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15/06/2024

06/05/2024

The new focus on Bohemian classicism in the second half of the 18th century, manifested in recent recordings and articles in professional journals, has amply demonstrated the calibre of these composers and the quality of their music. Among them, Josef Mysliveček enjoyed considerable fame during his lifetime. He was known to such important figures as the soprano Caterina Gabrielli and was a friend of Mozart’s, who esteemed him.
Mysliveček’s like many of his contemporaries strove for musical success and economic independence through opera composition, a career that was high-profile but also challenging in the late 18th century. And he did not consider the fortepiano to be as important a vehicle of expression, unlike Mozart, as can be seen in his meagre solo keyboard output.
The Six Divertimenti are single-movement compositions, and while probably intended as didactic, they are not sterile exercises for amateurs but exquisite pieces that satisfy the most discerning palates. The Six Sonatas are short but brilliant pieces, based on the galant style transmuted into a pre-classicism very akin to the Mannheim school, with energetic first movements with a symphonic flavour alternating with elegant and delicate minuets.
Given the small number of Mysliveček’s compositions for solo fortepiano, it was decided to include two additional, rare pieces worthy of this monograph: two of his Wind Octets Op.1 in a contemporary solo keyboard transcription by Václav Vincenc Mašek. Mysliveček’s writing features remarkable counterpoint, compressed by Mašek into an exemplary arrangement.
This recording is intended as the first on historical instruments (there is already a box by Clare Hammond on modern piano with the Divertimenti for fortepiano, the six Sonatas and the Concertos for fortepiano and orchestra). The arranged Octets (most likely never previously performed, let alone recorded) are offered as world premieres.
The son of a mill owner, Josef Mysliveček (1737-1781) was born in Prague. After a brief period as a student of literature and philosophy, he started to study organ with Joseph Seger and composition with the renowned František Václav Habermann. After his success with his first symphonies he decided to go to Venice to study voice and composition with Giovanni Battista Pescetti, not only to perfect himself as a musician but probably also to integrate himself into the great operatic tradition of one of the most productive and lively cities of the time. Mysliveček’s first opera Medea was a huge success and soon he became the first internationally renowned Bohemian opera composer. During a stay with Padre Martini, he met Mozart in Bologna, who was greatly fascinated by the Bohemian's musical qualities.
This 2-CD set presents the complete works for keyboard: six Sonatas, two arrangements of Mysliveček’s Octets for solo keyboard by Vincenc Václav Mašek, and six Divertimenti for fortepiano.
The music remains firmly anchored in its period, exploring all the musical potential that classicism has to offer: strong structures, refinement and charm, as well as elegant and cantabile melodies.
Played by Marius Bartoccini, a fortepianist specialized in the Bohemian classical repertoire. As a soloist he performed with Sigiswald Kuijken en Federico Maria Sardelli. On this recording he plays an Anton Walter fortepiano made by Paul McNulty and an original Luigi Hoffer built in Venice at the end of eighteen century.

12/04/2024

28/11/2023

For a limited time a select batch of our 2023 releases are on sale now at ArkivMusic! There is something for every shopper and gift-giver featured here, whether it is multi-disc sets of music by past master and contemporary composers, or single-disc editions of music both well-known and lesser-known. The sale ends at 9:00am ET, Tuesday, December 12, 2023. Check out the selection and order the perfect gift for Christmas!

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18/09/2023

Experience the allure of Baroque music through violin concertos. Let the violin's enchanting melodies transport you to an era of elegance and artistry. Rediscover timeless masterpieces by renowned composers, a captivating journey into Baroque's golden age.

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02/09/2023

This compilation contains a selection of keyboard sonatas written by Baroque composer Baldassare Galuppi. Played by the excellent Italian musician and scholar harpsichordist Andrea Chezzi, one of the most eminent and respected of Italian organists Luca Scandali and the young pianist Fernanda Damiano.

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Galuppi’s style was defined during his lifetime as ‘gay, lively and brilliant’, and this description certainly capture the style of the keyboard sonatas which he wrote throughout his career.

Born on the island of Burano in the Venetian lagoon, Galuppi trained with Antonio Lotti and quickly became noted across Europe for a string of operatic successes which supplied both audiences and singers with dazzling entertainment. He was no musical revolutionary and continued to compose in a well-turned vein of elegant Baroque conventions while composers further north in Europe were experimenting with larger-scale forms and more daring harmonies.

Galuppi’s sonatas vary in form. Some are three-movement works, and not all in the conventional fast-slow-fast structure; there are introductory Largos and even a G major Sonata arranged Andante-Allegro-Andante. Then there are single-movement works in both ritornello and aria form, as well as the Scarlatti-like structures of two contrasting slow-introduction and quick movements.

