BRILLIANT CLASSICS

Born in 1975, Silvia Colasanti has an extensive catalogue of works to her credit in all the major classical genres, but her style is principally characterized by it's attention to drama, whether...

Who was Lelio Colista (1629-1680)? Known by his early 20s as 'the Orpheus of Rome', he began his musical education as a choirboy before soon becoming a performer at the papal Barberini court. He then...

The conventual franciscan Orazio Colombano (c.1554-after 1595) hailed from Verona and came to the ancient city of Vercelli, in Piedmont, east of Turin, in 1579 to take up his first professional...

Giovanni Paolo Colonna (1637-1695) was a native of Bologna and the music director of one of it's major churches, dedicated to San Petronio, where he presided over a rich culture of sacred music...

This landmark set gathers all seven volumes of Pieter-Jan Belder's exhaustive exploration of the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book in recordings spanning the current decade. The precious, historic tome,...

One of Brilliant Classics's best-selling boxes has been a 25-album compilation of rarely heard piano concertos from the Romantic era in much-prized recordings from the 60s and 70s. Here is an...

As the forerunner of the piano and violin concertos, the concerto grosso is all about give and take. Not only one against many but also one, two or three musicians conversing with each other and with...

Arcangelo Corelli was nothing less than a musical pioneer, a champion of the violin's potential as a solo instrument and an immense influence on the composers who followed him. These reissued...

Corelli Complete Edition / Various Corelli Complete Edition / Various CD

Daniel Pio Dal Barba (1715-1801) was Maestro di Cappella at Verona Cathedral, a position he took up in 1762. Before this, he taught at the Accademia Filarmonica in Verona where, on 9 January 1770, he...

Corrette / Opera Prima Ensemble / Contadin Corrette: Les Delices De La Solitude Op 20 CD1. Sonata in F Major. Allegro - Fuga, Aria - Affettuoso, Allegro 2. Sonata in D minor. Allegro, Aria I -...

Fran?ois Couperin (1689-1755) 'Couperin le Grand' was a master of the Baroque era, and this release offers us a fresh recording his chef-d'oeuvres: the harpsichord trios. Couperin was born into a...