BRILLIANT CLASSICS

The pianist Wilhelm Kempff (1895-1991) belonged to that tradition of German musicians - notably including conductors such as Furtwangler, Klemperer and Walter - for whom composition hardly less...

The sacred vocal music of Johann Caspar Kerll (1627-1693) has attracted it's fair share of attention, with recent recordings devoted to his Masses and the Requiem he composed in 1669 while still a...

This delightful album reminds us of the vital role played by the folk tradition in Armenian classical music, as well as the unrivalled success of both Khachaturians in assimilating that tradition...

Kirchen / Tsaytmashin Yiddish Baroque Music CD1. Dash Lid Un' Gzang Iz Gmakht: Tzu Zingin Fraytig Tzu Nakht 2. Zing Dash Gzang: An Shabbes Tzu Ous Gang 3. Zing Dash Gzang Um Rosh-Khoudesh: Den Er Iz...

Kodaly / Hungarian State Orch / Fischer Orchestral Music CD1. Prelude - the Fairy-Tale Begins 2. Viennese Musical Clock 3. Song 4. Battle and Defeat of Napoleon 5. Intermezzo 6. Entrance of the...

Formed in 2001 by David Brutti and Filippo Farinelli, the Duo Disecheis explores 20th-century and contemporary chamber music. Having performed at many prestigious festivals and venues throughout...

The recent Kozeluch revival, featuring recordings of his solo, chamber and orchestral music, has demonstrated his status as one of the most important figures in the whole of Viennese Classicism. This...

Leopold Ko?eluch (1747-1818) was a Bohemian composer-pianist who moved to Vienna in 1778, three years before Mozart settled there. The sonatas (49 in total) share qualities with the work of his...

Especially in his late sonatas, Leopold Kozeluch's keyboard music belongs no less to the quickly evolving cultural landscape of late 18th- and early 19th-century Vienna than the works of Mozart,...

In 1790, one musical dictionary described Leopold Kozeluch as 'without question the living composer most loved by young or old'; his works displayed 'liveliness and grace, the noblest melody combined...

Kozeluch / Kim Kozeluch: Complete Keyboard Sonatas V2 CD

Despite his present-day obscurity, during his lifetime Leopold Kozeluch was held in just as high esteem as his contemporaries C.P.E. Bach, Haydn and Beethoven, with some accounts praising him as a...