15/07/2023

Mozart's 6 Haydn String Quartets, composed between 1782 and 1785, are a testament to his mastery of the genre. These chamber music gems showcase Mozart's innovative and expressive style, seamlessly blending Haydn's influence with his own musical genius. Each quartet reveals a captivating interplay of melody, harmony, and emotion, leaving a lasting impact on classical music.

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28/06/2023

A soft ambiance created by the best music played on oboe. This edition consists of the best pieces from the Baroque era. Music written or transcribed for oboe by composers such as J.S Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Albinoni and Telemann. Peaceful oboe music, relaxing music.

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19/06/2023

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04/06/2023

In today’s hectic world, it is increasingly important to relax and take time out for yourself. This special collection of beautiful and serene adagios by Beethoven will help you do just that. This set brings together recordings by several of the best, all sharing their deep love and affinity for the German master.

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03/04/2023

Rachmaninoff 150 years, a celebration of his most beautiful melodies. Join us in celebrating the 150th birthday of one of the finest pianist and composers of his day Sergei Rachmaninoff! This playlist consists of some of his most brilliant works for piano and solo piano.

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03/04/2023

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05/03/2023

In today’s hectic world, it is increasingly important to relax and take time out for yourself. This special collection of beautiful and serene adagios by Beethoven will help you do just that. This set brings together recordings by several of the best, all sharing their deep love and affinity for the German master.

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05/01/2023

Bach left us a few isolated pieces and suites for the lute, predecessor of the guitar, but guitarists have always found the rest of his music as amenable to adaptation as every other musician. Luigi Attademo recorded all of Bach’s lute music a decade ago on a 2CD Brilliant Classics album (94294) which attracted glowing reviews in the international press for the combined rigour and imagination of his playing. On this new recording he turns to pieces originally conceived for cello (the Preludio of the First Cello Suite), violin (the Chaconne from the D minor Partita), harpsichord (the Aria from the Goldberg Variations) and flute (the Siciliano from theE flat major Sonata) which have gained iconic status in the three centuries since their composition for their surface simplicity and expressive depth. The recital includes several stimulating pairs: the Aria from the Goldbergs with the Air from the Third Orchestral Suite; Gavottes from the Sixth Cello Suite and E major Violin Partita; the Siciliano from the G minor solo sonata for violin preceding the more famous flute example. These pairs only serve to underline the variety of Bach’s response to a particular genre. Grandest and most superficially complex of the works here, the famous D minor Toccata and Fugue proves highly idiomatic on the guitar, relating the virtuosic and extrovert writing back to what we now think must be a lost violin original for the piece (possibly not even by Bach) rather than the form for organ which is now universally known. Attademo contributes a personal introduction to the album which explains his choice of repertoire and interpretative approach, taking inspiration from great Bach players of the past such as Mstislav Rostropovich and Dinu Lipatti.

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20/12/2022

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O melhor do NATAL... em formato VINIL.

20/12/2022

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O melhor …. em formato VINIL.

06/12/2022

Gramophone Editor's Choice - Chaminade: Piano Music, Vol. 2 by Mark Viner - Pianist

'Wonderful music, performed with charm, affection and, when required, fabulous virtuosity, by pianist Mark Viner; a superb follow up to his equally impressive first volume of Chaminade.'

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06/10/2022

'Alberto Mesirca, a specialist in early guitar music, gives us an extremely exciting insight into the master's well-known and lesser-known compositions with his recording of the complete works for guitar'

A great review on Klassik.com of Sanz: Complete Music for Guitar by Alberto Mesirca

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17/09/2022

In the wind concertos, for bassoon, horn (four completed works), flute, flute and harp, oboe and, above all, clarinet, Mozart shows a deep understanding of each instrument’s character and technique.

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Most of Mozart’s Wind Concertos can best be described as occasional pieces, composed on commissions from professional and amateur players, often with the express purpose of providing income for their composer and satisfying a particular trait, taste or talent of the recipient. In this respect they are very different from the Piano and Violin Concertos. The major exception is the late Clarinet Concerto (K622) written for Mozart’s fellow freemason and friend, Anton Stadler. Stadler was to have a great influence on Mozart’s writing for the clarinet, including the notable solos for the instrument in the final Italian opera La Clemenza di Tito. This Concerto, together with the companion Clarinet Quintet (K581) stands as one of Mozart’s undisputed masterpieces. That being said, the earlier Concertos all have something individual to say for themselves and occasionally reach considerable peaks of inspiration. Hardly the most obvious of instruments for a solo Concerto, Mozart’s first Wind Concerto is nevertheless written for the Bassoon. The grumbling, growling giant can, however, be an affectionate and witty instrument and that is how Mozart obviously sees it. It is significant too, that despite his less than conventional choice of solo player, the Concerto has something about it that shows the piece is throughout conceived only for the Bassoon with its own very definite characteristics. This is Mozart’s only Concerto for the instrument and it was composed in Salzburg in 1774 for the composer’s friend and amateur player of the bassoon and the piano, Thaddaeus von Duernitz. Mozart did later write a bassoon sonata for his friend as well as several piano pieces including three of his Concertos. The work is in the three conventional movements for a Concerto of the time (Fast – Slow – Fast) and generally light hearted and playful in the opening Allegro and final French styled Rondo, with lots of leaps and jumps and runs for the soloist and sweet singing tones evident in the central Andante.

