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Galante Era

The Galante Era, broadly spanning the 18th century, marks a period in Western classical music that emphasized elegance, accessibility, and a graceful melodic simplicity. It arose as a reaction against the complex, highly ornamented baroque style, favoring instead a clear and lyrical line, homophonic textures, and a refined expressiveness aimed at pleasing the senses. Connecting with the broader Enlightenment ideals of clarity and natural beauty, the music of this era showcased composers like Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and Christoph Willibald Gluck, who made significant contributions with their more intuitive, emotive approach that paved the way for the Classical era. The Galante style is often characterized by a conversational interplay among instruments, lightness in form and ornamentation, and a focus on the aesthetic of courtly sophistication.

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Favourite Trumpet Concertos: Telemann, Vivaldi, Haydn, Mozart...

Maurice André•

Alexander Arutiunian•

Antonio Vivaldi•

Georg Philipp Telemann•

George Frideric Handel•

Giuseppe Tartini•

Giuseppe Torelli•

Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel•

Johann Nepomuk Hummel•

Johann Sebastian Bach•

Joseph Haydn•

Leopold Mozart•

Tomaso Albinoni•

Vincenzo Bellini•

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Album - 57 Tracks - Released September 24, 2025

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Leopold Mozart

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

Johan Helmich Roman

Michel Corrette

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September 24, 2025

Favourite Trumpet Concertos: Telemann, Vivaldi, Haydn, Mozart...
Maurice André•
Alexander Arutiunian•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Georg Philipp Telemann•
George Frideric Handel•
Giuseppe Tartini•
Giuseppe Torelli•
Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel•
Johann Nepomuk Hummel•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Joseph Haydn•
Leopold Mozart•
Tomaso Albinoni•
Vincenzo Bellini•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
57 tracks
September 16

"Prelude" - Orchestral Treasures
Sir Neville Marriner•
Aaron Copland•
Alexander Borodin•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Benjamin Britten•
Charles Gounod•
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Edvard Grieg•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Georg Philipp Telemann•
George Frideric Handel•
Georges Bizet•
Giacomo Puccini•
Gioachino Rossini•
Giuseppe Verdi•
Hector Berlioz•
Henry Purcell•
Igor Stravinsky•
Jacques Offenbach•
Johann Pachelbel•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Jules Massenet•
Leopold Mozart•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Modest Mussorgsky•
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Edward Elgar•
Tomaso Albinoni•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
79 tracks
August 26

Great Violin Sonatas
Itzhak Perlman•
Antonín Dvořák•
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach•
César Franck•
Giuseppe Tartini•
Jean-Marie Leclair•
Johann Christian Bach•
Johann Gottlieb Goldberg•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Johannes Brahms•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Niccolò Paganini•
Pietro Domenico Paradisi•
Sergei Prokofiev
45 tracks
August 26

Great Violin Sonatas
Itzhak Perlman•
Antonín Dvořák•
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach•
César Franck•
Giuseppe Tartini•
Jean-Marie Leclair•
Johann Christian Bach•
Johann Gottlieb Goldberg•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Johannes Brahms•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Niccolò Paganini•
Pietro Domenico Paradisi•
Sergei Prokofiev
45 tracks
August 20

Bach: Magnificat - Vivaldi: Gloria - Handel: Water Music - Mozart: Toy Symphony & Laudate Dominum - Boccherini: Minuet - Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee & Other Classical Hits
Sir Neville Marriner•
Alexander Borodin•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Edvard Grieg•
Franz Lehár•
Franz von Suppé•
Frederick Delius•
Georg Philipp Telemann•
George Frideric Handel•
Georges Bizet•
Gioachino Rossini•
Giuseppe Tartini•
Gustav Holst•
Hector Berlioz•
Henry Purcell•
Igor Stravinsky•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Joseph Haydn•
Jules Massenet•
Leopold Mozart•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Luigi Boccherini•
Manuel de Falla•
Marc-Antoine Charpentier•
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov•
Ottorino Respighi•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
56 tracks
August 13

