Tracklista: Bloch: 1. Suite for solo cello No 1 2. Suite for solo cello No 2 3. Suite for solo cello No 3 Dallapiccola: 4. Ciaccona, Intermezzo e Adagio Ligeti: 5. Sonata for solo cello
Tracklista:CD 11. Handel: Zadok the Priest2. Clarke: Trumpet Voluntary3. Dowland: Pavane 'Lachrymae antique'4. Purcell: Abdelazar (Rondeau)5. Tallis: Spem in alium6. Byrd: With lilies white7. Purcell: Overture Act II (Dido & Aeneas)8. Purcell: Your counsel all - When I am laid down in earth (Dido & Aeneas)9. Purcell: Come, ye son of art10. Purcell: O Solitude11. Handel: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon)12. Handel: Allelujah (Messiah)13. Handel: He was despised (Messiah)14. Handel: Overture - Hornpipe (Water Music)CD 21. Ombra ma fu from Serse, Handel2. Opening chorus from Dixit Dominus, Handel3. Doll'ondoso periglio from Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Handel4. Verdi prati from Alcina, Handel5. Sinfonia from Orfeo, Monteverdi6. Altri canti d'amor, tenero arciero, Monteverdi7. Beatus vir, Monteverdi8. Pur ti miro from L'incoronazione di Poppea, Monteverdi9. Adagio, Albinoni10. Miserere, Allegri11. Sonata piano'e forte, Gabrieli12. Summer from The Four Seasons (I.Allegro II.Adagio III.Presto), VivaldiCD 31. Opening chorus from Gloria RV 589 - Vivaldi2. II.Adagio from Oboe Concerto in C minor - Marcello3. III.Menuetto from Guitar Quintet in E - Bocherini4. Keyboard Sonata in D minor K9 - Scarlati5. Opening from Stabat Mater - Pergolesi6. I.Allegro from Concerto for two mandolins in G RV 532 - Vivaldi7. Crucifixus - Lotti8. Sonata in G minor 'Devil's Trill' - Tartini9. Spring from The Four Seasons (I.Allegro II.Largo e pianissimo sempre III.Danza Pastorale Allegro)10. I.Allegro from Recorder Concerto in C RV 444 - Vivaldi11. Fandango - Soler12. O vos omnes - Victoria13. Diferencias sobre las Folias - Martin Y Coll14. Villancico Ay luna que reluzes - Anonymus15. Pavan & Galliard d'Alexandra - Mudarra16. Sanctus from Messe de Requiem consacree a Luís de Camőes - BomtempoCD 41. Marche de triomphe2. Marche des mousquetaires3. Contredanse4. Marche de triomphe5. Caprice de Vilers-Cotterets6. Chaconne7. Te Deum Prelude8. Messe pour les Couvents9. Regina coeli10. Panis Angelicus11. Requiem Introit12. In convertendo13. Suite in C minor14. Plante sur le morte de M. Lambert15. Tambourins16. Suite in C minor La Plainte17. Le Canal de Versailles18. Isis Air des trembleurs19. Les Indes galantes 120. Les Indes galantes 2CD 51. Johann Pachelbel - Canon in D2. Dietrich Buxtehude - Canzonetta in A minor (BuxWv 225)3. Monn - Cello Concerto in G minor (III: Allegro non tanto)4. Johann Sebastian Bach - Jesus bleibet meine Freude (Cantata BWV 147)5. Johann Sebastian Bach - Air (Suite No.3 BWV 1068)6. Johann Sebastian Bach - I: Allegro (Concerto for 4 harpsichords BWV 1065)7. Johann Sebastian Bach - Toccata (Concerto for 4 harpsichords BWV 1065)8. Johann Sebastian Bach - Fugue (Concerto for 4 harpsichords BWV 1065)9. Johann Sebastian Bach - Aria 'Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen' (Cantata BWV 51)10. Telemann - Les Plaisirs (Suite i A minor)11. Telemann - Largo (Oboe Concerto in F minor)12. Johann Sebastian LastName] - Sinfonia (Cantata BWV 29)13. Johann Sebastian Bach - Aria (Goldberg Vriations BWV 988)14. Johann Sebastian Bach - Es ist vollbracht (St John Passion BWV 245)15. Johann Sebastian Bach - Presto (Brandenburg Concerto 4 in G BWV 1049)16. Johann Sebastian Bach - Prelude (Cello Suite 1 in G BWV 1007)17. Johann Sebastian Bach - Magnificat anima mea (BWV 243)18. Johann