Alpha Classics

Giovanni Antonini, Kammerorchester Basel

Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on 8 Jul 2022

The twelfth volume in the Haydn2032 series, in which Giovanni Antonini conducts the Kammerorchester Basel, is devoted to "games and pleasures". The sy ...

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Belcea Quartet, Tabea Zimmermann, Jean-Guihen Queyras

Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on 11 Mar 2022

Brahms was one of the first composers to write for pairs of violins, violas and cellos, blazing the trail for Dvořák, Tchaikovsky, Korngold and Schoen ...

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Lucile Boulanger

Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on 21 Jan 2022

Familiar music heard through an unfamiliar prism. It was par for the course in the Baroque era, when transcription and pasticcio (patching together mu ...

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Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on 21 Oct 2022

After the phenomenal critical success of the first two volumes of the complete Sibelius symphonies, the Finnish conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali and th ...

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Nelson Goerner

Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on 6 May 2022

Debussy and Messiaen regarded Iberia as THE piano masterpiece of the twentieth century: "One’s eyes close, as if dazzled from having gazed upon too ma ...

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Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini

Symphonic Music - Released by Alpha Classics on 27 Jan 2023

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Justin Taylor, Théotime Langlois de Swarte

Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on 14 Oct 2022

Violinist Théotime Langlois de Swarte and harpsichordist Justin Taylor, two of the most promising virtuosos of the new generation and founder members ...

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Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Fazil Say

Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on 6 Jan 2023

Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja, or PatKop to her fans, and pianist Fazil Say have for some years united periodically for performances and recording ...

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Asmik Grigorian, Lukas Geniušas

Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on 25 Mar 2022

This recording has been highly anticipated. For years, Lithuanian soprano Asmik Grigorian has been renowned within the international scene, and now sh ...

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Eva Zaïcik, Vincent Dumestre, Le Poème Harmonique

Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on 2 Sep 2022

In the seventeenth century, the Ospedale della Pietà in Venice took in young orphan girls who received advanced musical instruction. The concerts give ...

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Ensemble Masques, Olivier Fortin

Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on 3 Jun 2022

The orchestral suite, sometimes simply called "overture" because of the imposing dimensions of its opening movement, enjoyed great popularity in the e ...

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Jodie Devos, Adèle Charvet, Julien Chauvin

Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on 4 Feb 2022

Since the LP was released in the 1950s, there have been countless versions of Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater. The piece instantly captivates the listener, e ...

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Véronique Gens, Sandrine Piau, Julien Chauvin

Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on 1 Apr 2022

Here, Véronique Gens and Sandrine Piau assume the role of two of the best French opera singers of the 18th century: Madame Dugazon and Madame Saint-Hu ...

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I Giardini

Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on 21 Oct 2022

For the American composer Caroline Shaw, writing music is like "cooking someone you love a meal", she told BBC Music Magazine. The youngest-ever winne ...

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Truls Mørk, Håvard Gimse

Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on 26 Aug 2022

The great Norwegian cellist Truls Mørk makes a triumphal return to chamber music with his regular piano partner Håvard Gimse. The programme features t ...

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Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Joonas Ahonen

Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on 13 May 2022

“Pianist – Futurist” is how American virtuoso pianist George Antheil (1900-1959) once introduced himself. “Bad Boy” or “Wild Child” could just as easi ...

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Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Santtu-Matias Rouvali

Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on 18 Jan 2019

Alpha begins a complete cycle of the symphonies by Sibelius alongside some of his symphonic poems with Gothenburg Symphony and its new chief conductor ...

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Alain Altinoglu, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on 9 Dec 2022

This recording marks the beginning of the collaboration between the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra and its new music director, the French conducto ...

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Simon-Pierre Bestion, La tempête

Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on 14 Oct 2022

"I discovered Rachmaninov’s Vespers singing in a choir, and the work made a genuine emotional impact on me! This music gives off an impression of natu ...

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Hervé Niquet, Le Concert Spirituel

Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on 19 Aug 2022

‘Well, what a surprise – a divine surprise! I have delighted in immersing myself in the world of Handel for more than forty years now. But I must admi ...

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Céline Frisch

Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on 20 May 2022

"But what are we going to do with all these pleasures?" A question sung tête-à-tête by the Princess and the Prince in Jacques Demy’s film Peau d’âne ( ...

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