslow and Dussek: maybe you have not heard of any of them. But looking at their dates of these 'small masters' one may notice their common denominator - all comtemporaries of Beethoven. |
FERDINAND RIES / FRANZ LIMMER
Nepomuk Forte Quintet play Ries and Limmer Nepomuk Forte Quintet [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 12/Jan/2004 ] |
CRAMER / DUSSEK / HUMMEL / LIMMER / ONSLOW / RIES / SCHUBERT
Romantic Piano Quintets Nepomuk Fortepiano Quintet [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 10/Jul/2012 ] "This four-disc set provides listeners with a fantastic introduction to the Romantic piano quintet, showcasing lesser-known gems of the genre, alongside a few more recognisable offerings." |
BRAHMS
The Collection: Six CD set (Incls Piano Concerto no 2, Symphonies & Ein Deutsches Requiem) Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra / Berliner Symphoniker / London Symphony Orchestra / Karl Leister (clarinet) [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 8/May/2008 ] Enjoy Johannes Brahms' symphonies 3 and 4, the 2nd piano concerto, the violin and double concertos, Hungarian dances (version for orchestra), the 'German' Requiem and the Clarinet quintet. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Complete Symphonies & Serenades Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden [ Brilliant Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 25/Sep/2020 ] "This is an unfailingly warm-hearted, full-blooded Brahmsian sound and seems to represent a genuine attempt at redirecting the modern symphony orchestra towards the sort of sound-mix Brahms himself is likely to have heard." MusicWeb |
BRAHMS
Brahms - Symphonies (Complete), Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Radio Filharmonisch Orkest Holland. Jaap van Zweden [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 17/Aug/2005 ] This is the conductor's debut of Jaap van Zweden, formerly star violinist, soloist and concertmaste of Gothenborg, Dallas, Cleveland, WDR Symphoniorchester, Bayerische Rundfunk, Orchetre de Paris, Orchestre National de France, London Philharmonic... |
CÉSAR FRANCK
Franck: Rédemption The Netherlands Radio Choir, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Jean Fournet [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 28/Aug/2020 ] César Franck described his Rédemption as a "Poème-symphonie", a hybrid work in which choral parts and solo arias are interspersed with spoken recitative (often omitted in modern performances as they are in this recording) and including a purely... |
JCF BACH
3 Symphonies Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum Leipzig, Burkhard Glaetzner [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 15/Apr/2015 ] Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach's symphonies pre‐shadow those of Joseph Haydn, and offer delightful Early‐Classical orchestral music of high quality and entertainment. |
JAPPELLI / CAMPOGRANDE / CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO
Music for Guitar & Choir: Jappelli, Campogrande & Castelnuovo-Tedesco; Nicolò Spera (guitar) / St. Martin's Chamber Choir [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 10/Apr/2020 ] A pair of world-premiere recordings on a unique collection of works conceived for an unusual, highly-appealing combination of musicians. The technical challenging of balancing a choir singing at full volume and a guitar, renowned for its gentle... |
Carlo Galante, Lowell Liebermann, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piccolo Concertos Nicola Mazzanti (keef piccolo) Alessandro Visintini nagahara mini Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano and Trento Marco Angius conductor [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2016 ] On this unique and diverse recording, three contemporary concertante works for piccolo and orchestra are coupled with an arrangement of Mozart's Oboe Quartet with the solo wind part exchanged for its treble cousin. Liebermann (b.1961) has... |
PFITZNER
Palestrina (Complete Opera - 1973 recording) Nicolai Gedda, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Helen Donath, Brigitte Fassbaender / Tolzer Knabenchor & Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunk [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/2009 ] 'It is that sense of communion established by the conductor and orchestra that above all makes this a recorded performance to cherish.' Gramophone, 1974 |
RACHMANINOV
Etudes-Tableaux / Preludes Nikolai Lugansky, Marietta Petkova (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 12/Apr/2008 ] All the best Rachmaninov piano music on one specially priced triple CD set. |
RACHMANINOV
The Collection: Six CD set (Incls Piano Concertos, Vespers & Etudes-Tableaux) Nikolai Lugansky (piano) John Lill (piano) / National Choir of Ukraine Dumka / Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Valeri Polyansky [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 30/Apr/2008 ] Sergey Rachmaninoff was the ultimate romantic composer. Being a pianist himself he had a special affinity with the piano. Listen to his 4 piano concertos, the Paganini Rhapsody and two Études tableaux. Also on these CD's the Vespers, The Isle of the... |
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Golden Cockerel (complete opera) Nikolai Stoilov, Lyubomir Borourov, Emil Ugrinov / Sofia National Orchestra, Dimiter Manolov [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2013 ] Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky‐Korsakov showed musical promise as a child, but the pursuit of a Naval career meant that much of his grounding in musical theory was gained in between various tours of duty. |
RACHMANINOV
Complete Piano Works [9 CD set] Nils Franke, David Gardiner, Alexander Ghindin, Robert Groslot, Nikolai Lugansky, Garrick Ohlsson, Marietta Petkova (piano) [ Brilliant Classics Piano Library / 9 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2010 ] Sergei Rachmaninoff's name will always be associated with the piano. As one of the greatest composer pianists of the 20th century, he stands alongside his younger contemporaries Prokoviev and Mednter as the last in a long line of great composer... |
MUSSORGSKY
Piano Works (Incls 'Pictures at an Exhibition) Nino Gvetadze (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/2009 ] The Georgian pianist Nino Gvetadze was born in 1981 and studied at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. Since winning the YPF National Piano Competition in 2004, she has appeared with many leading orchestras and performed at the Concertgebouw in... |