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In 1630 a strange disease called "Tarantism" struck Italy. It was attributed to a spider's bite with alternating symptoms of exaltation and prostration. Tarantella are enchanting songs and dances meant to heal the patient by...

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Release Date: September 01, 2007

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The psalterion and plucked chords convey a magic atmosphere to this recording. The vocal trio also contributes to the charm, and above all the sensuous and captivating voice of Marco Beasley.

Format: CD

Release Date: September 01, 2007

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This recording is a manifesto from the world of one man, Jo l Grare... evoking concepts like modernism, culture, temporality, style, and improvisation with a singular vision. Percussion) forms a rich musical base to this...

Format: CD

Release Date: May 13, 2008

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'72 Angels is a large-scale work for mixed choir and saxophone quartet. It is structured as seventy-two prelude-evocations and an epilogue. Each prelude sets to music one of the seventy- two names derived from an...

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Release Date: February 14, 2020

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During the 18th century, the manufacture of harpsichords reached its climax; very soon after, a victim of changing tastes, the harpsichord abandoned its dominance to the pianoforte, seen as an incarnation of progress. Jacques Duphly,...

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Release Date: September 08, 2009

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The divertissements of the French court, renowned throughout Europe, were at their height during the reign of Louis XIV (1638-1715). Earlier genres, especially the air de cour and the air de ballet, were transformed in...

Format: CD

Release Date: September 24, 2013

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Classical Music

Format: CD

Release Date: February 10, 2009

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Sergei Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto might never have seen the light of day had it not been for hypnosis: before the twenty-seve-year-old composer began work on it, he was on his last legs - financially,...

Format: CD

Release Date: August 25, 2017

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The remarkable Baroque cellist Bruno Cocset with the ensemble he co-founded, Les Basses Reunies is joined by Italian gambist Guido Balestracci in this second volume of sonatas exploring the Baroque legacy of composer Jean Barriere....

Format: CD

Release Date: November 13, 2015

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14 distinct titles introduce this exciting new series uniting the finest Alpha and ZZT Baroque recordings. Discover - or rediscover - universally known works as well as world premiere recordings of rarities. Newly conducted artist...

Format: CD

Release Date: September 25, 2015

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Herve Niquet brings together two posthumous tributes to Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette for the first time, with Charles-Henri Plantade's Requiem making its recording debut. Both this work and the Cherubini Requiem cast fascinating reflections...

Format: CD

Release Date: October 28, 2016

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Paavo Järvi inaugurates his new contract as conductor of the Tonhalle Orchestra in Zurich with a programme devoted to Messiaen. Alpha Classics will accompany this extremely promising combination: "I’ve always admired French music very much....

Format: CD

Release Date: October 25, 2019

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Supporting new talents is in Alpha's DNA. Here is the very first recording of the Italian pianist Filippo Gorini, who was recently awarded First Prize in the Telekom-Beethoven Competition in Bonn. He has also won...

Format: CD

Release Date: August 25, 2017

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In a world like ours, shaped by centrifugal forces, even a monumental corpus like Beethoven’s thirty-two piano sonatas can appear in a new light. Chronological examination of its genesis reveals fascinating parallels. – The Sonatas...

Format: CD

Release Date: February 14, 2020

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The Orpheus myth was as important for the birth of opera in France as it had been in Italy. In 1684, Charpentier composed a work for three voices, Orphée descendant aux Enfers. With this piece,...

Format: CD

Release Date: January 10, 2020