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Mozart: Keyboard Music, Vol. 4 - Piano Sonatas K283 & K311; Fantasia K397 et al. / Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2013-01-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Fantasia for Piano in D minor, K 397 (385g); Sonata for Piano no 9 in D major, K. 311 (K. 284c); Prelude and Fugue for Piano in C major, K 394 (383a); Variations (12) for Pi...
Performers: Bezuidenhout, Kristian

On volume four of his widely acclaimed traversal of Mozart's music for solo keyboard, forte pianist Kristian Bezuidenhout performs on an instrument by Paul McNulty,...continue...
Recording information: Air Studios, Lyndhurst Hall, London, England (10/2011)....continue...

Weber: Violin Sonatas Op. 10/1-6; Piano Quartet Op. 8 / Isabelle Faust, violin; Alexander Melnikov, fortepiano

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2013-01-08

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Sonata for piano & violin obbligato no 6 in C major, J. 104 (Op. 10b/6); Sonata for piano & violin obbligato no 3 in D minor, J. 101 (Op. 10b/3); Sonata for piano & violin obbli...
Performers: Faust, Boris; Faust, Isabelle; Melnikov, Alexander; Schmidt, Wolfgang Emanuel

Was Carl Maria von Weber born only to compose Der Freischütz? So, at least, many people have thought, forgetting the existence of a catalogue of...continue...
Recording information: Teldex Studio Berlin (06/2011)....continue...

Mozart: Piano Concertos K. 453 & 482 / Kristian Bezuidenhout, piano; Petra Mullejans, Freiburger Barockorchester

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-11-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 17 in G major, K 453; Rondo for Piano and Orchestra in A major, K 386; Concerto for Piano no 22 in E flat major, K 482
Performers: Bezuidenhout, Kristian
Conductors: Müllejans, Petra
Ensemble: Freiburger Barockorchester

Mozart places melody at the very heart of his concertos. Introverted and sometimes uncertain at the start of K453, it is subsequently transmuted into birdsong...continue...
Recording information: Freiburg (DE), Ensemblehaus (05/2012)....continue...

Mozart: La Finta Giardiniera / Sunhae Im, Sophie Karthauser, Alexandrina Pendatchanska, Jeremy Ovenden. René Jacobs

3 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-10-09

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La finta giardiniera, K 196
Conductors: Jacobs, René
Ensemble: Freiburger Barockorchester

Following on the remarkable and unprecedented success of his recordings of Die Zauberflöte, Idomeneo, La Clemenza di Tito and the three Da Ponte operas, conductor...continue...
Recording information: Teldex Studio Berlin (09/2011)....continue...

Beethoven: Moto perpetuo - Sonatas nos 12, 17, 22 & 27 / Javier Perianes, piano

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-09-12

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 12 in A flat major, Op. 26 "Funeral March"; Sonata for Piano no 22 in F major, Op. 54; Sonata for Piano no 17 in D minor, Op. 31/2 "The Tempest"; Sonata for ...
Performers: Perianes, Javier

Man's fascination with the theory of perpetual motion dates back thousands of years. Musical expressions of the concept span from Franco-Flemish polyphony to modern-day minimalism....continue...
Recording information: Teldex Studio Berlin (12/2011)....continue...

Beethoven: Egmont Op. 84; Triple Concerto, Op. 56 / Trio Wanderer

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-07-10

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello in C major, Op. 56 "Triple Concerto"; Egmont, incidental music, Op. 84
Performers: Wanderer, Trio
Conductors: Conlon, James
Ensemble: ; Gurzenich-Orchester Kolner Philharmoiniker

A concerto for four? The Triple Concerto may well be one of Beethoven's most enigmatic works: some commentators have seen it as no more than...continue...
Recording information: Philharmonie de Cologne (12/17/2000-12/19/2000)....continue...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonatas K.282, 330, 331, 399, 455, 457, 475 & 574 / Andreas Staier, pianoforte

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-07-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Suite for piano in C major (fragment), K. 399 (K. 385i); Gigue for Keyboard in G major, K 574; Sonata for Piano no 4 in E flat major, K 282 (189g); Variations (10) for Piano ...
Performers: Staier, Andreas [Keyboard]

Released for the first time in 2003 and 2005, this two-CD set combines two Mozart recordings in which Andreas Staier raises the questions of ornamentation...continue...

