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François Couperin: Concert Royaux; Les Gouts-Réunis ou Nouveaux Concerts / Musica Ad Rhenum

3 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2013-03-26

Works: François Couperin: Concerts royaux, for harpsichord or violin, flute, oboe, viol & bassoon (Troisième livre de pièces d; Cinquième concert, for various instruments in F major (Les...
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Ensemble: Musica ad Rhenum

The Concerts are brought to you by Jed Wentz's Musica Ad Rhenum, which has earned a dedicated following in early music circles. With an active...continue...
Recording information: Maria Minor, Utrecht, The Netherlands (2004)....continue...

Scarlatti and the Neapoliton Song - Sonatas and Canzonas / Letizia Calandra, soprano; Francesco Cera, harpsichord

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Harpsichord in G major, K 103; Sonata for Harpsichord in D major, K 214/L 165; Sonata for Harpsichord in D minor, K 9/L 413; Sonata for Harpsichord in D minor, K 176; S...
Performers: Calandra, Letizia; Cera, Francesco

The disc combines several of Scarlatti's keyboard sonatas with Neapolitan songs by various composers of the era, exploring the influences of these songs on Scarlatti's...continue...
Recording information: Chiesa di S. Anatolia, Colle di Tora, Rieti, Italy (09/2009)....continue...

Nicola Porpora: Cantatas for Soprano / Maria Laura Martorana, coloratura soprano; I Virtuosi Italiani

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2013-01-29

Works: Nicola Porpora: Il Vulcano, cantata for voice & strings; Il Sogno, cantata for voice & continuo, Op. 1/2; Venticel che trà le frondi, cantata for voice & strings; Il Nome, cantata for voice & co...
Performers: Martorana, Maria Laura
Conductors: Martini, Alberto
Ensemble: I Virtuosi Italiani

At any rate, these cantatas are a testimony to the composer's reputation as one of the most important and influential musicians of the 18th century....continue...
Recording information: Sala Rossa of Villa San Fermo, Lonigo, Vicenza, Italy (04/2012)....continue...

G.F. Handel: Italian Cantatas / Valentina Varriale, Mvsica Perdvta

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2013-01-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Mira, Lilla gentile, cantata for soprano, violin or cello & continuo (attributed); Tra le fiamme, HWV 170; Anonymous: La caduta di Icaro, cantata for soprano, 2 violins & con...
Performers: Varriale, Valentina
Conductors: Criscuolo, Renato
Ensemble: Musica Perduta

One of the greatest composers of the Baroque era, George Frideric Handel was born in Germany but spent most of his career living in London....continue...
Recording information: Millennium Audio Recording, Roma (11/28/2010); Oratorio P.P. Barnabiti, Rome (11/28/2010); Millennium Audio Recording, Roma (2011-12-14_2011-12-16&2012-); Oratorio P.P. Barnabit...continue...

Pietro Antonio Locatelli: Trio Sonatas, Vol. 2 / Igor Ruhadze, violin; Ensemble Violini Capricciosi

5 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2013-01-29

Works: Pietro Antonio Locatelli: Sonata da camera, for violin & bass in F minor, Op. 6/1; Sonata da camera, for violin & bass in F major, Op. 6/2; Sonata da camera, for violin & bass in E major, Op. 6/3; So...
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Ensemble: Ensemble Violini Capricciosi

Renowned for exploring the very top register of his instrument, Locatelli is today considered the founding father of the modern virtuoso style; spanning 5CDs, this...continue...
Recording information: Westvestkerk, Schiedam (2011-10-10&2011-10-12&2011-)....continue...

Couperin: Mass for the Parishes; Mass for the Convents / Gruppo Vocale Armoniosoincanto

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2013-01-29

Works: François Couperin: Mass for Organ no 1 "à l'usage ordinaire des paroisses"; Chromorne sur la taille-Gloria
Performers: Falcioni, Adriano
Conductors: Radicchia, Franco
Ensemble: ; Gruppo Vocale Armoniosoincanto

François Couperin, the most important member of the renowned Couperin dynasty, is the foremost composer of the French Baroque. A prodigiously talented keyboard player, he...continue...
Recording information: Church of Santa Maria della Neve, Senigallia, Italy (02/2012-03/2012)....continue...