"103 Classical & Conteporary Essentials" : Canzonetta
Mark Hambourg•
Charles Gounod•
Leopold Mozart•
Erik Satie•
Sergei Rachmaninoff•
Franz Schubert•
Richard Strauss•
George Frideric Handel•
Edvard Grieg•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Frédéric Chopin•
Robert Schumann
103 tracks
August 7

Svenska Klassiska Mästerverk
Hugo Alfvén•
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger•
Wilhelm Stenhammar•
Johan Helmich Roman•
Svante Pettersson•
Dag Wirén•
Kurt Atterberg•
Franz Berwald•
Lars-Erik Larsson
36 tracks
August 6

Swedish Classical Masterpieces
Hugo Alfvén•
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger•
Wilhelm Stenhammar•
Kurt Atterberg•
Dag Wirén•
Franz Berwald•
Johan Helmich Roman•
Svante Pettersson
36 tracks
August 1

Michel Corrette: Les délices de la solitude, 6 Sonatas for 2 Cellos, Op. 20
Michel Corrette
20 tracks
June 6

Leopold Mozart: Piano Sonatas
Leopold Mozart
12 tracks
May 18

An American in Paris
John Nelson•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Gabriel Fauré•
Gaetano Donizetti•
George Frideric Handel•
Gioachino Rossini•
Gustav Mahler•
Hector Berlioz•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Johannes Brahms•
Leopold Mozart•
Maurice Ravel•
Richard Wagner•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
68 tracks
April 25

J.H. Roman: Assaggi for solo violin
Johan Helmich Roman•
Alison Luthmers
16 tracks
April 24

Baroque Revolution
Gustav Leonhardt•
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach•
Claudio Monteverdi•
Domenico Scarlatti•
François Couperin•
Georg Philipp Telemann•
George Frideric Handel•
Girolamo Frescobaldi•
Giulio Caccini•
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber•
Heinrich Schütz•
Henry Purcell•
Jean-Joseph Cassanéa De Mondonville•
Jean-Philippe Rameau•
Johann Christian Bach•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
John Dowland•
Orlando Gibbons•
Samuel Scheidt•
Thomas Morley•
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach•
William Byrd
100 tracks
April 23

Flute Concertos
Jean-Pierre Rampal•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Aram Khachaturian•
Baldassare Galuppi•
Carl Nielsen•
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach•
Carl Reinecke•
Carl Stamitz•
Domenico Cimarosa•
Georg Philipp Telemann•
George Frideric Handel•
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi•
Giuseppe Tartini•
Jacques Ibert•
Jean-Marie Leclair•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Johann Stamitz•
Joseph Haydn•
Michel Blavet•
Michel Corrette•
Saverio Mercadante•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
84 tracks
April 23

Flute Concertos
Jean-Pierre Rampal•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Aram Khachaturian•
Baldassare Galuppi•
Carl Nielsen•
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach•
Carl Reinecke•
Carl Stamitz•
Domenico Cimarosa•
Georg Philipp Telemann•
George Frideric Handel•
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi•
Giuseppe Tartini•
Jacques Ibert•
Jean-Marie Leclair•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Johann Stamitz•
Joseph Haydn•
Michel Blavet•
Michel Corrette•
Saverio Mercadante•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
84 tracks
April 18

J.H. Roman: Assaggio in E Minor, BeRI 312: III.
Johan Helmich Roman•
Alison Luthmers
1 tracks
April 11

J.H. Roman: Assaggio in G Minor, BeRI 320: III.
Johan Helmich Roman•
Alison Luthmers
1 tracks
April 4

J.H. Roman: Assaggio in E Minor, BeRI 312: I.
Johan Helmich Roman•
Alison Luthmers
1 tracks
March 7

Fantasia in D Minor, F. 19
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach•
Rustem Hayroudinoff
1 tracks
February 25

Keyboard Sonatas 1 through 8
Carlos Seixas
8 tracks
January 30

Toccata in La maggiore
Pietro Domenico Paradisi
1 tracks
January 29

Sarti: 6 Sonatas for Traversiere Flute & B.C.
Giuseppe Sarti•
Giovanni Miszczyszyn•
Giacomo Benedetti•
Valeria Brunelli
16 tracks
January 17

