• Albinoni: Trattenimenti Armonici by Ensemble Barocco

    ALBINONI Six Sonatas for Flute and Continuo Op. 6 Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1751) Ensemble Barocco Padovano Sans Souci (Mario Folena (transverse flute), Carlo Zanardi (cello), Terrell Stone (theorbo, guitar), Aldo Fiorentin (harpsichord)) DYNAMIC DM8032 (65:11) Albinoni called himself a dilettante, and he meant it as a statement of social fact rather than artistic modesty. He was […]

  • Suppé: Missa Pro Defunctis in D Minor

    Franz von SUPPÉ Requiem in D minor – Missa pro defunctis (1855) Franz von Suppé (1819-1895) Marie Fajtová (soprano); Franziska Gottwald (mezzo); Tomislav Mužek (tenor); Albert Pesendorfer (bass); Philharmonischer Chor München; Philharmonie Festiva/Gerd Schaller PROFIL EDITION PH12061 (74:23) Franz von Suppé occupies one of the more peculiar corners of the 19th-century repertoire — universally known, […]

  • Saint-Saëns Chamber Music – Piano Quartet and Quintet by Naxos

    SAINT-SAËNS Piano Quartet in B flat major; Piano Quintet in A minor; Barcarolle in F major Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) Cristina Ortiz (piano), Fine Arts Quartet (Ralph Evans (violin 1), Efim Boico (violin 2), Nicolò Eugelmi (viola), Robert Cohen (cello)) NAXOS 8.572904 (71:12) Saint-Saëns remains one of classical music’s great misunderstood figures. The caricature — the […]

  • Handel and Purcell Baroque Trumpet Works by Balsom

    Sound The Trumpet Georg Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759) Amadigi di Gaula – Sento la gioia [4:36] Atalanta – overture [3:52] Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne – Eternal Source of Light Divine* [3:26] Suite in D HWV341 Water Piece [7:18] Oboe Concerto No.1 in B flat [7:28] Henry PURCELL (1659-1695) King Arthur – Suite [14:11] […]

  • Ravel Rapsodie espagnole – Mona and Rica Bard

    Pas de Deux – French Music for Piano Duo Darius MILHAUD (1892-1974) Scaramouche [9:09] Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937) Rapsodie espagnole [15:00] Georges BIZET (1838-1875) Jeux d’enfants, Op. 22 [21:15] Francis POULENC (1899-1963) Sonate pour deux pianos [22:29] Élégie (en accords alternés) [5:57] Mona and Rica Bard (piano(s)) rec. 25-28 November, 2011, Siemens-Villa, Berlin, Germany AUDITE 92.672 […]

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