Bach: Schubler Chorales; 8 Preludes and Fugues / Matteo Messori on historical organs

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2013-01-29

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue, for organ in B minor, BWV 544 (BC J27); Prelude and Fugue for Organ in G major, BWV 541; Prelude and Fugue for Organ in C minor, BWV 546; Prelude and Fugue f...
Performers: Messori, Matteo

J.S. Bach is widely regarded as the father of the Baroque period. A master of vocal, keyboard, orchestral and chamber repertoire, he is one of...continue...
Recording information: Kreuzkirche of Suhl (06/2011); Propsteikirche St. Cyriakus Duderstadt, Germany (06/2011)....continue...

Viola d'amore solo - works by Giuseppe Colombi, Angelo Morigi, Christian Petzold, Pedro Lopes Nogueira / Valerio Losito, viola d'amore

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2013-01-29

Works: Anonymous: Ave Maris Stella; Suite for viola d'amore in D minor (Klagenfurt manuscript); Partita for viola d'amore in D major; Nitida stella, for viola d'amore; Giuseppe Colombi: Scordatura for violi...
Performers: Losito, Valerio

This release celebrates the d'amore's versatility of sound by bringing together some of its finest Baroque repertoire. Beginning with the Ave Maris Stella, an ancient...continue...
Recording information: Santa Maria in Vallicella, Refettorio del Borromini (Sa (01/07/2012-02/09/2012)....continue...

Schumann: Music for Cello and Piano, Vol. 2 - Romances Op. 94; Sonata Op. 105 et al. / Francesco Dillon, cello; Emanuele Torquati, piano

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2013-01-29

Works: Robert Schumann: Romances (3) for Oboe and Piano, Op. 94; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in A minor, Op. 105; Vier Marschen, Op. 76; Phantasiestücke (8) for Piano, Op. 12; Piano Quintet, Op. 4...
Performers: Dillon, Francesco; Torquati, Emanuele

Combining communicative performances with engaging programming, this release is dedicated to Schumann's music for cello and piano - works that were written after a period...continue...
Recording information: Fondazione Spinola Banna per l'Arte, Poirino (07/23/2012-07/24/2012)....continue...

Giovanni Battista Buonamente: L'e' tanto tempo hormai - sonatas, canzonas and sinfonias / Helianthus Ensemble

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2013-01-29

Works: Giovanni Battista Buonamente: Sonata no 6 sopra "Rugiero" for theorbo, transverse flute & violin; Sonata Quinta a 2; Canzona a 4; Sonata no 9 sopra "Quello e' quel loco", for transverse flute & conti...
Performers: Centurioni, Olivia; Mascardi, Evangelina; Melendez, Josue; Morini, Guido
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Ensemble: Helianthus Ensemble

Expedition Audio - Music that deserves to be heard
...The Helianthus Ensemble perform on various combinations of anywhere from three to five instruments... This might be...continue...
Recording information: Chiesa di S. Sebastiano al Palatino - Roma (02/28/2012-03/03/2012)....continue...

Handel: Italian Duets / Susanna Rydén, Gemma Bertagnolli, Harmonices Mundi, Claudio Astronio

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-11-13

Works: George Frederick Handel: Work(s); Italian Duets; Va, speme infida, duet for 2 sopranos & continuo, HWV 199; Amor gioje mi porge, for 2 soprano voices & continuo, HWV180; Toccata; Ahi nelle sorti uman...
Performers: Bertagnoli, Gemma [Soprano Vocal]; Ryden, Susanne
Conductors: Astronio, Claudio
Ensemble: Harmonices Mundi

The marvelously affecting Italian Duets have long remained favorites among Handel's oeuvre, distinct markers of the influences of the young Saxon's early trips to Rome...continue...
Recording information: Vereinshaus, Lengmoos, Süd-Tirol (07/26/2009-07/29/2009)....continue...

