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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem op.45 [A German Requiem] Christiane Oelze / Gerald Finley / La Chapelle Royale / Collegium Vocale Gent / Orchestre des Champs-AlysACes / Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] 'Herreweghe's innate sense of Brahms's musical lines is evident everywhere as he sculpts this works. Herreweghe's combined choirs respond magnificently to his direction.' - Stereophile |
BUXTEHUDE
Sacred Cantatas (Incls 'Herzlich lieb hab ich Dich, o Herr') Cantus Colln / Konrad Junghanel [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] Buxtehude's major contribution to mid-baroque German sacred music lay in the Abendmusiken, the evening concerts organized before Christmas by the organist of Lübeck outside the context of his official duties. While most contemporary cantors had to... |
VIVALDI
Sonate a tre 'La Follia' / Sonate a due violini Veronique Mejean, Kathi Gohl & Jesper Christensen / Ensemble 415 / Chiara Banchini (conductor) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] Born in Lugano (Switzerland), Chiara Banchini is one of the most renowned "baroque" violinists on the international musical scene. |
CHARLES ALKAN
Cello Sonata Op.47 (with Liszt - Elegies, La Lugubre Gondole, etc) Emmanuelle Bertrand (cello) Pascal Amoyel (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 25/Jul/2014 ] "intelligently played and beautifully recorded." - Gramophone February 2002 |
BIBER
Missa Christi Resurgentis The English Concert, Andrew Manze [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 29/Sep/2008 ] The interpretation of Andrew Manze and The English Concert 'succeeds in exalting the luxuriance of this voluptuous style' (Diapason). |
MACHAUT
Messe de Notre-Dame Ensemble Organum / Marcel Paras-director [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] As a 'craftsman of the old and the new forge', Guillaume de Machaut contributed to the tradition of his famous predecessors such as Adam de la Halle and Jehan Lescurel in laying the foundations for an aesthetic with an illustrious future, the Ars... |
PETRUCCI
Harmonice Musices Odhecaton Fretwork [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine - ClassicsToday 10 (sound)/ 10 (performance) |
BRAHMS
Sacred Choral Music: Geistliche Chormusik RIAS Kammerchor / Marcus Creed [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] "The RIAS Chamber Choir produce a fine quality of homogenous tone and, under Marcus Creed, show themselves fully responsive to both words and music.The RIAS disc remains a strong recommendation, especially for its inclusion of the surviving Missa... |