Magdalena Kožená, mezzo-soprano Bach: Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, Cantata BWV 208 – Aria: Schafe können sicher weiden From Bach Arias (1998) Released by Deutsche Grammophon Bach: Schafe können sicher weiden One of my favorite mezzos, Kožená

Vivaldi: Beatus vir (Psalm 111) for 3 voices, strings & continuo in B flat major, RV 598King’s Consort From Vivaldi: Sacred Music, Vol. 3 (1997) Released by Hyperion UK Vivaldi: Beatus vir This is so vigorous, uplifting and luminous that

Heinrich Schiff, cello Schubert: Quintet in C, D.956, II. AdagioAlban Berg Quartet From Schubert Quintet in C (1990) Released by Angel Records Schubert: Quintet D956 The String Quintet in C major, D 956, Op.163, was composed during the summer of

Jian Wang, cello Chopin: Cello Sonata Op.65 From Presenting Jian Wang (1992) Released by Delos Records Chopin: Cello Sonata Frédéric Chopin wrote his Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65 in 1846. It is one of only nine works by

Paul Tortelier, cello Bach: Prelude, Cello Suite No. 1 From Les 6 Suites pour violoncelle (2002) Released by EMI Classics France Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 What I like about this interpretation by Tortelier is the degree of intensity that

Natalie Dessay, soprano Ravel: Vocalise En Forme De Habanera From Vocalises (1998) Released by EMI Ravel: Vocalise En Forme De Habanera This voice is out of this world! And this is an amazing CD, definitely a must-have – there’s not

Mischa Maisky, celloPavel Gililov, piano Brahms: Sonata for Cello and Piano No.1 in E minor, Op.38 – 1. Allegro non troppo From Brahms . Die Cellosonaten (1998) Released by Deutsche Grammophon Brahms: Sonata for Cello and Piano The first time

Dinu Lipatti, piano Chopin: Waltz #9 in A flat “L’Adieu” From Waltzes by Chopin (2009)Released by CreateSpace Chopin: Waltz #9 in A flat This recording was made in 1950, three months before the Romanian pianist Dinu Lipatti died of Hodgkin’s