R. Strauss Edition
9249
A superb collection of some of the greatest performances of Richard Strauss’s orchestral, operatic, chamber and vocal works, brought together in a stunning 35-CD edition of fantastic value.
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Abel: Music for Flute and Strings
94304
Although lesser known than his music for viola, this CD contains some of Abel’s most successful results, providing insight into 18th century music’s transition from Baroque complexity to the melody-driven Classical style. Abel is a fascinating and important figure in the history of 18th century music. Listeners of Haydn & Bach will find this CD a welcome addition to their collection.
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Tchaikovsky: Complete Symphonies
94307
Brilliant Classics is proud to present these essential masterworks in a new 7-CD set featuring conductors Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, Vladimir Fedoseyev and Yuri Simonov. These are Russians who speak Tchaikovsky in their own language and who feel the burning passion beneath the sophisticated surface. In addition to the symphonies, this set also contains the overtures, Capriccio Italien and the enduringly popular Marche slave.
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Saint-Saëns: Complete Violin Concertos
94308
This 2CD release, featuring Ulf Hoescher, contains the three concertos, as well as all of the composer’s other works for violin and orchestra. The famous Introduction, Rondo capriccioso, the mini concerto for violin, cello (with Ralph Kirschbaum) & orchestra and La Muse et la Poete are featured. Also present are lesser-known works including the unfinished 4th Concerto’s opening movement Morceau de concert.
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Mendelssohn: Complete Symphonies
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The best possible performances of the 5 “big” symphonies by the excellent Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch (a Mendelssohn specialist) and Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Lev Markiz (an elite string orchestra, recording by BIS) in the youthful 10 String Symphonies, amazing creations of the teenager Felix, showing his prodigious gifts in counterpoint, harmony and his sheer abundance of brilliant ideas.
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Rebay: Quartets for guitar, flute and strings
9250
A world premiere, new recording of rare guitar repertoire: 2 quartets (one for guitar and strings, the other featuring the flute) by Ferdinand Rebay, a Viennese composer of the first half of the 20-th century. The pieces represent the style of the Late Romantic idiom. These quartets are serious and complex masterworks, in which the guitar is explored as an equal and independent instrument.
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Hässler: Harpsichord Music
94293
Johann Wilhelm Hässler was a great and famous keyboard virtuoso in the second half of the 18-th century. His style forms a bridge between the Baroque and the early Classical era, a period of “Sturm und Drang”, highly virtuosic and extravagant in its expression of feelings and character. Harpsichordist Michele Benuzzi did thorough research into this music, some of which was formerly attributed to Wilhelm Friedemann Bach.
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Adios mi amor: Duets for Vihuelas
94302
Featuring great duets, written by famous composers of the time: Josquin, Victoria, Guerrero and others. “Renaissance easy-listening” of a high quality, soothing sounds of great beauty and comfort. Jesús Sánchez and Manuel Minguillon Nieto are specialized in this repertoire, and perform these duets worldwide. The vihuela is a predecessor of the guitar, with a deep sonority and expressive tone.
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G.F. Giuliani: Harp Sonatas
94305
Harp sonatas were rare during the era of Giovanni Francesco Giuliani, and the repertoire heard on this record is part of just a few examples of this type of work. Giuliani lived in a rich musical period, in which the influence of the Viennese style (the Classical Style) was omnipresent. These rarely performed works are perfectly suited to the mellow and sonorous sound of the instrument and harpist Lisetta Rossi performs them very well.
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Zuccari: Cello Sonatas
94306
The manuscript of these wonderful Baroque Cello Sonatas, was discovered in the library of the Sacro Conveno in Assisi. Research by MVSICA PERDVTA proved them to be works of Francesco Maria Zuccari, organist and Maestro di Capella of the Basilica of Assisi. The sonatas, skillfully written for the cello, make the performer explore the possibilities of the instruments to its limits, displaying at times an astonishing virtuosity.
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Buxtehude: Complete Harpsichord Music
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This set of 4 CDs collects together Buxtehude’s ( long regarded as J.S. Bach’s predecessor) complete music for harpsichord. Among the works featured are two new authentic harpsichord suites, discovered in 2004 and 2005, and the monumental La Capricciosa, one of the largest and most innovative solo keyboard works of the 17th century.
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