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Samuel Barber: An American Romantic - The Choral Music of Samuel Barber / Conspirare

1 Super Audio CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-09-12

Works: Samuel Barber: Twelfth Night, for 4 voices. Op. 42/1; To Be Sung on the Water, for 4 voices, Op. 42/2; The Virgin Martyrs, Op. 8 no 1; Let Down the Bars, O Death, Op. 8 no 2; Reincarnations, for 4 vo...
Performers: Brickens, Nathaniel; Burritt, Thomas; Burritt, Tom; Clarke, Karen; Debow, Faith; Henderson, Rebecca; Hughes, Patrick [Trumpet]; Jones, Adah Toland [Flute]; Punter, Melanie; Sauer, Gregory; Shaw, Bria...
Conductors: Hella-Johnson, Craig
Ensemble: ; Conspirare

On their new recording Samuel Barber - An American Romantic, Craig Hella Johnson and Conspirare honor the great composer with a selection of some of...continue...
Recording information: Sauder Concert Hall, Goshen College, Indiana (09/2011)....continue...

Thierry Pécou: Tremendum / Ensemble Variance; Percussions Claviers de Lyon - Thierry Pecou

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-08-14

Works: Thierry Pécou: Tremendum, concerto-carnaval for piano, flute, saxophone, cello & 5 percussionists; Soleil-Tigre, for cello & piano; Manoa, for bass flute, bass clarinet & cello; L'Arbre aux fl...
Performers: Cartel, Anne; Gerretsen, Carjez; Louwerse, David; Pecou, Thierry
Conductors: Lecointe, Gerard;
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Variances

Born in 1965 in Paris, Thierry Pécou began studying the piano at the age of nine and continued his studies at the Paris Conservatoire Supérieur,...continue...
Recording information: Radio France, Studio 107 (01/11/2012-01/14/2012)....continue...

Astor Piazzolla: Histoire du Tango / Cecile Daroux, flute; Pablo Marquez, guitar

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-07-10

Works: Astor Piazzolla: History of the Tango; Études tanguistiques (6), for flute solo ("Tango-Études"); Tango Suite pour flûte et deux guitares; Pieces (5) for guitar; Enrico IV
Performers: Daroux, Cecile; Márquez, Pablo; Mosalini, Juan Jose; Sanchez, Leonardo

It was in December 1998 that Cécile Daroux recorded this disc, which has since become a benchmark both for flute aficionados and in the Piazzolla...continue...
Recording information: Studio 103 de la Maison de Radio France (12/1998)....continue...

Claude Debussy: Sonate for flute, alto & harp; Syrinx; Chansons de Bilitis / Gérard Caussé, alto; Isabelle Moretti, harp; Ariane Jacob, piano

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-07-10

Works: Claude Debussy: Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp; Syrinx; Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Chansons de Bilitis, incidental music for narrator, 2 flutes, 2 harps & celesta, L. 96
Performers: Bernold, Philippe; Causse, Gerard [Viola]; Dufour, Mathieu; Jacob, Ariane; Lorenzini, Germaine; Moretti, Isabelle

Stéphane Mallarmé was very impressed by the way in which Debussy had expanded on the moods of his poem, L'Après-midi d'un faune. The flute is...continue...
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Voyage en France / Alexandre Tharaud, Philippe Bernold, Ronald Van Spaendonck

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-08-09

Works: Maurice Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales; Pavane pour une infante défunte; Jeux d'eau; Menuet, for piano in C sharp minor; Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn; Menuet antique; Sérénad...
Performers: Bernold, Philippe; Spaendonck, Ronald Van; Tharaud, Alexandre

The Rose of Sharon: 100 Years of American Music, 1770-1870

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-05-10

Works: Addah Z. Potter: Lay me low; Benjamin Franklin White: The Morning Trumpet; American Traditional: He Comes, the Hero Comes!; The Death of General Wolfe; Jefferson and liberty, dance; Philip Phile: The...
Performers: Brotherton, Lydia; Evans, Timothy Leigh; Frederiksen, Joel; Haas, Andreas; Rentz-Moore, Deborah; Walthinsen, Karen; Wolf, Axel
Conductors: Frederiksen, Joel
Ensemble: Ensemble Phoenix Munich

On Rose of Sharon, Joel Frederiksen and the Ensemble Phoenix present a program of rarely heard American vocal music from the 18th and 19th centuries....continue...
Recording information: Reitstadel in Neumarkt (Oberpfalz) (05/2010)....continue...

