Glossa > Romantic Period

Chopin: The Works For Piano and Orchestra / Goerner, Kenner, Olejniczak [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Glossa / 2012-01-02

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E minor, B 53/Op. 11; Concerto for Piano no 2 in F minor, B 43/Op. 21; Fantasia for Piano and Orchestra in A major on Polish Airs, Op 13; Rondo f...
Performers: Goerner, Nelson; Kenner, Kevin; Olejniczak, Janusz
Conductors: Bruggen, Frans
Ensemble: Orchestra of the 18th Century

On February 26, 2010 a historic concert took place in Warsaw, the birthplace of Fryderyk Chopin: during the course of that single evening all the...continue...
Run Time: 168 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish and Ja...continue...

La Guitarra Española

2 CD / Glossa / 2011-05-01

Works: Luys de Narváez: Diferencias (7) for guitar on "Guárdame las vacas"; Paseávase el rey moro; Cancion del emperador, for vihuela; E López: Fantasia for vihuela; Luis de Mil&...
Performers: Moreno, José Miguel

There is no question of Jose Miguel Moreno being anything other than the leading Spanish specialist in historic plucked string instruments. As a concert performer,...continue...
Recording information: Villa Consuelo, San Lorenzo de El Escorial (03/1994/06/1996)....continue...

Mendelssohn: A Midsumer Night's Dream / Brüggen

1 CD / Glossa / 2011-03-03

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Conductors: Brüggen, Frans

BBC Music Magazine
A performance full of character and joy. It bristles with energy without adopting extreme tempos; period instrument sonorities refresh even that over-exposed Wedding...continue...
Recording information: Utrecht (Vredenburg), The Netherlands (06/1997)....continue...

Piano Music in Romantic Spain "El Ultimo Adiós" / Patrick Cohen

1 CD / Glossa / 2011-03-03

Works: Marcial Adalid y Gurréa: El Lamento, Op.9; Petits riens (6 valses a la tudesque); El último adiós, Op.10; Martín Sánchez Allú: El peregrino, for piano, Op. 10; Teobaldo ...
Performers: Cohen, Patrick [Piano]

Recording information: Auditorium of Cuenca, Spain (04/1995)....continue...

An Evening with Leopold Stokowski

1 Super Audio CD / Glossa / 2011-01-02

Works: Leopold Stokowski: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, transcription for orchestra (after Bach, BWV 565); Purcell Suite, for orchestra (a set of transcriptions after Purcell); Antonio Cesti: Tu mancavi a t...
Conductors: Egarr, Richard

The charm and sheer full-blooded pleasure offered by Leopold Stokowski's transcriptions continues to hold sway today - complete with opulent and resonant strings - some...continue...
Recording information: Studio 4, Flagey, Brussels (06/16/2008-06/20/2008)....continue...

Microcosm Concerto (Harp Music)

1 CD / Glossa / 2009-12-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Suite for keyboard in D minor, HWV 448; Concerto for Harp in B flat major, Op. 4 no 6/HWV 294; William Babell: Transcription for keyboard of "Lascia ch'io piange" from Handel...
Performers: Galassi, Mara; Togni, Giovanni

The story of Handel's associations with the harp and also those of harpists with his music stretches out across more than a century, from before...continue...
Recording information: Chiesa di San Marco, Milan, Italy (09/2008/03/2009); Villa Sorra, Castelfranco Emilia, Modena (09/2008/03/2009)....continue...

Mozart, Brahms: Clarinet Quintets / Hoeprich, et al

1 CD / Glossa / 2006-06-02

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major, K 581; Johannes Brahms: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B minor, Op. 115
Performers: Boyd, James; Cohen, Jonathan; Faultless, Margaret; Hoeprich, Eric; Manson, Catherine
Conductors:
Ensemble: London Haydn String Quartet

These clarinet quintets by Mozart and Brahms represent two pinnacles, not only in the repertoire for the clarinet, but also in the genre of chamber...continue...