PROKOFIEV / SHOSTAKOVICH / BRITTEN
Sonatas for Cello and Piano (Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Britten) Pieter Wispelwey, Violoncello; Dejan Laziv, Piano [ Channel Classics / CD - released 28/Jul/2003 ] "An enchanting and enchanted lovesong to the sea - ever fickle in all its moods and colours." - Editor's Choice (Gramophone September 2003) |
FRANCK / BRAHMS
Cello Sonatas Pieter Wispelwey (violoncello) Paolo Giacometti (piano) [ Channel Classics SACD / SACD - released 28/Jul/2003 ] On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in full 5.1 surround sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Cello concerto No. 2 (with Britten - 3rd solo cello suite) Pieter Wispelwey (violoncello) / Sinfonietta Cracovia / Jurjen Hempel (conductor) [ Channel Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "Wispelwey catches the grave beauty of Shostakovich's opening Largo, with phrasing that is highly inflected but never to the point of self-conscious indulgence. Add to this an altogether exceptional sense of creative dialogue between soloist and... |
WILLIAM BYRD
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book Volume 2 Pieter-Jan Belder (harpsichord, organ & virginal) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Dec/2012 ] Second volume of a unique project: the first complete recording of the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book! The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book is the largest surviving collection of Elizabethan and Jacobean keyboard music, comprising more than 300 works, written by... |
JEAN-FRANCOIS DANDRIEU
Dandrieu: Premier livre de Pièces d'Orgue Pieter-Jan Belder (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2023 ] Dandrieu's Premier Livre de Pièces d'Orgue was printed a year after the composer died in 1738. It contains six suites of pieces in differing church tones, each followed by six versets suitable for performance under the canticle Magnificat. While... |
PHILIPS / SWEELINCK
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, Volume 3 Pieter‐Jan Belder [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 30/Nov/2014 ] The historical importance of the book is enormous, not least for the range and variety of its pieces. They are also a joy for any modern listener eager to be transported back to one of the most exciting periods of English history |
SCARLATTI
Complete Keyboard Sonatas Vol. 8 (Sonatas K318-K371) (Rec 2004) Pieter-Jan Belder (harpischord) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 15/Sep/2006 ] Harpsichordist Pieter-Jan Belder continues his journey through all of Scarlatti’s 555 keyboard sonatas. On this eighth volume of three CD’s he tackles K318-371. |
SCARLATTI
Scarlatti - Complete Sonatas Vol. VI: K230-K269 Pieter-Jan Belder, harpischord [ Brilliant Clasics / 3 CD - released 18/Aug/2005 ] Again Pieter-Jan Belder shows his uncanny skills on the keyboard, brilliant in the virtuoso pieces, and tasteful in the more contemplative pieces. |
J.S. BACH
Bach, J.S. - Goldberg Variations BWV988; Italian Concerto in F major BWV971; French Overture in B minor BWV831; etc (Rec 1999) Pieter-Jan Belder (harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 16/Aug/2005 ] "The price of this generally engaging set is disarming. For all the above comments Belder's playing is involved and warm." (MusicWeb Oct 2004) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Complete Fitzwilliam Virginal Book Pieter-Jan Belder (harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / 15 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2020 ] This landmark set gathers all seven volumes of Pieter-Jan Belder's exhaustive exploration of the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book in recordings spanning the current decade. |
JACQUES DUPHLY
Complete Pieces de Clavecin Pieter‐Jan Belder (harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD - released 8/Dec/2014 ] Jacques Duphly was one of the most famous keyboard virtuosos and composers of mid‐18th century France. This 4‐CD set presents his entire output for the keyboard, consisting of 4 books, Livres de Pièces de Clavecin. |
SOLER
Complete Sonatas for Keyboard Vol. 2 Pieter-Jan Belder (harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] Eighteen sonatas by one of the most enigmatic but important keyboard composers of the 18th Century. |
SOLER
Complete Sonatas for Keyboard Vol. 3 Pieter-Jan Belder (harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] "I love the keyboard music of Antonio Soler. It is clear that Pieter-Jan Belder does too, although I suspect for different reasons." (MusicWeb Oct 2010) |
GILES FARNABY / WILLIAM BYRD / ANONYMOUS
The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, Volume 7 Pieter-Jan Belder (harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 10/Apr/2020 ] Now into its seventh volume, Pieter-Jan Belder's series continues to uncover more works from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book. In this volume he turns his attention to the works of father and son Giles and Richard Farnaby, William Byrd, and selected ano |
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Goldberg Variations Pieter-Jan Belder (harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 24/Feb/2017 ] Bach's Goldberg Variations are the touching stone of a musician's stature, and no wonder that award‐winning Dutch harpsichordist Pieter‐Jan Belder considers it a necessary and rewarding task to record it again (having recorded it already 15 years... |
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Goldberg Variations (LP) Pieter-Jan Belder (harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / LP - released 24/Feb/2017 ] Bach's Goldberg Variations are the touching stone of a musician's stature, and no wonder that award‐winning Dutch harpsichordist Pieter‐Jan Belder considers it a necessary and rewarding task to record it again (having recorded it already 15 years... |
MUNDAY / RICHARDSON / TALLIS / MORLEY / TOMKINS / HOOPER
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, Vol. 5 Pieter-Jan Belder (harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2016 ] Pieter-Jan Belder continues his superb survey of the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, an extraordinary manuscript compiled in the late 16th century and held in the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge. In this, the fifth volume, Belder explores the music of... |
SCARLATTI
Complete Keyboard Sonatas Vol. 1 (Sonatas Kirkpatrick 1-48 ) (rec 2000) Pieter-Jan Belder, harpsichord [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 14/Aug/2005 ] "This is a magnificent set. Fans of Scarlatti will be delighted to know that there is another complete recordings in the works, and, while it will take some five years before all the volumes are released, the wait certainly seems likely to be... |
SCARLATTI
Scarlatti - Complete Keyboard Sonatas Vol. 2 (Sonatas Kirkpatrick 49-98 ) (rec 2001) Pieter-Jan Belder, harpsichord [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 14/Aug/2005 ] "The second volume in this set shows that the first was no flash in the pan, and that Belder's cycle will become recognized as the equal of Scott Ross's legendary set, if not surpassing it. On top of that, at the usual Brilliant Classics budget... |
SCARLATTI
Complete Keyboard Sonatas Vol. 3 (Sonatas K99-129) Pieter-Jan Belder, harpsichord [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 16/Sep/2005 ] The series "Complete Sonatas of Scarlatti" proceeds in dazzling tempo: here Volume 3 is presented, containing the K-number 99-139. |