Brilliant Classics

Thomas Tallis served four monarchs in his post at the Chapel Royal, and was held in great esteem by hismasters and colleagues. 'Tallis is dead, and music dies', said William Byrd, his most distinguished pupil. Talliswas a great survivor of the dangerous shifting sands of religious and court politics in England at the turn of the 16th century and...

Along with Shostakovich and Prokofiev, Khachaturian was one of the most famous and celebrated composers of the Soviet Union. Born in Tbilisi, Georgia, his earliest musical influences were the folk music of Georgia and of his ancestral homeland, Armenia. His ballet Gayaneh, composed in 1942, tapped into this passion for his Armenian heritage; set on...

Kompozytor: Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828) Wykonawcy: Brandis Quartet:Thomas Brandis, Peter Brem (Viool)Wilfried Strehle (Viola)Wolfgang Boettcher (Cello)...

Sir Michael Tippett (1905-1998) was a leading figure in British contemporary music of the 20-th century. His 4 string quartets span his entire creative life, and show him as an extremely skilful and innovative composer. He wrote a total of seven string quartets, along with two early efforts that he himself suppressed, deeming the works too...

The Four Last Songs of Richard Strauss, more than any other work, sum up the end of their era -- that of romanticism, and the end of the old Germany (the decent, cultured Germany destroyed by the Nazi regime) that Strauss had made his name in. There is an unmistakably valedictory air, and although the songs were not intended to be published as a...

Scottish Songs for George Thomson vol.1Kompozytor: Haydn, Joseph Wykonawcy:Lorna AndersonJamie MacDougallHaydn Trio Eisenstadt...