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RICHARD STRAUSS / LUDWIG THUILLE
R. Strauss & Thuille: Cello Sonatas Andrea Favalessa (cello) & Maria Semeraro (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 24/Feb/2017 ] Between Richard Strauss and Ludwig Thuille (born in 1864 and 1861 respectively) existed a strong friendship and mutual respect. Their two youthful cello sonatas share the same idiom: passionate and lateromantic soaring themes, a profound lyricism and... |
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GIULIO VIOZZI
Viozzi: Complete Music for Solo Guitar Andrea Gallo (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 12/May/2022 ] Born in Trieste, in the popular district of San Giacomo, Giulio Viozzi (1912- 1984) studied music under Antonio Illersberg. In 1931 he obtained a diploma in piano, following an advanced course with Angelo Kessissoglu. |
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W.A MOZART
Mozart: Complete Flute Quartets Andrea Manco (flute), Andrea Pecolo (violin), Joël Impérial (viola), Gianluca Muzzolon (cello) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 28/Aug/2020 ] n Mozart's time, roughly between 1750 and 1800, the traverse flute underwent some important changes. By the addition of a number of keys and a reconstruction of the body, the head and the keyholes the tone and power of the sound were increased... |
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DEBUSSY / RAVEL / FAURÉ
French Songs for Flute & Harp: Debussy, Ravel, Fauré Andrea Manco (flute), Stefania Scapin (harp) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 22/Jan/2021 ] 'Chansons sans paroles': masterpieces of 20th-century song in original arrangements for a quintessentially French instrumental combination, in new recordings by a talented young Italian duo. |
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RADAMES GNATTALI / FRANCISCO MIGNONE
Gnattali / Mignone: Complete Studies for Guitar Andrea Monarda (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 11/May/2022 ] This 2-CD set present the complete studies for guitar by two Brazilian composers (both children of Italian immigrants): Radamés Gnattali (1906-1988) and c (1897-1986). |
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MARCO lo MUSCIO
Andrea Padova plays lo Muscio Andrea Padova (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 12/Jul/2019 ] Born in 1971, Marco lo Muscio is an organist, pianist and composer who has performed on the great organs of Europe and the US. His own music been performed by the likes of Christopher Herrick, Thomas Trotter and David Briggs. This album focuses on... |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Oboe Concertos Andrius Puskunigis (oboe and oboe d'amore) / St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra, Donatas Katkus [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] The first volume of a projected complete recording of Rubinstein's music for 4‐hand piano. Anton Rubinstein was a legendary pianist in the 19‐th century, admired by Liszt and even the young Rachmaninoff. As a pianist he tirelessly toured Europe,... |
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GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Oboe Concertos Andrius Puskunigis|Vincent Bernhardt|Klaip?da Chamber Orchestra [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 15/Jul/2022 ] This album presents the corpus of oboe concertos by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), of which unfortunately few original works have survived. The composer, however, was particularly fond of thisinstrument and learned to play it from his teacher,... |
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FEDERICO MORENO-TORROBA
Moreno-Torroba: Complete Music for Solo Guitar & Guitar Quartets Angelo Colone (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / 5 CD - released 24/Jan/2020 ] Although not a guitarist himself, Federico Moreno-Torroba struck up a friendship with Andres Segovia in the 1920s, which in turn inspired several of his finest works such as the Sonatina (1924) and Piezas características (1931) are among his finest... |
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GILARDINO
Sicilian Guitar Music Angelo Marchese [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 22/Jul/2016 ] |
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ANGELO GILARDINO
Gilardino: Complete Music for Solo Guitar 1965-2013 Angelo Marchese (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / 14 CD Box Set - released 14/Aug/2015 ] Angelo Gilardino is one of the most important guitar composers of the last half century. His unique style is a blend of the old and new, folk art and contemporary music, from Mozart to Messiaen. |
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PERGOLESI
Stabat Mater / Salve Regina in C minor Angharad Gruffydd Jones (soprano), Lawrence Zazzo (counter tenor) / Cambridge Soloists, Timothy Brown (organ/director) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 21/Oct/2008 ] |
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CARL ORFF
Carmina Burana Ann Archibald (soprano), John Graham-Hall (tenor) Peter Sidhom (baritone) / London, Royal Choral Society & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Cooke [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] Carl Orff was born into a distinguished Bavarian military family, and after composing songs in his childhood took up studies at the Munich Academy of Music. His early music shows the influence of Debussy, but this was soon cast off in favour of... |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto Nos. 2 & 3 Anna Federova (piano) / Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, Laërcio Diniz & Gerard Oskamp [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 12/Apr/2024 ] The Ukrainian pianist Anna Fedorova is renowned for her playing of Rachmaninoff, and in particular the four concertos which she has performed across the world. She made these recordings in 2014, at a relatively early stage in her career. |
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FRANCOIS COUPERIN
Concerts Royaux Anna Starr (oboe) Jane Gower (bassoon) Ayako Matsunaga, Stefano Rossi (violin) Michael Borgstede (harpischord) Musica ad Rhenum [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Apr/2013 ] François Couperin 'Le Grand' is the most important member of the Couperin dynasty, whose elegant and trend‐setting music is known to have influenced great composers such as J.S. Bach, Telemann and Handel. After becoming organist at St. Gervais in... |
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C. P. E. BACH
Oboe Concertos Anna Starr (oboe) / Musica Poetica, Jorn Boysen [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/2012 ] C.P.E. Bach's two surviving oboe concertos both began as keyboard concertos that were later transcribed for oboe; their intended performer was probably Johann Christian Fischer, a virtuoso based in Potsdam in the mid 1760s. |
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JOHANN GOTTFRIED MUTHEL
Müthel: Duets & Sonatas for Harpsichord Anne Clemente, Giacomo Benedetti [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 15/Jul/2022 ] Johann Gottfried Müthel (1728 - 1788) was the last pupil of the great Johann Sebastian Bach. He was present at the master's deathbed, and he performed the funeral services, taking over the duties of the deceased Cantor. Mühtel's music ("full of... |
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MENDELSSOHN
Die erste Walpurgisnacht / etc Annelies Burmeister (contralto), Eberhard Buchner (tenor) & Siegfried Lorentz (bar) / Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 22/Feb/2016 ] "Mendelssohn's Druidic cantata is a relative rarity, but makes a fresh, vital impression in this Leipzig performance under seasoned Mendelssohnian Kurt Masur. Three overtures add ballast, and are also excellent." (BBC Music January 2016) |
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JEAN GILLES
Messe des Morts [Requiem] Anne-Marie Rodde, Jean Nirouet, Martyn Hill, Peter Kooy / Collegium Vocale Gent / Philippe Herreweghe [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] 'This is in short a performance with the carefully moulded contours, sensitively judged sonic qualities and sheer spiritual presence that we have come to recognize over the years as true Herreweghe characteristics.' Gramophone |
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HASSE / MANCINI / PORPORA / PORSILE
Neapolitan Cantatas Antonello Dorigo (countertenor), Giuseppina Ledda (flute), Fabio Catania (viola da gamba), Pierluigi Morelli (harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/2019 ] The works in this collection attest to the high standard of music-making in Naples. The composers here recorded were at the forefront of the achievements of Neapolitan music in the first half of the 18th century. |