Classical music 2017

Eternamente: The Verismo Album

Angela Gheorghiu ,PFK - Prague Philharmonia,Prague Philharmonic Choir,Emmanuel Villaume

Eternamente is described as a collection of verismo - the term used generically for Italian opera of the immediate post-Verdi era. No matter when they were composed, and no matter…

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Grandissima Gravita: Music by Pisenel, Tartini, Verachini & Vivaldi

Rachel Podger ,Brecon Baroque

This CD brings together the compositions by four violinist-composers.

United by a reverence for Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713), and in particular his Opus 5, these works explore the imagination of form…

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Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto & Rococo Variations

Nemanja Radulovic ,Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra,Double Sens,Sascha Goetzel

Backed by the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, Rudulović gives a thrilling performance of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, full of imaginative touches and risk-taking, and offering numerous edge-of-seat moments. The graceful Rococo…

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Last Leaf

Danish String Quartet

The Danish String Quartet is widely recognised as the most exciting young string quartet of the present moment, bringing new insights to contemporary composition and core classical repertoire. In parallel…

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Domenico Scarlatti: Sonatas

Angela Hewitt

Baroque pianist par excellence Angela Hewitt turns to the rich seam of Domenico Scarlatti keyboard sonatas. There are 555 in total-here Angela performs sixteen of the finestKeyboard Sonata K380 in…

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Dvorak: String Quartet & String Quintet

Lawrence Power ,Takacs Quartet

A new release from the Takács Quartet is guaranteed to be a highlight of the musical year, and this one easily exceeds all expectations. The ‘American’ quintet dates from Dvořák’s…

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Telemann: Complete Trio Sonatas with Recorder and Viol

Da Camera,Steven Devine

The specialist early-music ensemble Da Camera marks the 250th anniversary of Telemanns death with this unique recording of original trio sonatas involving recorder and viol. These are among the greatest…

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Silence & Music

Gabrieli,Paul McCreesh

This programme explores that vast twentieth-century secular English choral repertoire which goes under the generic title ‘partsongs’. It is an extraordinarily rich repertoire to which almost all the famous composers…

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The Handel Album

Philippe Jaroussky ,Ensemble Artaserse

This album, which focuses on arias from Handel’s more rarely-performed operas, is the first that Philippe Jaroussky has devoted entirely to the composer - though his Erato discography already includes…

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J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

Berliner Barock Solisten,Reinhard Goebel

Under the baton of Reinhard Goebel, the Berlin Barock Solisten releases a spectacular new recording of one of the Baroque era’s most celebrated masterpieces.

Thirty years after Goebel’s first reference…

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Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony, Op. 58

Czech Philharmonic,Semyon Bychkov

“I’ve loved Tchaikovsky’s music ever since I can remember. Like all first loves this one never died.” Semyon Bychkov

Semyon Bychkov conducts the Czech Philharmonic in Tchaikovsky’s epic Manfred Symphony…

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Beethoven: Piano Sonatas and Variations

Evgeny Kissin

Evgeny Kissin releases Beethoven album to launch new exclusive collaboration with Deutsche Grammophon after 25 years.

Evgeny Kissin skyrocketed to international fame as a piano sensation in the 1980s.

He…

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Bruckner: Symphony No. 3

Gewandhausorchester Leipzig ,Andris Nelsons

Andris Nelsons is Music Director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and is the designated Gewandhauskapellmeister of the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, with the appointment commencing in the 2017/18 season. With these positions…

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Elgar: Symphony No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 55

Daniel Barenboim ,Staatskapelle Berlin

Daniel Barenboim continues his acclaimed Elgar series with the landmark First Symphony. These new issues mark the first time that indefatigable maestro Barenboim has returned to recording Elgar’s symphonic works…

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Mozart: Piano Concertos, Vol. 2

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet ,Manchester Camerata,Gábor Takács-Nagy

The effervescent and communicative energy of Bavouzet and Takács-Nagy is encapsulated again in this second volume of their Mozart series. These exhilarating interpretations of Mozart’s piano concertos of 1784, faultlessly…

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Handel Goes Wild

L'Arpeggiata,Christina Pluhar

With Händel Goes Wild Christina Pluhar and her ensemble L'Arpeggiata once again embark on some musical time travel, this time in the company of soprano Nuria Rial, countertenor Valer Sabadus…

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A Tribute to Ida Presti

Cinzia Milani

This recording was made on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the death of Ida Presti, one of the greatest guitarists of the 20th century, a pioneering woman who…

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Haydn & C.P.E. Bach: Cello Concertos

Steven Isserlis ,The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen

If the two Haydn concertos are the most accomplished contributions to the cello’s burgeoning repertoire written in the eighteenth century, the CPE Bach coupling is scarcely less fine. Two charmingly…

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Mozart: Violin Sonatas Vol. 4

Alina Ibragimova ,Cedric Tiberghien

This is a series which continues to redefine the standards by which these works should be performed. As before, the music spans most of Mozart’s life, from 1763-when he was…

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Monteverdi: Vespers 1610

Dunedin Consort,His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts,John Butt

The sonic grandeur of Monteverdi’s spectacular masterpiece is expertly realized in this recording by John Butt and Dunedin Consort.

