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Shostakovich: Choral Music / Chorus of the Moscow Academy of Choral Arts

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2013-04-30

Conductors: Kravchenko, Tatyana; Popov, Victor
Ensemble: Chorus of the Moscow Academy of Choral Arts

As an "obedient" Soviet artist, Shostakovich set texts of revolutionary poets to music. The result is vintage Shostakovich: under the blatant populist message of the...continue...

Telemann: Cantatas and Chamber Music with recorder / Gemma Bertagnolli, soprano; Collegium Pro Musica, Bagliano

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2013-04-30

Conductors: Bertagnolli, Gemma
Ensemble: Collegium Pro Musica

Gemma Bertagnolli is widely considered one of the leading sopranos in Early Music. Her voice is powerful, lyrical and passionate, always conveying the emotional message...continue...

Wagner: Complete Piano Music / Pier Paolo Vincenzi, piano

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2013-04-30

Amidst the flood of Wagner issues for the 2013 Wagner Bicentennial, this double CD presents an often hidden aspect of opera composer Wagner: his complete...continue...

Norbert Burgmuller: Lieder; Piano Sonata, Op. 8 / Eleonora Contucci, Costantino Mastroprimiano

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2013-04-30

Burgmuller may not be a household name, but it is easy to see from this charming release why he is a composer who deserves more...continue...

Robert de Visée: Pieces for guitar, performed on the magnificent Sabonai guitar of 1679 / Krishnasol Jimenez, guitar

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2013-04-30

This new recording features the magnificent Sabonari guitar, one of the few remaining guitars built in 1679 by Antonio Stradivari. Krishnasol Jimenez assisted with the...continue...

Francesco Caccini: Maria, dolce Maria - Sacred and secular songs / Elena Cecchi Fedi, soprano

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2013-04-30

Conductors: Lastraioli, Gian Luca
Ensemble: Cappella di Santa Maria degli Angiolini

This recording features sacred and secular songs, music of deep emotional impact, dealing with the joys and sorrows of earthly and heavenly love. Italian soprano...continue...

Mozart: La Betulia Liberata, oratorio / Angela Bucci, Pamela Luciarini, Caterina Patrizia Vaccari, Elena Biscuola

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2013-04-30

Conductors: Favero, Riccardo
Ensemble: Coro dell'Oficina Musicum; Orchestra dell'Oficina Musicum

Mozart wrote this oratorio, his only one, in his mid- teens, and his genius was immediately evident in the dramatic choruses, moving arias and instrumental...continue...

Bach Family: Organ Music - Works for organ by 11 members of the Bach Family / Sergio Militello, organ

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2013-04-30

The great J.S Bach received his musical genes from a widespread dynasty of musical craftsmen, teachers, performers and composers bearing the Bach name. This CD...continue...

Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn: Complete Piano Trios / Jugovic, Kubizek, Schonewiese-Guschlbauer, Schweinberger

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2013-04-30

The genius of Felix is universally recognized, the genius of Fanny however was kept undercover, since girls weren't supposed to become professional composers in her...continue...

Debussy: Complete Music for Piano Duo / Massimiliano Damerini and Marco Rapetti, pianists

3 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2013-04-30

Performing these works is two of Italy's most-celebrated pianists. Their readings highlight the unique relationship that exists between piano and orchestra; the former can be...continue...