13/09/2022

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07/08/2022

This remarkable set reveals the full breadth and genius of César Franck. From 1879 begins the decade of his late flowering in the great chamber works, included is his well-loved Piano Quintet.

Composer: César Auguste Franck

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César Franck (1822-1890), is widely considered one of the foremost 19th century French composers. He was not in fact French by birth, being born to parents of German stock in Liege, Belgium. He only became a full French citizen in 1873. A child prodigy he studied piano and organ in both Belgium and France. His career as a traveling piano virtuoso was not successful and it was as an organist that he finally established himself and settled in France as a teacher and organist, the Paris church St Clothilde, with its magnificent Cavaille Coll organ, being his home.

Among the most talented violinists of his generation, Kristóf Baráti has made a string of recordings for Brilliant Classics that have been highly recommended across the board. Lavishing praise on his long-standing artistic partnership with his fellow Hungarian Klára Würtz. After their acclaimed recordings of the violin sonatas by Beethoven and Brahms Kristóf Baráti and Klára Würtz turn their attention towards France, presenting the the famous violin sonatas by Franck. The sonata is a masterpiece in its genre, its passionate, tender and witty character has made it a audience favourite all over the world.

After Mūza Rubackytė’s dazzling disc of the piano music, the second Franck recording on Brilliant pairs her with fellow Lithuanian musicians for the two major chamber works by the Belgian composer. Both the String Quartet and Piano Quintet are conceived on a grand scale, with the loose, long-limbed melodies and intensely worked counterpoint characteristic of Franck; as late works, they represent a summit of his musical achievement, but they demand fearsome levels of concentration from performers, which may be one reason why they are performed and recorded but rarely.

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05/08/2022

This album is devoted to Handel's concertante music for solo oboe, of which only a few concertos have survived. He was particularly fond of the instrument and assigned many solos to it in his oratorios, operas, concerti grossi and sonatas. He is even reported to have said of his early oboe works: 'I used to write like the D-v [Devil] in those days, but chiefly for the oboe, which was my favourite instrument.'

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His some 20 concertos for a solo instrument are mainly for the organ and include just one violin concerto and three oboe concertos (HWV 301, 302a and 287). The latter, featured here, is the best known, as it also appears transcribed for other instruments.

Further concertos for oboe have been attributed to Handel by the musicologists Fritz Stein and Fulvio & Sandro Caldini: one in E flat major and two more, both presented here in world-premiere recordings, in C minor.

The 6 Concerti grossi Op.3 form the first printed collection of Handel’s orchestral compositions. Formerly known as the ‘oboe concertos’, the volume was published by John Walsh in 1734 – not necessarily on the composer’s own initiative – from a variety of pieces composed over a period of some 20 years. The orchestration in the Walsh edition is particularly unconvincing, with numerous octave doublings and a virtual absence of elements typical of the concertante style. Vincent Bernhardt has therefore proposed a new instrumentation, organised according to the principle of dialogue between groups that characterises the concertante language of this period. An improvised theorbo prelude precedes the work.

To extend Handel's oboe repertoire the artists have fashioned two concertos, for oboe and oboe d’amore, out of eight selected movements that are essentially built on castrato arias from the operas, a practice in line with the pasticcios created in Handel’s day.

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25/07/2022

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25/07/2022

14/07/2022

This new recording presents some famous and lesser-known sonatas by Scarlatti, a careful selection presenting the many faces of his genius: from careless gaiety and stormy energy to intense lyricism and wistful melancholy.

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Composer: Domenico Scarlatti
Artist: Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy (piano)

‘An eagle whose wings are grown,’ according to his father Alessandro, the young Scarlatti left his native Naples for Venice, ‘escorted only by his own ability.’ By his early 20s he had already held audiences in thrall with an ability at the harpsichord which was deemed almost supernatural. There is assuredly the most prodigal imagination at work, as well as an extraordinarily sophisticated keyboard technique, in the 555 surviving keyboard sonatas which fuse Italianate cantabile and counterpoint with vivid Hispanic imagery: folksong, castanets, military trumpets and strumming guitars.