J.S. Bach: Complete Harpsichord Concertos / Burkhard Glaetzner, Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum / Christine Schornsheim, Pieter-Jan Belder, et. al., harpsichord

3 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-11-13

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord in D minor, BWV 1052; Concerto for Harpsichord in E major, BWV 1053; Concerto for Harpsichord in D major, BWV 1054; Concerto for Harpsichord in A major...
Performers: Belder, Pieter-Jan; Delft, Menno Van; Henstra, Siebe; Leenhouts, Paul; Liebsch, Violetta; Schornsheim, Christine; Stark, Mechtild; Steenhoven, Karel van; Thalheim, Armin
Conductors: Glaetzner, Burkhard; Belder, Pieter-Jan
Ensemble: ; Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum

Celebrate the birth of one of the most important genres in music history with this set dedicated to J.S. Bach's complete works in the medium...continue...

Couperin: Les Nations / Jed Wentz, Musica Ad Rhenum

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-11-13

Works: François Couperin: Les Nations, sonatas & suites for 2 violins & continuo
Conductors: Wentz, Jed
Ensemble: Musica ad Rhenum

Though Couperin was a contemporary of J.S. Bach, his fashionable life at Versailles could serve to make that great German seem quite stodgy. Always at...continue...
Recording information: Maria Minot, Utrecht, The Netherlands (2004)....continue...

Giovanni Battista Vitali: Trio Sonatas Op. 2 / Luigi Cozzolino, Semperconsort

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-11-13

Works: Giovanni Battista Vitali: Trio Sonata for 2 violins & continuo in D major, Op. 2/1; Trio Sonata for 2 violins & continuo in F major, Op. 2/2; Trio Sonata for 2 violins & continuo in E minor, Op. 2/3;...
Conductors: Cozzolino, Luigi
Ensemble: Semperconsort

Seventeenth century Bolognese master Giovanni Battista Vitali composed these charming, small-scale Sonate da Chiesa for only two violins and continuo, making the style accessible for...continue...
Recording information: Villa le Rondini, Via Bolognese Vecchia, Florence (08/13/2009-08/15/2009)....continue...

Carols from Kings / Stephen Cleobury, King's College Choir

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-11-13

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Christmas Traditional: Rejoice and Be Merry; Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); King Jesus Hath A Garden (Dutch); Infant Holy, Infant Lowly ...
Performers: Goode, David; Knight, Alexander; Todd, Nicholas
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen
Ensemble: ; King's College Choir

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, is one of the world's most beloved choral groups. Each Christmas Eve millions across the globe tune in to...continue...
Recording information: La Musée des Augustins, Toulouse, France (08/02/1994-08/03/1994)....continue...

La Monarcha - 17th century music from the Spanish territories / Erik Bosgraaf, Izhar Elias, Alessandro pianu

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-10-30

Works: Andrea Falconieri: Corriente dicha la cuella; La suave melodia y su corrente; Il Rosso Brando; Contrente detta l'avellina; Il Spiritillo Brando; Alemana dicha la Villega, for guitar, theorbo & lute; ...
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Ensemble: Cordevento

American Record Guide, March / April 2013
The program is tied together with the guitar as the central instrument - naturally. The notes give quite a...continue...
Recording information: Kruiskerk, Bergum, The Netherlands (09/01/2011-09/03/2011).

Includes repicavan las campanillas (e. moulinié) / repicava by various composers....continue...

Maria Yudina plays Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Liszt / Maria Yudina, piano [3 CDs]

3 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-10-30

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903; Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846-869; Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord no 3 in E major, BWV 1016; Franz Liszt: Preludes...
Performers: Kozolupova, Marina; Yudina, Maria

Maria Yudina was one of the great pianists of 20th Century Russia, and one of the few artists openly opposed to the Soviet regime of...continue...
Recording information: 1948-1958....continue...

Salve Regina del Signor Monteverdi - Newly discovered pieces by Monteverdi and Frescobaldi / Il Pegaso; Maurizio Croci, organ

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Regina Caeli, motet for 3 voices & organ; Salve Regina (III), for 3 voices (from Selva morale e spirituale), SV 285; Salve Regina, motet for tenor, SV 327; Selva morale e spiritua...
Performers: Croci, Maurizio
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Ensemble: Il Pegaso

Claudio Monteverdi and Girolamo Frescobaldi were two of the most influential musical figures in 17th century Italy. This new recording celebrates the influence that these...continue...
Recording information: Basilica of the Holy Trinity, Bern (02/21/2012-02/23/2012)....continue...

