Pescetti, Giovanni Battista

Auprès de Toi

1 CD / Gallo / 2012-03-13

Works: Henry Eccles: Sonate en la mineur pour contrebasse et quatuor à cordes; Spoken Word: Psalm 23; Un amour m'attend; Psalm 130; Je cheminais sur une plage; Isaiah 43; J'ai tout remis entre tes main...

This recording is meant to be a comfort for people who are experiencing difficult times. Music is interspersed with reading - Biblical texts as well...continue...

Essential Harp / Nancy Allen, Ann Griffiths, Julia Thornton, Annie Challan, et al.

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-12

Works: George Frederick Handel: Harp Concerto in B flat, Op. 4/6 (from the film Interview with the Vampire); Theme and Variations for harp in G minor (spurious); Antonio Vivaldi: Lute Concerto in D, RV 93 (...
Performers: Allen, Nancy [Harp]; Challan, Annie; Duchable, Francois-Rene [Piano]; Galway, James [Flute]; Geliot, Martine; Griffiths, Ann; Helmis, Fritz; Klinko, Markus; Nordmann, Marielle; Shifrin, David; Thornt...
Conductors: Kantorow, Jean-Jacques; Olah, Erno; Karajan, Herbert von; ; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Guschelbauer, Theodor; Witold, Jean; Bátiz, Enrique; Cluytens, André
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Instrumental Sinfonia; Paris National Opera Orchestra

Andrea Marcon: Recital: 3 Centuries of Italian Organ Music

1 CD / Divox / 2011-03-29

Works: Michelangelo Rossi: Toccata for Harpsichord no 7 in D minor; Bernardo Storace: Ricercar; Balletto, for keyboard; Ballo alla Battaglia; Bernardo Pasquini: Work(s); Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Organ...
Performers: Marcon, Andrea

Giovanni Battista Pescetti: Sonate Per Gravicembalo (London 1739)

2 CD / Concerto / 2011-01-25

Works: Giovanni Battista Pescetti: Sonata for harpsichord no 1 in C minor; Sonata for harpsichord no 2; Sonata for harpsichord no 3; Sonata for harpsichord no 4; Sonata for harpsichord no 5; Sonata for harp...
Performers: Ravizza, Filippo

According to scholars and critics, it is Pescetti's compositions for harpsichord that have the most merit, especially when considering their stylistic innovation. His compositions that...continue...

Clara Haskil Edition [17 CDs]

17 CD / Decca / 2010-11-30

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 9 in E flat major, K 271 "Jeunehomme"; Concerto for Piano no 20 in D minor, K 466; Rondo for Piano and Orchestra in A major, K 386; Concerto for Piano n...
Performers: Grumiaux, Arthur [Violin]; Haskil, Clara
Conductors: Sacher, Paul; Paumgartner, Bernhard; Markevitch, Igor; Fricsay, Ferenc; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Swoboda, Henry; Otterloo, Willem Van; Zecchi, Carlo

This is the first comprehensive edition containing all of Clara Haskil's recordings for the Decca, Philips, Deutsche Grammophon and Westminster labels. The 17-CD set is...continue...

Christmas Meditation / Concertos, Airs and Sacred Works from Baroque & Classical times [5 CDs]

5 CD / Capriccio / 2010-11-16

Works: Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Christmas Traditional: Maria durch ein Dornwald ging, carol (Blest Mary Wanders through the Thorn); Süsser die Glocken nie klingen, carol (Austrian); Heil'ge Nacht auf...
Performers: Achim, Erzsébet; Bálint, János; Bernstein, Walter Heinz; Buchner, Roland; Cordier, David; Dicke, Peter; Eisenberg, Matthias; Friedrich, Reinhold [Trumpet]; Glaetzner, Burkhard; H...
Conductors: Flämig, Martin; Erxleben, Michael; Bohme, Frank; Marschik, Peter; Tarr, Edward H. [Trumpet]; ; Rotzsch, Hans-Joachim; Rolla, János [Violin]; Winschermann, Helmut; Eschenburg, Hartwig; B...
Ensemble: ; Budapest Strings; Capella Savaria; Cappella Coloniensis; Concerto Köln ; Das kleine Konzert; Dresden Baroque Soloists; German Bach Soloists; Hr-Brass; New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig; Phil...

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The selections are well chosen... and nicely sequenced; most of the performances are quite competent and appealing. Sound, while variable, is generally good...
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Amuse / Masumi Nagasawa

1 CD / EtCetera Records / 2009-09-01

Works: François-Joseph Naderman: Fantaisie en Variations sur le Songe de J.J. Rousseau, for harp; Louis Spohr: Fantasia for harp in C minor, Op. 35; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The M...
Performers: Nagasawa, Masumi

Masimi Nakagawa explores harp music spanning the late Baroque, when the harp became a favorite instrument of the French salon through the Romantic era and...continue...

