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Giovanni Albini (b. 1982): Musica Ciclica / Davide Alogna, violin; Giorgio Mirto, guitar

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Giovanni Albini: Corale no 4, prelude for solo cello; Una teoria della prossimità, for string orchestra; Double Concerto for violin, guitar & orchestra; Estatica, for guitar; Quartet for Strings...
Performers: Alogna, Davide; Mirto, Giorgio [Guitar]; Mureddu, Fabio
Conductors: Garegnani, Dario;
Ensemble: Duo Bonfanti; La Cameriste Ambrosiane; Le Cameriste Ambrosiane

This collection showcases a variety of works from Albini's oeuvre, many of which have been praised for their mathematical significance. Strong links to Western Classical...continue...

Novecento Guitar Preludes - works by Asafiev, Ponce, Badings, Sauguet, Farkas / Cristiano Porqueddu, guitar

3 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2013-01-29

Works: Boris Asaf'yev: Preludes (12), for guitar; Manuel Ponce: Preludes (24) for guitar; Henk Badings: Preludes (12), for guitar; Henri Sauguet: Preludes (3), for guitar; Ferenc Farkas: Exercitium tonale, ...
Performers: Porqueddu, Cristiano [Guitar]

This collection brings together guitar preludes by Asafiev and Ponce, and includes world premiere recordings of Badings's 12 Preludes, Sauget's 3 Preludes and Farkas's Exercitium...continue...
Personnel: Giuseppe Guagliardo, Livio Lorenzatti (guitar).

Recording information: Chiesa della Solitudine, Nuoro, Italy (11/02/2010-03/15/2012)....continue...

Ferdinand Rebay: Sonatas for Flute and Guitar / Gonsalo Noque, guitar; Maria Jose Belotto, flute

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-11-13

Works: Ferdinand Rebay: Sonata for flute & guitar no 1 in E major; Sonata for flute & guitar no 2 in D major
Performers: Belotto, Maria Jose; Noque, Gonzalo

The combination of flute and guitar enjoys a long tradition, going back to the earliest known Western music. The two blend happily, with flowing flute...continue...
Recording information: St. John Chrysostom Church, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada (07/06/2011-07/08/2011)....continue...

Giorgio Mirto: Chamber Works with Guitar / Giorgio Mirto & Victor Villadangos, guitars; Fation Hoxholli, violin; Solisti dell'O.C.B.

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-08-28

Works: Giorgio Mirto: Tres piezas de Abril, for 2 guitars; I sentieri del sogno, for violin & guitar; Su Bentu, for 3 guitars; Triste, solitario y final, for guitar & string quartet
Performers: Hoxholli, Fation; Mirto, Giorgio [Guitar]; Tampalini, Giulio; Villadangos, Victor

Described as "one of the most interesting composers" of recent years, composer-performer Giorgio Mirto is a leading light in the world of contemporary guitar music....continue...

Angelo Gilardino: 20 Studi Facili for guitar / Cristiano Porqueddu, guitar

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-08-28

Works: Angelo Gilardino: Studi Facili (20), for guitar
Performers: Porqueddu, Cristiano [Guitar]

Angelo Gilardino has done much to advance the classical guitar in recent years, both as a performer and as a composer. His concertos, sonatas, and...continue...
Recording information: Chiesa della Solitudine, Nuoro, Italy (09/10/2011-10/10/2011)....continue...

Agustín Barrios International Guitar Competition, Vol. 1 / works by Barrios, Ponce, Asencio et al. / Elise Neumann, guitar

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-08-28

Works: Agustín Barrios-Mangoré: Pais de Abanicos, for guitar; Medallon antiguo, for guitar; Habanera, for guitar; Waltz for guitar in D major, Op. 8/4; Gavota al estilo antiguo; Vals Tropical, for...
Performers: Neumann, Elise

This disc is the first in an exciting new collaborative series between Brilliant Classics and the International Barrios Guitar Competition. 2011 First Prize Winner Elise...continue...
Recording information: ME.TO. Recording Studio, Asti, Italy (12/2011)....continue...

Nocturnes for Guitar / Giorgio Mirto, guitar

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-07-31

Works: Giorgio Mirto: Nocturnes (3) for guitar; Livio Torresan: Notturno, for guitar; Roberto Manca: Notturno no 3, for guitar; Ulisse, for guitar; Rosolino di Salvo: La notte di Penelope, for guitar; Giorg...
Performers: Mirto, Giorgio [Guitar]

With its romantic and mystical connotations, night has long been the inspiration behind many works of art. Guitarist Giorgio Mirto takes on the theme in...continue...
Recording information: Casa Sonora studios, Italy (01/2012); Casa Sonora studios, Italy (11/2011)....continue...