Francesco Mancini: 12 Recorder Concertos / Corina Marti, recorder; Capella Tiberina

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Francesco Mancini: Recorder Concerto no 8 in C minor; Recorder Concerto no 5 in G major; Recorder Concerto no 19 in E minor; Recorder Concerto no 20 in C minor; Recorder Concerto no 18 in F major; Re...
Performers: Marti, Corina; Nigito, Alexandra
Conductors: Nigito, Alexandra
Ensemble: Capella Tiberina

Neapolitan musician Francesco Mancini was a leading light in his city's culture of composition and education. His modern reputation largely rests on his recorder sonatas....continue...
Recording information: Chiesa di Sant'Isidoro a Capo le Case, Rome (04/07/2011); I Musicanti Studio, Rome, Italy (04/07/2011); Chiesa di Sant'Isidoro a Capo le Case, Rome (05/04/2011-05/07/2011); I Mu...continue...

In festo angelorum - A journey through Spanish, Portuguese & Italian Baroque sacred music / Monica Piccinini, soprano; Manuel Vilas, Spanish baroque harp

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Giovanni Maria Pagliardi: Ad'arma, ad bella, motet; Jose de Vaquedano: Matribus suis dixerunt, lamentation; Fabrizio Fontana: Ricercare for keyboard no 11; Domenico Mazzocchi: Amar a Dios por Dios, m...
Performers: Piccinini, Monica

A delightful recording of the intimate, yet powerful combination of soprano and baroque harp, in a journey through Spanish, Portuguese and Italian Baroque music, Dramatic...continue...
Recording information: San Vincente de Pombeiro, Lugo (07/2008)....continue...

Bach: Complete Orchestral Suites (4) / Consort of London

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 1 in C major, BWV 1066; Orchestral Suite no 2 in B minor, BWV 1067; Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Suite for Orchestra no 4 in D major, BWV 1069
Conductors: Clark, Robert Haydon
Ensemble: Consort of London

One of the few complete recordings of the four orchestral suites on one CD, Bach's rich and varied approach to orchestration comes to the fore,...continue...
Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London (1990)....continue...

Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232 / Invernizzi, Banditelli, Fasolis, Dawson, Pregardien

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232
Conductors: Fasolis, Diego
Ensemble: Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca

The importance of Bach's B Minor Mass is difficult to over-estimate: some consider it the most quintessential work of Bach, a summing up of his...continue...
Recording information: Cattedrale di San Lorenzo, Lugano, Switzerland (06/03/1997)....continue...

Vivaldi: Complete Chamber Concertos / Stefano Bagliano, recorder; Collegium Pro Musica

3 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Chamber Concerto, for recorder, oboe, 2 violins & continuo in C major, RV 87; Chamber Concerto, for flute, oboe, violin, bassoon & continuo in G minor, RV 107; Chamber Concerto in D ...
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Ensemble: Collegium Pro Musica

One of music's most frequently performed composers; this charming release explores Vivaldi's cultivation of the chamber concerto. With acclaimed period ensemble Collegium Pro Musica's sensitive...continue...
Recording information: Oratorio di S. Rocco, Grignano Polesine, Rovigo, Italy....continue...

Arcangelo Corelli: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6 / Musica Amphion

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto Grosso in D major, Op. 6/1; Concerto Grosso in F major, Op. 6/2; Corelli - Concerto Grosso pt. 1; Concerto Grosso in D major, Op. 6/4; Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Concert...
Performers: Belder, Pieter-Jan
Conductors: Belder, Pieter-Jan;
Ensemble: Musica Amphion

Arcangelo Corelli was nothing less than a musical pioneer, a champion of the violin's potential as a solo instrument and an immense influence on the...continue...
Personnel: Hank Heyink (archlute).

Recording information: 2004....continue...

