Brilliant Classics

A stunning 15 CD collection of some of the greatest sacred music ever written.From the great Lamentations of Byrd, Tallis and Palestrina, the listener is taken on a remarkable spiritual journey through Bach's great St Matthew Passion, Purcell's moving and bleak funeral music for Queen Mary, and Handel radiant Messiah.Pergolesi's masterful setting...

Kompozytor: Ferenc LisztWykonawcy: Michele CampanellaHistorische Ungarische Bildnisse, S. 205Late WorksValses oubliées, S. 215...

Stretching from Mexico to Argentina and covering miles of lush, idyllic landscape, Latin America has long been a source of inspiration for all manner of artists. This engaging release details a wonderful collection of music by composers native to the continent, all of whom have sought to capture its identity in their work.Beginning with Moncayo's...

Felix Mendelssohn is associated with one brilliant score of incidental music for the theatre -- A Midsummer Night's Dream -- but in fact he composed scores for no less than 15 stage works. The most significant of them, including the three works in this set, date from the period when he was employed by King Frederick William IV of Prussia, who was...

Among the most prized exhibits of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, stands the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, the largest surviving anthology of Elizabethan and Jacobean keyboard music. Dating from a period during which theory and notation were undergoing radical change, the collection was probably compiled by Francis Tregian and falls just short of 300...

The 19th century was a significant time for both opera and the guitar. Opera was everywhere, and its characteristics gradually began to appear in other styles of music as composers tried to encapsulate the expressiveness and flexibility of the voice into their works. At the same time, the guitar underwent major changes in construction; this disc...