De Nebra: Venus y Adonis
José de Nebra•
Los Elementos•
Alberto Miguélez Rouco•
Jone Martínez•
Natalie Pérez•
Ana Vieira Leite
42 tracks
January 10

Benda: Flute Concerto in E Minor, L 2.4 (Arr. for Soprano Recorder by Isaac Makhdoomi)
Franz Benda•
Isaac Makhdoomi•
Ensemble Piccante
3 tracks
January 9

Two movements from a Sonata in B Flat (harpsichord)
Leopold Mozart
2 tracks
January 1

First movement from Sonata in B Flat
Leopold Mozart
1 tracks
December 22, 2024

Michel Corrette: Nouveau Livre de Noëls pour le Clavecin ou l'Orgue
Michel Corrette
20 tracks
December 15

De Nebra: Venus y Adonis: Aria. Cualquiera mozuela (Celfa)
José de Nebra•
Ana Vieira Leite•
Los Elementos•
Alberto Miguélez Rouco
1 tracks
December 13

Abel: Arpeggio in D Minor, AbelWV A1:A26
Carl Friedrich Abel
1 tracks
December 13

Bach: Harpsichord Concerto in D Major, Fk 41: III. Presto
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach•
Francesco Corti•
Il Pomo D'oro
1 tracks
December 6

Nannerl Notenbuch
Leopold Mozart
41 tracks
December 5

William Boyce: Voluntary No. 1 in D Major for Trumpet, Organ, Harpsichord and Timpani
William Boyce
1 tracks
November 22

Michel Corrette: Les Amants Enchantes & Other Harpsichord Pieces
Michel Corrette
24 tracks
November 19

Voluntary no 8 in C Major
William Boyce
1 tracks
November 15

Tůma: Vesperae
Frantisek Tuma•
Czech Ensemble Baroque
27 tracks
November 13

De Nebra: Venus y Adonis: Sinfonia in F Major, I. Sinfonia
José de Nebra•
Los Elementos•
Alberto Miguélez Rouco
1 tracks
November 8

Paradies: Toccata in A Major
Pietro Domenico Paradisi•
Benedetta Iardella
1 tracks
November 1

Tůma: Ouverture in C – Menuet, Trio (Polonese), Menuet da capo
Frantisek Tuma•
Czech Ensemble Baroque
1 tracks
October 27

Itinerary of a HIP Musician
Ton Koopman•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach•
Dietrich Buxtehude•
Francis Poulenc•
Franz Schubert•
François Couperin•
Georg Philipp Telemann•
George Frideric Handel•
Girolamo Frescobaldi•
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber•
Henry Purcell•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Joseph Haydn•
Marc-Antoine Charpentier•
Michael Praetorius•
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
166 tracks
October 25

Štěpán: Piano Sonatas
Joseph Anton Steffan•
Rudolf Bernatík
12 tracks

September 24, 2025

Favourite Trumpet Concertos: Telemann, Vivaldi, Haydn, Mozart...
Maurice André•
Alexander Arutiunian•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Georg Philipp Telemann•
George Frideric Handel•
Giuseppe Tartini•
Giuseppe Torelli•
Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel•
Johann Nepomuk Hummel•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Joseph Haydn•
Leopold Mozart•
Tomaso Albinoni•
Vincenzo Bellini•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
57 tracks
September 16

"Prelude" - Orchestral Treasures
Sir Neville Marriner•
Aaron Copland•
Alexander Borodin•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Benjamin Britten•
Charles Gounod•
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Edvard Grieg•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Georg Philipp Telemann•
George Frideric Handel•
Georges Bizet•
Giacomo Puccini•
Gioachino Rossini•
Giuseppe Verdi•
Hector Berlioz•
Henry Purcell•
Igor Stravinsky•
Jacques Offenbach•
Johann Pachelbel•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Jules Massenet•
Leopold Mozart•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Modest Mussorgsky•
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Edward Elgar•
Tomaso Albinoni•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
79 tracks
August 26

