Alpha Classics

Lucile Boulanger

Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on 21/01/2022

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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Giovanni Antonini, Kammerorchester Basel

Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on 8/07/2022

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 11/03/2022

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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Nelson Goerner

Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on 6/05/2022

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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Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on 21/10/2022

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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Justin Taylor, Théotime Langlois de Swarte

Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on 14/10/2022

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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Jodie Devos, Adèle Charvet, Julien Chauvin

Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on 4/02/2022

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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Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Fazil Say

Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on 6/01/2023

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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Eva Zaïcik, Vincent Dumestre, Le Poème Harmonique

Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on 2/09/2022

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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Asmik Grigorian, Lukas Geniušas

Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on 25/03/2022

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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Ensemble Masques, Olivier Fortin

Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on 3/06/2022

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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Véronique Gens, Sandrine Piau, Julien Chauvin

Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on 1/04/2022

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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La tempête, Simon-Pierre Bestion

Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on 7/01/2022

Here Simon-Pierre Bestion presents the incantatory magnetism of a choral music that spans centuries. This fascinating programme is strongly linked to ...

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Truls Mørk, Håvard Gimse

Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on 26/08/2022

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 13/05/2022

“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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Simon-Pierre Bestion, La tempête

Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on 14/10/2022

"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 19/08/2022

‘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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Alain Altinoglu, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on 9/12/2022

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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Céline Frisch

Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on 20/05/2022

"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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Sandrine Piau, Les Paladins, Jérôme Correas

Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on 7/01/2022

After having embodied numerous heroines in her various recital albums, Sandrine Piau now embodies the powerful and wounded women depicted by Handel. " ...

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Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Santtu-Matias Rouvali

Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on 18/01/2019

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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