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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: Concert Arias Reinoud Van Mechelen, A Nocte Temporis [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 24/Jan/2025 ] Fresh from his triumphant onstage success in Paris, Berlin and Brussels singing leading roles in the operas of Rameau and Mozart, tenor Reinoud Van Mechelen presents his long-awaited first Mozart recording. Together with his ensemble A Nocte... |
PIERRE de MANCHICOURT
Requiem for an Emperor Utopia Ensemble; Jan Van Outryve [ Ramée / CD - due 14/Feb/2025 ] Charles V was certainly the most powerful and charismatic of the Renaissance rulers. Exhausted and worn down by the challenges of imperial rule, he abdicated towards the end of his life and led a secluded existence in the monastery of Cuacos de Yuste... |
ANDRÉ CAMPRA / HENRY DESMAREST
Desmarets & Campra : Iphigénie en Tauride Véronique Gens, Reinoud Van Mechelen, Thomas Dolié, David Witczak, Olivia Doray, Floriane Hasler; Tomislav Lavoie; Le Concert Spirituel; Hervé Niquet [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - due 24/Jan/2025 ] Nearly a century before Gluck, another opera called Iphigénie en Tauride - same plot, same protagonists - had immense success on the opera stage. This 'first' Iphigénie has rather a curious history. |
PAUL HINDEMITH
Hindemith: Sonatas Alexander Melnikov (piano) with Isabelle Faust (violin) Jeroen Berwaerts (trumpet) Teunis van der Zwart (althorn), etc [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Dec/2014 ] 'The patron saint of neglected instruments, Hindemith composed more than 30 sonatas for very diverse resources … The Hindemith anniversary of 2013 opened the gates to a welcome flood of excellent recordings, and this new release stands high among the |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: String Quintet D956 / Quartettsatz D703 Brodsky Quartet, with Laura van der Heijden (Cello) [ Chandos / CD - released 30/Sep/2022 ] Celebrating its fiftieth anniversary this year, the Brodsky Quartet has performed more than 3000 concerts on the major concert stages of the world and has released more than seventy recordings. A natural curiosity and insatiable desire to explore... |
VARIOUS
David Garrett - Iconic David Garrett (violin), Franck van der Heijden, orchestra the Prezent [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 9/Dec/2022 ] The inspiration behind this album was the golden age of the star violinist. Players such as Heifetz, Kreisler, Francescatti, Grumiaux and, of course, the great Yehudi Menuhin are all idols of mine, and that's why I chose the title Iconic" - David... |
Gaby Moreno And Van Dyke Parks
¡Spangled! (LP) [ Nonesuch / Warner / LP - released 4/Oct/2019 ] ¡Spangled! is a collaboration between Guatemalan-born singer-songwriter Gaby Moreno and American musician, songwriter, arranger, and producer Van Dyke Parks. The ten-song set celebrates the migration of song across the Americas and spans more than... |
JOSEPH HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: The Creation (complete oratorio in German) Helen Donath, Robert Tear, Jose van Dam / Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos [ EMI Classics for Pleasure / 2 CD - released 20/Nov/1992 ] Recording Date: November 14, 1977 & November 17, 1977 Recording Location: Kingsway Hall, London, England |
JOHN ADAMS
Adams: Piano Music (LP) Jeroen van Veen (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / LP - released 19/Jan/2024 ] The LP version of a highly successful CD issue of the complete piano music by John Adams (born 1947). "Minimalism, but not as you know it", thus described The Guardian the John Adams' music. John Adams is active in almost every musical genre,... |
LUDOVICO EINAUDI
Einaudi: Waves - The Piano Collection Jeroen van Veen (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 20/Apr/2015 ] Ludovico Einaudi may well become the "Satie of the 21‐st century". His minimalist, deceptively simple piano works reach a massive audience well beyond the strict boundaries of traditional classical music. |
JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
Rameau: Zoroastre 1749 Jodie Devos (Amélite), Véronique Gens (Erinice), Reinoud Van Mechelen (Zoroastre), Tassis Christoyannis (Abramane), Chœur de Chambre de Namur [ Alpha Classics / 3 CD - released 4/Nov/2022 ] Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) left two very different versions of his tragédie en musique Zoroastre: the first, in 1749, received a lukewarm reception and the work was withdrawn from the repertory. Rameau gave it a thorough revision in 1756. At... |
WALKER / Lili BOULANGER / PRICE / BRITTEN / DEBUSSY / FAURE / TAKEMITSU / etc
