BRILLIANT CLASSICS

Donizetti was prolific in the field of vocal chamber music, to the extent that he almost rivaled Rossini. Nuits d'?t? ? Pausillippe is an album of ariettas, romanzas, notturnos and duettinos...

Knowing where to drop the needle on the string quartets of Donizetti presents more of a challenge than exploring the lasting treasures of his vast catalogue of operas, where posterity has already...

The seven Lachrimae Pavan of 1604 are widely held to mark not only the high point of Dowland's work but the entire genre of viol consort music. Dowland takes a lamenting pavan that he had written...

In 1610, the lutenist Robert Dowland, who had just turned 19, published two anthologies in quick succession that are today considered vital for our understanding of both the lute and Elizabethan...

Known in his day as 'il Tedeschino' ('the little German fellow') Giovanni Filippo Maria Dreyer was born in Florence in 1703, and made a name for himself as a castrato soprano in opera houses across...

Druckenmueller / Tomadin Omplete Organ Music By Erich Saxer & Druckenmuellr CD1. Christum Wir Sollen Loben Schon 2. Es Ist Das Heil Uns Kommen Her 3. Allein Zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ 4. Praeludium 5...

Born near Naples, Egidio Romualdo Duni (1708-1775) enjoyed success with operas presented in Rome and Milan in the 1730s before moving to London in 1736 and then to the Netherlands for a decade. The...

This sublime recording of Henri Duparc's complete m?lodies spans the entirety of the composer's musical career - a career tragically cut short by mental illness. Duparc was plagued by nervousness,...

Jean Louis Duport was one of the most important and influential composers for the cello in the first half of the 19th century. A virtuoso himself, he wrote a treatise on the cello, introducing new...

The output of Marcel Dupr? (1886-1971) is so vast and various that only scholars and fellow organists can expect to grasp it's scale. Most listeners require a discerning ear to pull out some of the...

The second of three settings that can firmly be attributed to Durante, the G minor Requiem is dated 27 November 1738, by which time the composer was established as a senior figure in the vibrant and...

Durlet / Izumi / Lawson / Cohen Violin Son & Music For Cello & Piano CD1. Andante Religioso - Kiyotaka Izumi/Eliot Lawson 2. Appassionata - Kiyotaka Izumi/Eliot Lawson 3. Andante Sostenuto, 'Funeral...