Beethoven: Diabelli Variations et al. / Andreas Staier, fortepiano after Conrad Graf

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-05-08

Works: Anton Diabelli: Waltz (Theme for the Variations); Carl Czerny: Variation on a Waltz by Diabelli (v. 4), for piano (part of collaborative work); Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Variations on a waltz by Diabell...
Performers: Staier, Andreas [Keyboard]

In 1819, music publisher and composer Anton Diabelli sent a waltz of his own creation to all the important composers of the Austrian Empire, asking...continue...
Recording information: Teldex Studio Berlin (09/2010)....continue...

Beethoven: Complete Piano Trios / Trio Wanderer [5 CDs]

5 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-04-10

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in E flat major, Op. 1 no 1; Trio for Piano and Strings in G major, Op. 1/2; Trio for Piano and Strings no 3 in C minor, Op. 1 no 3; Trio for Pia...
Performers: Wanderer, Trio
Conductors:
Ensemble: Trio Wanderer

To celebrate their 25th anniversary, Trio Wanderer presents a complete set of the piano trios of Ludwig van Beethoven. Already established within Viennese culture by...continue...
Recording information: Teldex Studio Berlin (12/2010/09/2011)....continue...

Frederick The Great: Music For The Berlin Court / George Kallweit, Academy for Ancient Music Berlin

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-03-13

Works: Johann Gottlieb Graun: Overture and Allegro in D minor for orchestra; Concerto for viola da gamba in A minor; Christoph Nichelmann: Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo in C minor; Frederick ...
Conductors: Kallweit, George;
Ensemble: Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin

Johann Gottlieb Graun [-]Ouvertüre und Allegro GraunWV A:XI:2...continue...
Recording information: Teldex Studio Berlin (11/2011)....continue...

Mozart: Symphonies Nos.38 & 41 [CD+Catalog] / Rene Jacobs, Freiburger BO

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-03-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 38 in D major, K 504 "Prague"; Symphony no 41 in C major, K 551 "Jupiter"
Conductors: Jacobs, René
Ensemble: ; Freiburger Barockorchester

Conducting the Freiburger Barockorchester, resident harmonia mundi archaeologist René Jacobs rediscovers two symphonies of 'classic' status. The guiding principle of his interpretation is clari...continue...
Recording information: Congress Innsbruck, Saal Tirol (08/2006)....continue...

CPE Bach: Trio Sonatas / Charles Medlam, London Baroque

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-02-14

Works: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Trio (Sinfonia), sonata for 2 violins & continuo in A minor, H. 582, Wq. 156; Trio sonata for 2 violins (or flute & violin) & continuo in F major, H. 576, Wq. 154; Trio son...
Conductors: Medlam, Charles
Ensemble: London Baroque

Recording information: 04/1994....continue...

Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 35 & 36 / Jiri Belohlavek

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-02-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 35 in D major, K 385 "Haffner"; Symphony no 36 in C major, K 425 "Linz"
Conductors: Belohlávek, Jirí
Ensemble: ; Prague Philharmonia

In 1782 and 1783, Mozart's life was an absolute whirlwind of activity. The two symphonies he composed then bear witness to creative powers more astonishing...continue...
Recording information: Prague Rudofinum (01/2005)....continue...

Oboist Celine Moinet plays J.S. Bach, C.P.E Bach, Berio & Carter

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-02-14

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita for Flute solo in A minor, BWV 1013; Luciano Berio: Sequenza VII, for oboe; Benjamin Britten: Metamorphoses (6) after Ovid, for oboe solo, Op. 49; Elliott Carter: Inner...
Performers: Moinet, Celine [Oboe]

Oboist Céline Moinet begins her collaboration with harmonia mundi with a veritable tour de force, combining, in a single collection, two repertories separated by more...continue...
Recording information: Teldex Studio Berlin (04/2011-05/2011)....continue...

Berg & Beethoven: Violin Concertos / Isabelle Faust, Claudio Abbado

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-02-14

Works: Alban Berg: Concerto for Violin; Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61
Performers: Faust, Isabelle
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: ; Orchestra Mozart

Violinist Isabelle Faust is featured on a disc of German violin concertos that marks the début recording for harmonia mundi by the great Italian conductor...continue...
Recording information: Teatro Manzoni, Bologna, Italy (11/2010)....continue...