Path to the Moon Laura van der Heijden (cello) Jâms Coleman (piano) [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Mar/2024 ] "[Walker's Cello Sonata] a tautly argued piece that's a real discovery, persuasively played here...also a performance of Britten's Sonata that vividly captures its sense of dialogue and a many-coloured one of the 1915 Sonata by Debussy." Guardian |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Complete Symphonies Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra / Radio Filharmonisch Orkest Holland / Jaap van Zweden [ BRILLIANT CLASSICS / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2011 ] "here's not a weak link here: every performance is full of life and sections that can be problematic are triumphantly successful...van Zweden is consistently inspiring and imaginative." (International Record Review) |
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JULES MASSENET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Massenet: Manon (complete opera with libretto) Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu, Jose van Dam, Gilles Ragon / Chorus & Orchestra of the Theatre Royal of the Monnaie, Brussels, Antonio PappanoPappan [ EMI Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 8/Mar/2000 ] "Major praise must go to Angela Gheorghiu. Not only does she draw a portrait of the irresistible, impetuous, selfish, luscious Manon from the very beginning, but she's totally in control of her vocal resources as well." ClassicsToday |
Sharon Van Etten
epic Ten [ Ba Da Bing / 2 CD - released 11/Jun/2021 ] "epic represents a crossroads for me as an artist. Going from intern to artist at Ba Da Bing, from solo folk singer to playing with a band for the first time and beginning to play shows on tour where people showed up. I am in awe of the artists who... |
Sharon Van Etten
Tramp (Limited Anniversary Edition LP) [ Jagjaguwar / LP - released 24/Mar/2023 ] Dear Reader, About a year or two ago, Naomi Yang (of Galaxie 500) reached out to me after she rediscovered a video that we had made together in 2011, during the making of Tramp, just before the album's release. It was for the song Serpents. The... |
Sharon Van Etten
We've Been Going About This All Wrong (Limited Edition LP) [ Jagjaguwar / LP - released 6/May/2022 ] Marble Smoke vinyl. Sharon Van Etten has always been the kind of artist who helps people make sense of the world around them, and her sixth album, We've Been Going About This All Wrong, concerns itself with how we feel, mourn, and reclaim our agency... |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Siegfried (complete opera recorded 2017) Simon O'Neill, Matthias Goerne, David Cangelosi, Heidi Melton, Werner van Mechelen / Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden [ Naxos / 4 CD Box Set - released 2/Nov/2017 ] "New Zealand tenor Simon O'Neill is surely the Siegfried for our generation." MusicWeb |
BEETHOVEN / RIES / PUNTO / DANZI
Horn and Piano: A Cor Basse Recital Teunis van der Zwart (horn), Alexander Melnikov (paino) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 28/Jan/2022 ] "van der Zwart exploits the disruptive contrasts between registers, and between stopped and open notes, as vividly as I've ever heard...A winner, and not only for horn fanciers." Gramophone Editor's Choice March 2022 |
FRANCIS POULENC
Poulenc: Complete Chamber Music, Vol. 5 (Incls Barbar, the little Elephant) Francois Mouzaya (narrator), Alexandre Tharaud (piano), Laurent Lefevre (bassoon), Stephane Logerot (double bass), Ronald van Spaendonck (clarinet) [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Dec/2000 ] "The narrators are two gifted children, the pianist Alezandre Tharaud, whose acute playing has sparked the series." Turok's Choice |
Thijs Van Leer
Collections [ Music on CD / CD - released 13/Sep/2019 ] If you are a big fan of the Dutch band Focus, you might be intrigued by the solo work of band-member keyboardist and virtuoso on the flute Thijs van Leer. The album includes musical references to Bach in some numbers, and shows of Van Leer's... |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY / SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Van Cliburn Van Cliburn (piano) / RCA Symphony Orchestra, Symphony of the Air, Kirill Kondrashin [ Philips / BMG/RCA / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/2018 ] Harvey Lavan "Van" Cliburn Jr. (July 12, 1934 - February 27, 2013) was an American pianist. At the age of 23, Cliburn achieved worldwide recognition when he won the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1958 during the Cold War |
Van Morrison
Accentuate The Positive [ Virgin / CD - released 3/Nov/2023 ] Like this year's acclaimed 'Moving On Skiffle', 'Accentuate The Positive' sees Van Morrison returning to one of his childhood passions: this time rock 'n' roll. Growing up in Belfast shortly after World War II, he was immensely inspired by the heady... |
Van Morrison
Astral Weeks (Expanded Edition) [ Warner Brother CD / CD - released 30/Oct/2015 ] Van Morrison's 1968 debut Astral Weeks. In addition to remastered audio, this album also features previously unreleased versions of several album tracks. |
Van Morrison
The Healing Game [ Polydor Records / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] Originally released in 1997, 'The Healing Game' is available again as this re-issued, digitally re-mastered CD, which includes a bonus track. |
Van Morrison