Stabat Mater - works by Pergolesi, Palestrina, Vivaldi, Haydn, Dvorak, Boccherini [4 CDs]

4 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Stabat Mater; Antonio Vivaldi: Amen; Franz Joseph Haydn: Stabat Mater, H 20 bis; Antonin Dvorák: Stabat Mater, Op. 58/B 71; ...
Performers: Ahnsjo, Claes-Håkan; Anlauf, Richard; Bishop, Julia; Borg, Kim; Brown, Timothy [Choral Conductor]; Jones, Angharad Gruffydd; Laki, Krisztina; Levine, Joanna; Levy, Mark [Viol]; Parker, Joanna; ...
Conductors: Brown, Timothy; Leusink, Pieter Jan; Bernius, Frieder; Smetacek, Vaclav; Scogna, Flavio Emilio
Ensemble: ; Choir of Clare College Cambridge; Holland Boys Choir; Netherland Bach Collegium; Prague Philharmonic Choir; Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

This release is dedicated to some of the most famous settings of the Stabat mater, revealing the genre's varying treatment by composers over the centuries....continue...

In Paradisum: Spiritual Classical Melodies by Faure, Mozart, Franck, Bruckner, Mahler et al. / various British choirs

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-08-28

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem; Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Vesperae solennes de confessore; Requiem; Mass in C minor, KV 427; César Franck: Pani...
Performers: Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Farcas, Valentina; Heuvelmans, Pamela; Jones, Angharad Gruffydd; Kirkby, Emma; Ramselaar, Bas; Zazzo, Lawrence
Conductors: Leusink, Pieter Jan; Robinson, Christopher; Brown, Timothy; Matt, Nicol; Cleobury, Stephen; Inbal, Eliahu; Brown, Mark; Camerata Academica Wurzbu; Marinov, Ivan; Savchuk, Yevhen; Dixon, Alistair
Ensemble: ; Brandenburg Consort; Cambridge Ensemble; Camerata Academica Wurzbu

This sublime compilation will take listeners on a journey through some of the most profound classical music ever written, demonstrating the wealth of inspiration that...continue...

Pietro Antonio Locatelli Edition, vol. 1 - Trio Sonatas / Ensemble Violini Capricciosi

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-08-28

Works: Pietro Antonio Locatelli: Sonata for 2 violins (or flutes) & continuo in G major, Op. 5/1; Sonata for 2 violins (or flutes) & continuo in E minor, Op. 5/2; Sonata for 2 violins (or flutes) & continuo...
Conductors: Ruhadze, Igor;
Ensemble: Ensemble Violini Capricciosi

With this brand-new recording, Brilliant Classics embarks on an enterprising and ambitious new edition focuses on the works of Italian Baroque-era violinist/composer Pietro Antonio Locatelli....continue...
Recording information: Estvestkerk, Schiedam, The Netherlands (01/25/2012-01/27/2012); Estvestkerk, Schiedam, The Netherlands (11/18/2011)....continue...

J.S. Bach: Concerto Reconstructions / Salvatore Carchiolo, organ & harpsichord; Andrea Mion, oboe; Giorgio Sasso, viola & violin

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-08-28

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Work(s); Concerto for Oboe d'Amore in A major, BWV 1055; Concerto for 3 Violins in D major, BWV 1064
Performers: Carchiolo, Salvatore; Mion, Andrea; Sasso, Giorgio
Conductors: Sasso, Giorgio
Ensemble: Insieme Strumentale di Roma

Like many musicians of the era, Bach reused his own melodic and harmonic material in combination and recombination that suggest possible lost "alternative" versions of...continue...
Recording information: Basilica of St. Alessio, Rome (11/17/2011-11/20/2011)....continue...

Antonio Vivaldi: Oboe Sonatas / Paolo Pollastri, oboe; Ensemble J.M. Anciuti

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-08-28

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in G minor, RV 28; Sonata for flute & continuo in C major, RV 48; Sonata for Violin/Oboe and Basso Continuo in B flat major, RV 34; Sonata for fl...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble J.M. Anciuti

The latest addition to Brilliant Classics' ever-growing catalogue of Vivaldi recordings features oboe sonatas played by an Italian ensemble steeped in both tradition and new...continue...
Recording information: Montevarchi, Arezzo, Italy (2005)....continue...

Domenico Scarlatti: Complete Keyboard Sonatas / Pieter-Jan Belder, harpsichord, fortepiano, organ

36 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-07-31

Works: Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Harpsichord in D minor, K 1/L 366; Sonata for Harpsichord in G major, K 2/L 388; Sonata for Harpsichord in A minor, K 3/L 378; Sonata for Harpsichord in G minor, K 4/L ...
Performers: Belder, Pieter-Jan; Wakelkamp, Frank

On popular demand we reissue his complete keyboard sonatas. By using various (copies of) period instruments Belder has prevented saturation of the listener. And of...continue...