Mozart: Keyboard Music Vol.3 / Kristian Bezuidenhout

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-01-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano no 13 in B flat major, K. 333 (K. 315c); Variations (8) for Piano in F major on "Ein Weib ist das herrlichste Ding", K 613; Fantasia for Piano in C minor, K ...
Performers: Bezuidenhout, Kristian

In Volume 3 of his widely acclaimed traversal of Mozart's music for solo keyboard, forte pianist Kristian Bezuidenhout plays a modern reproduction of an 1805...continue...
Recording information: Air Studios, Lyndhurst Hall, London, England (05/2011)....continue...

Haydn: String Quartets, Vol. 2: Opp. 20/5; 33/3; 76/5 / Jerusalem Quartet

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-12-13

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Quartet for Strings in F minor, Op. 20 no 5/H 3 no 35; Quartet for Strings in C major, Op. 33 no 3/H 3 no 39 "Bird"; Quartet for Strings no 64 in D major ("Largo"), Op. 76/5, H. ...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet

Israel's first professional chamber group, the Jerusalem String Quartet was formed in 1993 when the members were still students at the Jerusalem Music Center. Since...continue...
Recording information: Teldex Studio, Berlin (08/2008/09/2008)....continue...

Noël - Christmas Edition Sampler

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-11-08

Works: Franz Gruber: Silent Night; Heinrich Schütz: Heute ist Christus der Herr geboren, SWV 439; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Pastorale sur la naissance de N.S. Jesus-Christ, H. 483; Arcangelo Corelli: C...
Performers: Banchini, Chiara; Lawrence-King, Andrew; Mellon, Agnes [Soprano Vocal]; Roure, Yves; Saorgin, Rene
Conductors: Gronostay, Uwe; Jacobs, René; Christie, William; ; Herreweghe, Philippe; Hillier, Paul; Pérès, Marcel
Ensemble: ; Concerto Vocale; Ensemble 415; Ensemble Organum; La Chapelle Royale; Les Arts Florissants

Recording information: 1976-2002....continue...

Noëls à l'orgue / René Sorgin

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-11-08

Works: Recorded Sound: Introduction to the Carillon du Château des Ducs de Savoie; Louis-Claude Daquin: Nouveau livre de noëls (12), Op. 2; Domenico Zipoli: Sonate d'intavolatura; Johann Sebastian...
Performers: Roure, Yves; Saorgin, Rene

Recording information: 1976-1980....continue...

J.C. Bach: Requiem Mass / Ruiten, Sandhoff, Balzer, Bauer

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-10-11

Works: Johann Christian Bach: Introit & Kyrie, funeral music for double chorus & orchestra, CW E11 (T. 208/5); Dies irae, for 4 vocal soloists, double chorus & orchestra, CW E12 (T. 202/4); Miserere (Psalm ...
Conductors: Rademann, Hans-Christoph
Ensemble: Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin

Following on his acclaimed disc of Johann Ludwig Bach, conductor Hans-Christoph Rademann continues his fascinating exploration of history's most famous musical dynasty. Born in 1735,...continue...
Recording information: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin-Dahlem (11/2010)....continue...

Isabelle Faust: Violin Sonatas & Concertos / Alexander Melnikov, Ewa Kupiec

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-08-09

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61; Franz Schubert: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, D 574/Op. 162; Béla Bartók: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1, Sz 75; Bo...
Performers: Faust, Isabelle; Kupiec, Ewa; Melnikov, Alexander
Conductors: Belohlávek, Jirí

BBC Music Magazine
A splendid calling card from one of today's most outstanding and versatile violinists, who plays it all with equal ease.
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Boccherini: String Quintet Op. 30 No. 6 La musica notturna delle strade di Madrid; Guitar Quintet No. 6 / Eckart Runge, Carles Trepat

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-08-09

Works: Luigi Boccherini: Quintet for 2 Violins, Viola and 2 Cellos in C major, Op. 30 no 6/G 324 "Musica notturna di Madrid"; String Quintet for 2 violins, viola & 2 cellos in E major, G. 275 (Op. 11/5); Qu...
Performers: Runge, Eckart; Trepat, Carles
Conductors:
Ensemble: Cuarteto Casals

Boccherini owes his celebrity to more than just the Minuet of his string quintet Op.11 No.5. This recording proves that fact with stunning brilliance: from...continue...
Recording information: Teldex Studio Berlin (09/2010)....continue...

