Brilliant Classics

Rachmaninoff: VespersComposer; Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)Conductor: Yevhen SavchukSoprano: Olga BoruseneTenor: Yuri KorinnykTenor: Mykhaylo TyshchenkoRecording Artist: The National Academic Choir of Ukraine 'Dumka'...

Rossini: ArmidaComposer: Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868)Conductor:Claudio Scimonesoprano:Cecilia Gasdiatenor: Bruce Fordtenor: William Matteuzzitenor: Chris Merrittchoir: Ambrosian Opera Chorusorchestra: I'Solisti Veneti...

Purcell: Funeral Music for Queen Mary AnthemsComposer: Henry Purcell (1659-1695)Conductor:Timothy BrownRecording Artist: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge...

Purcell was not just a creature of the theatre -- his genius with the human voice extended to secular songs and Odes for Queen Mary. Less familiar are his sacred songs. Although some appeared in John Playford'sHarmonia Sacra of 1688 and 1693, many remained in manuscript and known only to a select few. There is some credence to the thought that...

The keyboard sonatas of C.P.E. Bach (1714--1788) bear the hallmarks of a composer who lived through a significant moment in musical history; the fifth child of J.S. Bach, not only was Carl Philipp Emanuel employed at the court of Frederick the Great -- whose patronage and amateur music making remain legendary to this day -- he composed his works...

Pergolesi: Stabat Mater - Salve ReginaComposer:Giovanni Battista Pergolesi 1710-1736Fconductor: Timothy BrownSoprano: Angharad Gruffydd JonesViolin: Julia BishopViolin: Joanna ParkerViola: Peter WhiskinCello: Joanna LevineViolone: Mark LevyOrgan: Timothy BrownRecording Artist: Instrumental EnsembleCountertenor: Lawrence Zazzo...