Pierre-Yves Artaud: Flute Master & Teacher / A Film by Roger Kahane [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-02-08

Works: Various: Work(s)
Performers: Artaud, Pierre-Yves

Run Time: 52 min.
Region: All
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French Music for Clarinet and Piano

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-01-11

Works: Francis Poulenc: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano; Claude Debussy: Petite pièce, for clarinet & piano (or orchestra), L. 120; Première Rhapsodie for Clarinet and Orchestra; Darius Milhaud: S...
Performers: Spaendonck, Ronald Van; Tharaud, Alexandre

Recording information: Radio France (04/1996)....continue...

Georg Philipp Telemann: Musique de Table

4 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2010-10-12

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Overture, suite for 2 flutes, strings & continuo in E minor (Tafelmusik I/1), TWV 55; Quartet for flute, oboe, violin & continuo in G major (Tafelmusik I/2), TWV 43; Concerto ...
Performers: Arfken, Katharina; Behringer, Michael; Bruggemann, Ann-Kathrin; DeVaere, Tom; Haas, Lothar; Hulsemann, Beatrix; Johann, Torsten; Kaiser, Karl; Kaiser, Susanne; Kaufmann, Ulrike; Kittel, Christa; Lari...

Tafelmusik (table music) is a term used since the mid-16th century for music played at feasts and banquets. Some of the most significant composers of...continue...
Recording information: Freiburg im Breisgau (DE), Paulussaal (2009-02-??&2009-07-??&2009-)....continue...

Mr Corelli in London: Recorder Concertos, La Follia

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2010-04-13

Works: Francesco Geminiani: Concerto Grosso, for 2 violins, viola, cello, strings & continuo no 10 in F major (after Corelli 5/; Concerto Grosso, for 2 violins, viola, cello, strings & continuo no 8 in A mi...
Performers: Steger, Maurice
Conductors:
Ensemble: The English Concert

Any eighteenth-century English gentleman wishing to signal his impeccable taste in music would often do so by referring to the works of Arcangelo Corelli, whose...continue...
Recording information: All Hallows' Church, Gospel Oak, London, England (07/2009)....continue...

Handel: Trio Sonatas Op. 2 & 5 / Richard Egarr, Academy of Ancient Music

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-10-13

Works: George Frederick Handel: Trio sonata for flute/violin, violin & continuo in B minor, Op. 2/1, HWV 386b; Trio sonata for 2 violins & continuo in G minor, Op. 2/2, HWV 387; Trio Sonata for 2 Violins an...
Performers: Beznosiuk, Pavlo; Brown, Rachel; Crouch, Joseph; Egarr, Richard; Richter, Rodolfo
Conductors: Egarr, Richard
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music (UK)

Richard Egarr and the Academy of Ancient Music conclude their award-winning Handel cycle with this dazzling traversal of the Trio Sonatas Op.2 and Op.5. These...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Suffolk, England (10/2007/01/2008)....continue...

Bach: Harpsichord Concertos BWV 1052 & 1053, Triple Concerto / Egarr, Manze

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-06-09

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord in D minor, BWV 1052; Concerto for Harpsichord in E major, BWV 1053; Concerto for Flute, Violin and Harpsichord in A minor, BWV 1044 "Triple Concerto"
Performers: Brown, Rachel; Egarr, Richard; Manze, Andrew; Nobes, Pauline
Conductors:
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music (UK)

J. S. Bach's harpsichord concertos and the Triple Concerto span the total range of Baroque expression. Richard Egarr and the Academy of Ancient Music led...continue...

Handel: 12 Solo Sonatas Op 1 / Richard Egarr, Academy of Ancient Music

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-05-12

Works: George Frederick Handel: Sonata for Flute and Basso Continuo in E minor, HWV 359a/Op. 1 no 1; Sonata for Recorder and Basso continuo in G minor, HWV 360/Op. 1 no 2; Sonata for Violin and Basso Contin...
Performers: Beznosiuk, Pavlo; Brown, Rachel; Bruine, Frank de; Egarr, Richard
Conductors: Egarr, Richard

"The Academy of Ancient Music is one of the best and oldest of period-instrument groups, so it should come as no surprise that their performances...continue...

