Tag: François Couperin
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Nikolaus Harnoncourt & Concentus Musicus Wien: Complete Vanguard and MHS Recordings
Nikolaus Harnoncourt was one of the most influential and respected musicians of the twentieth century and a pioneer of the “historically informed performance” movement. His repertoire spanned early medieval music to George Gershwin and his performances and recordings combines scrupulous scholarly research with character and personality. He was a co-founder of the Concentus Music’s Wien…
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Cassadó: Romantic Cello
“NEW recordings and discoveries! Revelation and sheer enjoyment here for Cello lovers, of beautifully performed samples by Marina Tarasova of pieces new to the ears of many” (MusicalMerit)
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The Virtuoso Harpsichord: Heiller Plays Couperin “Le Grand”
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Harpsichord Favourites
“Robert Aldwinckle is an accomplished player, well known beyond early-music circles. He offers here a potpourri of familiar harpsichord pieces from the 17th and 18th centuries, intended as an introduction, which he performs on two replica instruments built by John Horniblow. The choice of repertoire ….is confidently performed.……many will be delighted to find so many…
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Pablo Casals: ‘Song of the Birds’ and Cello Encores
“From 1950 Casals became a celebrity again ….He founded the Prades Festival where many recordings were made including, in 1954, his most sought-after recording after the Bach Suites: an arrangement by his brother of an old Catalan Christmas song Cant del Ocells (Song of the Birds). This piece …was very dear to Casals, so much…
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Alfred Deller: French & Italian Discoveries