Together with the virtuoso players of His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts…

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Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto & Symphony No. 5

Isabelle Faust,Freiburger Barockorchester,Pablo Heras-Casado

After the mystical ‘Hebrides’ Overture and the masterly ‘Reformation’ Symphony, Mendelssohn embarked on his second violin concerto. After a long gestation in which he polished the orchestration and meticulously revised…

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Splendid Harmony

L'arpa festante

Today Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672) is considered the most important and influential German composer of the early baroque era.

In his 55 years of service as chapel-master to the court of…

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Richard Strauss: Through Life and Love

Louise Alder ,Joseph Middleton

Hailed as ‘one of the brightest lyric-sopranos of the younger generation’, ‘a radiant performer’ and ‘a born actress’ Louise has been held in high critical acclaim during her early career…

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Walton: Violin Concerto, Partita, Hindemith Variations

Anthony Marwood ,BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra,Martyn Brabbins

Martyn Brabbins and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra follow up their definitive account of the symphonies (on CDA67794) with another outstanding album of Walton. From the sunlit Mediterranean lyricism of…

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Machaut: Sovereign Beauty

The Orlando Consort

The latest instalment in a series which continues to garner the highest critical plaudits. The Orlando Consort bring their customary virtues of ‘supreme text-sensitivity and beauty of tone’ (Early Music…

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J.S. Bach: Cantatas for Soprano

Carolyn Sampson ,Freiburger Barockorchester,Petra Mullejans

For biographer Philipp Spitta, Bach’s period as organist and later Konzertmeister to the Duke of Weimar (1708-17) was the time of his ‘early mastery’. Nowhere is this more evident than…

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J.S. Bach: Solo Works For Marimba

Kuniko

The Japanese percussionist turns to the cello suites and violin sonatas of J.S. Bach for her fourth studio recording with Linn.

Kuniko’s debut kuniko plays reich was acclaimed by the…

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Boccherini: String Trios Op. 6

Lubotsky Trio

Firstly, this album represents a welcome return to the studio, and the recording catalogues, of the Russian violinist Mark Lubotsky. In English-speaking countries, Lubotsky is renowned as the soloist on…

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Narciso Yepes: The Complete Solo Recordings on DG

Narciso Yepes

Narciso Yepes is acknowledged as one of the finest virtuoso classical guitarists of the 20th century. His playing - for which he adopted a ten - rather than six-string guitar…

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Bel Canto Paganini: 24 Caprices and Other Works for Solo Violin

Rachel Barton Pine

Billboard chart-topping violinist Rachel Barton Pine traverses Paganini’s ground breaking set of 24 Caprices with virtuosic flair and, in equal measure, reverence for the bel canto - or “beautiful singing”…

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Ravel: Piano Concertos & Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain

Steven Osborne ,BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra,Ludovic Morlot

Steven Osborne’s solo Ravel for Hyperion has invited comparisons with the distinguished interpretations of the past; this new recording of the concertos is certain to win similar plaudits. The Falla…

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Mahler: Symphony No. 3

Budapest Festival Orchestra,Ivan Fischer

“Gustav Mahler’s Third Symphony, lasting one and a half hours or more, is not only his longest work but at the same time an exuberant and sunny ode to nature…

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Haydn: String Quartet Op. 20 No. 3 & Schubert: String Quartet No. 15

Tetzlaff Quartet

In this new recording the prestigious Tetzlaff Quartett (Christian Tetzlaff, Elisabeth Kufferath, Hanna Weinmeister and Tanja Tetzlaff) present a programme of String Quartets by Franz Schubert and Joseph Haydn in…

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The Sound of Piazzolla

Various Artists

Some of the greatest names on today’s classical music scene pay Homage to Astor Piazzolla. Presented in two distinct programmes, the first part highlights the most varied of influences: this…

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Bel Canto: The Voice of the Viola

Antoine Tamestit ,Cedric Tiberghien

Going well beyond mere historical interest, this album unveils the charms of a repertoire that delighted Parisian concert halls and salons throughout the 19th century. It demonstrates how the viola…

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Henricus Isaac: In the Time of Lorenzo de Medici and Maximilian I (1450-1519)

Hespèrion XXI ,La Capella Reial de Catalunya,Jordi Savall

This new album is not only the opportunity to discover the music of Heinrich Isaac under the inspired direction of Jordi Savall ; it is also the portrait of an…

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Arvo Pärt: Live

The Hilliard Ensemble ,Peter Dijkstra ,Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks,Münchner Rundfunkorchester

Arvo Pärt, who was born in Estonia in 1935, has succeeded in bringing sacred music back to a broader audience, and away from the confines of the church service, more…

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Debussy: L'Enfant Prodigue & Ravel: L'Enfant et les sortilèges