Beethoven: Sonata No. 8 "Pathétique"; Schubert: Sonatas Nos. 19 & 20; Liszt: Sonata in B minor / Paul Lewis, piano

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-08-09

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathetique"; Sonata for Piano no 25 in G major, Op. 79 "Cuckoo"; Franz Schubert: Sonata for Piano in C minor, D 958; Sonata for Piano i...
Performers: Lewis, Paul [Piano]

Boccherini: Stabat Mater; Symphonies / Agnès Mellon, Chiara Banchini, Enrico Gatti, Emilio Moreno

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-07-12

Works: Luigi Boccherini: Symphony in D minor, Op. 12 no 4/G 506 "Nella casa del diavolo"; Symphony in A major, G. 511 (Op. 35/3); Symphony in D major, G 490; Symphony in F major, G. 512 (Op. 35/4); Stabat M...
Performers: Banchini, Chiara; Mellon, Agnes [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Banchini, Chiara;
Ensemble: Ensemble 415

Recording information: 07/1988/04/1991....continue...

Beethoven: Diabelli Variations

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-06-14

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations (33) for Piano on a Waltz by Diabelli in C major, Op. 120
Performers: Lewis, Paul [Piano]

Beethoven's 33 Variations on a waltz by Anton Diabelli was completed in 1823. Alfred Brendel has described it as, "the greatest of all piano works"...continue...
Recording information: Teldex Studio Berlin (12/2009)....continue...

Joseph Haydn: Die Schöpfung

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-05-10

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: The Creation, H 21 no 2
Conductors: Jacobs, René

If one believes an anecdote from the early 1790s, it was with his oratorio Die Schöpfung (The Creation) that Haydn, in the autumn of his...continue...
Recording information: Teldec Studio Berlin (01/2009)....continue...

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...

C.P.E. Bach: Sei Concerti per il Cembalo Concertato, Wq. 43

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-04-12

Works: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord in F major, Wq 42/H471; Concerto for harpsichord, 2 flutes, 2 horns, strings & continuo in D minor (Sei Concerti no 2), H.; Concerto for harpsichor...
Performers: Staier, Andreas [Keyboard]
Conductors: Müllejans, Petra

The Sei concerti per il cembalo concertato were the outcome of a period of intensive work between 1770 and 1772 shortly after Carl Philipp Emanuel...continue...
Recording information: Teldex Studio, Berlin (05/2010)....continue...

Mozart: Night Music

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-03-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Adagio and Fugue for Strings in C minor, K 546; Serenade no 6 in D major, K 239 "Serenata notturna"; Divertimento for 2 horns & strings in F major "A ...
Conductors: Manze, Andrew

This staple of the harmonia mundi catalog is now available as a budget-priced CD and catalog combo pack. The full-color 2011 catalog contains information about...continue...
Recording information: Air Studios, Lyndhurst Hall, London, England (02/28/2003-03/02/2003)....continue...

Mozart: String Quartets K 157, 458 & 589

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-02-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet for Strings no 4 in C major, K 157; Quartet for Strings no 17 in B flat major, K 458 "Hunt"; Quartet for Strings no 22 in B flat major, K 589

After two widely acclaimed Haydn releases, the Jerusalem Quartet now logically turns to an exploration of Mozart and three distinct periods in his creative life....continue...
Recording information: Teldex Studio, Berlin (02/2010)....continue...

Mozart: Keyboard Music Vol. 2

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-01-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano no 10 in C major, K 330 (300h); Rondo for Piano no 3 in A minor, K 511; Rondo for Piano no 1 in D major, K 485; Adagio for Piano in B minor, K 540; Sonata fo...
Performers: Bezuidenhout, Kristian

Fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout continues his multidisc survey of Mozart’s music for solo keyboard. Volume 2 features an instrument by Paul McNulty, modeled on a Viennese...continue...
Recording information: Air Studios, Lyndhurst Hall, London, England (01/2010)....continue...

Beethoven: Late Quartets / Tokyo Quartet

3 Super Audio CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2010-10-12

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet for Strings no 12 in E flat major, Op. 127; Quartet for Strings no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 131; Quartet for Strings no 13 in B flat major, Op. 130; Grosse Fuge for Stri...

The Tokyo String Quartet completes its acclaimed Beethoven cycle with the composer's valedictory quartets of 1825-26. As he looked ahead to structures and soundworlds then...continue...

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte / René Jacobs

3 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2010-09-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Conductors: Jacobs, René

The year's most eagerly anticipated opera recording has finally arrived: Mozart's 'Die Zauberflote' conducted by Rene Jacobs. The great Belgian maestro's previous Mozart opera recordings...continue...
Recording information: Teldex Studio Berlin (11/2009)....continue...