Moving On Skiffle (LP) [ Virgin Music Label & Artist Services / 2 LP - released 10/Mar/2023 ] It should come as no surprise that Van Morrison has made an album inspired by skiffle. Van Morrison's love of skiffle dates back to his childhood. He would hang out at the famed Belfast record store Atlantic Records, where he'd hear early 20th... |
Van Morrison
New Arrangements And Duets [ Virgin / CD - released 27/Sep/2024 ] "This album represents a small percentage of the huge amount of unreleased material we are hoping to roll out in the near future, rather than letting it gather dust in some archive. The big band tracks were recorded in 2014 and the duets more... |
MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER
Charpentier: Médée Véronique Gens, Cyrille Dubois, Judith van Wanroij, Thomas Dolié, David Witczak Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet [ Alpha Classics / 3 CD - released 22/Mar/2024 ] Médée, a tragedy in a prologue and five acts on a libretto by Thomas Corneille, was Marc-Antoine Charpentier's first and last collaboration with the Académie Royale de Musique. The work was premiered on 4 December 1693, when Charpentier was exactly... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn: Elias (Elijah) (Complete Oratorio in German) Alastair Miles, Jard van Nes, Helen Donath / Israel Philharmonic, Kurt Masur [ Teldec / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/May/1993 ] Contains comprehensive book and translations |
BERLIOZ
Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 Anima Eterna / Jos van Immerseel [ Zig Zag Territories / CD - released 20/Mar/2010 ] Gramophone Magazine Recording of the Month - May 2010 - "...it is the sheer raw clarity of every line and colour in these Flemish players' performance, and its effect on the rhythms, that strikes you, especially in their revelatory account of the... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 4 & 5 Anima Eterna / Jos van Immerseel (conductor) [ Zig Zag Territoires / CD - released 10/Mar/2010 ] |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust (The Damnation of Faust) - From the Royal Albert Hall 1989 Anne Sofie Von Otter, Keith Lewis, Jose Van Dam, Peter Rose / The Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ AWD DVD / DVD - released 20/Jan/2006 ] Sir Georg Solti conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in a magnificent performance of Berlioz's concert cantata. |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART / WIM HENDERICKX
Flow Annelien Van Wauwe (clarinet) / NDR Radiophilharmonie, Andrew Manze [ Pentatone / CD - released 20/May/2022 ] On her second PENTATONE album FLOW, Annelien Van Wauwe presents a programme inspired by her love for yoga, combining Mozart's famous Clarinet Concerto with the world premiere recording of Wim Henderickx's concerto SUTRA. Van Wauwe performs both... |
CARL ORFF
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Orff: Carmina Burana Arleen Augar, John van Kesteren, Jonathan Summers / Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra. Riccardo Muti [ EMI Red Line / CD - released 7/Feb/2005 ] *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide. |
Barry Van Zyl
African Heartbeat - Drums and Percussion from Southern Africa [ Arc / CD - released 1/Aug/2013 ] In his first solo album, Barry Van Zyl, world-renowned South African percussionist and drummer with the Johnny Clegg Band since 1999, presents his interpretation of the rhythms and feels of southern African drumming. The album combines musical and... |
JULES MASSENET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Massenet: Hérodiade (complete opera with libretto) Cheryl Studer, Jose van Dam, Nadine Denize, Thomas Hampson/ Choeur et Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, MIchel Plasson [ EMI Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2018 ] During the Belle Époque, Jules Massenet rose to become France's leading composer of opera, as notable for his acute dramatic sense as for the refined sensuality of his music. NOTE: Outer cover has some very minor wear |
CHARLES STROUSE
Strouse: Bye Bye Birdie Chita Rivera & Dick van Dyke / Original 1960 Broadway Cast Recording [ Columbia Broadway Masterworks / CD - released 12/Jul/2000 ] Bye Bye Birdie is a stage musical with music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Lee Adams, based upon a book by Michael Stewart. |
Christopher Keyes, Diego Vega, Ferdinando De Sena, Willem van Twillert, Andrew Schultz
Reason & Reverence: Works For Orchestra [ Navona / CD - released 6/Aug/2018 ] Reason & Reverence features the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Petr Vronsky in a selection of major orchestral works. The overall theme of the these is Reason and Reverence, each of which explores the ecological complexities of the... |
DVORAK / GRIEG / BRAHMS
Dvorak / Grieg / Brahms: Music for Piano, Four hands Claire Chevallier, Jos Van Immerseel (piano Bechstein 1870) [ Alpha / CD - released 1/Apr/2017 ] Jos van Immerseel and Claire Chevallier have enjoyed a close collaboration for many years now. Like Jos van Immerseel, Claire Chevallier loves period pianos; like him, she is a researcher and possesses her own collection of keyboard... |
