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MANUEL de FALLA
De Falla Collection Marta Senn, Cecilia Angell, Fernando de La Mora, Timora Rosler, Benita Meshulam, Jutta Czapski, Klára Würtz, Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venez [ Briliant Classics / 5 CD - released 17/Oct/2021 ] Regarded as the greatest Spanish composer of the twentieth century, Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) developed an interest in native Spanish music - in particular Andalusian flamenco - while studying with Felipe Pedrell in Madrid in the late 1890s. |
GIOVANNI SGAMBATI
Sgambati: Sinfonia festiva / Piano Concerto in G minor Massimiliano Damerini (piano) / Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI, Francesco La Vecchia [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Dec/2023 ] Giovanni Sgambati led the revival of Italian orchestral music during the late 19th century. He was a favourite student of Liszt, admired by Wagner, and a pivotal figure in the emancipation of his country's music from the dominance of bel canto opera.... |
Medinea Session; Fabrizio Cassol; Orchestre des Jeunes de la Méditerranée; Claron McFadden
Live at Festival d'Aix-en-Provence [ Fuga Libera / CD - released 20/Sep/2024 ] Medinea Session is a unique ensemble of 23 talented musicians, the majority of whom are from the Mediterranean. |
JEAN GILLES
Requiem & Diligam te, Domine Mellon, Gens, Crook, Hervé Lamy, Kooy / La Chapelle Royale, Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 30/Jun/2014 ] Herreweghe's 1990 performance was the first modern reading of Gilles' celebrated Requiem from manuscript |
VERDI
Verdi: Il Trovatore Francesco Merli, Enrico Molinari, Bianca Scacciati, Giuseppina Zinetti Milan La Scala Orchestra and Chorus, Lorenzo Molajoli [ Naxos Historical / 2 CD - released 5/Nov/2001 ] |
ALBINONI / VIVALDI / LEGRENZI / VALENTINI / etc
The Rise of the North Italian Violin Concerto 1690-1740: Volume One: The Dawn of the Virtuoso Mhairi Lawson (soprano) / La Serenissima / Adrian Chandler (violin and director) [ Avie / CD - released 23/Nov/2006 ] "If only all history lessons were as delightful as this. It may have one of the most boring titles ever committed to a CD-case, but don’t be fooled. With consummate skill, La Serenissima provide a guide through the emergence of the violin as a... |
VIVALDI
The Rise of the North Italian Violin Concerto 1690-1740: Volume Two: Virtuoso Impresario Mhairi Lawson (soprano) / La Serenissima / Adrian Chandler (violin and director) [ Avie / CD - released 23/Sep/2007 ] "An outstanding collection, vividly characterised and full of energy, of fine - but not over-familiar - music" (Recording of the Month MusicWeb Sept 2007) |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3 / Violin Concerto / Suite No. 3 in G major / etc Mischa Elman (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris, Sir Adrian Boult [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 6/Mar/2020 ] This new collection invaluably gathers up all the Tchaikovsky recordings Adrian Boult made for Decca between 1952 and 1956. |
W. A. MOZART
Mostly Mozart Mojca Erdmann (soprano) / La Cetra, Andrea Marcon [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 10/Apr/2011 ] "Agile, clean, bright: Mojca Erdmann's soprano voice was made for Mozart...it's easy to enjoy her natural ease and golden glow, backed by high-class playing from Andrea Marcon and the Basel period orchestra, La Cetra. The booklet has plenty of... |
PORPRA
Notturni per I Defunti Monica Piccinini (soprano) Romina Basso (alto) / La Stagione Armonica Dolce & Tempesta / Stafano Demicheli [ Fuga Libera / CD - released 20/Aug/2009 ] An outstanding Italian musican, Stefano Demicheli has been René Jacobs' closest assistant for many years and with him has performed on Europe's main opera stages. A distinguished harpsichordist, who studied with Ottavio Dantone, he is now the leader... |
Monte La Rue
Interludia [ Cinq Etoiles / CD - released 13/Aug/2002 ] Surreal soundtrack to your lounge, seriously laidback grooves |
JERUSALEM
Jerusalem: La Ville des deux Paix (2 SACDs with large book) Montserrat Figueras, Andrew Lawrence-King / Hesperion XXI / La Capella Reial de Catalunya / Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / 2 CD Box Set - released 2/Feb/2009 ] "A bewildering voyage in time and space is buoyed up by beautiful sound." Editor's Choice - Gramophone April 2009 |
MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Arie e Lamenti / Madrigali Guerrieri e Amorosi Montserrat Figueras / Andrew Lawrence-King / Rolf Lislevand / Ton Koopman / La Capella Reial de Catalunya / Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox Heritage Series SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 26/Sep/2011 ] At this time, [Figueras] developed an innovative style of interpretation, characterised by great fidelity to historical sources, combined with an extraordinary creative and expressive power, that has exerted a decisive influence on the whole... |
W.A. MOZART
Requiem K626 / Maurerische Trauermusik K477 Montserrat Figueras, Claudia Schubert, Gerd Turk, Stephen Schreckenberger / La Capella Reial de Catalunya & Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] "This is one of the best period instrument readings available, sacrificing nothing to authenticity for authenticity's sake, and turning in a very lovely, devotional, and technically fine performance by any accounts." (AudAud.com) |
FRANCISCO JAVIER
La Ruta de Oriente (The Route to the Orient) (2 SACDs with large book) Montserrat Figueras / Hesperion XXI / La Capella Reial de Catalunya / Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / 2 CD/Book - released 1/Jan/2008 ] "Savall's forces perform beautifully in a missionary life-to-death journey" (Gramophone January 2008) |
VARIOUS
Metamorphoses Fidei (The Metamorphoses of Faith) Montserrat Figueras / La Capella Reial de Catalunya / Hesperion XXI / Jordi Savall (director) [ Alia Vox / CD - released 22/Sep/2006 ] SPECIAL PRICE SAMPLER CD WITH FULL CATALOGUE OF ALIA VOX RELEASES. |
ANONYMOUS
El Cant de la Sibil-la 1400-1560: Catalunya Montserrat Figueras & La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Jordi Savall, dir [ Alia Vox SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] Thanks to this historic recording, one of Astrée's biggest successes, Montserrat Figueras established her reputation as the high priestess of this repertoire. A must-have for any lover of ancient music |
TRADITIONAL
El Cant de la Sibil-la 1400-1560: Mallorca, Valancia Montserrat Figueras & La Capella Reial de Catalunya - Jordi Savall, dir [ Alia Vox SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 28/Oct/2004 ] "This is a recording which really does touch on that indefinable edge where musical expression becomes something transcendent and numinous." - MusicWeb May 2000 |
Montserrat Figueras & La Capella Reial de Catalunya - Jordi Savall, dir
El Chant de la Sibil.la 1400-1560 : Mallorca, Valancia [ Alia Vox / CD - released 25/Jan/2001 ] The ancient songs are filled with gravitas and wonder, and Figueras has the vocal clarity and projection, coupled with beauty of tone and shear passion, to send shivers down the spine. This is a recording which really does touch on that indefinable... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
El Nuevo Mundo - Folias Criollas Montserrat Figueras (singer) / Tembembe Ensamble Continuo / La Capella Reial de Catalunya / Hesperion XXI / Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 20/May/2010 ] After meeting the musical traditions of the New World, the European Baroque repertoire enriched itself with new colours and rhythms, which make it irresistible. Jordi Savall invites us to an unprecedented instrumental and vocal journey from Spain to... |
