Beethoven: Diabelli Variations, Op. 120 & 6 Bagatelles, Op. 126
Giovanni Mazzocchin
"33 Veränderungen über einen Walzer einen Walzer von Diabelli": this is the original German title chosen by Beethoven for one of his last great bursts of musical inspiration. Even the title is remarkable, indeed, he did not choose the ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Brahms: String Quintets Nos. 1 & 2
Quartetto Sandro Materassi
Johannes Brahms' String Quintet No. 1 in F major, op. 88, was composed in 1882. Brahms described the quintet to his friend Clara Schumann as "one of [his] finest works" and told Simrock, "You have never before had such a beautiful work from me.” String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Opus 111 ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-Flat Major, Allegretto in C Minor & 6 Moments musicaux
Marco Tezza
Pianist Marco Tezza recorded Franz Schubert's later works including the great Sonata in B flat major, D 960, and the 6 Moments Musicaux D 870. This stunning double album is the result of 30 years of maturation: the life span of the composer. ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
Giovanni Mazzocchin
The Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, are probably the main work (or at least the most renowned) of Johann Sebastian Bach. They are often played at the piano and the harpsichord, but also on the organ, or with chamber music ensemble (Quartets, Trios). ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Jacopo Salvatori
This album contains a number of short pieces, most of which were written by the author during the first years of his career. Debussy’s way of writing for piano at this early stage is less articulated yet it contains a certain degree of complexity ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Ysaÿe: 6 Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27
Paolo Ghidoni
"I'd never heard a violinist play so in tune before hearing Ysaÿe," claimed Pablo Casals (who himself was an outstanding cellist and personality of the 1900s). ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Rameau: Complete Harpsichord Works
Simone Stella
One of the most influential French composers and music theorists of the Baroque era, Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) was the successor of Jean-Baptiste Lully as the major French opera composer, and is also widely ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Jacopo Salvatori
Pour le piano (1901), Estampes (1903) and Masques (1904) belong to the period preceding that of the composer’s piano masterpieces, such as Images and Préludes, written between 1904 and 1913. Nevertheless they mark a fundamental stage in the composer’s ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Beethoven: Late Sonatas, Opp. 101 & 106 Hammerklavier
Giovanni Mazzocchin
'If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.' We could imagine that, like Newton, even Beethoven could have pronounced this adage. We might imagine, in fact, it being the wish of the Bonn master to go beyond the music
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Grieg: The Violin Sonatas, Opp. 18, 13 & 45
Duo Cammarano-Deljavan
The 3 Violin Sonatas by Edvard Grieg feature a mixture of the 19th c. Austro-Germanic tradition with the Nordic folk leanings of Norway’s greatest composer. Grieg’s experiences at the Leipzig Conservatory, where the strong influence of
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Mozart: Piano Quartets, K. 478 & 493
Quartetto Avos - Mozart Piano Quartets
Mozart received a commission for three quartets in 1785 from the publisher Franz Anton Hoffmeister. Hofmeister's fear that the work was too difficult for amateurs so he released Mozart from the obligation of completing the set.
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Royer: Complete Harpsichord Works
Yago Mahugo
Born in Turin, Royer went to Paris in 1725, and in 1734 became maétre de musique des enfants de France, responsible for the musical education of the children of the king, Louis XV. All his music for harpsichord is contained ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Reincken: Complete Keyboard Works, Vol. 3
Simone Stella
This release features his complete music for keyboard instruments, which unsurprisingly dominates his total output. It contains Suites, Variations, Toccatas (here played on the harpsichord), two big organ chorale fantasias and a well ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Reincken: Complete Keyboard Works, Vol. 2
Simone Stella
This release features his complete music for keyboard instruments, which unsurprisingly dominates his total output. It contains Suites, Variations, Toccatas (here played on the harpsichord), two big organ chorale fantasias and a well ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Reincken: Complete Keyboard Works, Vol. 1
Simone Stella
This release features his complete music for keyboard instruments, which unsurprisingly dominates his total output. It contains Suites, Variations, Toccatas (here played on the harpsichord), two big organ chorale fantasias and a well ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
