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There is little doubt that Vienna at the turn of the 19th century was the musical capital of the world; a nexus for the string quartet composer, who could alternate composing for the leading virtuosos of the day with creating works that satisfied...

Maurice Ravel is famed as a master of orchestral colour, in the context not only of his own work but that of others, most notably Mussorgskys awkward but brilliant piano original of Pictures at an Exhibition, and yet he wrote almost no music for...

Gurrelieder is a gigantic, post-Wagnerian cantata that, in retrospect, seems like the terminus ante quem for Romanticism in music, beyond which further elaboration or intensity was surely impossible, and led surely if not inevitably to the...

Beethovens oeuvre only comprises a small collection of works for cello and piano, but that the composer was an accomplished writer for this combination of instruments is evident from the fact that Jean-Louis Duport, one of Frederick IIs court...

There proves to be scarcely an inferior page in the whole work [...] and much of the writing is absolutely delicious. (Gramophone)So strongly associated with Otto Nicolai is Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor that often people are surprised when...

Jeroen Van Veen has released a series of acclaimed recordings on Brilliant Classics of music by the masters of Minimalism, that 1960s-derived aesthetic in which it is not so much the case that more can be said with less as that less seems to...

Born in Paris in 1749, Jean-Louis Duport, cellist and composer, also known as le jeune -- to distinguish him from his elder brother Jean-Pierre (1741--1818), called lainé -- is today regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of...

Christoph Willibald Gluck is one of the great reformers of opera, departing from the tried and tested genres of opera seria in the 18th century: Metastasios drama per musica and Rameaus tragédie lyrique. Gluck sought to restore dramatic truth to...

The most boldly original and innovative of Johann Sebastian Bachs composer-sons, Carl Philipp Emanuel did not have to wait long, unlike his father, for public recognition. His music continued to be held in high esteem after his death, with...

Opera in three acts, after Georg Büchners drama WoyzeckCD1 Act 1. Exposition: Wozzeck in his relationship to his surroundings. Five musical character pieces.Act 2. Peripeteia: Dramatic development. Symphony in 5 movements.Total time 3725CD2Act...

CD1Symphony No.1 in C1 I. Allegro con fuoco 7082 II. Andante 6403 III. Scherzo: Presto 4114 IV. Finale: Presto 652Symphony No.2 in C5 I. Allegro 9506 II. Adagio, ma non troppo 4417 III. Menuetto: Allegro 1218 IV. Finale: Scherzo (Presto) 224Academy...

Domine ad adjuvandum me (2013) Psalm 69 for soprano, strings and basso continuo1 I. Domine ad adjuvandum me: Allegro molto 2252 II. Sicut erat in principio: Andante molto 3423 III. Gloria Patri: Largo 1124 IV. Amen: Allegro assai 149Roberta...

CD1Italienisches LiederbuchSongs on poems by Paul Heyse (1830--1914), after the Italian1 Auch kleine Dinge können uns entzücken 2082 Mir ward gesagt, du reisest in die Ferne 1533 Ihr seid die Allerschönste 1384 Gesegnet sei, durch den die Welt...

CD1Aloys-Henri-Gérard Fornerod 1890--1965PréludeFernande Peyrot 1888--1978Theme et variationsIgnace Strasfogel 1909--1994Prelude, elegie und rondo [manuscript]Hans Haug 1900--1967Complete works for solo guitarPrélude, tiento et toccataTotal...

Works from the library of the Counts of SchönbornConcerto in A for obbligato cello and strings (D-WD 654)*1 I. Allegro 4582 II. Largo e cantabile 5173 III. Presto 343Concerto grosso in D, after Sonata Op.5 No.1 by Corelli (D-WD 538)*4 I. Grave...

Religious drama in three acts for solo voices, choir and orchestra D689 (fragment)Text: August Hermann NiemeyerAct 11 Hier laßt mich ruhn Lazarus, Martha 3572 Trübe nicht mit Klagen Maria 2313 Steh im letzten Kampf Lazarus, Nathanael 3324 Voll...

Symphonies, Concertos, Chamber...

CD1Fugues légeres et petits jeux a clavessin seul, TWV3020 kleine Fugen, TWV30Total time 5201CD248 Chorale Preludes, TWV31Total time 7158CD3TWV326 Ouverturen nebst zween Folgesätzen (from the Suites for harpsichord TWV32)Ouverture No.1 in G...

CD1Sonata in G H554 Wq1271 I. Adagio 3062 II. Allegro 1493 III. Vivace 358Sonata in E minor H551 Wq1244 I. Adagio 2325 II. Allegro 1466 III. Minuetto 229Sonata in G H550 Wq1237 I. Andante 2268 II. Allegro 2589 III. Tempo di menuetto 215Sonata in B...

CD 1Suite in E minor BWV9961 I. Prelude 3112 II. Allemande 3133 III. Courante 2384 IV. Sarabande 3595 V. Bourrée 1406 VI. Gigue 325Prelude, fugue and allegro in E flat BWV9987 I. Prelude 3048 II. Fugue 6469 III. Allegro 417Suite in G minor BWV99510...