Elgar: Nursery Suite, Sospiri, etc / Goodwin, Price, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-04-14

Works: Edward Elgar: Nursery Suite; Dream Children, for small orchestra (or piano), Op. 43; In the South (Alassio), Concert Overture, Op. 50; Romance, for bassoon & orchestra (also arr. for cello & piano), ...
Performers: Bennett, William; Ellis, Osian; Gonley, Stephanie; Price, Julie
Conductors: Goodwin, Paul
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

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Not even Sir John Barbirolli or the much underrated William Boughton quite captures the same sense of strings merely breathing on their instruments...continue...

La flûte soliste au 20th siècle / Philippe Bernold, Alexandre Tharaud

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2008-08-12

Works: Pierre Boulez: Sonatine for Flute and Piano; Olivier Messiaen: Le merle noir; André Jolivet: Incantations (5) for flute solo; Henri Dutilleux: Sonatine for Flute and Piano; Edgard Varèse: D...
Performers: Bernold, Philippe; Tharaud, Alexandre

Virtuoso flutist Philippe Bernold performs five twentieth-century masterworks of the repertoire for solo flute - works which also happen to be milestones in the music...continue...

Ludus Danielis - The Play of Daniel / The Dufay Collective, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2008-08-12

Works: Anonymous, Egerton Manuscript 2615: Ludus Danielis (The Play of Daniel), medieval mystery play
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Brough, Harvey; Ellis, Vivien; Grant, Simon [Bass Vocal]; Lewin, Giles [Violin/Bagpipe]; Lyons, William; Pell, Susanna; Phillips, Tom [Tenor Vocal]; Pott, Charles; Potter, John [Te...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Dufay Collective

"The singing and instrumental playing are first rate, as we expect from these forces, and I have to say that the way instruments are used...continue...

The Elfin Knight / Joel Frederiksen, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2007-09-11

Works: English Traditional: Whittingham Fair, folk song ("The Elfin Knight"); Greensleeves, folk song; Go from My Window, folk song; Fortune My Foe; Scarborough Fair; Anonymous, English: Walsingham; Lord Da...
Performers: Evans, Timothy Leigh; Frederiksen, Joel; Marincic, Domen; Schwannberger, Sven; Weigl, Helmut
Conductors: Frederiksen, Joel
Ensemble: Ensemble Phoenix Munich

A basso with exceptional timbre, Frederiksen has done his homework and is now able to revive a whole host of folk ballads that are at...continue...

Delalande: Symphonies pour les Soupers du Roy / Hugo Reyne

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2007-08-14

Works: Michel-Richard Delalande: Concert de trompettes, for orchestra, S. 158/1-6, 20 (Symphonies pour les soupers du Roy); Troisième Fantaisie ou Caprice, for orchestra, S. 162; Septième suite, f...
Performers: Reyne, Hugo
Conductors: Reyne, Hugo
Ensemble: La Simphonie du Marais

"The listener is treated to three suites of widely varying structure (the 12th suite has seven short movements, the fifth 13, and the seventh suite,...continue...

Bach, Müthel: Keyboard Concertos, etc / Schornsheim, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2007-03-20

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord in D minor, BWV 1052; Concerto for Flute, Violin and Harpsichord in A minor, BWV 1044 "Triple Concerto"; Johann Gottfried Müthel: Concerto for har...
Performers: Huntgeburth, Christoph; Kallweit, Georg; Meniker, Zvi; Schornsheim, Christine

Telemann: Suites, Concerto for Recorder / Steger, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2006-05-09

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Overture, suite for recorder (or flute), strings & continuo in A minor, TWV 55; Concerto for recorder, strings & continuo in C major, TWV 51; Wasser Overture, for 2 recorders,...
Performers: Loffler, Xenia; Steger, Maurice

"Steger is a supremely gifted player, with what sounds like an effortless mastery of his instrument. Combine that with an inspired imagination ready to take...continue...

Mozart: Concertante all harpa e flauto / Goltz, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2006-03-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sinfonia concertante for Violin and Viola in E flat major, K 364 (320d); Concerto for Flute & Harp, K. 299 in C major; Symphony no 31 in D major, K 297 (300a) "Paris"
Performers: Galassi, Mara; Kaiser, Susanne
Conductors: Von der Goltz, Gottfried

Fourteen years after his first dazzling appearance in the salons of Paris, Mozart set out to re-conquer a public avid for virtuosos in a city...continue...