Sebastian Bach - Keyboard Concerto in F minor - Allegro19. Johann Sebastian Bach - Siciliana (Flute Sonata in E Flat BWV 1031)20. Johann Sebastian Bach - La Rejouissance (Orchestral Suite No.4 in D BWV 1069)CD 61. Johann Sebastian Bach - Preludia (Partita No.3 in E for solo violin BWV1006)2. Johann Sebastian Bach - Ruht wohl, ihr heiligen Gebeine (St John Passion BWV 245)3. Johann Sebastian Bach - Allegro (Brandenburg Concerto No.2 in G BWV 1047)4. Johann Sebastian Bach - Andante (Brandenburg Concerto No.2 in G BWV 1047)5. Johann Sebastian Bach - Allegro assai (Brandenburg Concerto No.2 in G BWV 1047)6. Johann Sebastian Bach - Gloria (Mass in B minor BWV 232)7. Johann Sebastian Bach - Prelude & Gugue in C (BWV 846 Das Wohltempierte Klavier 1)8. Johann Sebastian Bach - Largo ma non tanto (Concerto for 2 violins BWV 1043)9. Johann Sebastian Bach - Bourree (Suite in E minor BWV 996)10. Johann Sebastian Bach - Gigue (Suite in E minor BWV 996)11. Johann Sebastian Bach - Ouverture - Menuet - Badinerie (Orchestral Suite No.2 BWV 1067)12. Johann Sebastian Bach - Präludium (Keyborad Partita No.1 in B flat BWV 825)13. Johann Sebastian Bach - Gigue (Keyborad Partita No.1 in B flat BWV 825)14. Johann Sebastian Bach - Deposuit potentes (Magnificat in D BWV 243)15. Johann Sebastian Bach - Agnus Dei (Mass in B minor BWV 232)16. W.F. Bach - Largo - Presto (Keyboard Sonata in E flat)17. C.P.E. Bach - Allegro assai (Cello Concerto in A H439)18. C.P.E. Bach - Triump! Der Fürst des Lebens sieget! (Die Auferstehung and Himmelfahrt Jesu)
Tracklista: CD 1 1. Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85: 1. Adagio - Moderato 2. Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85: 2. Lento - Allegro molto 3. Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85: 3. Adagio 4. Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85: 4. Allegro - Moderato - Allegro, ma non troppo CD 2 1. Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, H. 7b/1: 1. Moderato 2. Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, H. 7b/1: 2. Adagio 3. Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, H. 7b/1: 3. Allegro molto 4. Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major, H. 7b/2 (Op. 101): 1. Allegro moderato CD 3 1. Sicilienne for keyboard in E flat 2. Phantasiestücke (3 Fantasy Pieces) for clarinet (or cello or violin) & piano, Op. 73: 1. Zart und mit Ausdruck 3. Phantasiestücke (3 Fantasy Pieces) for clarinet (or cello or violin) & piano, Op. 73: 2. Lebhaft, leicht 4. Phantasiestücke (3 Fantasy Pieces) for clarinet (or cello or violin) & piano, Op. 73: 3. Rasch und mit Feuer
Haydn’s remarkable Opus 20 quartets are rightfully regarded as landmarks in the history of the string quartet. Throughout the six contrasting quartets the composer employs compositional techniques that were to shape and define the genre. We witness a deviation in style from the lightness and wit of his previous quartets to a mood of emotional intensity and darker musical imagery. The six Opus 20 works are all individually exquisite masterpieces and demonstrate a composer at the height of creative maturity. They display an astonishing consistency of excellence and a huge variety of form and style, contrasting dynamics and relentless energy. Increasingly polyphonic textures are infused with a sense of drama, and the cello is often freed from its basso continuo roots to a position of prominence.The London Haydn Quartet is the ideal advocate for these works and gives elegant, radiant and exhilaratingly assured performances.
