Brilliant Classics
Ugoletti: Three Concertos (Brilliant Classics)
Vividly emotional, verging on the cinematic … always moving and often telling [RB]
Vivaldi: La Stravaganza (Transcriptions for Organ) (Brilliant Classics)
These transcriptions are nice complements to Bach’s arrangements [JV]
Nardini: Complete Music for 2 Violins (Brilliant Classics)
A well-deserved recognition of a neglected composer [JV]
Stanley: Complete Flute Sonatas (Brilliant Classics)
Lively and sympathetic playing of Stanley’s flute sonatas [JW]
Ponchielli: Piano Music (Brilliant Classics)
Unknown but attractive salon piano from a composer known for opera [RCh]
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings (Brilliant Classics)
A pleasing compilation of some of Tchaikovsky’s most beguiling string music featuring two premieres [RMo]
Spanish Secular Cantatas (Brilliant Classics)
The three composers on this disc take advantage of excellent performances by Cristina Bayón Álvarez [JV]
Murschhauser: Prototypon Longo-Breve Organicum (Brilliant Classics)
Fine performances of liturgical organ music by a little-known master from South Germany [JV]
Haydn: Complete symphonies (Brilliant Classics)
Energy and perception suffuse this life-enhancing project [CA]
CPE Bach: Fantasias (Brilliant Classics)
Isn’t it time CPE Bach moved into the big time? [DMD]
Vivaldi: La Stravanganza (Brilliant Classics)
Delightful contemporary keyboard arrangements of some of Vivaldi’s best-known concerti [MSt]
17th Century Music for Canto & Basso (Brilliant Classics)
A compelling display of the brilliant music that was written in Italy in the first half of the 17th century [JV]
Barber: The Complete Songs (Brilliant Classics)
What should have been an important and innovative release ruined by basic failures of presentation [PCG]
Lhoyer: Guitar duos (Brilliant Classics)
Attractive rather than profound, primarily of interest to lovers of the classical guitar [GPu]
Lauro: Guitar Music (Brilliant Classics)
Superior original guitar music; very credible performances [ZT]
Mompou: Complete Piano Works (Brilliant Classics)
(Déjà Review) A chance to admire Mompou the composer-pianist in his maturity and playing that gets to the heart of the matter [JW]
Slavic Rhapsody (Brilliant Classics)
This programme of Czech music for strings gives much pleasure [LW]
Mozart: Piano Sonatas (Brilliant Classics)
(Déjà Review) These original recordings melt the heart [JLa]
Françaix: Chamber Music (Brilliant Classics)
Refreshing Frenchness in a blast from the past [DC]
The Monteverdi Organ (Brilliant Classics)
Groundbreaking from the perspective of performance practice [JV]
Vivaldi: Sonatas for 2 Violins (Brilliant Classics)
Vivaldi’s instrumental music is more theatrical than these performances suggest [JV]
Haydn: The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross (Brilliant Classics)
With added flute part, this arrangement is a welcome curiosity for those already familiar with the work [SW]
Araja & Pellegrini: Keyboard Works (Brilliant Classics)
Two little known composers whose work illustrates the polarities of harpsichord music in 18th century Italy [GPu]
Veggio, Ridio, Bertoldo: Complete Organ Music (Brilliant Classics)
Scandali could not have made a better choice than the oldest of the two organs in San Petronio [JV]
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