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The Art of Fugue: Filippo Gorini's fabulous project

There is no doubting that Filippo Gorini is one of the great thinkers around today ...

Con Arte e Maestria

Con Arte e Maestria

Nice to add a sort of semi-didactic element to a post - I've learned loads via this disc, which centres on "virtuoso violin ornamentation from the dawn of the Italian Baroque"; the years around 1600, in other words. Billed as the "Monteverdi String Band In

Bononcini: Cantate e Sonate

Bononcini: Cantate e Sonate

One of the jewels in Tactus' catalogue, beyond a shadow of a doubt - and the perfect introduction to the music of Giovanni Bononcini

Nightlight: Cordelia William's beautifully themed recital

Nightlight: Cordelia William's beautifully themed recital

Here, Mozart, Scriabin, Liszt, Schubert, Thomas Tomkins and Bill Evans all rub shoulders, culminating in - joy of joys! - Schumann's Gesänge der Frühe, Op. 133, the exquisite fruit of that composer's troubled late period

Lamento: Iestyn Davies with Fretwork

Lamento: Iestyn Davies with Fretwork

Following on from the success of Fretwork/Iestyn Davies’ album IF from 2019 (works by Purcell and Nyman), Lamento offers works for voice and viol consort from 17th-century Germany. Perhaps the locale of the composers is the first noteworthy aspect: the viol consort has long been associated with England. This

Thielemann conducts Wagner and Bruckner

Thielemann conducts Wagner and Bruckner

Thielemann and the Vienna Philharmonic at their very best ... enjoy!

Bach: Four Overtures

Bach: Four Overtures

One-to-a-part Bach that dances infectiously

Bach's Pergolesi Stabat Mater (!)

Bach's Pergolesi Stabat Mater (!)

This is a remarkable disc, thought-provoking, educational and brilliantly, flawlessly performed

Paul Wranitzky Orchestral Works #2

Paul Wranitzky Orchestral Works #2

... this is a fine continuation of the Wrantizky series and certainly further volumes are keenly awaited.

Times of Transition: C. P. E. Bach and Haydn

Times of Transition: C. P. E. Bach and Haydn

Genius programming for this beautiful disc!. Our guide here is the cellist Andreas Brantelid, with the wonderful Concerto Copenhagen and Lars Ulrik Mortensen (we met orchestra and conductor last Christmas on a vibrant disc called Per la notte di Natale [https://www.classicalexplorer.com/per-la-notte-di-natale-italian-christmas-concertos/] , and they are no less

Mozart Violin Sonatas

Mozart Violin Sonatas

With a playing time of just under 80 minutes, this is a surefire bargain!

Virtù e Amore: Music of Il secondo Barocco

Virtù e Amore: Music of Il secondo Barocco

Virtue and love: two vital aspects of Baroque thought and emotion

The music of Pierre Boulez: Anthèmes +

The music of Pierre Boulez: Anthèmes +

A bargain for all lovers of Boulez, a straightforward invitation to explore for those who wish to take this leap into the Abyss ...

Beethoven from Krystian Zimerman and Simon Rattle

Beethoven from Krystian Zimerman and Simon Rattle

Krystian Zimerman is one of the last great pianists to cultivate an aura of mystery ...

Matthew Owens launches his series of Pachelbel Organ Works

Matthew Owens launches his series of Pachelbel Organ Works

Owen's combination of clarity of texture and of thought is a winning one

Verbier Festival: Lahav Shani and Matthias Goerne shine (concert review)

Verbier Festival: Lahav Shani and Matthias Goerne shine (concert review)

SchubertAn Sylvia, D891/4. Des Fischers Liebesglück, D 933 (both arr. A. Schmalcz). Im Abendrot, D 799 (arr. Reger). Wegweiser, D 911/20. Tränenregen, D 795/10 (both arr. Webern) MozartSymphony No. 41 in C, K 551, ‘Jupiter’ Coronavirus has been responsible for quite a few changes in the Verbier

Schnittke & Pärt Choral Music on BIS

Schnittke & Pärt Choral Music on BIS

A gloriously beautiful demonstration of heartfelt music

Soprano Hila Fahima in Donizetti and Verdi

Soprano Hila Fahima in Donizetti and Verdi

An excellent debut disc, and I for one look forward to the next

Magnus Lindberg's gritty orchestral music

Magnus Lindberg's gritty orchestral music

... this set of live performances is a fine document of one of our most significant contemporary composers

Dutilleux's Wolf

Dutilleux's Wolf

A superb addition to the Dutilleux discography

A Summer Night Concert 2021

A Summer Night Concert 2021

A lovely disc, worth its weight in gold for that superb Levit Rachmaninov

Villa-Lobos Violin Sonatas

Villa-Lobos Violin Sonatas

... in a sense a South American Schubert, music just flowed out of Villa-Lobos

Boundless: Beethoven for piano four hands

Boundless: Beethoven for piano four hands

Beethoven discs don't often include World Premiere recordings ...

Magnificat 2: The Choir of St John's, Cambridge triumphs again

Magnificat 2: The Choir of St John's, Cambridge triumphs again

A beautiful continuation of what one hopes will be a many-volumed series

Beethoven's "Eroica": arranged Scharwenka!

Beethoven's "Eroica": arranged Scharwenka!

Beethoven's Third Symphony, the "Eroica," is embedded in any musician's consciousness. It has been played regularly since the date of its composition and in the recorded era has unsurprisingly generated a cornucopia of recordings. Small surprise the market is flooded. And yet here is