Bach’s direct source of inspiration for the cello suites was most probably the virtuoso cello playing of Christian Ferdinand Abel, also in the service of Prince Leopold of Köthen and a superb violinist and viola da gamba player as well. This must, however, remain guesswork, as the original manuscripts of the cello suites have been lost. It is primarily thanks to Anna Magdalena Bach, Bach’s second wife and a singer in service to Prince Leopold with the title of Cammer-Musicantin, that we owe the survival of these works. It was she who prepared many first copies of Bach’s works, including the earliest known copy of the cello suites. Quirine Viersen uses the most recent edition from Bärenreiter as the basis for her first recording of the Bach cello suites; this edition is an amalgamation of four manuscript copies, including the original copy by Anna Magdalena Bach. After in-depth study of the Bärenreiter edition and of the historical musicological works by Mattheson, Leopold Mozart and Quantz, the greatest musical theorists of the Baroque era and the forefathers of today’s historically informed performance movement, Quirine Viersen allowed herself to be guided by instinct rather than by intellect and finally decided to follow her own intuition. Having said this, she did study the Suites with her teacher Heinrich Schiff, played them in a masterclass with Yo-Yo Ma and took lessons with no one less than Nikolaus Harnoncourt. But most of all she took to heart the lessons she received from her own father Yke Viersen: principal Cellist with the Concertgebouw Orchestra for the last 30 years. Quirine Viersen about the Suites: “Even though the suites were not composed for ecclesiastical use, they do seem to deal with higher matters. This has nothing to do with ‘Amen’ or ‘Allah hu akbar’. I feel that we are people who attempt to come as close as possible to the heart of our existence. In many ways we have possibly become a little unworthy; we have torn ourselves loose and have completely forgotten that things can often have a deeper meaning, that these things can exist in a broader context. This was self-evident to Bach, for his life and his works were permeated with awe for higher things, for God. This was an integral part of the time in which he lived. Bach was not simply a man whose musical genius would never be equalled but was also an enthusiastic and inspired craftsman who set himself the highest demands.” “The German language draws a felicitous distinction between two different types of people: Kopfmensch and Bauchmensch. The first relies on his head, his intellect, whilst the second relies on his belly, his gut feelings. I am clearly a Bauchmensch. When I am on stage I am principally concerned with what I feel, with trying to express what I believe lies inside Bach’s music. What was Bach’s intention in composing his suites for cello? For me they are a landscape in which everything exists to be discovered afresh. Many musical narratives are possible and each landscape has its own perfumes and colours; each movement represents a particular state of mind. To traverse Bach’s music is to traverse infinity.”
