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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op. 16 / Geistervariationen (with Widmann: Elf Humoresken) Aaron Pilsan (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 26/May/2023 ] Schumann composed Kreisleriana in April 1838, at the age of 27, exactly the same age as Aaron Pilsan today : "The youthful thing that I can identify with in Kreisleriana is its spontaneity. If I had to describe the piece, I would use the German word... |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS / RENALDO HAHN
Saint-Saëns - Hahn: À la lumière Accentus; Christophe Grapperon; Eloïse Bella Kohn [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 26/Aug/2022 ] Ever since its creation more than twenty-five years ago, the Accentus chamber choir has ardently championed the a cappella repertory: under its conductor and founder Laurence Equilbey, it has produced an impressive discography that sets the benchmark... |
GIOVANNI BONONCINI
Bononcini: La nemica d'amore fatta amante Adriana Fernández; Martin Oro; Furio Zanasi; Ensemble 415; Chiara Banchini [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 25/Jun/2021 ] Ensemble 415 and Chiara Banchini revive the serenata a tre La nemica d'amore fatta amante by Giovanni Bononcini, a prodigious composer who was Handel's 'rival' in London and just as prolific as Alessandro Scarlatti in producing cantatas in the early... |
THIERRY ESCAICH
Escaich: Te Deum pour Notre-Dame Alain Altinoglu; Thierry Escaich; Maîtrise Notre-Dame de Paris; NFM Choir; Frankfurt Radio Symphony [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 31/Oct/2025 ] The French composer and organist Thierry Escaich composed his Te Deum pour Notre-Dame for the reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris; a hymn to the Cathedral's resurrection, it is a large-scale work for children's choir, two mixed choirs and... |
BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 5 'Spring', 9 'Kreutzer' & 3 Alena Baeva; Vadym Kholodenko [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 27/Feb/2026 ] Alena Baeva and Vadym Kholodenko are starting their recording of Beethoven's complete sonatas for violin and piano. Alena is recognised as a versatile violinist with a magnetic presence and now performs with the greatest orchestras and conductors,... |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux [The Carnival of the Animals] (LP Version) Duo Jatekok (piano), Orchestre National de Lille, Lucie Leguay [ Alpha Classics / LP - released 27/Aug/2021 ] Alex Vizorek revisits Saint-Saëns' Carnival of the Animals. The French composer never imagined that his bestiary would become one of the most famous works in musical history, a staple repertory piece on a par with Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf. The... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Alexei Lubimov Alexei Lubimov (piano) [ Alpha Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 13/Mar/2020 ] Composers: Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) Berg, Alban (1885-1935) Haydn, Franz Joseph (1732-1809) Ives, Charles (1874-1954) Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-91) Satie, Erik Alfred Leslie (1866-1925) Schubert, Franz Peter... |
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C. P. E. BACH
Concerti A Flauto Traverso Obligato [Flute Concertos] Alexis Kossenko (flute) / Arte dei Suonatori [ Alpha Essential Baroque Masterpieces / CD - released 20/Nov/2015 ] "…whether you already know his music or are waiting to be introduced to it, these zestful performances are highly recommended." (Gramophone) |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Concerti per il flauto traversier Alexis Kossenko (flute & direction) / Arte Dei Suonatori [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] "as a demonstration of the subtle and resourceful range of Vivaldi's imagination as applied within the limitations of a set format, this is an ideal selection...in their astute, flexible and attractive musicianship they miss few tricks, allowing... |
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Telemann: Ouverture & Concerti pour Darmstadt Alexis Kossenko, Les Ambassadeurs; Zefira Valova [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 23/Aug/2019 ] Following the Alpha label's successful Red, Yellow, Blue and Pink collections (a total of fifty-six reissues), which brought the pearls from the Baroque catalogue back into the spotlight, there are now fourteen new titles offering a chance to... |
CARL ORFF
Orff: Carmina Burana Alina Wunderlin; Max Emanuel Cencic; Russell Braun; Zürcher Sing - Akademie; Zürcher Sängerknaben; Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich; Paavo Järvi [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 24/Jan/2025 ] Carmina Burana, the staged cantata by Carl Orff, is a work unique in musical history, claims conductor Paavo Järvi: 'The convergence of medieval texts with such daringly original orchestral colours creates a soundworld that is both archaic and yet... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Alexandre Dumas: Et La Musique Karine Deshayes (mezzo-soprano), Marie-Laure Garnier (soprano), Kaëlig Boché (tenor), Raphaël Jouan (cello), Alphonse Cemin (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 23/Oct/2020 ] 'There are few people as susceptible to certain musical beauties as I am; the more learned and complicated the instrumentation, the less I sense it, the faster it escapes me; on the contrary, if a simple and melancholic motif appears, I feel flooded... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Sonates et partitas, BWV 1001-1006 Amandine Beyer (violin) [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - released 25/Jun/2021 ] The violinist Amandine Beyer interprets Bach's famous Sonatas and Partitas, veritable bravura pieces that push back the limits of the instrument, at the intersection between the German solo tradition and the Italian concerto. |
C.P.E. BACH
Bach: Sonatas For Violin & Fortepiano Amandine Beyer, Edna Stern [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 23/Jun/2017 ] From the Alpha Collection III of reissues restoring to the limelight some of the gems of early music repertory in their catalogue of labels. The discs in this series allow listeners to renew acquaintance with treasures of the Renaissance and Baroque,... |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni Amandine Beyer; Gli Incogniti [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 4/Oct/2024 ] "A bestselling recording since its first release in 2008, Amandine Beyer and Gli Incogniti's memorable performance of Vivaldi's Four Seasons has been reissued by Alpha Classics for a second time. |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Op. 8 & other concertos Amandine Beyer (violin) / Gli Incogniti [ Alpha Essential Baroque Masterpieces / CD - released 20/Nov/2015 ] "The one-to-a-part Gli Incogniti offer a pliant, transparent texture, and soloist Amandine Beyer's tone has an attractive brogue to it." Gramophone Magazine |
NICOLA MATTEIS
Matteis: False Consonances of Melancholy Amandine Beyer (violin), Gli Incogniti [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 23/Aug/2019 ] "Amandine Beyer is a wonderfully expressive and sensitive violinist with a secure technique, clear and sonorous tone and discreet approach to ornamentation... " The Strad Magazine |
JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY
Lully: Atys Les Ambassadeurs, Baroque de Versailles, Les Pages et les Chantres du Centre de Musique [ Alpha Classics / 3 CD - released 30/Jan/2026 ] This new recording from March 2024 of Jean-Baptiste Lully's musical tragedy, premiered in Saint-Germain-en-Laye 348 years earlier, is the result of the most recent historical, musicological and organological research. The instructions in the 1676... |
SCHUBERT / SHOSTAKOVICH / PÁRTOS
Schubert, Shostakovich & Pártos Amihai Grosz (violin), Sunwook Kim (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 25/Sep/2020 ] For this first solo album, Amihai Grosz joins forces with the pianist Sunwook Kim and together they present a programme coupling Schubert, Shostakovich and Pártos. |
J. S BACH
The Well Tempered Clavier Book 1 Andrei Vieru (Piano) [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - released 6/Feb/2006 ] "Bach is, of course, the ideal candidate for inventive recreation, and Andrei Vieru's set of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier Book One scores pretty high on the novelty front… He certainly makes you think.." The Independent |
