BRILLIANT CLASSICS

Hendrik Andriessen (1892-1981) was one of the most important Dutch composers of the 20th century. Born into a family of church musicians he became the organist of the churches in Haarlem and Utrecht,...

In Miroir de Peine, five stages of the Agony of Christ are viewed from the perspective of Mary, mother of Jesus. Composed in 1923, Hendrik Andriessen's settings of poems by Henri Gh?on eschew both...

Dick van Gasteren is the founder-conductor of the Ciconia Consort, a chamber orchestra based in The Hague since 2012. To mark 400 years since the Pilgrim Fathers left the Netherlands for America, he...

Antico / Cera Organ At European Courts CD1. Gentil Donna 2. Gagliarda Comadrina 3. Gagliarda Lodesana 4. Gagliarda Chataccio 5. Canzon Francese Detta Je N'en Dirai Mot 6. Canzon Francese Detta Qui la...

Antoni / Ciccolini Pietro Degli Antoni: 12 Sonatas For Violin & Basso CD

Any new album by Vladimir Ashkenazy is cause for celebration and attracts worldwide attention. First as a pianist and latterly as a conductor in a performing career of over six decades, Ashkenazy was...

It may be pure coincidence, but in 1626, it was two enlightened intellectuals from Seville - artist Diego Velazquez and composer Francisco Correa de Arauxo, who stood out for their ability to portray...

Julia?n Arcas's father, Pedro Arcas Arjona, was a talented guitarist, trained in the method of the great Spanish master Dionisio Aguado (Madrid, 8 April 1784-Madrid, 20 December 1849), and he passed...

Archduke Rudolph: Music For Clarinet And Piano / Archduke / Luigi Magistrelli (Clarinet) / Claudia Bracco (Piano) / Composer: Archduke Rudolf of Austri / Performer: Claudia Bracco, Luigi Magistrelli,...

The chamber music of Anton Arensky (1861-1906) embodies a happy and inspired synthesis of two contrasting sound-worlds: the peculiarly Russian language of Rimsky-Korsakov and the 'Mighty Handful',...

Attilio Malachia Ariosti (1666-1730) was born in Bologna, Italy. Violinist, organist, composer and librettist. He took vows at the order of the Serviti as Frate Ottavio in 1688 and was appointed...

Art Of The Nocturne In The Nineteenth Century / Va Art Of The Nocturne In The Nineteenth Century / Va CD1. No. 1, Les Soupirs de la Harpe Eolienne, Nocturne in a Flat Major 2. No. 2 in F Major (A...