GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Solomon (complete oratorio) Sarah Connolly (alto) Susan Gritton (sop) Carolyn Sampson (sop) Mark Padmore (ten) / Akademie fAr Alte Musik Berlin / Daniel Reuss (dir) [ Harmonia Mundi HMHeritage / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2016 ] Handel was 63 years old when he composed Solomon, one of his final masterpieces. This monumental oratorio depicts the three highpoints of the biblical king's life: the building of the temple, the famous judgment, and the visit of the Queen of Sheba.... |
MAHLER
Des Knaben Wunderhorn [with Harmonia Mundi catalogue] Sarah Connolly, Dietrich Henschel / Orchestre des Champs-Elysees / Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Classique / CD/Book - released 10/Feb/2011 ] "The two singers have here superb voices, and Philip Herreweghe's accompaniments leave almost nothing to be desired…" (BBC Music) |
ETIENNE MOULINIE
Meslanges pour la chapelle d'un prince Sébastien Daucé (harpsichord, organ. direction) / Ensemble Correspondances [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 25/Sep/2014 ] For more than 30 years, the career of composer Étienne Moulinié was inseparably linked with the patronage of Gaston d'Orléans (1608-60), brother of Louis XIII. |
MICHEL RICHARD de LALANDE
Symphonies pour les soupers du Roy Sébastien Marq, Marie-Ange Petit, Gilles Rapin, Jérôme Hantaï La Simphonie du Marais, Hugo Reyne [ Harmonia Mundi Heritage / 4 CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] With this first-ever complete recording of the legendary Symphonies pour les Soupers du Roy in 1990, Hugo Reyne produced a set of discs as varied as it is comprehensive. Twenty-five years later - and 300 years after the death of Louis XIV! - it still... |
Schlick/Lesne/Crook/Harvey/Koo
Cantatas-Ich Habe Viel Bekumme [ Harmonia Mundi / CD ] |
SCHUBERT
Matthias Goerne Schubert Edition 1: Sehnsucht Matthias Goerne (baritone) Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Apr/2008 ] "The dark, rounded beauty and almost tortured intensity of Matthias Goerne's voice are ideally suited to this first volume of Schubert songs." The Top 10 Classical Recordings of 2008 (Telegraph UK) |
BACH / COUPERIN / RAMEAU
Scott Ross: Harpsichordist & Teacher Scott Ross / Nicolau de Figueiredo / Alessandro de Marchi [ Harmonia Mundi / DVD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] |
GLAZUNOV / TCHAIKOVSKY / GLIERE / RACHMANINOV / etc
Russian Songs Ekaterina Sementchuk (mezzo-soprano) & Larissa Gergieva (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 10/Aug/2013 ] Resist if you want, but in the end, resistance is futile. Russian-born mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Semenchuk's voice may at first seem too big, too strong, and too unyielding to be effective, much less beautiful. But after a song or two on her debut disc... |
HILDEGARD VON BINGEN
Canticles Of Ecstasy Sequentia [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Jan/2008 ] 1001 Classical Recordings you must hear before you die (Pre 1700) - "Whether or not we're experiencing that "heavenly harmony" here, the simple, direct, beautifully turned melodies, sung by pure, finely tuned, warm-coloured women's voices, often... |
Sequentia
Music For Paradise - The Best [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 14/Jan/2013 ] |
ANDRE CAPLET
Conte fantastique / Les priares / Divertissements / Septet / etc (rec 1992) Sharon Coste (Soprano), Sandrine Piau (soprano), Sylvie Deguy (mezzo) / Ensemble: Musique Oblique [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 11/Jul/2006 ] "This is music for connoisseurs and especially for those with an interest to follow up in Debussy's circle … but do not expect a Debussy apprentice." (MusicWeb Bargain of the Month June 2006) |
HANDEL
La Maga Abbandonata Simone Kermes / Maite Beaumont / Il Complesso Barocco / Alan Curtis [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / Hybrid SACD - released 2/May/2007 ] The two singers on this disc are outstanding. Simone Kermes, familiar to Handel lovers from Peter Neumann's impressive German recordings of Saul and Belshazzar, and who has recorded the title-role in Curtis's Deidamia, is a clean and focussed soprano... |
PERGOLESI / PORPORA / HASSE / LEO / VINCI
Lava: Opera arias from 18th Century Naples Simone Kermes (soprano) / Le Musiche Nove, Claudio Osele [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Oct/2010 ] "Simone Kermes's… is…a fearless risk-taker of uncommon artistic range and technical prowess... all 12 of the disc's items are delightful." Five Stars BBC Music |
CHRISTOPHER SIMPSON
Simpson: The Seasons Sirius Viols: Hille Perl, Marthe Perl, Frauke Hess [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 26/May/2017 ] "[Sirius Viols] balance eloquence and virtuosity here in a finely-judged equilibrium. Their sound is pellucid, ensemble and articulation flawless." BBC Music chamber Choice May 2017 |
TRADITIONAL
Cantiques de l'Orient: Hymns from Lebanon Sister Marie Keyrouz / L'Ensemble de la Paix [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] Soeur Marie Keyrouz & L' Ensemble de la Paix |
TRADITIONAL
Cantiques de l’Orient: tradition Melchite Sister Marie Keyrouz / L’Ensemble de la Paix [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 20/Mar/2012 ] |
TRADITIONAL
Chant Byzantin Sister Marie Keyrouz [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 29/Sep/2008 ] In the Byzantine Rite, the Office of Matins for Holy Saturday is a meditation on the mystery of Christ asleep in the tomb, deeply imbued with faith and hope. As for the chants for Matins of Easter Day, they are the most splendid in the entire... |
MISSA
Les plus belles messes de l'histoire musicale: the finest masses in musical history Soloists / Choeur et Orchestre du Collegium Vocale Gent / La Chapelle Royale / RIAS-Kammerchor / Philippe Herrewege / Marcus Creed [ Harmonia Mundi / 3 CD - released 10/Sep/2008 ] From the contrapuntal summits of the Renaissance to the great solemn Masses of Bach, Mozart and Beethoven, from Romantic renewal to contemporary disillusion: Harmonia mundi invite you to discover generous excerpts from the Masses that have made history! |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Harmonie du Soir- Mélodies, songs Sophie Karthäuser (soprano), Stéphane Degout (baritone) / Eugene Asti (piano), Alain Planès (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 24/Aug/2018 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 TOP THREE - Solo Vocal |
MICHEL-RICHARD de LALANDE
Leçons De Ténèbres Sophie Karthäuser (soprano) / Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Nov/2015 ] "Karthauser's plangent singing covers a broad range of dynamic expression without ever obscuring a refined emotional essence, and tasteful embellishments always serve the meaning of the Lamentation texts." (Gramophone) |