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Cellist Gautier Capu�on is the constant presence in this programme of music by Robert Schumann. In the Cello Concerto his partners are Bernard Haitink and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, and in a selection of chamber works his violinist brother Renaud and the pianist Martha Argerich. "Bernard Haitink is a wonderfully inspiring guide," says Gautier, "and Martha Argerich carries me along on the composer's waves of romanticism and passion." - Universally recognised as the finest cellist of his generation, Gautier Capu�on has a firm reputation as a concerto soloist, recitalist and chamber musician. He is a regular performer with the Berlin Philharmonic, Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Symphony, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Chicago Symphony, NHK Symphony, and at festivals such as Verbier and Lugano, and has won several awards at the ECHOS and the Victoires de la Musique.

2020 release. "An outstanding album", was Gramophone magazine's verdict on the Arod Quartet's last release, a programme of Schoenberg, Zemlinsky and Webern. Remaining in Vienna, the young French quartet goes back to the time of Schubert. "We wanted to explore several stylistic phases in Schubert's life," they explain. The centrepiece is his gripping Quartet No 14 ('Der Tod und das M�dchen'/'Death and the Maiden'), written in the final years of his short life and complemented here by the Quartets No 4 and No 12 ('Quartettsatz').

The transcendental heroics of Paganini's Caprices have presented the ultimate test for generations of violinists. Alina Ibragimova's account of this most exclusive repertoire joins a select few of the most celebrated.

The great "Eroica" variations are the centerpiece of this program, which ends with two amusingly anglophile tributes, and contains some surprisingly under-appreciated Beethoven. This is an indispensable pendant to Angela Hewitt's ongoing survey of his piano sonatas.

On Volume 5 of Howard Shelley's complete Mendelssohn piano music series, he continues to overturn the conventional wisdom about the composer's unjustly neglected piano music, again demonstrating convincingly it's claims on our attention.

Both sonatas recorded here are the work of the young Brahms, who was still a teenager when he wrote Op.2. They are paired with, and perfectly complement the much later rhapsodies. These are magisterial accounts from Garrick Ohlsson, a pianist noted for his mastery of the Romantics.

The choral versions of La mort dOphélie and Sara la baigneuse may be relative rarities on record but both are vintage Berlioz, short and striking, which should be much better known. Yet further incentive to acquire a terrific account of the Symphonie fantastique.

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This final release in the Complete Songs of Brahms series, featuring soprano Sophie Rennert, epitomizes all the familiar virtues that have distinguished the project: Perfectly judged performances, intelligently planned recitals, informative booklet notes and brilliant accompaniments from Graham Johnson, a true master of the art.

Wagner: Highlights from "The Ring"

Complete Piano Works, vol. 4

Complete Piano Works, vol. 6

Complete Piano Works, vol. 1

Denmark’s leading pianist Amalie Malling was born in Germany of Danish parents. She started to play piano at the age of 6. In 1961 she moved to Denmark with her family and continued her study with composer/pianist Herman D. Koppel. Amalie graduated from the Hannover Conservatory of Music in Germany and studied further with Alfred Brendel. In 1972 she won the first prize in the Scandinavian Piano Competition. This is her first Kontrapunkt recording.

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Kontrapunkt is proud to announce the release of Robert Schumann’s incidental music “Manfred” in the complete form. This is probably the only complete “Manfred” (digital) recording available on CD presently. The text used here is in German, revised by Dr. Dietrich Steinbeck for this recording. BSO’s Chief conductor Michael Schønwandt is Danish and just turned 40. Despite of his youth, Schønwandt has conducted most major orchestras in the world. He was the first Scandinavian conductor to conduct at the Wagner Festival in Bayreuth in 1987. Earlier releases by Berliner Sinfonie Orchester with Michael Schønwandt: Ravel “Daphnis Et Chloé” (KPT 32152) and Berlioz “Requiem” (KPT 32143/4).

Complete Works For Piano

Complete Piano Works, vol. 3

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Harp Recital: McDonald, Susann - SALZEDO, C. / ALBENIZ, M. /

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VERDI: Trouvere (Le) (Il Trovatore) (1857 Paris Version)