Niezwykła kolekcja dzieł Rachamaninova, w tym piękne interpretacje koncertów fortepianowych w wykonaniu Nikolaia Lugansky’ego oraz utwory symfoniczne w wykonaniu jednej z najlepszych orkiestr na świecie, London Symphony Orchestra pod dyrekcją André Previn. Tracklista: RACHMANINOV CD1 Piano Concertos No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 1 & No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 CD2 Piano Concertos No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 & No. 4 in G minor, Op. 40 CD3 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42 • Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22 CD4 Prélude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2 10 Préludes, Op. 23 • 6 Moments musicaux, Op. 16 CD5 Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19 • Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14 The Bells, Op. 35 CD6 Symphony No. 1 in D minor, Op. 13 • The Isle of the Dead, Op. 29 CD7 Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27 Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14 • Aleko (Intermezzo & Women’s Dance) CD8 Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 44 • Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 Nikolai Lugansky piano (CD1-5) • with Alexander Kniazev cello (CD5) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra • Sakari Oramo (CD1-3) Sheila Armstrong • Robert Tear • John Shirley-Quirk (CD5) London Symphony Orchestra • André Previn (CD5-8)
Płyta Davida Knopflera, jednego z członków zespołu Dire Straits, a prywatnie brata Marka Knopflera. Znajdziemy tutaj czternaście utworów łączących w sobie elementy rocka, folku i bluesa, które pod względem wokalnej precyzji i za sprawą talentu kompozytorskiego Davida Knopflera niczym nie ustępują nagraniom jego bardziej znanego brata. Wśród zaproszonych gości pojawiają się tutaj takie znakomitości jak Chris Rea i Alan Clark (ex Dire Straits). "Ship Of Dreams" to delikatna i stonowana płyta, doskonała na długie wieczory. Muzycy: Ian McKinnon: violin James Potter: cello Philip D'Arcy: viola Eddie Roberts: violin Nicola Woods: oboe, cor anglais Paul Cullington: double bass Jule Neigel: bass, vocal Rebecca Hirsch: violin Melvin Duffy: pedal steel, lap steel guitar Diane Clark: double bass Joan Atherton: violin Andrew Haveron: violin Lucy Theo: viola Peter Collyer: viola Laura Melhuish: violin Sonya FairBairn: violin Paul Manley: violin Megan Slankard: vocals Rob Farrer: trumpet, vibraphone Richard Ashton: french horn Robert Bailey: cello David Knopfler: guitar, vocals, harmonica, piano Harry Bogdanovs: guitar, fretless bass, piano, mandolin Martin Ditcham: percussion, drums Tee Green: vocals Nick Holland: cello Chris Rea: slide guitar Tim Whitehead: saxophone Tracklista: 1. 4U (Rabbit Song) 5:42 2. Easy Street 3:44 3. God's Mockingbird 6:42 4. Ship of Dreams 4:35 5. True Love 4:39 6. All I Want Is You 2:50 7. Going Down With The Waves 3:43 8. When Will The Crying Stop 3:52 9. Shine Shine Shine 5:39 10. The Price For Loving You 3:15 11. Sometimes There Are No Words 4:49 12. Mending My Nets 6:11 13. Tears Fall 3:18 14. Symmetry of the Stars 4:15 15. America 4:10 16. Anna Tonight 3:46
1.Sotto voce concerto for cello & orchestra 38:472.The Seagull, ballet 20:52
Tracklista:1 Concerto For Cello And Orchestra No. 22 Partita For Harpsichord And Chamber Orchestra3 Stabat Mater (three Choruses: 1962)
These three major concertos by Frederick Delius involving solos string instruments are here brought together on the same disc for the first time. The Violin Concerto, Double Concerto, and Cello Concerto are performed by exclusive Chandos artists strongly associated with British repertoire. Sir Andrew Davis and the BBC Symphony Orchestra have already released one Delius disc this year (CHSA 5088 – Appalachia and The Song of the High Hills), of which International Record Review (IRR) said: ‘I am absolutely certain that this is the greatest performance and recording of Delius’ Appalachia which has ever been put on disc... it would be hard if not impossible to imagine a more magnificent performance of this masterpiece... the playing is unfailingly beautiful and infused with sensitivity, brilliance of technique and vividness of colour’. Tasmin Little, who won the Critics’ Choice Award at this year’s Classic BRIT Awards, is the soloist in the Violin Concerto. This is not a virtuosic showpiece in the ordinary sense; instead the solo part stays harmonically connected with the orchestra throughout; in fact, it seems to grow out of its textures. The work is composed in a single long span, divided into three clear sections in which different moods succeed one another, sometimes passionately spontaneous, sometimes dreamlike, sometimes fiery. Paul Watkins is the soloist in the Cello Concerto, which Delius regarded as his personal favourite among his concertos. It was the last work that he was able to complete in his own hand before experiencing the onset of the devastating effects of syphilis: paralysis and blindness. Tasmin Little and Paul Watkins join forces in the rarely performed and recorded Double Concerto, which represents Delius at his most inspired: the work is warmly evocative as well as strong and memorable. The soloists get to showcase their abilities in music that is both passionate and tranquil.