Toccata: Baroque & Neo-baroque music for harp

1 CD / Christophorus Import / 2009-06-16

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita for keyboard no 5 in G major, BWV 829 (BC L5); George Frederick Handel: Suite no 7 (as used in the film "Got Rot Tunbridge Wells"); Theme and Variations for harp in G m...
Performers: Sellmann, Volker

Calliope - Beautiful Voice Vol 1 / Emma Curtis, The Frolick

2 CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: Francis George Scott: Cupid and Venus One Day Strove, song; Henry Purcell: Sophonisba, Z 590; Henry Carey: Divinest Fair, O Ease My Care, song; Sad Musidora All in Woe, song; As Musing I Rang'd in Ye...
Conductors:
Ensemble: The Frolick

"This is a labour of love. Emma Curtis stumbled across Calliope (published in 1739 by John Simpson) while researching the career of the castrato Senesino....continue...

Organ Music from St. Jude's Church / Ian Tracey

1 CD / Priory / 2009-03-10

Works: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Rigaudon de Louis XIV; Michael Festing: Largo, Allegro, Aria and Variations; Jeremiah Clarke: Suite in D major; Johann Sebastian Bach: Ich steh' mit einem Fuss im Grabe, BWV 156;...
Performers: Tracey, Ian

The organ at St. Jude's was built in 1851. The specifications have remained unaltered since 1877, although restorations and changes have been made. Because of...continue...

Antiqua - 18th Century Venetian Organ Art / Andrea Marcon

1 CD / Divox / 2007-03-29

Works: Giovanni B. Pescetti: Sonata for Organ in C minor; Giovanni Cervellini: Sonata for Organ in F major; Gaetano Valeri: Sonatas (12) for Organ; Andrea Lucchesi: Sonata for Organ in F major
Performers: Marcon, Andrea

The Most Relaxing Harp Album in the World...Ever!

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2005-10-04

Works: Claude Debussy: Poèmes (7) de Banville; Arabesques (2) for Piano; La fille aux cheveux de lin; Clair de lune; Préludes, Book 1; Danse sacrée et danse profane; Erik Satie: Gymnopedi...
Performers: Allen, Nancy [Harp]; Anraku, Mariko; Debost, Michel; Klinko, Markus; Laskine, Lily; Thornton, Julia; Zabaleta, Nicanor
Conductors: Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Auriacombe, Louis; Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; Toulouse Chamber Orchestra

Whirlwind / Elisabeth Remy

1 CD / ACA Digital / 2001-02-01

Works: Giovanni Battista Pescetti: Sonata for harp in C minor; Marcel Grandjany: Fantasy on a Theme of Haydn for harp, Op 31; Nino Rota: Sarabanda & Toccata for harp; Jean-Michel Damase: Sicilienne vari&eac...
Performers: Remy, Elisabeth

Meditation - Classic & Nature

2 CD / Capriccio / 2000-01-01

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Lyric Pieces (7), Book 4, Op. 47; Peer Gynt Suite no 2, Op. 55; English Traditional: Greensleeves, folk song; Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "Fro...

The Romantic Flute

1 CD / Marquis Classic / 1997-06-03

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Dolly, Op. 56; Pavane, Op. 50; Catalan Traditional: El testament de Amèlia, folk song; La Canco del Lladre, folk song; Carl Reinecke: Sonata for flute & piano in E major ("Un...
Performers: Aitken, Robert [Flute]; Becktell, Joel; Bick, Robert; Binford, Patrick; Forsyth, Amanda [Cello]; Fujino, Carol; Gauk, Rachel [Guitar]; Goodman, Erica [Harp]; Hoeppner, Susan; Loman, Judy; McNabney, D...

Haendel, Cardon, Parish-Alvars, et al / Eisenhoffer

1 CD / Gallo / 1995-12-12

Works: George Frederick Handel: Work(s); Louis Cardon: Sonata no 1 in C major; Elias Parish Alvars: Serenade for harp, Op. 83; Othmar Schoeck: Spielmannsweisen, song cycle (6) for voice & harp (or piano), O...
Performers: Eisenhoffer, Catherine; Vocals], Ernst Haefliger [Tenor

The Genius of Salzedo

1 CD / Marquis Classic / 1985-06-01

Works: Carlos Salzédo: Flight, for harp (from "Modern Study of the Harp (Poetical Studies)"); Modern Study of the Harp; Inquietude, for harp (from "Modern Study of the Harp (Poetical Studies)"); Quietu...
Performers: Loman, Judy

Personnel: Judy Loman (harp).

Recording information: Grace Church on the Hill (06/1985)....continue...