Historic Russian Archives: David Oistrakh - Chamber Music Edition

10 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-07-31

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Violin and Piano in D major, K 306 (300l); Variations (12) on "La bergère Célimene," for violin & piano in G major, K. 359 (K. 374a); Sergey Rachmani...
Performers: Badura-Skoda, Paul; Bauer, Frida; Goldenweiser, Alexander [Composer]; Knushevitsky, Svyatoslav; Kollegorskaya, Inna; Makarov, Abram; Oborin, Lev; Oistrakh, David; Oistrakh, Igor [Violin]; Richter, Sv...

The reissue of this unique collection of chamber music masterpieces, ranging from Baroque to 20-century, played by the legendary David Oistrakh, with his luminous, sonorous

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Passacaglia - works by Reger, Buxtehude, Mendelssohn, Couperin, Kerll, Bach, et al. / Matthias Havinga, organ

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-07-31

Works: Max Reger: Introduction and Passacaglia for organ in D minor; Dietrich Buxtehude: Passacaglia for organ in D minor, BuxWV 161; Felix Mendelssohn: Little Piece (Passacaglia) for organ in C minor [Litt...
Performers: Havinga, Matthias

This original program by organist Matthias Havinga plays on the theme of the passacaglia throughout history: from its formal maturity in the 17th century through...continue...
Recording information: Kotka, Finland (09/16/2010-09/17/2010)....continue...

Alessandro Stradella: La Susanna / Martin Oro, Gemma Bertagnolli, Sergio Foresti, Mirko Guadagnini

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-06-26

Works: Alessandro Stradella: La Susanna
Conductors: Astronio, Claudio
Ensemble: Harmonices Mundi

This recording is a powerful and passionate historically informed performance recording by Italian forces, featuring the great Gemma Bertagnolli and Martin Oro. Harmonices Mundi conducted...continue...
Recording information: Schloss Maretsch, Bolzano, Italy (08/10/2011-08/11/2011)....continue...

Giovanni Batista Bassani: Sinfonie Op. 5 / Ensemble StilModerno

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-06-26

Works: Giovanni Battista Bassani: 12 Sonatas da chiesa (Sinfonias) for 2 or 3 instruments & basso continuo, Op. 5
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Stilmoderno

Giovannni Battista Bassani was one of the foremost representatives of the Bolognese School. His works were well known during his lifetime, and composers like Handel...continue...
Recording information: Pieve protoromanica di Palazzo Pignano (10/29/2011-11/01/2011)....continue...

Austria 1676 - works for Lute by Lauffensteiner and Weichenberger / Miguel Yisrael, lute

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-06-26

Works: Wolff Jacob Lauffensteiner: Partita for lute in G minor; Partita for lute in C minor; Partita for lute in B flat major; Johann Georg Weichenberger: Partita for lute in B flat major; Partita for lute ...
Performers: Yisrael, Miguel

The title of this CD refers to the publication year of Thomas Mace's "Musick's Monument", a rich collection of lute works, and the year in...continue...
Recording information: Pfarrkirche St Viktor, Viktorsberg, Austria (10/29/2011-10/31/2011)....continue...

Pour Un Plaisir: Songs and Tientos by Cabezon and His Contemporaries / Véronique Musson-Gonneaud, Renaissance double harp

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-05-29

Works: Antonio de Cabezón: Je pres en grey, for keyboard (after Crecquillon or Clemens non Papa); Tiento del primer tono; Diferencia Sobre "El Canto Del Caballero" for organ; Tiento del quarto ton for ...
Performers: Musson-Gonneaud, Veronique

This CD presents a fascinating collection of Spanish keyboard works played on the harp, as well as "Intabulations" (settings of songs, madrigals and other vocal...continue...
Recording information: Chapelle Saint-Antoine, Pietracorbara, Corsica, France (09/2010)....continue...

Purcell: The Fairy Queen / Carolyn Sampson, Andrew Carwood, Michael Bundy

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Henry Purcell: Fairy Queen, Z 629
Conductors: Dantone, Ottavio
Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

Prior to Handel's arrival in London, and the influence of Italian opera that he brought with him, English opera was known as "semi opera" -...continue...
Recording information: Teatro Rossini, Lugo di Romagna, Ravenna, Italy (07/10/2001)....continue...

