FRANCESCO MARIA ZUCCARI
Cello Sonatas Renato Criscuolo (baroque cello) / Mvsica Perdvta [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 10/Dec/2012 ] "this is an enterprising and skilful recording that should be of considerable interest to lovers of the cello and late-Baroque chamber music generally." (International Recording Review) |
C. P. E. BACH
Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu Barbara Schlick, Christoph Prégardien, Paul Elliott & Stephen Varcoe / Rheinische Kantorei, Das Kleine Konzert, Hermann Max (conductor) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2014 ] Wholly conforming to this new aesthetic is C.P.E. Bach's grandiose Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu, written during the composer's sojourn in Hamburg and which earned high recognition beyond this city during his lifetime. |
MICHELANGELO ROSSI
Music for Organ and Harpsichord Riccardo Castagnetti (organ & harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] Michelangelo Rossi lived from 1601 till 1656, and held during his life several important posts as court composer and musician (Rome, Modena). Rossi's "Toccate e correnti d'intavolaturad'organo e cimbalo" is his only published work, an important... |
W. A. MOZART
Idomeneo, K366 Richard Lewis (Idomeneo), Léopold Simoneau (Idamante), Sena Jurinac (Ilia), Lucilla Udovich (Elettra) / Glyndebourne Festival Chorus and Orchestra, Si [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 2 CD - released 8/Nov/2013 ] A classic performance of Idomeneo from 1956 Glyndebourne, conducted by Sir John Pritchard, featuring an excellent cast, with brilliant Sena Jurinac and formidable Leopold Simoneau. |
ARCANGELO CORELLI
Corelli: Violin Sonatas Op.5 Rémy Baudet, Pieter-Jan Belder, Jaap ter Linden, Mike Fentross [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 13/Apr/2018 ] "Corelli has a nice ear and most delicate taste which led him to select the most pleasing harmonies and melodies and to construct the parts so as to produce the most delightful effect upon the ear", thus said Geminiani, contemporary of Arcangelo... |
SCHUBERT
The Song Collection [6 CD set] Robert Holl (bass-baritone) Ellen van Lier (soprano) David Lutz, Konrad Richter, Naum Grubert (piano [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 25/Feb/2015 ] Robert Holl is one of the foremost bass baritones of today. He has collaborated with the greatest conductors like Bernard Haitink, Eugen Jochum, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Claudio Abbado, and is equally active in opera as in Lieder. Particularly his... |
W.A. MOZART
Apollo et Hyacinthus (complete opera) Robert Morvai (tenor), Antonia Bouerva (soprano), Anna Haase (soprano), Daniel Lager (alto) / European Chamber Soloists / Nicol Matt [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] This is a very recent recording of one of Mozart’s early operas. For this work 11 year old (!) Mozart used a story from Ovid’s Metamorphoses. The text by Father Widl is in Latin. |
MENDELSSOHN
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Complete incidental music) Lynne Dawson, Susanne Mentzer, English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Jun/2012 ] Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate |
ALPHONS DIEPENBROCK
Diepenbrock: Complete Songs Roberta Alexander (soprano), Jard van Nes mezzo (soprano), Christa Pfeiler (mezzo soprano), Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Robert Holl (bass/baritone). [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 22/Jan/2021 ] An all-star vocal line-up draws every nuance from the lush harmonies and word-setting of this late-Romantic Dutch master: the first time that his complete songs have been released in a single set. |
J. S. BACH
Mass in B minor Roberta Invernizzi, Lynne Dawson (sops) Gloria Banditelli (mezzo) Christoph Prégardien (ten) Klaus Mertens (bass) / Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2012 ] This famous recording, licensed from the Swiss label Arts, is based on the Historically Informed Performance Practice, and presents the best voices in this field: Roberta Invernizzi, Lynn Dawson, Gloria Banditelli and Christoph Prégardien. |
