GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 / Das Lied von der Erde / Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Margaret Ritchie (soprano), Eugenia Zareska (mezzo-soprano), Ernst Haefliger (tenor), Nan Merriman (contralto) / Orchestras conducted by Eduard van Be [ Australian Decca SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Jun/2018 ] "Van Beinum delivers unfussy yet subtly nuanced performances, with highly expressive playing by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, and particularly fine vocal soloists in Das Lied von der Erde." BBC Music |
W.A. MOZART
Requiem Mass Marie-Noelle de Callata (soprano) / Netherlands Bach Society / Jos van Veldhoven [ Channel Classics / CD - released 14/Jul/2002 ] Mozart as he was intended to sound |
W.A. MOZART
Requiem Mass Marie-Noelle de Callata (soprano) / Netherlands Bach Society / Jos van Veldhoven [ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 28/Jul/2003 ] On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in full 5.1 surround sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM |
JOHANN GOTTLIEB NAUMANN
Betulia Liberata (Oratorium) Markus Schafer, Nele Grama,Salome Haller, Harry van der Kamp / Rheinische Kantorei / Das Kleine Konzert / Hermann Max [ CPO SACD / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2006 ] Ein dramatisches Werk und ein großer Wurf: eine gleichsam ideale Oratorienkomposition Naumanns. |
IGOR MARKEVITCH
Orchestral Works Vol. 1: Partita / Le paradis perdu Martijn van den Hoek (piano) Lucy Shelton (soprano) Sarah Walker (mezzo) / Netherlands Concert Choir / Arnhem Philharmonic / Christopher Lyndon-Gee [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2008 ] This first volume of the Naxos Igor Markevitch Complete Orchestral Works Edition, to be followed by the seven volumes previously released on Marco Polo, brings together two relatively early compositions of astonishing technical and æsthetic... |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Das Rheingold (complete opera) Matthias Goerne, Kim Begley, Michelle DeYoung, Deborah Humble, Peter Sidhom, Anna Samuil / Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap van Zwede [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2016 ] The Hong Kong Philharmonic sound fully up for the occasion and have the stamina for this demanding piece…Matthias Goerne sings Wotan beautifully with much baritonal sophistication. |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Walkure (The Valkyries) (complete opera recorded 2016) Matthias Goerne, Petra Lang, Michelle DeYoung, Stuart Skelton, Heidi Melton, Falk Struckmann / Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden [ Naxos / 4 CD Box Set - released 2/Dec/2016 ] Comprising four separate operas, Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung) is one of the supreme works in the history of music. Part II of the tetralogy, Die Walküre, centres on the young lovers Siegmund and Sieglinde, whose relationship... |
JAMES WOOD
Cloud-Polyphonies MDR Rundfunkchor & Ear Massage Percussion Quartet, James Wood, Yale Percussion Group, Robert Van Sice [ NMC / CD - released 19/Feb/2016 ] James Wood's multi-faceted career has led him into an extraordinarily broad spectrum of musical activities, as conductor, composer, musicologist, instrument designer and percussionist. |
FRANK MARTIN
Concertos Michael Erxleben (violin) Adrienne Soos & Ivo Haag (piano duo) / Orchester Musikkollegium Winterthur, Jac van Steen [ MDG / CD - released 20/Mar/2012 ] |
W.A. MOZART
Symphony No 29 / Violin Concertos Nos 2 & 3 Midori Seiler (violin) / Anima Eterna Orchestra / Jos van Immerseel [ Zig Zag Territories / CD - released 24/Jul/2006 ] ‘Midori Seiler is a violinist of a poetic temperament, who combines grace and delicacy and has a perfect rapport with the orchestra’ |
BEETHOVEN
Violin Sonatas Nos 1, 2 & 3 Midori Seiler (violin) & Jos van Immerseel (piano) [ Zig zag Territories / CD - released 13/Oct/2007 ] "Complementing these remarkable performances is Zig Zag's state of the art sound, the finest I've ever heard in a violin and fortepiano recording. Seiler and Immerseel's rhetorical, erudite notes are a joy to read." (ClassicsToday.com 10/10) |
Mieneke van der Velden-viola da gamba, Glen Wilson-clavecimbel
Marin Marais-PiAces de Viole (with music by Couperin) [ Channel Classics / CD - released 12/Jun/2001 ] the pinnacle of the solo literature for Viole |
SIMPSON / JONES / CORKINE / HUME / LOCKE / DOWLAND / LANIER
Musikes sweetest joyes Mieneke van der Velden (viola da gamba/lyra viol) [ Channel Classics / SACD ] "17th-century English melancholy and despair beautifully delivered...the honours go to Mieneke van der Velden, who plays with unfailing intensity and beauty of tone." Gramophone |
C.P.E. BACH
Keyboard Concertos, Vol.16 Miklas Spanyi (tangent piano & harpsichord) Menno van Delft (harpsichord in Sonatina) / Opus X Ensemble [ BIS / CD - released 1/Dec/2007 ] Miklòs Spànyi's latest volume in his series of the Keyboard Concertos by C.P.E. Bach is the 16th of an estimated total of 19, and we are thus reaching the end of a series which according to a reviewer on German website Klassik Heute has earned 'a... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, Cosí fan Tutte, Die Zauberflöte; Sigiswald Kuijken, La Petite Bande Monica Groop, Huub Claessens, Nancy Argenta, Christina Högman, Soile Isokoski, Harry van de Kamp / La Petite Bande [ Brilliant Classics / 12 CD Box Set - released 1/Mar/2019 ] "..this is an excellent way to obtain four of Mozart's greatest works, well performed, cleanly recorded and at a very modest price point." Gramophone |
SCHUYT / VALLET / van NOORDT / HACQUART / BENEDICTUS BUNS / CORNET / etc
Music from the Golden Age of Rembrandt Musica Amphion, Pieter-Jan Belder / Ensemble Bouzignac, Erik van Nevel [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 14/Aug/2005 ] |
ANONYMOUS / VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Music from The Globe's Landmark Productions: Twelfth Night & Richard IIII The Musicians of Shakespeare's Globe, Claire van Kampen [ Cantaloupe Music / CD - released 10/Dec/2016 ] "It is no ordinary Broadway pit band...introducing works in an unstuffy way to audiences who may be unfamiliar with the great thrills of early music." The New York Times |
BRAHMS
Symphonies Nos 3 & 4 Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap Van Zweden [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 21/Oct/2008 ] Johannes Brahms really admired the symphonies by Beethoven. So much so that he did not finish his first symphony until after his 40th birthday. Three more symphonies followed. The last two of these are given glowing performances here by the... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Kerstfeest Christmas Noël Weinachten Netherlands Bach Society / Jos van Veldhoven [ Channel Classics / CD - released 24/Oct/2011 ] We selected tracks from recordings we made through the years with The Netherlands Bach Society and Jos van Veldhoven. This resulted in a beautiful collection of music, perfect for the Christmas season. |
J.S BACH
St Matthew Passion Netherlands Bach Society, Jos Van Veldhoven [ CHANNEL / 3 CD ] |