The Cherry Tree / Anonymous 4

1 Super Audio CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2010-09-14

Works: Irish Traditional: Prophetarum presignata, prosa for vocal ensemble; Christmas Traditional: Nowell Sing We, carol (English); The Shepherd's Star (American); Nowell, Nowell, Tidings True, carol ("Nowe...

Back in the studio after a four year hiatus, Anonymous 4 returns with 'The Cherry Tree' - an instant holiday music classic featuring medieval English...continue...
Recording information: Sauder Concert Hall, Goshen College, IN (02/2009); Skywalker Sound (02/2009); Sauder Concert Hall, Goshen College, IN (11/2009); Skywalker Sound (11/2009)....continue...

Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos / Paul Lewis

3 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2010-08-10

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 1 in C major, Op. 15; Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 19; Concerto for Piano no 3 in C minor, Op. 37; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. ...
Performers: Lewis, Paul [Piano]
Conductors: Belohlávek, Jirí

Recording information: AIR Studios (11/2009); London, Maida Vale Studios (11/2009); AIR Studios (2009-07-??&2009-11-??&2010-); London, Maida Vale Studios (2009-07-??&2009-11-??&2010-)....continue...

Deutsche Barocklider (German Baroque Songs) / Andreas Scholl (CtrTnr)

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2010-07-13

Works: Johann Nauwach: Jetzund kömpt die Nacht herbey; Ach Liebste, laß uns eilen; Heinrich Albert: Turpe senex miles, turpe senilis amor; Veneris miseras resonare querelas; Johann Caspar Ferdina...
Performers: Heumann, Friederike; Marlk, Markus; Pfister, Stephanie; Quintana, Juan Manuel; Scholl, Andreas; Schröder, Karl-Ernst; Valetti, Pablo; Verzier, Alix

Recording information: Waldenburg (08/1994)....continue...

Beethoven: Missa Solemnis

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2010-06-08

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa solemnis in D major, Op. 123
Performers: Hauptmann, Cornelius [Bass Vocal]; Mannion, Rosa; Taylor, James [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Herreweghe, Philippe

Artists:
Rosa Mannion (soprano), Birgit Remmert (mezzo), James Taylor (tenor), Cornelius Hauptmann (bass)
Chapelle Royale Choir, Collegium Vocale & Orchestre des Champs Elysees, Philippe ...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium Stravinsky de Montreux (02/1995)....continue...

Mozart: Symphonies 39 & 40

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2010-05-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 39 in E flat major, K 543; Symphony no 40 in G minor, K 550
Conductors: Jacobs, René

After a decade immersed in the great Mozart operas (to universal critical acclaim) Rene Jacobs returns to the late symphonies, leading the outstanding Freiburger Barockorchester....continue...
Recording information: Freiburg, Paulussaal (11/2008)....continue...

Blasco De Nebra: Piano Sonatas

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2010-05-11

Works: Manuel Blasco de Nebra: Sonata for harpsichord or piano no 1 in C minor, Op. 1/1; Sonata for harpsichord or piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 1/2; Sonata for harpsichord or piano no 5 in F sharp minor,...
Performers: Perianes, Javier

Javier Perianes, described by the Buffalo News as "a pianist of such sensitivity and sensibility that he is already one of the greatest of his...continue...
Recording information: Teldex Studio Berlin (07/2009)....continue...

Mozart: Keyboard Music Vol. 1

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2010-03-09

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Fantasy for Piano in C minor, K 475; Sonata for Piano in F major, K. 533/494; Sonata for Piano no 16 in B flat major, K. 570; Variations (10) for Piano in G major on Gluck's ...
Performers: Bezuidenhout, Kristian

International Record Review
This survey looks likely to set a new benchmark.
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Recording information: Air Studios, Lyndhurst Hall, London, England (05/2009)....continue...

Mozart, Spohr: Clarinet Concertos

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2010-02-09

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Louis Spohr: Concerto for Clarinet no 2 in E flat major, Op. 57
Performers: Manasse, Jon
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard

'Non-standard' solo instruments have always made their way in the chamber music and concerto worlds through the advocacy of exceptional players. In the last ten...continue...
Recording information: S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Benaroya Hall, Sea (02/2009)....continue...