Fernando Sor: 20 Studies for Guitar - First recording based on the new Curci Ed. (2008) / Angelo Gilardino, guitar

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-05-29

Works: Fernando Sor: Etude for guitar in C major (Segovia Edition no 1), Op. 6/8; Etude for guitar in C major (Segovia Edition no 2), Op. 35/13; Etudes for Guitar, Op. 6; Etude for guitar in D major (Segovi...
Performers: Porqueddu, Cristiano [Guitar]

This world premiere recording is the first complete recording based on the new Curci edition of the famous 20 Studies of the Spanish composer Fernando...continue...
Recording information: Chiesa della Solitudine Chiesa San Carlo (11/10/2009-11/21/2009)....continue...

Bassoon Kaleidoscope - works by Rossini, Boddecker, Saint-Saens, Dubois et al. / Bram van Sambeek, bassoon

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Phillip Friedrich Böddecker: Sonata sopra La Monica, for bassoon & organ (from Sacra Partitura); Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Camille Saint-Saëns: Sonata for bassoon & piano,...
Performers: Bosdijk, Joost; Corver, Ellen; de Gidts, Marijn Korff; Elias, Izhar; Majoor, Maria-Paula; Schneemann, Marieke; Stotijn, Rick; van Sambeek, Bram

This program showcases the many colors and moods that the bassoon is ideally suited to creating. The music ranges from the early Baroque sonata of...continue...
Recording information: De Doelen, Rotterdam (04/20/2011-04/23/2011)....continue...

Ferdinnand Rebay: Quartets for guitar, flute and strings / Noqué, Fernandez-Cueva, Galindo, Torres, Villalba

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-02-28

Works: Ferdinand Rebay: Quartet for guitar, violin, viola & cello in D minor; Quartet for guitar, flute, viola & cello in A minor
Performers: Fernadez-Cueva, Alicia; Galindo, Raul; Noque, Gonzalo; Torres, Pedro Michel; Villalba, Jacobo

This World Premiere Recording is a rare and important discovery by Ferdinand Rebay, a Viennese composer of the first half of the 20th century. Rebay's...continue...
Recording information: Fray Luis de León Hall, Madrid (02/25/2011-02/27/2011)....continue...

Guitar Mosaics: Works by Giovanni Caruso (b. 1967) / Caruso, guitar

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-01-31

Works: Giovanni Caruso: Scogliere lunari, for guitar; Nostalgia, for guitar; Giano, for guitar; Riverberi di mare, for guitar; Plainte, for guitar; Pulsazioni, for guitar; Estas d'amore, for guitar; Percors...
Performers: Caruso, Giovanni

A world premiere recording of new works, both written and performed by Giovanni Caruso, Guitarmosaics is a tour de force of recording multi-layered compositions for...continue...
Recording information: I Musicanti Studio, Rome, Italy (2010)....continue...

Hommage a Debussy: Spanish and French Guitar Music from Paris / Izhar Elias, Guitar

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-01-31

Works: Manuel de Falla: Homenaje - M. de Falla; Joaquín Rodrigo: Invocación y Danza for Guitar "Hommage a M de Falla"; Henri Sauguet: Soliloque, for guitar; Joaquín Turina: Sonata for Guitar ...
Performers: Elias, Izhar

Spanish and French Guitar Music from Paris is a fascinating program concept evoking the unique atmosphere of Paris at the beginning of the 20th century....continue...
Recording information: Chapel of Château de Poussignol, France (08/01/2011-08/04/2011)....continue...

Heitor Villa-Lobos: Complete Guitar Works / Frederic Zigante, guitar

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-09-27

Works: Heitor Villa-Lobos: Prelúdios (5), for guitar, A. 419; Suite populaire brésilienne, W 20; Valsa brilhante (Valsa concerto no 2), for guitar, A. 009; Simples, marzurka for guitar, A. 040; ...
Performers: Zigante, Frederic

Musicologist Béhague describes Villa-Lobos as "the single most significant figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music". Fusing Latin-American folk-inspired elements with more "learned" European...continue...
Recording information: Romano Canavese (Turin), Chiesa di Santa Marta (10/2009-10/2010)....continue...

Giuliani: Guitar Concertos / Maccari, Pugliese, guitar

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Mauro Giuliani: Guitar Concerto no 1 in A major, Op. 30 (versions for guitar & orch; gt. & string quartet); Guitar Concerto no 3 in F major, Op. 70 (versions for guitar & orch; gt. & string quartet)
Performers: Maccari, Claudio; Pugliese, Paolo
Conductors: Rognoni, Andrea
Ensemble: Orchestra Ensemble Ottocento

Guitarist, cellist and composer, Mauro Giuliani, is considered by many to be the leading guitar virtuosi of the early 19th century. This 60 minute CD...continue...
Recording information: Chiesa di S. Defendente, Romano di Lombardia, Bergamo, (09/01/2002-09/08/2002)....continue...

