MICHAEL JARNEFELT
Jarrell: Orchestral Works Ilya Gringolts (violin), Florent Jodelet (percussion), Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, Pascal Rophé [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Dec/2023 ] "The excellent Pays de la Loire Orchestra, who accompany the two concertos in exemplary fashion, take centre stage in the album's centrepiece, the Sechs Augenblicke...A very strong recording." Gramophone Editor's Choice Jan 2024 |
J.S. BACH
Trauerode BWV 198 / Jesu, der du meine Seele BWV 78 Ingrid SchmithAsen, Howard Crook, Peter Kooy, Charles Brett / La Chapelle Royale / Philippe Herreweghe (dir) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] Whatever the occasions for which they were written (a tribute to a dead queen, or a chorale cantata), the two works on this recording have one subject in common: death and the soul's salvation. Performed in 1727 in memory of the sorely mourned... |
HANDEL
Italian Cantatas Volume 5 - Rome (1707) Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Yetzabel Arias Fernández (soprano) & Romina Basso (alto) / La Risonanza / Fabio Bonizzoni (harpsichord & direction) [ Glossa Handel Italian Cantatas / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] MARBECKS STAFF PICK: CD OF THE YEAR 2009 - Gramophone Magazine: Editor's Choice June 2009 - "Bonizzoni has the admirable knack of conveying the strong rhetorical elements in Handel's vivacious music, and the entire performance is beautifully... |
Jad Fair & Yo La Tengo
Strange But True [ Matador Records / CD - released 20/Oct/1998 ] |
VIVALDI
Vespers of Sorrow Jakub Burzyinski (counter-tenor) / La Tempesta [ BIS / CD - released 5/Oct/2004 ] "A superb release, not to be missed! This will be my Record of the Year!" - MusicWeb Nov 2004 |
Jakub/La Burzynski Tempesta
Vivaldi: Vespers Of Sorrow [ Bis / CD - released 1/Nov/2004 ] |
Jean La Fenice/Tubery
Concerto Imperiale [ Ricercar / CD - released 1/May/2011 ] |
JEAN-BAPISTE LULLY
Lully: Acis et Galatée Jean-François Lombard, Elena Harsányi, Valeria La Grotta, Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli / Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Federico Maria Sarde [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 20/Oct/2023 ] Jean-Baptiste Lully's unrivalled position at the Sun King's court gave him freedom to produce numerous grand theatre works. Acis et Galatée is acknowledged as one of his masterpieces with its adroit alternation of effects and situations and its... |
PHILIPPE BOESMANS
Boesmans: On purge bébé ! Opera in One Act Jean-Sébastien Bou, Jodie Devos, Denzil Delaere, La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra, Bassem Akiki [ Fuga Libera / CD - released 8/Sep/2023 ] I'd read On purge bebe ! even before I composed Pinocchio. I said to myself: 'This is a wonderful play... but it's impossible to turn it into an opera'. And if I say something like that, it means that I'm going to do it -- it's like I'm setting... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 / Overtures - Prometheus, Fidelio, Leonore 2 & 3 / Grosse Fuge Joan Sutherland, Norma Procter, Arnold Van Mill / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ernest Ansermet [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2009 ] "…the depth and concentration of the Ansermet shines decisively out… Ansermet's reading is taut and imposing" Gramophone |
GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI
Pergolesi: Stabat Mater in F minor (with Haydn: Symphony No. 49 in F minor 'La Passione') Jodie Devos; Adèle Charvet; Julien Chauvin / Maîtrise de Radio France; Le Concert de la Loge [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 11/Feb/2022 ] Pergolesi's Stabat Mater has enjoyed enormous fame ever since the eighteenth century - Rousseau called its first movement 'the most perfect and touching that has ever come from the pen of any composer'. |
FAURE / FRANCK
Requiem / Symphonie Johannette Zomer (soprano) Stephan Genz (baritone) / La Chapelle Royale / Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 25/May/2002 ] "It was an inspiring occasion - the young musicians were clearly entranced by one of Europe's most charismatic 'period' musicians...And, as a rare and generous coupling, Franck's Symphony is compellingly performed." Editor's Choice (Gramophone... |
TRADITIONAL
Llibre Vermell de Montserrat [Red Book of Montserrat] Jordi Savall (rabec, rebab, viella & direcció) / Hespèrion XXI & La Capella Reial de Catalunya [ Alia Vox CD + DVD / 2 CD/DVD - released 20/Dec/2016 ] The 'Llibre Vermell de Montserrat' is a collection of devotional texts containing late medieval songs and dances. |
HARMONIE UNIVERSELLE
Harmonie Universelle - the best of Jordi Savall Jordi Savall with Montserrat Figueras, Hesperion XXI, La Concert des Nations [ Alia Vox / CD - released 5/Aug/2001 ] One of the best complilations of 17th Century Spanish music....ever!! |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Harmonie Universelle - the best of Jordi Savall (Vol 2) Jordi Savall with Montserrat Figueras, Hesperion XXI, La Concert des Nations [ Alia Vox / CD - released 16/Apr/2007 ] Jordi Savall is widely credited with the rebirth of the viola da gamba, an instrument which has been all but ignored since the late 17th century - the period of its greatest exponents, François Couperin, Marin Marais and Antoine Forqueray. Savall's... |
Jose De La Negreta
Sueno Gitano [ Harmonia Mundi / CD ] |
CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR
Complete Organ Symphonies Vol 3 (Nos 3 & 4) Joseph Nolan (Cavaillé-Coll organ of La Madeleine, Paris) [ Signum / CD - released 29/Jul/2013 ] The third volume in a new series of Charles-Marie Widor's Organ Symphonies, performed by Joseph Nolan on the magnificent Cavaillé-Coll organ of L'église de la Madeleine, Paris. |
CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR
The Complete Organ Symphonies Volume 2 (Nos 1 & 2) Joseph Nolan [the Cavaillé-Coll organ of La Madeleine, Paris] [ Signum Classics / CD ] "Nolan is an utterly persuasive executants at the console. Thoroughly enjoyable" (Organist's Review) |
CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR
Complete Organ Symphonies Vol 5 (Nos 9 & 10) Joseph Nolan (Cavaillé-Coll organ of La Madeleine, Paris) [ Signum / CD - released 20/Feb/2016 ] "Nolan's instruments have been captured in beautiful sound. The engineers have made this recording a real winner. It is only to be hoped that Nolan is allowed to go on to record the organ symphonies with orchestra, as well as the shorter works." MWeb |
CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR
The Complete Organ Symphonies Volume 1 Joseph Nolan (Cavaillé-Coll organ of La Madeleine, Paris) [ Signum / CD - released 13/Jun/2011 ] "Nolan gives completely convincing performances of both works…his registration is exemplary…organ enthusiasts should certainly acquire this disc for the sake of Nolan's admirable musical intelligence." International Record Review |