J.S. BACH
French Suite No.5 / Overture in a French Style Piotr Anderszewski, piano [ harmonia Mundi Musique d'Abord / CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] "His performances of the most complex Bach and Beethoven have a white-hot conviction...Among younger pianists he seems most likely to join the greats" (BBC Music) |
BEETHOVEN
Christus am a-lberge, Op.85 Placido Domingo (tenor), Luba Orgonasova (soprano), Andreas Schmidt (bass), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Kent Nagano [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/Jan/2014 ] "Besides being an astounding technician, Nakamatsu shows impeccable taste; he puts a high gloss on anything he plays." - CHICAGO TRIBUNE |
Pludermacher/Casadesus
Ravel:bolero/Piano Concs/La Va [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 17/Jul/2000 ] |
W. A. MOZART
Symphonies no.35 'Haffner' & no.36 'Linz' The Prague Philharmonia. Jiri Belohlavek, dir [ Harmonia Mundi musique d'abord / CD - released 10/May/2012 ] In 1782 and 1783, Mozart's life was an absolute whirlwind of activity. The two symphonies he composed then bear witness to creative powers more astonishing than ever, and initiate with brio his series of mature symphonic masterpieces. |
The Pro Arte Singers. Paul Hillier - director
Byrd - The Three Masses [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 2/Jul/2002 ] a remarkable testament to Byrd's immense compositional skill and tenacity |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Motets Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 25/Sep/2020 ] The absolute summit of polyphonic art, Bach's motets exult with a joy that may be found surprising when one knows their most frequent liturgical use: at funeral ceremonies. Taking up the invitation of the Motet BWV 225, Raphaël Pichon and his... |
Quatuor Turner
Beethoven-String Quartets Op.74 'Harp' & Op.59 No.3 'Razumovsky' [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Feb/2002 ] ''The music of a lunatic'' |
Queyras/Prague/Belohlavek
Dvorak: Cello Concerto/Trio [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 3/Oct/2005 ] |
Marion Rampal, Quatuor Manfred Feat. Raphaël Imbert
Bye Bye Berlin! [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 29/Jun/2018 ] Bye bye… or Berlin forever? Throughout the 1920s, all eyes were turned towards Berlin. Driven by a collective energy, artists of all persuasions (writers, painters, architects, filmmakers and composers) there established the principles of "New... |
W.F. BACH
Symphonies; Concerto for piano (Cembalo) Raphael Alpermann, cemb. Akademie fAr Alte Musik Berlin [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 30/Jul/2005 ] "The Berlin period orchestra gives typically earthy, upfront readings of this intriguing music, bringing a crackling energy to the fast movements and relishing every disconcerting twist and turn in Bach's arguments." Richard Wigmore The Daily... |
BUXTEHUDE
Une Alchimie Musicale Raphaele Kennedy (soprano) / Da Pacem [ K617 Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] This 'themed' programme by Da Pacem derives from a series of concerts devoted to Bach's infamous journey on foot to hear Buxtehude play. Did he have leave of absence from his employers? Did the four month absence change his style for... |
Raphaël Imbert, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Pierre-François Blanchard & Sonny Troupe
Invisible Stream [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 2/Jun/2022 ] Invisible Stream: the "unseen currents" are those that connect people and musical works by transcending styles or customary aesthetic and cultural boundaries. A feast of poetic expression organized by four key representatives of both the classical... |
J. S. BACH / MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER / ARCANGELO CORELLI / etc
A Baroque Christmas (Limited Edition) Akademie fur Alte Berlin, RIAS Kammerchor, René Jacobs / Ensemble 415,Chiara Banchini / Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé [ Harmonia Mundi / 4 CD Box Set - released 4/Oct/2019 ] Ranging from unaffected simplicity to elaborate polyphony, the composers of the 17th and 18th centuries left us some of the most sublime pages of sacred music intended to tell the story of the Nativity. The extraordinary musical legacy produced as a... |
DAQUIN / ZIPOLI / BACH / BALBASTRE
Noëls à l'orgue: Organ Music for Christmas René Saorgin (organs of Tende and Chambéry) [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 20/Nov/2014 ] Jingle Bells! With René Saorgin at the historic organs of Tende and Chambéry, discover the delightful noëls of Balbastre and a whole collection of pastoral pieces for organ - not to mention the chimes of Chambéry. |
HANDEL
Rene Jacobs: Singer & Teacher Rene Jacobs / Maria Cristina Kiehr / Susanne Ryden [ Harmonia Mundi / DVD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] One of a series edited by François Manceaux & Olivier Bernager in partnership with Arte & France Musique, uncovering great musicians of our time. |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Secular Cantatas [BWV201, 205, 213] RIAS Kammerchor & Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / 2 CD - released 16/Jun/2014 ] "immensely persuasive performances" (International Record Review) |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Choral Works (Lieder) Op. 41, 48, 59, 88, & 100 RIAS Kammerchor, Hans-Christoph Rademann [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 10/Aug/2018 ] "This is first-class singing, captured in equally first-rate sound (from Berlin's Jesus-Christus-Kirche)-and if you want to fall in love with Mendelssohn's choral writing, this is where it will happen. Highly recommended!" 10/10 Classics Today |
WOLFGANG RIHM
Choral Works: Sieben Passions-Texte / Astralis / Fragmenta Passionis RIAS Kammerchor / Hans-Christoph Rademann [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] "The RIAS Kammerchor's forces deftly apply the misty tonalities here" (The Independent) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Complete Liebeslieder Walzer, Op. 52 & 65 / Hungarian Dances RIAS Kammerchor, Justin Doyle, Angela Gassenhuber, Philip Mayers (piano four hands) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 4/Nov/2022 ] In these love songs in waltz style for chorus or solo voices accompanied by piano four hands, Brahms freely indulged his taste for Viennese folk music. The RIAS Kammerchor Berlin instils a wonderful inner life in these musical landscapes, sometimes... |
BRAHMS
Sacred Choral Music: Geistliche Chormusik RIAS Kammerchor / Marcus Creed [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] "The RIAS Chamber Choir produce a fine quality of homogenous tone and, under Marcus Creed, show themselves fully responsive to both words and music.The RIAS disc remains a strong recommendation, especially for its inclusion of the surviving Missa... |