Brilliant Classics

Charles Koechlin, music theorist as well as composer, was a significant figure in the vibrant early 20th century whirl of Parisian culture. After studying under as Jules Massenet and Gabriel Fauré, the latter being an enormous influence on his music, Koechlin co-founded the Société musicale indépendante in 1909 and many years later became president...

In 1717 Johann Sebastian Bach entered the service of the Prince of Anhalt-Cöthen. It was an appointment that was to prove highly fruitful, as, free from ecclesiastical duties and with an instrumental ensemble of about 17 players to hand; Bach took the opportunity to expand his instrumental output -- writing, among others, a collection of violin...

This live recording of one of Tchaikovsky's least-known operas derives from a live production of a staging by Graham Vick in Cagliari, Sardinia. It features the always quirky musicianship of Gennady Rozhdestvensky, whose musical appetite for the curio and the unfamiliar is apparently insatiable. He conducts a cast of real Russian singers, most of...

'Nancy Argenta's Zerlina has charm and vitality... Huub Claessens makes a firmtoned and spirited Leporello. Markus Schafer's Ottavio is authoritatively sung, a model of style and phrasing. This is altogether a performance that you are sure to enjoy.' Gramophone, April 1997There is no serious Opera Collection without Mozart's Don Giovanni, one of...

Anatoliy Lyadov (1855-1914)Complete piano worksIncluding many first recordingsMarco Rapetti pianoAkane Makita secondo (in works for piano four-hands)...

Wykonawcy:Francesco Dillon celloEmanuele Torquati pianoDrei Romanzen Op.94 (originally for oboe and piano)Sonata No.1 in A minor Op.105* (originally for violin and piano)Suite No.3 in C BWV1009 (arr. Schumann)...