All in a Garden Green: Four Seasons of English Music - Playford, Lawes, Byrd et al. / Ensemble Le Tendre Amour

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Anonymous, English: Chirping Of The Nightingale (from Playford); Now ye Spring Is Come, song (from Elizabeth Rogers Hir Virginall Booke); Thomas Baltzar: John come kiss me now; Nicola Matteis: Aria a...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Le Tendre Amour

A delightful collection of 17th century songs constructed around the major influence of the 4 seasons, showcasing enthusiasm for amateur music making. During the Commonwealth...continue...
Recording information: St. Joan de Sanata Church, Llinars de Vallès, Catalunya (07/16/2011-07/19/2011)....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...

Bernardo Pasquini: Passion Cantatas / Sharon Rostorf-Zamir, Furio Zanasi

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-03-27

Works: Bernardo Pasquini: Hor ch'il Ciel fra densi horrori, cantata for 2 voices, violins & continuo; Padre, Signore e Dio, cantata for 2 voices, violins & continuo
Conductors: Caruso, Giovanni
Ensemble: Capella Tiberina

Along with Corelli and Scarlatti, Pasquini played a major part in the musical life of Rome, and was famous for his skill as both a...continue...
Recording information: Villa Puccini, Scornio, Pistoia (10/02/2010-10/04/2010)....continue...

The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, Vol. 1 / Bull, Farnaby, Peerson, Byrd, Belder et al. / Pieter-Jan Belder, harpsichords

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-03-27

Works: John Bull: Walsingham, for keyboard, MB 85; Piper's galliard, for keyboard; Praeludium (no 43) (Fitzwilliam Virginal Book); Work(s); Pavan and Galliard for keyboard, MB 86 ("Fantastic"); King's Hunt,...
Performers: Belder, Pieter-Jan

This remarkable collection of works for the small harpsichord is found in the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge. It is the largest collection of Elizabethan and...continue...
Recording information: Hervormde Kerk, Mijnsheerenland, The Netherlands (09/2010)....continue...

Buxtehude: Complete Harpsichord Music / Simone Stella

4 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-02-28

Works: Dietrich Buxtehude: Aria and Variations (3) for Harpsichord in D minor, BuxWV 248 "Rofilis"; Suite for harpsichord in G major, BuxWV 240; Suite for harpsichord in E minor, BuxWV 237; Courante for Har...
Performers: Stella, Simone

Dietrich Buxtehude, long regarded as the predecessor of Johann Sebastian Bach, is receiving his rightful place in music history as a master of polyphony and...continue...
Recording information: Pove del Grappa, Vincenza (11/13/2010-11/16/2010)....continue...

Telemann: 36 Fantasies for Harpsichord / Andrea Coen, harpsichord

3 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-01-31

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Fantasias (36), for harpsichord, TWV 33
Performers: Coen, Andrea

For the first time complete on a 3-CD set, The Fantasias TWV 33 by Telemann are high quality keyboard works of great virtuosity and invention....continue...
Recording information: Teatro La Fortuna, Monte San Vito, Ancona, Italy (02/27/2011-03/02/2011)....continue...

Handel: Complete Cantatas, Vol. 4 / Klaartje van Veldhoven; Stefanie True

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-01-31

Works: George Frederick Handel: Clori, mia bella Clori, cantata, HWV 92; Sans y penser, cantata for soprano, HWV 155; Clori, vezzosa Clori, cantata for soprano, HWV 95; Pensieri notturni di filli (Nel dolce...
Performers: True, Stefanie; Veldhoven, Klaartje van
Conductors: Vitale, Marco;
Ensemble: Contrasto Armonico

This new recording is a new installment in a series which is quickly establishing itself as one of the most ambitious and prestigious projects of...continue...
Recording information: Oud-Kathilieke Kerk, Delft, The Netherlands (04/2010)....continue...

