Alpha Steppa
Rooted & Grounded (2LP) [ Steppas Records / 2 LP - released 6/Oct/2015 ] Rooted & Grounded, the debut album from Alpha Steppa, son and nephew of UK dub pioneers Alpha &Omega (greensleeves/VP). Now a talented producer in his own right, his productions connect the dots between the music which he has grown up around and the... |
Alpha Wolf
Half Living Things [ Cooking Vinyl Australia / CD - released 5/Apr/2024 ] In the ever-evolving sonic landscape of Alpha Wolf, their music transforms like a shapeshifting beast, defying expectations and breaking through boundaries with the weight of wrecking-ball dynamics and captivating off-kilter hooks. The Australian... |
Alpha Wolf
Half Living Things (Coloured Vinyl LP) [ Cooking Vinyl Australia / LP - released 5/Apr/2024 ] In the ever-evolving sonic landscape of Alpha Wolf, their music transforms like a shapeshifting beast, defying expectations and breaking through boundaries with the weight of wrecking-ball dynamics and captivating off-kilter hooks. The Australian... |
Alpha Wolf
A Quiet Place To Die (Coloured Vinyl LP) [ Greyscale Records / LP - released 16/Oct/2020 ] Clear Vinyl "A wolf that hides in sheep's clothing will never be the Alpha." An iron will is only ever hardened within the forge, and Australia's fastest rising metal core act Alpha Wolf have proven they are made of sterner stuff. The five piece... |
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,... |
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 |
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 |
Andrew Forrest
Alpha - Omega [ Local (SOR) / CD ] |
SCARLATTI / SCHUBERT / ALBENIZ / MOMPOU
Landscapes Andrew Tyson [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 20/Sep/2019 ] After releasing two recordings - the first devoted to Chopin (ZZT 347) and the second to Ravel and Scriabin (ALPHA 277) - and winning First Prize at the Géza Anda Competition in 2015, which gave his career a powerful momentum, the young American... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT / FRANZ BERWALD
Schubert & Berwald: Chamber Music Anima Eterna Brugge, Jos van Immerseel [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 12/Apr/2019 ] Jos van Immerseel: "While since its foundation in 1987 Anima Eterna Brugge has grown organically into a symphonic orchestra, chamber music once again forms an important part of our repertory today. We will continue our journey through orchestral... |
JANACEK / DVORAK
Jos van Immerseel conducts Dvorak & Janacek Anima Eterna Brugge, Jos van Immerseel [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 18/Sep/2015 ] Jos Van Immerseel is celebrating his 70th birthday with three important releases...These anthologies will once again demonstrate everything the pianofortist brings to the interpretation of the symphonic and chamber repertoires. |
MOZART
Mozart: Concertos Anima Eterna, Jos van Immerseel [ 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,... |
BEETHOVEN / KUHLAU / DOPPLER
Beethoven, Kuhlau & Doppler: Variations on Folk Songs Anna Besson, Olga Pashchenko [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 23/Oct/2020 ] Anna Besson is a flautist with a passion for traditional music, who has already made an album of Irish folk music, The Dubhlinn Gardens (ALPHA447). For this new recording, she teams up with the Russian fortepianist Olga Pashchenko, an eminent... |
FRANCESCO CAVALLI / CHRISTOPH GRAUPNER / FRANZ TUNDER etc
Celebration of Life in Death Anna Prohaska; La Folia Barockorchester; Robin Peter Müller [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 25/Feb/2022 ] Constantly in search of eclectic and meaningful programmes, the soprano Anna Prohaska here celebrates 'life in death'. An ambitious programme, conceived with Robin Peter Müller and his ensemble La Folia, which takes us on a journey across the... |
J.S BACH
Bach: Redemption Anna Prohaska (soprano), Lautten Compagney, Wolfgang Katschner [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 9/Oct/2020 ] Anna Prohaska asked Wolfgang Katschner and the Lautten Compagney at the outset of the coronavirus crisis whether they shouldn't spontaneously organize a musical get-together in this period. This has now resulted in Redemption. |
CASTELLO / CASTROVILLARI / GRAUPNER / HASSE / PURCELL / etc
Serpent & Fire Anna Prohaska (soprano) / Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2016 ] "Another stunner from soprano Anna Prohaska...It's all beautifully planned and paced, with riveting instrumental interludes from Il Giardino Armonico." The Observer |