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PURCELL
O Solitude Andreas Scholl (countertenor) / Accademia Bizantina, Stefano Montanari [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 17/Jan/2011 ] "Ethereal yet visceral, Scholl's voice is the dream vehicle for Purcell...Stefano Montanari coaxes thrilling playing from Accademia Bizantina" BBC Music Magazine Awards 2012 - Vocal WINNER |
ARAIA / CALDARA / GRAUN / PORPORA / etc.
Sacrificium Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) / Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 14/Dec/2009 ] "Porpora's opening aria reveals just what has made Bartoli unique in this field - a stupefying range, fearless vocal leaps and the sort of relentless passagework that makes you suspect the singer might be on a heart-lung machine." (William Dart NZ... |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV / SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Rachmaninov / Prokofiev: Cello Sonatas Gautier Capucon (cello) Gabriela Montero (piano) [ Erato Classics / CD - released 26/Jan/2008 ] "Capuçon's elegant, singing tone responds especially well to the Andante, with gentle exchanges between the instruments." Gramophone Magazine |
BARTOK / BERG / MOZART / LISZT
Resonance Helene Grimaud (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 21/Oct/2010 ] "The French pianist's concept album is her strongest yet. At the core are two sonatas - Liszt's monument of romantic rhetoric, humanised as only Grimaud can, and Alban Berg's one-movement sonata from 1910." (William Dart NZ Herald) |
SCHUMANN
Piano music (incls 'Kreisleriana Op 16) Helene Grimaud (piano) [ Portrait Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] 'And through the endearing naturalness, truthfulness and immediacy of her response to the printed text, you fall in love with the young Schumann all over again.' (Gramophone of Kreisleriana) |
BRAHMS
Piano Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3 Helene Grimaud (piano) [ Portrait Classics / CD - released 20/Jan/2010 ] 'a splendid urgency and commitment' Gramophone of Sonata No. 2 / 'This account of the Third Sonata is also distinguished' Gramophone of Sonata No. 3 |
BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / GERSHWIN / RAVEL / RACHMANINOV / etc
Helen Grimaud: Artist Box Set Helen Grimaud (piano) with various orchestras & conductors [ Erato / Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 3/Jul/2006 ] "Hélène Grimaud, the 'wolf woman', is perhaps the most fascinating artist of our time." (Le Figaro) |
RACHMANINOV / STRAVINSKY / TCHAIKOVSKY
A Russian Night (Incls Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 2) Helene Grimaud (piano) / Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 10/Mar/2010 ] G - "This Tempest blazes with all of the wanton passion inherit in the score, and Abbado actually gives the work more than it deserves. Thrilling indeed." (**** AudAud.com) |
RAVEL
The Best Of Ravel (Incls Bolero, Gaspard de la Nuit & Piano Concerto in G) Helene Grimaud, Paul Crossley (piano)/ Orchestre National de France under Eliahu Inbal / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under Jesus Lopez-Cobos [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 26/Apr/2007 ] Ravel’s Boléro has become an evergreen. These 2 CD’s provide material for those who would like to hear more by this typically French composer. |
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No 5 Emperer / Piano Sonata No 28 Helene Grimaud (piano) / Staatskapelle Dresden, Vladimir Jurowski [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 10/Sep/2008 ] "Grimaud potentially is one of the finest pianists in the business, and let's hope this release signals for her a new level of maturity and artistic depth. The sonics, by the way, are also very good, with Grimaud's piano particularly well-caught, and... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Pieces Op 116-119 Helene Grimaud (piano) [ Erato / CD - released 1/Jun/2004 ] "The very opening Capriccio of Op.116 really is presto energico, and Grimaud makes the most of the tricky, syncopated accents. The recording is good" MusicWeb (March 2004) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Violin Concerto Op. 77 / String Sextet n°2 Op.36 Isabelle Faust (violin) / Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Harding [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] "..nothing is taken for granted, everything has been thought through yet the whole performance sounds spontaneous and natural. An instant staff favourite here at Marbecks Classical." (Keith@marbecks) |
TRADITIONAL / JOHN RUTTER / etc
The Colours of Christmas The Bach Choir & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, John Rutter, with Over the Bridge [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 1/Dec/2011 ] "If you believe that Christmas music should have a warm, comfortable feel, then this CD will fit the bill perfectly." (Gramophone) |
BRAHMS
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 / Double Concerto for Violin & Cello in A minor, Op. 102 Julia Fischer (violin) & Daniel Muller-Schott (cello) / Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam / Yakov Kreizberg [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 1/May/2007 ] "A winning Brahms Double, violinist and cellist playing with warmth." RECORDING OF THE MONTH Gramophone Magazine August 2007 |
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KARL JENKINS
The Very Best of Karl Jenkins [2 CD set] Kate Royal, Kiri te Kanawa (sopranos) Alfie Boe (tenor) / Various orchestras, conducted by Karl Jenkins [ Universal Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Jun/2019 ] This 2-CD compilation presents a selection of the most popular pieces by the nation's best-loved living composer Karl Jenkins. Includes music from best-selling recordings Adiemus, The Armed Man, Requiem, Gloria, Stabat Mater, Palladio, Stella Natalis... |
TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS
Christmas at King's College Cambridge King's College Choir, Cambridge / David Willcocks [ ALTO / CD - released 15/Nov/2012 ] 'The number of boy choristers was fixed at 16 by King Henry in 1453 and it is 16 still. While originally there were six lay clerks, there are now 12 choral scholars, who are undergraduates of the college studying for degrees. (The Director) therefore... |
PUCCINI / BIZET / DVORAK / OFFENBACH / DONIZETTI / VERDI / etc
40 Most Beautiful Arias Maria Callas, Placido Domingo, Cecilia Bartoli, Kiri te Kanawa, Jose Carreras, José Cura, Angela Gheorghiu, etc [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2009 ] Nothing stirs the soul and tugs at the heartstrings more than an inspired operatic aria. Warner Classics CD set 40 MOST BEAUTIFUL ARIAS collects forty of the most moving ones the world has known on this star-studded collection. |
NOTE BY NOTE
Note by Note - The Making of the Steinway Pierre-Laurent Aimard / Harry Connick Jr. / Helene Grimaud / Hank Jones / Lang Lang [ BBC / DVD - released 10/Sep/2008 ] G - A feature-length independent documentary that follows the creation of a Steinway concert grand, #L1037 - from forest floor to concert hall. |
BEETHOVEN
Diabelli Variations Piotr Anderszewski (piano) [ EMI Recommends / CD - released 14/Oct/2007 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1801-1850) - "This is Beethoven first, artist second, and even if you have other versions, one recording of the Diabellis can never be enough. Treat yourself and enjoy a pianistic feast." (MusicWeb... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
100 Best Children's Classics (Includes Peter and the Wolf, Carnival of the Animals and The Sorcerer's Apprentice) Various Artists including Neville Marriner, Andre Previn, Simon Rattle, Aldo Ciccolini, Mariss Jansons, Adrian Boult, etc [ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 20/Jun/2019 ] This 6CD set contains 100 tracks from the most familiar and best-loved works for children, performed by many of the world's leading instrumentalists, orchestras and conductors. |