TELEMANN / MOLTER
Telemann & Molter Flute And Oboe Quartets Roberto De Franceschi (flute, oboe) / Camerata Bachiensis [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2018 ] Courtly chamber music in the Italian style from the birthplace of Bach, including several world-premiere recordings. Most prolific yet perennially underappreciated of composers, Telemann became Capellmeister of the court chapel in Eisenach,... |
GIROLAMO FRESCOBALDI
Frescobaldi: Complete Keyboard Works Roberto Loreggian (organ & harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / 15 CD Box Set - released 1/Mar/2023 ] Definitive recordings by the leading Frescobaldi performer of our time, now more conveniently packaged than ever. In 2007, Roberto Loreggian embarked on a project that would see him record every published work by Girolamo Frescobaldi. Issued as a... |
GOTTLIEB MOFFAT
Muffat: Componimenti Musicali per il cembalo Roberto Loreggian (harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 2/Feb/2024 ] Gottlieb Muffat's oeuvre, dedicated almost in its entirety to keyboard instruments and skilfully straddling the stile antico and stile moderno, deserves more detailed attention than it has ever been afforded. The majority of sources containing music... |
Roberto Loreggian (harpsichord)
J.S. BACH: Violin Sonatas & Partitas, Cello Suites transcribed for harpsichord by Gustav Leonhardt; Roberto Loreggian [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 1/Dec/2018 ] Four hours of 'new' harpsichord music by Bach. During the late 1970s, the Dutch harpsichordist Gustav Leonhardt (1928-2012) transcribed and arranged the works by Bach for solo violin and solo cello for harpsichord. He played them in his own... |
FRESCOBALDI
Il Secondo Libro di Toccate [Second Book of Toccatas] Roberto Loreggian (harpsichord and organ) [ Brilliant Classics Frescobaldi Edition Vol 5 / 2 CD - released 25/Nov/2009 ] The Brilliant Classics Frescobaldi Edition is winning golden opinions across Europe, not least for the fact that this entrrprising project is being undertaken at all. And yet the richness of the music thereby revealed, volume by volume, is so... |
GIROLAMO FRESCOBALDI
Frescobaldi: Complete Unpublished Works for Harpsichord and Organ Roberto Loreggian (harpsichord/organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 10/Dec/2021 ] Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583- 1643) was one of the most important and influential composers for the keyboard in the early 17th century. He embraced the late renaissance style in his early output, and by the end of his life had contributed some of the... |
ANDREA GABRIELI
Andrea Gabrieli: Complete Keyboard Music Roberto Loreggian (organ, harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD - released 22/Aug/2015 ] The first complete recording of the keyboard works of Andrea Gabrieli (1532-1585), one of the most famous and influential composers of the late Renaissance and the most important representative of the Venetian School. A native of Venice, he went to... |
FRESCOBALDI
Three Organ Masses Roberto Loreggian (organ) / Schola Gregoriana 'Scriptoria', Dom Nicola M. Bellianazzo [ Brilliant Classics Frescobaldi Edition Vol 4 / CD - released 10/Feb/2010 ] "Roberto Loreggian delivers very good performances. The singing of the Schola Gregoriana is bright and clear. If these two disc reflect the quality of this whole project we are in for a treat." Bargain of the Month MusicWeb Oct 2010 |
Antonio Vivaldi
Complete Flute Sonatas Roberto Lorregian [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 28/Apr/2008 ] "Roberto Loreggian's playing is admirable, with a subtle sense of rhythm and an ability to project the most intricate part-writing." Early Music Review (on Folena and Loreggian Bach Chamber Music Disc) |
VIVALDI
Complete Oboe Sonatas Pier Luigi Fabretti (oboe) / L'Arte dell'Arco, Federico Guglielmo [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 25/Feb/2015 ] Amazing to think in these days of plenty, when Vivaldi's sun has surely never shone brighter, that there can still be examples of his 660 or so concertos which have yet to be heard on record, but this invaluable set contains one such work, the G... |