Marco Ceccato; Anna Fontana
For the King of Prussia - Beethoven: Sonatas for Fortepiano and Cello, Op. 5 [ Arcana / CD - released 23/Jun/2023 ] Marco Ceccato et Anna Fontana sont des interprètes bien connus sur le circuit baroque international grâce à leurs enregistrements pour les labels Outhere Alpha, Arcana et Zig-Zag Territoires (notamment l'album dédié à Boccherini que Ceccato a... |
VIVALDI
Cello Sonatas Marco Ceccato (cello) / Accademia Ottoboni [ Zig Zag Territoires / CD - released 22/Dec/2014 ] Vivaldi's Opus 14 Sonatas are part of the cello's 'great repertoire and also some of the works from the last years of the 'Red Priest'. Quite simply - and regardless of Igor Stravinsky's curiously rash judgement regarding Vivaldi's work -, these... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Il Violoncello Del Cardinale Marco Ceccato (cello) / Accademia Ottoboni [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 25/Aug/2017 ] Cardinals Benedetto Pamphili and Pietro Ottoboni played a prominent role in Rome at the turn of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries with their patronage of the three most important composers of the day, Corelli, Alessandro Scarlatti and Handel.... |
ROSSINI
La Gazzetta (complete opera) Marco Cristarella Orestano / Judith Gauthier / Giulio Mastrototaro / Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno / Christopher Franklin [ Naxos Opera Classics / 2 CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] "All three [principals] are strongly cast in this vividly conducted live "Rossini in Wildbad" performance." (Gramophone) |
SCOTT JOPLIN
Elite Syncopations: Marco Fumo plays Scott Joplin Marco Fumo [ ODRADEK RECORDS / CD - released 1/Nov/2024 ] Italian pianist Marco Fumo always brings joy and unique insight to his Odradek recordings, and this album of the music of Scott Joplin is particularly special, reflecting his specialist knowledge of ragtime, and representing his last... |
HELEN BUCHHOLTZ
Piano Works Marco Kraus (Piano) [ CPO / CD - released 14/Apr/2011 ] The Luxembourgian pianist Marco Kraus performs the Piano Works of Luxembourgian composer Helen Buchholtz. Her finely elaborated piano sonatas and piano character pieces in particular are marked by an experimental style. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Great European Organs No. 94 Marco Lo Muscio (The Schmid Organ of the Stadtpfarrkirche, Maria Himmelfahrt, Landsberg am Lech) [ Priory / CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] This stunning organ in southern Germany is housed in a beautiful case: the Italian organist Marco Lo Muscio provides an exciting, extrovert and diverse programme to demonstrate its qualities. From an Anonymous Dance via Bach to the present day, this... |
FEDERIGO FIORILLO
Fiorillo: 36 Caprices Op.3 for Violin, transcribed for viola by Marco Masciagni Marco Misciagna (viola) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/2023 ] Despite his name, Federigo Fiorillo (1755-1823) was German by birth, the third son of a violinist who had studied in Naples with Francesco Durante and Leonardo Leo. Federigo followed in his father's footsteps as an instrumental virtuoso, both on... |
LORENZINO DEL LIUTO
Lute Music Marco Pesci (Lute) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Oct/2006 ] Lorenzino del Liuto (properly Lorenzo Tracetti) was one of the most famous and accomplished virtuosi of the lute. He lived in the second half of the sixteenth century and he must be counted among those composers who strongly influenced Italian and... |
Marco Ramelli (guitar)
GERHARD & MOMPOU: Complete Music for Solo Guitar; Marco Ramelli [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2018 ] The contrasting voices of two Catalan composers, friends in life, now joined together in recording for the first time. Federico Mompou was the shy post-Romantic, Roberto Gerhard the gregarious Modernist. Quite unalike in personality, in artistic... |
ANATOLY LYADOV
Liadov: Complete Piano Works Marco Rapetti (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 25/Jul/2011 ] "There is simply no earthly reason why any number of these stylish, intimate gems should not appear on every recitalist's programme - many of them make ideal crowd-pleasing encore pieces." MusicWeb |
BORODIN
Piano Works (including Petite Suite & Paraphrases) Marco Rapetti (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2009 ] |
LUDWIG THUILLE
Complete Music for Violin and Piano Marco Rogliano (violin) & Gianluca Luisi (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Feb/2013 ] The Violin Sonata No. 1 in D, which Strauss admitted was more advanced than his own works of the time and here receives its first recording, is the latest addition to the ongoing revival of his chamber music. |
GIOVANNI MORANDI
Morandi: Organ Music Marco Ruggeri [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 22/Jul/2016 ] First and foremost this set should offer a great deal of fun to organists and connoisseurs of organ music who are familiar with the rousing sorties of other 19th‐century composers such as Lemare and Lefébure‐Wély, but who are curious about a... |
PADRE DAVIDE DA BERGAMO
Organ Music Marco Ruggeri (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 30/Nov/2014 ] This recording features a selection of his works, all of which demonstrate Da Bergamo's predilection for the colourful timbre and lyricism of the organ. |
J. C. BACH
Sonatas (6), Op. 16 Marco Ruggeri (harpsichord) & Lina Uinskyte (violin) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 10/Feb/2015 ] Johann Christian, youngest son of the great Johann Sebastian, is often called "The London Bach", as he spent most of his active life in the British capital, a teacher of the Royal family, friend of the young Mozart, and very successful composer of... |
POLIBIO FUMAGALLI
Polibio Fumagalli: Organ Music Marco Ruggeri (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2017 ] Polibio Fumagalli (1830‐1900) was one of the most important exponents of 19th century Italian organ music. He held important posts in Milan, as organ teacher at the Conservatory and organist of the S. Celso he was in close contact and collaboration... |
ENNIO MORRICONE
Morricone: Cinema Suites for Violin and Orchestra Marco Serino (violin); Orchestra Haydn di Bolzano e Trento; Andrea Morricone [ Arcana / CD - released 14/Jan/2022 ] 'There's an air of great respect and humility in the performances, conducted by Morricone's son, Andrea, while the music bears all the hallmarks of the man himself.' BBC Music Screen Choice April 2022 |
FRANCESCO PAOLO TOSTI
Tosti: The Song of a Life, Volume 3 Marco Severin (baritone) Delphine da Pontello (soprano) Giulia De Blasis (soprano) Alessandro Luciano (tenor) / Marco Moresco, Isabella Crisante (pian [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2019 ] Based on 33 years of scholarship and promotion by the Istituto Nazionale Tostiano and a lifetime of studies on the part of Francesco Sanvitale, this volume lives up to its predecessors in bringing to wider attention the work of a born songsmith, at... |
FELDMAN
Patterns in a Chromatic Field Marco Simonacci (cello), Giancarlo Simonacci (piano), Fabio Frapparelli (horn), Paola Ronchetti & Ilaria Severo (sopranos) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 2/Dec/2013 ] Morton Feldman is without doubt one of the most remarkable and influential composers of the second half of 20th century America. |