Haydn: "Prussian" String Quartets Op. 33 / Cuarteto Casals

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-11-10

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Quartet for Strings in B minor, Op. 33 no 1/H 3 no 37; Quartet for Strings in E flat major, Op. 33 no 2/H 3 no 38 "Joke"; Quartet for Strings in C major, Op. 33 no 3/H 3 no 39 "Bi...

The six string quartets of opus 33, though known as the "Russian Quartets" in reference to their dedicatee the Grand Duke of Russia and future...continue...

Haydn: Violin Concerto, Symphonies no 49 & 80 / Gottfried von der Goltz, Freiburger Barockorchester

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-11-10

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 80 in D minor, H. 1/80; Concerto for Violin no 1 in C major, H. 7a/1; Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in G major, H 15 no 25
Performers: Roth, Gottfried
Conductors: Roth, Gottfried

New in the Haydn Edition series is this recording of music that features music from the composer's "Sturm und Drang" period. Here, the musicians of...continue...
Recording information: Freiburg, Paulusaal (08/2008)....continue...

Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas / Paul Lewis

10 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-11-10

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 16 in G major, Op. 31 no 1; Sonata for Piano no 17 in D minor, Op. 31/2 "The Tempest"; Sonata for Piano no 18 in E flat, Op. 31; Sonata for piano no 8 in C m...
Performers: Lewis, Paul [Piano]

Paul Lewis performed all the Beethoven piano sonatas on tour in the USA and Europe between the 2005 and 2007 seasons, in parallel with his...continue...
Recording information: Teldex Studio Berlin (04/2005-06/2007)....continue...

The Art of the Violin / Andrew Manze

5 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-11-10

Works: Arcangelo Corelli: Sonata for violin & continuo in D major, Op. 5/1; Sonata for violin & continuo in B flat major, Op. 5/2; Sonatas (12) for Violin and Basso Continuo, Op. 5; Sonata for violin & cont...
Performers: Egarr, Richard; Manze, Andrew; ter Linden, Jaap [Cello]
Conductors: Manze, Andrew

Andrew Manze is celebrated as, "a violinist with extraordinary flair and improvisatory freedom" (BBC Music Magazine) and, "the first modern superstar of the baroque violin"...continue...

Troubadours

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-10-13

Works: Anonymous, Trouvères: A l'entrada del temps clar; Peirol: Quant amors trobèt partit; Peire Vidal: Vida et Razos / Barons de mon dan convit; Bernart de Ventadorn: Vida; Can l'erba fresch', m...
Performers: Dittrich, Michael; Kecskes, Andras; Pok, Frantisek; Vesseghi, Esmail; Zosso, René
Conductors:
Ensemble: Clemencic Consort

Recording information: 06/1977....continue...

13th Van Cliburn Competition - Gold Medal

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-10-13

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 10; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 29 in B flat major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier"; Franz Liszt: Grand Bravura Fantasia on Paganini's "La ...
Performers: Tsujii, Nobuyuki

One of two Gold Medal winners in the 2009 Van Cliburn Piano Competition, Nobuyuki Tsujii's release has already had advance sales of 90,000 in his...continue...
Recording information: Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth, Texas (05/22/2009-06/07/2009)....continue...

13th Van Cliburn Competition - Silver Medal

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-10-13

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Sonata for Keyboard no 58 in C major, H 16 no 48; Samuel Barber: Sonata for Piano in E flat minor, Op. 26; Claude Debussy: Préludes, Book 1; Leopold Godowsky: Symphonic metam...
Performers: Son, Yeol-Eum

Recording information: Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth, Texas (05/22/2009-06/07/2009)....continue...

Mozart: Idomeneo / Jacobs, Fink, Croft, Rivenq, Im, et al

4 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-06-09

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo
Performers: Croft, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Im, Sunhae; Pendatchanska, Alexandrina; Rivenq, Nicolas; Tarver, Kenneth; Tittoto, Luca
Conductors: Jacobs, René

It is curious that, considering their revolutionary nature, Mozart's mature operas are bookended by two opera seria. Written when the composer was 24, 'Idomeneo' demonstrated...continue...

Haydn: Symphonies 91 & 92, etc / Jacobs, Fink, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-05-12

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 91 in E flat major, H 1 no 91; Berenice, che fai, H 24a no 10; Symphony no 92 in G major, H 1 no 92 "Oxford"
Performers: Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Jacobs, René

BBC Music Magazine
Symphony No. 92... is one of his most dazzling symphonies... More mellow, and less well known, is the E flat Symphony No. 91......continue...