Great Violin Sonatas
Itzhak Perlman•
Antonín Dvořák•
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach•
César Franck•
Giuseppe Tartini•
Jean-Marie Leclair•
Johann Christian Bach•
Johann Gottlieb Goldberg•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Johannes Brahms•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Niccolò Paganini•
Pietro Domenico Paradisi•
Sergei Prokofiev
45 tracks
August 26

Great Violin Sonatas
Itzhak Perlman•
Antonín Dvořák•
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach•
César Franck•
Giuseppe Tartini•
Jean-Marie Leclair•
Johann Christian Bach•
Johann Gottlieb Goldberg•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Johannes Brahms•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Niccolò Paganini•
Pietro Domenico Paradisi•
Sergei Prokofiev
45 tracks
August 20

Bach: Magnificat - Vivaldi: Gloria - Handel: Water Music - Mozart: Toy Symphony & Laudate Dominum - Boccherini: Minuet - Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee & Other Classical Hits
Sir Neville Marriner•
Alexander Borodin•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Edvard Grieg•
Franz Lehár•
Franz von Suppé•
Frederick Delius•
Georg Philipp Telemann•
George Frideric Handel•
Georges Bizet•
Gioachino Rossini•
Giuseppe Tartini•
Gustav Holst•
Hector Berlioz•
Henry Purcell•
Igor Stravinsky•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Joseph Haydn•
Jules Massenet•
Leopold Mozart•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Luigi Boccherini•
Manuel de Falla•
Marc-Antoine Charpentier•
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov•
Ottorino Respighi•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
56 tracks
August 13

"103 Classical & Conteporary Essentials" : Canzonetta
Mark Hambourg•
Charles Gounod•
Leopold Mozart•
Erik Satie•
Sergei Rachmaninoff•
Franz Schubert•
Richard Strauss•
George Frideric Handel•
Edvard Grieg•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Frédéric Chopin•
Robert Schumann
103 tracks
August 7

Svenska Klassiska Mästerverk
Hugo Alfvén•
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger•
Wilhelm Stenhammar•
Johan Helmich Roman•
Svante Pettersson•
Dag Wirén•
Kurt Atterberg•
Franz Berwald•
Lars-Erik Larsson
36 tracks
August 6

Swedish Classical Masterpieces
Hugo Alfvén•
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger•
Wilhelm Stenhammar•
Kurt Atterberg•
Dag Wirén•
Franz Berwald•
Johan Helmich Roman•
Svante Pettersson
36 tracks
August 1

Michel Corrette: Les délices de la solitude, 6 Sonatas for 2 Cellos, Op. 20
Michel Corrette
20 tracks
June 6

Leopold Mozart: Piano Sonatas
Leopold Mozart
12 tracks
May 18

An American in Paris
John Nelson•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Gabriel Fauré•
Gaetano Donizetti•
George Frideric Handel•
Gioachino Rossini•
Gustav Mahler•
Hector Berlioz•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Johannes Brahms•
Leopold Mozart•
Maurice Ravel•
Richard Wagner•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
68 tracks
April 25

J.H. Roman: Assaggi for solo violin
Johan Helmich Roman•
Alison Luthmers
16 tracks
April 24

Baroque Revolution
Gustav Leonhardt•
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach•
Claudio Monteverdi•
Domenico Scarlatti•
François Couperin•
Georg Philipp Telemann•
George Frideric Handel•
Girolamo Frescobaldi•
Giulio Caccini•
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber•
Heinrich Schütz•
Henry Purcell•
Jean-Joseph Cassanéa De Mondonville•
Jean-Philippe Rameau•
Johann Christian Bach•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
John Dowland•
Orlando Gibbons•
Samuel Scheidt•
Thomas Morley•
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach•
William Byrd
100 tracks
April 23

Flute Concertos
Jean-Pierre Rampal•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Aram Khachaturian•
Baldassare Galuppi•
Carl Nielsen•
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach•
Carl Reinecke•
Carl Stamitz•
Domenico Cimarosa•
Georg Philipp Telemann•
George Frideric Handel•
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi•
Giuseppe Tartini•
Jacques Ibert•
Jean-Marie Leclair•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Johann Stamitz•
Joseph Haydn•
Michel Blavet•
Michel Corrette•
Saverio Mercadante•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
84 tracks
April 23