Century Vol 20 - Music of Today

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2006-02-14

Works: Edgard Varèse: Density 21.5; Olivier Messiaen: Cinq Rechants; Pierre Boulez: Sonatine for Flute and Piano; György Ligeti: Sonata for viola; Maurice Ohana: Etudes d'interprétation f...
Performers: Bernold, Philippe; Bertrand, Emmanuelle; Boyd, Doug [Vocals]; Coryell, Lark; Faust, Isabelle; Jude, Marie-Josephe; Kupiec, Ewa; Lipsitt, Eric; Longinotti, Kathie; Mainetti, Pablo; Power, Lawrence; Ro...
Conductors: Berio, Luciano; Masson, Diego; ; Nagano, Kent; Pons, Josep
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Musique Vivante; Les Percussions de Strasbourg; Pacific Mozart Ensemble

Bach: Violin Concerto, etc / Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2006-01-10

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin, strings & continuo in D minor (reconstruction), BWV 1052R; Concerto for 2 Harpsichords in C minor, BWV 1062; Concerto for harpsichord, 2 recorders, strings...
Performers: Alpermann, Raphael; Bötticher, Jörg-Andreas; Huntgeburth, Christoph; Löffler, Xenia; Seiler, Midori
Conductors:
Ensemble: Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin

Only a fraction of Bachs orchestral output has reached posterity. There has been much conjecture as to the reasons for the above-average rate of loss...continue...

Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire / Herreweghe, Pousseur, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2003-10-01

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21; Chamber Symphony no 1 in E major, Op. 9
Performers: Ader, Alice; Glab, Elisabeth; Lerner, Remi; Pierre-Andre Valade [Conductor/Flute]; Pousseur, Marianne; Veyrier, Isabelle
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Musique Oblique

Bach: 7 Harpsichord Concertos, etc / Egarr, Manze, et al

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2002-03-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord in D minor, BWV 1052; Concerto for Harpsichord in E major, BWV 1053; Concerto for Flute, Violin and Harpsichord in A minor, BWV 1044 "Triple Concerto";...
Performers: Beckett, Rachel; Brown, Rachel; Egarr, Richard; Nobes, Pauline
Conductors: Manze, Andrew
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

"What makes these versions especially pleasurable is the way the harpsichordist blends with the ensemble rather than aggressively stepping into the spotlight. Excellent sound from...continue...

Couperin: Concerts royaux / Claire, See, Moroney, ter Linden

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2000-11-01

Works: François Couperin: Concerts royaux, for harpsichord or violin, flute, oboe, viol & bassoon (Troisième livre de pièces d
Performers: Claire, Robert; Moroney, Davitt; See, Janet; ter Linden, Jaap

It is often said that all of Couperin's art is expressed in half-tones: this portrait - a discipline in which the organist of Saint Gervais...continue...

Stravinsky: Pulcinella, Dumbarton Oaks, etc / Josep Pons

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 1997-01-01

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Pulcinella, suite for orchestra; Suite no 1 for small Orchestra; Suite no 2, for chamber orchestra; Concerto for chamber orchestra in E flat major ("Dumbarton Oaks")
Performers: Bernal Bofarull; Carles Fibla; Casero, Ricardo; Daniel Posen; David Peralta; Fernandez, Pablo; Friedhoff, Mark; Giselle Lopez; Martijn Noomen; Matthew L. Simon; Patricia Maxo; Pere Bardagi; Pereira, ...

"The Harmonia Mundi disc features a marvelous chamber orchestra from Barcelona...The sound is clear and alive, but strings are just a touch shrill; a bright...continue...

Les Tres Riches Heures du Moyen Age - A Medieval Journey

6 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 1995-11-01

Works: Byzantine Chant: Alleluia. Tropaire de la venue de l'époux (Holy Monday); Innani'Uchachidu khidraka - Exapostilarion de l'Office de Mardi Sant; The Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom; Anonymou...
Performers: Angelopoulos, Lycourgos; Balloy, Philippe; Benet, Josep; Bothwell, Malcolm; Breitschopf, Hans; Brisset, Laurence; Cabre, Josep; Casabianca, Gilberte; Casalonga, Nicole; Clemencic, Rene; Deller, Alfre...
Conductors: ; Pérès, Marcel; Deller, Alfred; Dobszay, László; Clemencic, René; Springfels, Mary; Hillier, Paul
Ensemble: Anonymous 4; Clemencic Consort; Deller Consort; Ensemble Organum; L'Ensemble de la Paix; Les Pages de la Chapelle; Newberry Consort; Schola Hungarica; The Hilliard Ensemble