Choeur et Orchestre de Radio France,Mikko Franck

Recorded live in Paris, two contrasting music dramas on the theme of an errant child, written by two supreme French composers and performed by a starry line-up of francophone singers…

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J.S. Bach: St John Passion (Sung in English)

Sophie Bevan ,Robin Blaze ,Crouch End Festival Chorus & Bach Camerata,David Temple

For its very first excursion on Chandos, the Crouch End Festival Chorus presents a landmark recording of J.S. Bach’s St John Passion sung in English - the first for over…

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Mozart: Violin Sonatas Vol. 3

Alina Ibragimova ,Cedric Tiberghien

The third of the ongoing series from the ‘nigh-on ideal’ partnership (Gramophone) of Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien. As before, the programme mixes the early-two works by the precocious ten-year-old-with…

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Awards Collection (15CD set)

Murray Perahia

Celebrating the 70th anniversary of American pianist and conductor Murray Perahia (born April 19th, 1947). His Grammy®, Gramophone, Echo Klassik, Edison, Midem Classical and Japan Recording Academy Award winning recordings…

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J.S. Bach: Trios

Yo-Yo Ma,Chris Thile,Edgar Meyer

Nonesuch Records releases an album of Bach works recorded by cellist Yo-Yo Ma, mandolinist Chris Thile, and bassist Edgar Meyer. Bach Trios comprises works by J.S. Bach written for keyboard…

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Henriette: The Princess Of The Viol

Maddalena Del Gobbo

Maddalena was born in Italy and started studying music when still a young kid. At the age of four, she began learning to play the piano and gradually added the…

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Holst: The Planets; Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra

CBSO Youth Chorus,National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain,Edward Gardner

For its very first album on Chandos, the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain devotes its characteristic energy and musical mastery to an explosive programme that transcends daily life and…

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Mozart: Flute Quartets

Lisa Friend ,Brodsky Quartet

Members of the Brodsky Quartet meet the internationally famous flautist Lisa Friend in an album of key works of the flute repertoire: Mozart’s flute quartets.

Highly praised for previous recordings…

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Golijov: Azul Cello Concerto

Yo Yo Ma ,The Knights,Eric Jacobsen

Azul, the evocative Spanish word for ‘blue’, is the title of the contemplative cello concerto by Argentinian composer Osvaldo Golijov. It forms the centrepiece of this album by Brooklyn-based orchestral…

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J.S.Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Akkordeon

Mie Miki

Bach’s Das Wohltemperierte Klavier has been called ‘The Old Testament’ of the piano literature and presents, in more ways than one, a pinnacle to be climbed by pianists and harpsichordists…

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Vaughan Williams: A Pastoral Symphony (No. 3) and Symphony No. 4

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra,Andrew Manze

Andrew Manze’s interpretations of Vaughan Williams’ Symphonies have met with acclaim from audiences and critics alike. This second volume in the cycle from the RLPO and Andrew Manze feature Nos…

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Classical music 2017

Eternamente: The Verismo Album

Grandissima Gravita: Music by Pisenel, Tartini, Verachini & Vivaldi

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto & Rococo Variations

Last Leaf

Domenico Scarlatti: Sonatas

Dvorak: String Quartet & String Quintet

Telemann: Complete Trio Sonatas with Recorder and Viol

Silence & Music

The Handel Album

J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony, Op. 58

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas and Variations

Bruckner: Symphony No. 3

Elgar: Symphony No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 55

Mozart: Piano Concertos, Vol. 2

Handel Goes Wild

A Tribute to Ida Presti

Haydn & C.P.E. Bach: Cello Concertos

Mozart: Violin Sonatas Vol. 4

Monteverdi: Vespers 1610

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto & Symphony No. 5

Splendid Harmony

Richard Strauss: Through Life and Love

Walton: Violin Concerto, Partita, Hindemith Variations

Machaut: Sovereign Beauty

J.S. Bach: Cantatas for Soprano

J.S. Bach: Solo Works For Marimba

Boccherini: String Trios Op. 6

Narciso Yepes: The Complete Solo Recordings on DG

Bel Canto Paganini: 24 Caprices and Other Works for Solo Violin

Ravel: Piano Concertos & Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain

Mahler: Symphony No. 3

Haydn: String Quartet Op. 20 No. 3 & Schubert: String Quartet No. 15

The Sound of Piazzolla

Bel Canto: The Voice of the Viola

Henricus Isaac: In the Time of Lorenzo de Medici and Maximilian I (1450-1519)

Arvo Pärt: Live

Debussy: L'Enfant Prodigue & Ravel: L'Enfant et les sortilèges

J.S. Bach: St John Passion (Sung in English)

Mozart: Violin Sonatas Vol. 3

Awards Collection (15CD set)

J.S. Bach: Trios

Henriette: The Princess Of The Viol

Holst: The Planets; Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra

Mozart: Flute Quartets

Golijov: Azul Cello Concerto

J.S.Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Akkordeon

Vaughan Williams: A Pastoral Symphony (No. 3) and Symphony No. 4