Giuliani; Moscheles; Hummel: Guitar Music / Paolo Pugliese; Claudio Maccari, guitars; Giovanni Togni, fortepiano

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-06-28

Works: Mauro Giuliani: Gran Duo Concertante, for guitar & keyboard (co-authored with Moscheles); Rondos (2), for guitar & keyboard, Op. 68; Variations on "Partant pour la Syrie", for guitar (or guitar & key...
Performers: Maccari, Claudio; Pugliese, Paolo; Togni, Giovanni

Recording information: Auditorium BPL, Lodi, Italy (10/2009)....continue...

C.P.E. Bach, Benda, Chopin, Danzi: Flute Concertos

10 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-06-28

Works: Franz Danzi: Concerto no 1 in G major for flute & orchestra, Op. 30; Concerto no 2 in D minor for flute & orchestra, Op. 31; Concerto no 3 in D minor for flute & orchestra, Op. 42; Concerto no 4 in D...
Performers: Adorjan, Andras [Flute]; Baudet, Remy; Bruine, Frank de; Clerck, Paul de; Dewez, Luc; Dingfelder, Ingrid; Galasso, Ugo; Gorniak, Ulka; Graf, Peter-Lukas; Grauwels, Marc; Herbert, Giselle; Michel, Cat...
Conductors: Stadlmair, Hans; Munclinger, Milan; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Leonard, Laurence; ; Kieft, Roland; Leppard, Raymond; Dumortier, Georges; Vandernoot, Andre; Waterlot, Ulysse
Ensemble: ; Ars Rediviva Orchestra; Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra; Cordevento; English Chamber Orchestra; Modo Antiquo; Munich Chamber Orchestra

A 10CD set that traces the development of the flute from a traverse one keyed instrument of the 18th century through to the 8 keyed...continue...

Fernando Sor: Complete Fantasias for Guitar

3 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-05-31

Works: Fernando Sor: Fantasia for Guitar in C minor, Op. 7; Fantaisie, for guitar, Op. 4; Fantaisie, Op. 10; Fantaisie, Op. 12; Sérénade for guitar Op. 37; Variations for Guitar on Paisiello's "Ne...
Performers: Palamidessi, Stefano

Ferdinand Rebay: Complete Works for Clarinet and Guitar

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-05-31

Works: Ferdinand Rebay: Vortragsstücke (3), for clarinet & guitar; Variations on a theme from Chopin's Preludes Op. 28, for clarinet & guitar; Sonata for clarinet & guitar in D minor; Sonata for clarin...
Performers: Laura, Massimo; Magistrelli, Luigi

Recording information: S. Stefano Ticino, Italy (2005-10-??&2006-05-??_2006-)....continue...

Beethoven Edition: Complete Works / Grumiaux, Haitink, Vienna PO, Schiff et al.

86 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-05-31

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36; Symphony no 4 in B flat major, Op. 60; Symphony no 5 in C min...
Performers: Altvater, Tobias; Amadeus Webersinke; Ander, Eva; Bartel, Reinhold; Berkes, Kalman; Bischoff, Joachim; Bittner, Manfred; Boensch, Cornelius; Bourve, Antonia; Brendel, Alfred; Brown, Ian [Piano]; Bryn...
Conductors: Blomstedt, Herbert; Stein, Horst; Oskamp, Gerard; Haitink, Bernard; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Bünte, Carl-August; Semkov, Jerzy; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; Marriner, Sir Neville; Koch, Helmut; Batz...
Ensemble: ; Berliner Solisten; Borodin Trio; Brahms-Trio; Erben-Quartett; European Chamber Soloists; Members of the MDR Leipzig Radio Chorus; Members of the Orchestra da Camera di Genova (Memb; Ottetto Italiano

Cimarosa: 30 Sonatas - Arrangements for Guitar

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-03-22

Works: Domenico Cimarosa: Keyboard Sonata in A minor (Andantino), C. 2; Keyboard Sonata in A major ("Giga"), C. 3; Keyboard Sonata in G major, C. 4; Keyboard Sonata in C major (Allegro), C. 5; Keyboard Sona...
Performers: Giuliani, Claudio [Guitar]

Cimarosa was a fine composer, with a fluent melodic gift, and this is apparent in other areas of his output. He composed some 88 keyboard...continue...
Recording information: Sound Makers Studio, Rome (2009)....continue...

Albeniz: Guitar Works / Giuseppe Feola

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-08-10

Works: Isaac Albéniz: Suite española, Op. 47; Cantos de Espagna, Op. 232
Performers: Feola, Giuseppe

Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909), along with de Falla and Granados, is considered to be not only one of Spain's leading composers, but one of the founding...continue...
Recording information: Klangscheune, Acustica Studio (06/27/2009-06/28/2009)....continue...