Frescobaldi Edition Vol. 10: Fantasies & Canzoni / Roberto Loreggian, harpsichord, organ

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-01-31

Works: Girolamo Frescobaldi: Fioretti del Frescobaldi, pieces (12) for keyboard (attrib.); Fantasie a quattro (12), for instruments; Recercari et Canzoni Francesi fatte sopra diversi oblighi, Libro 1; Canzo...
Performers: Loreggian, Roberto

This is the last installment of the Complete Frescobaldi Edition, one of the gems of the Brilliant Classics Integrales Series. Roberto Loreggian, the originator and...continue...

Stradella: Italian Arias / Susanne Ryden, Martin Oro, Lisandro Abadie

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Alessandro Stradella: Toccata for keyboard in A; E pazzia l'innamorarsi, aria for soprano & continuo; Mio cor, che si fa?, aria for soprano & continuo; Che mi giovan le vittorie, aria for baritone, 2...
Conductors: Astronio, Claudio
Ensemble: Harmonices Mundi

Stradella is credited with composing the first instrumental concerto grosso and operas with accompanied recitatives. But it is perhaps in his vocal works that we...continue...
Recording information: Haus St. Benedikt, Kloster Muri-Gries a Bolzano (03/07/2011-03/10/2011)....continue...

J.S. Bach: Chorales / Chamber Choir of Europe

7 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata, BWV 40; Seelen-Bräutigam, chorale setting for 4 voices, BWV 409 (BC F173); Cantata, BWV 187; Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, chorale setting for 4 voices, BWV 41...
Performers: Halobek, Jorg; Hummer, Heike; Rothbauer, Martina; Sagasser, Robert; Wollenschlager, Jens
Conductors: Matt, Nicol
Ensemble: Chamber Choir of Europe

Here perhaps is the very heart of Bach; a palpable demonstration of his heritage and impact. His endless inventiveness in taking old hymn tunes devised...continue...

Choral Classics: Choral Classics from Cambridge / Corydon Singers

6 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Stabat Mater; Super flumina Babylonis; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Robert Ramsey: How Are the Mighty Fallen; Thomas Weelkes: When David heard; Thomas Tallis: Lamenta...
Performers: Brown, Jonathan [Organ]; Carter, William; Dexter, Keri; English, John; Kenny, Liz; Manze, Andrew; Marcus, Marshall; Masters, Rachel; Pearce, Richard; Quinney, Robert; Schlapp, Jan; Vivian, James; War...
Conductors: Brown, Timothy; Cleobury, Stephen; Robinson, Christopher
Ensemble: ; Wallace Collection (Brass Ensemble)

This 5 disc set showcases the celebrated choral music tradition of Cambridge's Clare College, King's College and St John's College. Featuring a collection of popular...continue...

Historical Russian Archives: Rudolf Barshai Edition / Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Bartok et al. [10 CDs] (live, 1956 - 1974)

10 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-10-25

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Don Giovanni; Jean-Philippe Rameau: Concerto no 6 in G minor (from 6ème Pièces de clavecin en concerts); Gavott...
Performers: Barshai, Rudolf; Dobrokhotov, Boris; Dokshitzer, Timofei; Korneyev, Alexander; Lill, John; Moreira-Lima, Arthur; Morozova, Irina; Reshetin, Mark; Smirnov, Yevgeny; Vishnevskaya, Galina
Conductors: Barshai, Rudolf
Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra

The Russian conductor Rudolf Barshai was born in 1924 and studied at the Moscow and Leningrad Conservatories. He quickly became part of a group of...continue...

Legendary Russian Pianists

25 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-09-27

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Mazurka for piano no 33 in B major, Op. 56/1, CT. 83; Concerto for Piano no 1 in E minor, B 53/Op. 11; Etude for piano no 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 10/4, CT. 17; Etude for pi...
Performers: Akopian-Tamarina, Nelly [Piano]; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bashkirov, Dmitri; Berman, Lazar; Davidovich, Bella; Demidenko, Nikolai; Flier, Yakov; Gavrilov, Andrei; Gilels, Emil; Ginzburg, Grigori; Grinber...
Conductors: Gauk, Alexander; Oistrakh, David; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Tretiakov, Viktor; Temirkanov, Yuri

Russia is home to some of the antiquities most iconic piano players: Konstantin Igumnov, Grigory Ginzburg, Lev Oborin, Vladimir Sofronitzky, Sviatoslav Richter, and Evgeny Kissin...continue...