HARMONIA MUNDI

Lugansky,Nikolai Rachmaninov: 24 Preludes CD1. Rachmaninov: Prelude Op. 3 No. 2 in C Sharp minor 4:47 2. Rachmaninov: Preludes Op. 23 Nos. 1-10 (Complete) 35:16 3. No. 1. Largo in F-Sharp minor 3:40...

Following on from his formidable complete recording of the Preludes, Nikolai Lugansky now immerses us in two more major cycles by Rachmaninov, the ?tudes-Tableaux. Like Chopin and Liszt, the Russian...

Post-Romantic dazzle in The Firebird (1910), neo-classical elegance in Apollon musag?te (1928): Igor Stravinsky is revealed here in all his diverse genius. Between the shimmering world of Russian...

For their first recording with harmonia mundi, Gustavo Gimeno and the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg revisit Rossini's famous Stabat Mater. This work, composed after the premature end of his...

Before turning his attention to opera, Puccini wrote a number of marvelous pieces that are not always known to the public, even though they already fully express his genius. This is particularly true...

The two splendid works on this album were the result of Manuel de Falla's encounter with the husband-and-wife team of dramatists Mart?nez Sierra-Lejrraga. El amor brujo takes us to the very heart of...

Peter Gunn - the classic TV detective series (1958-61) - is probably best remembered today thanks to Henry Mancini's trendsetting score inspired by the West Coast Cool jazz style. In MUSIC FOR PETER...

Henriette de Coligny, Comtesse de La Suze, was more than just a woman of letters admired in her time, even by the very demanding Boileau. It was as a free woman that she married for love; after the...

Lambert: Le?ons de T?n?bres - If the Le?ons de T?n?bres by Charpentier, Couperin and Lalande are very well known, rare are the musicians who dare confront those by Michel Lambert because of the...

With his First Concerto, the young Brahms set his own course in the wake of Beethoven and Schumann and at the same time poured forth his personal emotions in this work of impressive dimensions...

Debussy: Preludes Livre II La Mer (Alexander Melnikov) Alexander Melnikov is among those pianists increasingly committed to playing the works of the past on the instruments from which they came into...

A lover of historical keyboard instruments, Alexander Melnikov has already successfully met the challenge of exploring 'Four Pieces, Four Pianos' on record and in concert back in 2018. Today, he has...