Monteverdi: Complete Operas on Brilliant Classics

10 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-02-09

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo; Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria; L'incoronazione di Poppea, opera in 3 acts, SV 308; Unspecified: Orfeo and L'Incoronazione di Poppea
Performers: Antonelli, Giordano; Bucci, Angela; Canihac, Jean-Pierre; Coelati, Riccardo Rama; Giannelli, Jean Michel; Giardini, Luca; Gintoli, Loredana; Imbert, Jean; Lechartier, Eric; Lucchi, Frédé...
Conductors: Vartolo, Sergio

Monteverdi's three great operas (a fourth, Arianna, only survives in part) are among the earliest surviving examples of opera, and are still regular fixtures on...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium of Pigna, Corsica (10/2006); Pigna Auditorium, Corsica, France (10/2006)....continue...

Rossini: Semiramide (Arranged for Solo Guitar by Mauro Giuliani) / Izhar Elias

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2009-08-11

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide
Performers: Elias, Izhar

Rossini's opera seria 'Semiramide' of 1822 is one of his most famous works, and like many other hits of the period was subject to various...continue...

D'India: Sacred Vocal Music / Elyma Ensemble

3 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2008-04-01

Works: Sigismondo D'India: Le musiche, book 1; Le musiche, book 2; Hor che per l'onde; Ne le grotte atre e profonde; O bramato Arione; Il primo libro de madrigali; Le musiche, book 5; Secondo libro dei madr...
Performers: Barazzoni, Maurizia; Caruso, Giovanni; Ercoli, Olga; Nappo, Gino; Polsini, Luigi; Ronchetti, Paola; Thyssen, Margarethe; Viola, Matelda; Volta, Sandro
Conductors:
Ensemble: Elyma Ensemble

Behind the somewhat exotic name of Sigismondo D’India is a musician of enormous stature. In the first quarter of the seventeenth century only the great...continue...

Scarlatti: Cantatas da Camera / Bertotti, Seicento Italiano

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2008-02-05

Works: Domenico Scarlatti: O qual meco Nice cangiata; Se fedele tu m'adori; Dir vorrei; Che vidi, oh ciel; Pur nel sonno almen tal'ora; Piangete occhi dolenti; Tinte a note di sangue; Scritte con falso inga...
Performers: Bertotti, Lavinia; Boccaccio, Daniele; Croce, Rossella; Eccher, Giuliano; Ferri, Rebeca; Pinardi, Giangiacomo; Raffeiner, Hedwig
Conductors: Boccaccio, Daniele
Ensemble: Seicento Italiano Ensemble

Cantatas by D. Scarlatti? Yes, this set contains two CDs with eight charming secular cantatas. Their subjects are love or rather the pains and aches...continue...

Purcell: Sacred Music, etc / Timothy Brown, Michael Chance

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2006-06-06

Works: Henry Purcell: Te Deum and Jubilate in D major, Z 232; My beloved spake, Z 28; O God, thou art my God, Z 35; Lord, how long wilt thou be angry?, Z 25; Remember not, Lord, our offences, Z 50; Hear my ...
Performers: Bennett, Mark; Boothby, Richard; Brown, Jonathan; Bryans, Ron; Carter, William; Chance, Michael; Cole, Maggie; Da Costa, Neal Peres; Dexter, Keri; Howes, Robert; Kenny, Elizabeth; Laird, Michael; Man...
Conductors: Brown, Timothy
Ensemble: Baroque Brass of London; Clare College Choir

Romantic Guitar Duets - Sor, etc / Pieters, Dumortier

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2006-06-06

Works: Fernando Sor: Fantasia for 2 Guitars, Op. 41 "Les deux amis"; Duet for 2 Guitars, Op. 34 "L'encouragement"; Fantaisie for 2 Guitars, Op. 63 "Souvenir de Russie"; Divertimento for 2 Guitars, Op. 38; F...
Performers: Dumortier, Micheline; Pieters, Peter

Giuliani: Complete Guitar Concertos / Maccari, Pugliese

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2006-06-06

Works: Mauro Giuliani: Concerto for Guitar no 1 in A major, Op. 30; Concerto for Guitar no 3 in F major, Op. 70; Concerto for Guitar no 2 in A major, Op. 36; Quintet for Guitar and Strings, Op. 65 "Gran Qui...
Performers: Bellofiore, Fabio; De Donatis, Fiorenza; Frezzato, Marco; Frigerio, Claudio; Maccari, Claudio; Marcocchi, Stefano; Pugliese, Paolo; Righini, Mauro; Rognoni, Andrea
Conductors: Rognoni, Andrea
Ensemble: Ensemble L'Ottocento