Flute Concertos
Jean-Pierre Rampal•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Aram Khachaturian•
Baldassare Galuppi•
Carl Nielsen•
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach•
Carl Reinecke•
Carl Stamitz•
Domenico Cimarosa•
Georg Philipp Telemann•
George Frideric Handel•
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi•
Giuseppe Tartini•
Jacques Ibert•
Jean-Marie Leclair•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Johann Stamitz•
Joseph Haydn•
Michel Blavet•
Michel Corrette•
Saverio Mercadante•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
84 tracks
February 25

Keyboard Sonatas 1 through 8
Carlos Seixas
8 tracks
January 29

Sarti: 6 Sonatas for Traversiere Flute & B.C.
Giuseppe Sarti•
Giovanni Miszczyszyn•
Giacomo Benedetti•
Valeria Brunelli
16 tracks
January 17

De Nebra: Venus y Adonis
José de Nebra•
Los Elementos•
Alberto Miguélez Rouco•
Jone Martínez•
Natalie Pérez•
Ana Vieira Leite
42 tracks
December 22, 2024

Michel Corrette: Nouveau Livre de Noëls pour le Clavecin ou l'Orgue
Michel Corrette
20 tracks
December 6

Nannerl Notenbuch
Leopold Mozart
41 tracks

April 18, 2025

J.H. Roman: Assaggio in E Minor, BeRI 312: III.
Johan Helmich Roman•
Alison Luthmers
1 tracks
April 11

J.H. Roman: Assaggio in G Minor, BeRI 320: III.
Johan Helmich Roman•
Alison Luthmers
1 tracks
April 4

J.H. Roman: Assaggio in E Minor, BeRI 312: I.
Johan Helmich Roman•
Alison Luthmers
1 tracks
March 7

Fantasia in D Minor, F. 19
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach•
Rustem Hayroudinoff
1 tracks
January 30

Toccata in La maggiore
Pietro Domenico Paradisi
1 tracks
January 10

Benda: Flute Concerto in E Minor, L 2.4 (Arr. for Soprano Recorder by Isaac Makhdoomi)
Franz Benda•
Isaac Makhdoomi•
Ensemble Piccante
3 tracks
January 9

Two movements from a Sonata in B Flat (harpsichord)
Leopold Mozart
2 tracks
January 1

First movement from Sonata in B Flat
Leopold Mozart
1 tracks
December 15, 2024

De Nebra: Venus y Adonis: Aria. Cualquiera mozuela (Celfa)
José de Nebra•
Ana Vieira Leite•
Los Elementos•
Alberto Miguélez Rouco
1 tracks
December 13

Bach: Harpsichord Concerto in D Major, Fk 41: III. Presto
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach•
Francesco Corti•
Il Pomo D'oro
1 tracks
December 13

Abel: Arpeggio in D Minor, AbelWV A1:A26
Carl Friedrich Abel
1 tracks
December 5

William Boyce: Voluntary No. 1 in D Major for Trumpet, Organ, Harpsichord and Timpani
William Boyce
1 tracks
November 19

Voluntary no 8 in C Major
William Boyce
1 tracks
November 13

De Nebra: Venus y Adonis: Sinfonia in F Major, I. Sinfonia
José de Nebra•
Los Elementos•
Alberto Miguélez Rouco
1 tracks
November 8

Paradies: Toccata in A Major
Pietro Domenico Paradisi•
Benedetta Iardella
1 tracks
November 1

Tůma: Ouverture in C – Menuet, Trio (Polonese), Menuet da capo
Frantisek Tuma•
Czech Ensemble Baroque
1 tracks
October 18

Tůma: Vesperae de confessore – Dixit Dominus
Frantisek Tuma•
Czech Ensemble Baroque
1 tracks
October 17

Gavotte from the 4th Symphony (pipe organ)
William Boyce
1 tracks
October 12

Vivace from Symphony no 3 (pipe organ)
William Boyce
1 tracks
October 12

Larghetto from Overture to Ode to his Majesty's Birthday 1755 (pipe organ)
William Boyce
1 tracks