All these qualities can be enjoyed in Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy’s selection of 17 sonatas. Several of them are taken from the collection of Kk1-30 (in the catalogue produced by Ralph Kirkpatrick) which comes down to us as the earliest source of the sonatas in print, published shortly before he moved to Lisbon, thence to Madrid and around the royal courts of Spain, in the service of the princess who would become the Queen of Spain. Her patronage afforded Scarlatti the time and resources to evolve a highly personal style, full of eccentricity and flights of fancy.

Hardly less than Bach, these sonatas have become for many pianists a proving ground for their own technique and imagination, rewarding an improvisatory response to their flamboyant effects. However, Schmitt-Leonardy also features several of the composer’s most poetic and reflective sonatas such as the ‘Aria’ Kk 29 and the melancholy soliloquy of Kk 208.

German pianist Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy is one of the leading pianists of his generation. His concert activities and CD recordings mark him as an extremely intelligent musician with the heart in the right place, his immense technical powers almost being taken for granted. Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy was born in Saarlouis, Germany, in 1967, and his first important teacher was a student of Walter Gieseking and Edwin Fischer. His quintessentially pianistic approach to Scarlatti exploits all the colouristic possibilities of a modern grand, while articulating the quick sonatas with sparkling deftness of touch.

09/07/2022

A tremendous amount of emotional impact from this incredibly simple music. In the cold war numerous composers like Martynov, Svriridov and Pärt became interested in the brand of minimalism developing in the Soviet Union in the late 1970s: a static, spiritually-inspired style without the shimmering pulse of American minimalism. The timeless quality of chants and the lack of a sense of bar lines in Renaissance polyphony entered into their version of minimalism and they began composing works that take on large Christian themes like Passion, Lamentations, Paradise, Death and Mercy. The upshot of all this is to demonstrate the brilliance of this kind of compositional minimalism. The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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Throughout all ages the ancient religious texts have inspired composers, each time finding new ways of expressing universal emotions about life and death. This recording contains sacred choral music by world famous Arvo Pärt (Magnificat), Sviridov, Schnittke, Chesnokov and Miskinis. They search for inner power, in their mysterious, stark melodic lines and open harmonies. Young French choir Les Métaboles (they exist only 4 years) display an astonishing homogeneity and pureness, intense and serene, the perfect ensemble for these sublime and moving choral works!

The Seven Magnificat Antiphons (1988, 1991) employs fewer notes in the service of a more austere soundworld, one which may cast the listener back to the vast spaces of a medieval cathedral and the daily offices held therein. It exercises an immense power upon any receptive listener, and this recording is sure to capture the imagination of Pärt’s many followers worldwide. Under its founder-director Krijn Koetsveld, Le Nuove Musiche has won international acclaim for its complete recording of Monteverdi’s madrigals, a project over a decade in the making and which has recently been released complete for the first time by Brilliant Classics (BC95661).

The organ plays a central role in The Beatitudes: granite slabs of sound come into focus over unyielding pedal notes, the message intensified in the silences. Intensity rises with pitch until the music is torn apart by the organ at the concluding Amen. As follow-up on their successful Duruflé recording (BC9264) the splendid Leeds Cathedral Choir, conductor Benjamin Saunders and organist Daniel Justin present Beatitudes by Arvo Pärt, the iconic Estonian master of New Spirituality.

08/07/2022

05/07/2022

This album contains a generous collection of solo concertos for the most popular of wind instruments, the flute. Traversing more than two centuries the collection presents concertos by the great Baroque Master Vivaldi, continuing into the classical era with concertos by Abel and Mozart, and finally arriving in the romantic era with Du Puy and Büchner.

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A wonderful selection of the best flute concertos from the 18th and 19th centuries, this video showcases 7 composers who championed the flute, each in their own way, with refined and idiomatic music for the instrument. Vivaldi was active during the 1720s, an era of transition from the end-blown recorder to the more powerful and easily tuned side-blown transverse flute common today. From later in the 18th century we have the inventive and idiomatic flute music of Mozart. Joining Büchner in the 19th century is Swiss-born Du Puy who was active in Scandinavia.

Soloists of international calibre and renown perform with equally noteworthy ensembles in recordings spanning four decades: Ginevra Petrucci's renditions of Du Puy and Büchner with Milan's acclaimed Pomeriggi Musicali to timeless interpretations from Johannes Walter and the Staatskapelle Dresden (Mozart). Authentic performance is also represented in this bundle, with Mario Folena joining Vivaldi specialists Federico Guglielmo and L'Arte dell'Arco. Iceland's Nordic Affect period ensemble features Georgia Browne in flute music by Abel, who wrote his chamber works for his pioneering London subscription concerts.

30/06/2022

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