BUXTEHUDE
Buxtehude - Complete Organ Music Simone Stella (organ) [ BRILLIANT CLASSICS / 6 CD Box Set - released 2/Nov/2012 ] The music of Dietrich Buxtehude has gained increased recognition and popularity over the last few years, not in the least due to the invaluable work of pioneers like Ton Koopman (Complete Buxtehude Edition) and others.The great Johann Sebastian Bach... |
JOHANN PACHELBEL
Pachelbel: Complete Keyboard Music Simone Stella (harpsichord & organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 13 CD Box Set - released 1/Jan/2019 ] "..the organ used here has much greater possibilities in variety of tonal colours, and Stella uses it to fine effect in the many fugues and chorale variations." Choir & Organ |
REINCKEN
Complete Harpsichord and Organ Music Simone Stella (harpsichord & organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 9/Feb/2014 ] Brilliant Classics continues its survey of pre‐Bachian keyboard music with the complete keyboard works of Johann Adam Reincken. Reincken's style is rich and elaborate, full of invention and fantasy, requiring a virtuoso technique from the performer. |
JOHANN GOTTFRIED WALTHER
Walther - Complete Organ Music Simone Stella (at the Francesco Zanin organ, 2006, Church of Sant'Antonio Abate, Padua) [ BRILLIANT CLASSICS / 12 CD Box Set - released 5/Dec/2015 ] "This is a splendid musical monument for one of the most important composers for the organ of the 18th century." MusicWeb Recording of the Month March 2018 |
JOHN DOWLAND
Dowland: Songs for Soprano and Guitar Siphiwe McKenzie (soprano) & Riccardo Bini, Adriano Sebastiani (classical guitars) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 25/Sep/2016 ] This new recording uses the classical guitar as accompanying instrument, played by Adriano Sebastiani. The young soprano Siphiwe McKenzie was twice nominated by the prestigious magazine Opernwelt as "Young Singer of the Year". She sang in important... |
VLADIMIR MARTYNOV
Martynov Edition The Sirin Choir, Alexei Lubimov, Opus Posth Ensemble, Tatiana Grindenko and others [ Brilliant Classics / 9 CD Box Set - released 7/Oct/2022 ] Vladimir Martynov (b. 1946) is one of the leading composers of the Russian avant-garde, an experimentalist of serial, minimalist and electronic music. His ethno-musicological studies into the folk music of Russia, his philosophical and religious... |
FAURE / MAYR / BOCCHERINI / VERDI / PERGOLESI / HAYDN / LISZT / etc
Stabat Mater The Sixteen, The Bach Choir, Exultate Singers, Hungarian State Opera Chorus, Washington Chorus, etc [ Brilliant Classics / 14 CD Box Set - released 24/Feb/2017 ] The text of Stabat Mater Dolorosa, a hymn to the Virgin Mary, is attributed to Jacopo Todi (1230‐ 1306). It is a lamentation upon the tragic fate of Mary, bewailing the suffering and death of her son Jesus Christ at the cross. This outpouring of... |
GIORGIO GENTILI
GENTILI: Trio Sonatas Op.1 Soavi Affetti [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 22/Jul/2016 ] |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Music for Francesco II D'Este Prince of Music Sofia Pezzi (soprano), Ettore Agati (countertenor) / Modena Barocca, Giovanni Paganelli (direction) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Nov/2020 ] Between 1674 and 1694 the duchy of Modena was ruled by the music-loving Francesco II d'Este: a period of rule that attracted musicians and singers from across northern Italy and farther afield. The music of the chapel was supervised by the duke... |
BARTOK / GHENDINI / ROTA / HINDEMITH
Music For String Orchestra Solisti Aquilani, Flavio Scogna [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 22/Jul/2016 ] |
SWEELINCK / BUXTEHUDE / BACH
St. Laurens Church Alkmaar St. Laurens Church Alkmaar Organ / Piet Kee (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] According to many music lovers The Netherlands are an ‘organ paradise’. There are a large number of churches housing a multitude of historic organs. The organ built by Schnitger at the St. Laurens Church in Alkmaar is internationally famous. As is... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Opera Overtures, Choruses and Duets Staatskapelle Berlin, Dresdner Philharmoniker, Staatsoperette Dresden, Berliner Staatsoper, etc [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 15/Jun/2019 ] The ultimate starter's kit for the aspiring opera lover: a generous selection of highlights from famous operas: Overtures, Duets and Choruses by Verdi, Wagner, Donizetti, Gounod, Bizet, Mozart, Smetana, Lortzing, Suppé, Strauss, Nicolai, Mascagni,... |
ANTONIN DVOARK
Dvořák: Complete Symphonies Staatskapelle Berlin, Otmar Suitner [ Brilliant Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 4/Oct/2019 ] In this complete edition of the Dvorák Symphonies, Otmar Suitner unites in an exemplary way the various characteristics of his conducting - formal awareness, idiomatic familiarity and an always onward-pressing, unsentimental temperament. |
BEETHOVEN
The Best Of Beethoven (Includes the complete Symphony No. 5 in C minor Op. 67) Staatskapelle Dresden, Berliner Symphoniker, and others [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 21/Jul/2006 ] Beethoven is one the pillars of classical music who cannot be ignored. Some of his works have become all time favourites. On this double CD we have compiled most of them . |
GERALDINE MUCHA
Mucha: Chamber Music Stamic Quartet, Prague Wind Quintet, Patricia Goodson (piano), Vliém Veverka (oboe), Jan Machat (flute) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 22/Jan/2021 ] World premiere recordings, reviving the individual voice and fine craftsmanship of a forgotten English-Czech composer writing in the middle of the last century. |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Complete String Quartets Stamitz Quartet [ Brilliant Classics / 10 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2017 ] "9/9, warmth and richness, highly rewarding" ClassicsToday |
ALKAN
Piano Works Stanley Hoogland & Alan Weiss (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] Adventurous piano Music of the composer in whose presence even Franz Liszt was afraid to play. Piano music ranging from the miniaturist to the gigantic. |
SERGEI BORTKIEWICZ
Bortkiewicz: Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 3 Stefan Doniga (piano) / Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, David Porcelijn [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 26/May/2018 ] "Stefan Doniga drives the music onward fearlessly and make the best possible case for both works" (Gramophone). |
FRIEDRICH GERNSHEIM
Gernsheim: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-4 Stefan Kirpal (violin) & Andreas Kirpal (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Jul/2012 ] "Spanning his entire musical career, the 2-disc set traverses youthful promise, energetic virtuosity, yearning beauty, and mature, masterful control of artistic means" |
ALBINONI
Complete violin and oboe concertos Stefan Schilli (oboe) / Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra under Nicol Matt [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 12/Dec/2005 ] "There is an abundance of enticing music, well performed by all the soloists. The orchestral sound is beautifully blended and well recorded." (MusicWeb) |