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Francesco Canova da Milano: Il Divino - Lute Music; Paul O'Dette, lute1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2013-05-14 Francesco da Milano (dubbed "Il Divino") was celebrated as the preeminent composer of lute music in Renaissance Italy. He was widely published in his lifetime...continue... ![]() Dvorak: Quartet No. 12, Op. 96 "American"; Smetana: Quartet No. 1 "From My Life"; Tokyo String Quartet1 Super Audio CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2013-05-14 Conductors:Ensemble: Tokyo String Quartet On their valedictory release, the world-renowned Tokyo String Quartet presents a pair of the group's favorite chamber works that offer a glimpse into the private...continue... ![]() Music Watteau: The Music Lesson: Lully, Vivaldi, Couperin, et al.; René Jacobs, William Christie, Bernarda Fink, Paul OÆDette2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2013-05-14 This special collection was created in celebration of an exhibition at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels commissioned by musician and conductor William Christie and...continue... ![]() Wolfgang Rihm: Symphony "Near Far"; Hans Begemann, baritone; Luzerner Sinfonieorchester; James Graffigan1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2013-05-14 Conductors: Graffigan, JamesEnsemble: Luzerner Sinfonieorchester This release presents the world première recording of Wolfgang Rihm's latest orchestral work, the symphony Nähe fern (Near Far), commissioned by and composed in close...continue... ![]() Vivaldi: Dixit Dominus, RV 807; In furore iustissimae irae, RV 626; Handel: Dixit Dominus, HWV 232 / Lucy Crowe, soprano1 Super Audio CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2013-04-09 Conductors: Bates, DavidEnsemble: La Nuova Musica David Bates leads the ensemble La Nuova Musica in a pair of contrasting settings of Psalm 109. Handel's masterful and ambitious HWV 282 was penned...continue... ![]() Schubert: Licht und Liebe - vocal duets, trios and quartets / Marlis Petersen, Anke Vondung, Werner Gura, Konrad Jarnot. Christoph Berner, piano1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2013-04-09 Licht und Liebe features Schubert's vocal duets, trios and quartets - works that reveal the full variety of his creative impulses. Composed for the famous...continue... ![]() Brahms: Clarinet Quintet; String Quartet No. 2 / Sharon Kam, clarinet; Jerusalem Quartet1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2013-04-09 Conductors:Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet Brahms's implacable self-criticism was at its height in the domain of chamber music; he was already forty when he produced his second String Quartet (of...continue... ![]() Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1; Sonata for Cello and Piano / Emmanuell Bertrand, cello; Pascal Amoyel, piano1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2013-04-09 Conductors: Rophé, PascalEnsemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales Written 25 years apart, the two masterpieces for cello by Shostakovich recorded here were represent very different periods in the composer's career. The audaciously insolent...continue... ![]() Bach: Violin Concertos, BWV 1041-1043; Concerto for 3 violins, BWV 1064R / Petra Mullejans, Gottfried von der Goltz, Anne Katharina Schreiber, violins1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2013-04-09 Conductors:Ensemble: Freiburger Barockorchester Bach's three well-known Violin Concertos are paired here with a splendid concerto for three violins, reconstructed from the surviving version for three harpsichords, BWV 1064....continue... ![]() Thea Musgrave: Chamber Works for Oboe / Nicholas Daniel, oboe; Emer McDonough, flute; James Turnbull, oboe; Joy Farrall, clarinet; Huw Watkins, piano1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2013-04-09 Conductors:Ensemble: Chilingirian String Quartet Rich and powerful musical language and a strong sense of drama have made Scottish-American composer Thea Musgrave (b.1928) one of the most respected and exciting...continue... ![]() Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Septem Verba a Christo / Sophie Karthäuser, Christophe Dumaux, Julian Behr, Konstantin Wolff. René Jacobs1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2013-03-12 Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Septem Verba a Christo, for soloists, chorus & orchestra (spurious)Performers: Wolff, Konstantin Conductors: Jacobs, René Ensemble: Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin The history of the oratorio Septem verba a Christo in cruce moriente