Bach: Mass in B Minor BWV 232 - Leonhardt, La Petite Bande

Johann Sebastian Bach

Mass in B Minor BWV 232

La Petite Bande, Gustav Leonhardt

Simply the most perfect vision and interpretation of this masterpiece of Bach...Anything else to say is completely useless...I listen this recording in complete silence and admiration. Perfect!

Handel - Saul (English Oratorio in Three Acts) HMW 53

George Frideric Handel (c. 1685-1759)

Saul, English Oratorio in Three Parts HMW 53

Joachim Carlos Martini

Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra

Junge Kantorei

Soloists

Marcel Beekman; David Cordier; Stephan MacLeod;Claron McFadden; Barbara Schlick; Knut Schoch; Gotthold Schwarz

Spanish Piano Music: Albéniz; Garandos; De Falla - Cristina Ortiz Cristina, Esteban Sanchez, Benita Meshulam

Isaac Albeniz; Manuel de Falla; Enrique Granados

Spanish Piano Music

Esteban Sánchez, Benita Meshulam, Cristina Ortiz (Piano)

Philippe Jaroussky - Un Concert pour Mazarin - Ensemble La Fenice, Jean Tubéry

Philippe Jaroussky - Un concert pour Mazarin

Philippe Jaroussky, Enrico Onofuri, Jeremie Papasergio, Emilia Gliozzi

Ensemble La Fenice

Jean Tubery

Works by Girolamo Frescobaldi, Giovanni Battista Bassani, Luigi Rossi, Giampaolo Cima

"Jaroussky here concentrates on his biggest strength and absolute vocal command.

This disc really should not be missed."

Tarik O'Regan: Threshold of Night - Conspirare, Company of Voices

Tarik O'Regan (b.1978)

Threshold of Night

Conspirare, Company of Voices

Craig Hella Johnson

Delius: Orchestral Works - Raphael Wallfisch, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Mackerras

Frederick DELIUS (1862-1934)

Paris - Song of a Great City, for orchestra (1899) 

Concerto for violin, cello and orchestra (1915-16) 

Concerto for cello and orchestra (1921) 

Violin: Tasmin Little, Cello: Raphael Wallfisch

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Charles Mackerras

Malcolm Arnold: Piano Concertos - Phillip Dyson, Kevin Sargent, Ulster Orchestra, Esa Heikkila

Malcolm ARNOLD: 

Concerto for 2 Pianos 3 Hands; Concerto for Piano Duet

Phillip Dyson, Kevin Sargent, Ulster Orchestra, Esa Heikkila

Composed in 1951 during a period of almost frenzied activity, the Concerto for Piano Duet and Strings is one of Malcolm Arnold’s finest concertos, full of technical display, melody, contrast and colour. 

Robert de Visee: La Musique de la Chambre du Roi - Cristiano Contadin, Massimo Marchese,

Robert de Visee (c.1655-1733) 

La Musique De La Chambre Du Roi

Pièces de théorbe et de luth mises en partition, dessus et basse Paris, 1716

Cristiano Contadin,  Massimo Marchese,  Manuel Staropoli 

Strikingly original. The work of an inspired mind, dignified and charged with emotional depth.