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CAMPRA
French Cantatas Jill Feldman (sop) Dominique Visse (counter-ten) Jean-Francois Gardeil (bar) / Les Arts Florissants. William Christie, dir [ Harmonia Mundi musique d'abord / CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] Une Europe galante… 'I have attempted as well as I could to mix the delicacy of French music with the vivacity of Italian music,' André Campra wrote in the Preface to his first book of cantatas. The clear-sightedness of the composer from... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Clarinet Quintet Op 115 / Trio for Clarinet, Cello & Piano Op 114 Joan Enric Lluna (clarinet) Lluas Claret (cello) Josep Colom (piano) / Tokyo String Quartet [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'Abord / CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] Composed in 1891 under the influence of the famous clarinettist Richard Mühlfeld, the trio and quintet for clarinet mark Brahms' last creative period, as he had previously resolved to stop composing. These works are considered part of his best... |
W. A. MOZART / SPOHR
Clarinet Concertos Jon Manasse (clarinet) / Seattle Symphony / Gerard Schwarz [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'Abord / CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] American clarinetist Jon Manasse delivers a buoyant reading of the clarinet concertos by W.A. Mozart and Ludwig Spohr (the second of four such works). Manasse receives nimble support from the Seattle Symphony led by Gerard Schwarz. |
BRAHMS
Piano Sonata No 3 Op 5 / Fantasien Op 116 / etc Jon Nakamatsu (piano) [ harmonia Mundi Musique d'Abord / CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] Jon Nakamatsu, Gold Medal Winner at the 1997 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, presents three of brahms's finest piano works. "Nakamatsu is clearly a major talent" CD Now |
MONDONVILLE
Piaces de clavecin avec voix ou violon Judith Nelson (soprano) Stanley Ritchie (violin) William Christie (cembalo) [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 23/Feb/2008 ] The artistic director of the 'Concert Spirituel' from 1752 to 1762, Mondonville was one of the most fashionable composers in Paris due to his 'grands motets'. But it was in the field of chamber music that he was a real innovator. In creating the... |
J. S. BACH
Goldberg Variations Kenneth Gilbert - harpsichord [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 14/Jul/2001 ] It was only to beguile the sleepless nights of a Russian court that Bach sent the harpsichordist J.G. Goldberg these "thirty variations for a two-manual harpsichord"… Published in 1742, they have remained the unsurpassed summit of the form. |
J.S. BACH
Italian Concerto BWV 971 etc Kenneth Gilbert - harpsichord [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 2/Jul/2002 ] Exercise into a genuine musical game between nations… |
ROSSINI
Stabat Mater Krassimira Stoyanova / Petra Lang / Bruce Fowler / Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin / Marcus Creed [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] "Marcus Creed favours period instruments and a chamber choir, and with sound that is lucid and spacious the results are highly appealing." Five Stars BBC Music Magazine |
LULLY
Grands Motets La Chapelle Royale / Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 20/Mar/2007 ] The large motet 'à la française' is a quite distinctive affair that has nothing in common with the more traditional notion that a composer like Bach, for instance, had of the genre. If a comparison must be made, we will find that the French motet is... |
JOSQUIN DESPREZ
Stabat mater & Motets La Chapelle Royale, Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'Abord / CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] Josquin: the first name that comes to mind when one discusses the masters of Renaissance. In this now classic recording, Philippe Herreweghe offers an exceptionally rich portrait of his music, midway between the liturgical (Stabat Mater) and the... |