prolata is as shrouded in mystery as its probable creator. The title of...continue... Recording information: Teldex Studio Berlin (08/2012)....continue... ![]() The Edge of Light - Messiaen: 8 Preludes; Pieces for Piano Quintet; Saariaho: Prelude, Ballade et al. / Gloria Cheng, piano. Calder Quartet1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2013-03-12 Works: Olivier Messiaen: Preludes (8) for Piano; Piece for Piano and String Quartet; Kaija Saariaho: Prelude, for piano solo; Ballade, for piano solo; Je sens un deuxième coeur, for viola, cello & pianoPerformers: Cheng, Gloria Conductors: Ensemble: Calder Quartet GRAMMY® Award winning pianist Gloria Cheng brings her probing and insightful style to a fascinating program that couples the brilliant and colorful works of Olivier...continue... ![]() Pour Passer la Mélancolie - Harpsichord works by Froberger, dÆAnglebert, Fischer, Couperin, Clérambault and Muffat / Andreas Staier, harpsichord1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2013-03-12 Keyboard virtuoso Andreas Staier presents Pour passer la mélancolie (to pass the melancholy), a unique program of French Baroque harpsichord music. The works presented here...continue... ![]() Britten: Suites for Solo Cello / Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2013-03-12 BBC Music Magazine, March 2013 The influence of Bach and the artistry of the Suites' dedicatee, Rostropovich, is clear in Britten's three Suites. Their elusive soliloquising...continue... ![]() Janácek: Violin Sonata; Lutoslawski: Partita; Szymanowski: Mythes / Isabelle Faust, violin; Ewa Kupiec, piano1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2013-03-12 BBC Music Magazine, March 2013 An exquisitely shaded performance of the Janacek Sonata sets up heady takes on Szymanowski's Mythes and the fizzing virtuosity of Lutoslawski's...continue... ![]() íEspaña! - Music by Albéniz, Falla, Mompou, Ravel, Rodrigo et al.5 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2013-03-12 Conductors: Pons, JosepEnsemble: Choeur dÆenfants de la maîtrise de Badalona ; Orquesta Ciudad de Granada; Orquestra de Cambra Teatre Lliure From the late 19th century onwards, following in the wake of Goya, Spain experienced a creative explosion that was to manifest itself in all the...continue... ![]() Rossini: Une larme, Serenata, Sonatas a quattro Nos. 3 & 6; Duetto for cello and double-bass1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2013-03-12 Conductors: Dieltiens, RoelEnsemble: Ensemble Explorations BBC Music Magazine, March 2013 Expert and sensitive chamber-scale performances of Rossini's delightful instrumental chips off the operatic block, but slightly missing their humour. ...continue... ![]() Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 / Melanie Diener, soprano; Petra Lang, contralto; Endrik Wottrich, tenor; Dietrich Henschel (1998 Recording)1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2013-03-12 Conductors: Herreweghe, PhilippeEnsemble: Collegium Vocale; Orchestre des ChampsÉlysées ![]() Claude Le Jeune: Autant en emporte le vent / Ensemble Clément Janequin, Dominique Visse1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2013-03-12 Conductors: Visse, DominiqueEnsemble: Ensemble Clément Janequin Early Music Review, February 2013 The flexible singing springing from the words makes a fine introduction to the later generation of French ensemble chansons. ...continue... ![]() Hugo Wolf: Mörike-Lieder / Werner Güra, tenor; Jan Schultsz, piano1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2013-03-12 BBC Music Magazine, March 2013 Harmonia Mundi's budget series typically provides no songtexts; but Werner Gura's uniquely elqouent tenor makes these settings flower so that literal...continue... ![]() Schumann: Papillons; Carnaval; Faschingsschwank aus Wien / Stefan Vladar, piano1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2013-03-12 BBC Music Magazine, March 2013 Stefan Vladar accepts Schumann's invitation in these works to the dance. Visceral readings are caught in a brightly lit, up-close-and-personal recording...continue... ![]() Strauss, Reger: Sonatas for Cello & Piano / Emmanuelle Bertrand cello; Pascal Amoyel, piano1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2013-03-12 BBC Music Magazine, March 2013 Beguiling early Strauss and Reger at his most lyrically inspired, whose seductive opulence comes alive when listened to at a healthy...continue... ![]() Richafort: Requiem / Huelgas-Ensemble, Paul Van Nevel1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2013-03-12 Conductors: Van Nevel, PaulEnsemble: Huelgas-Ensemble
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