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Erin Helyard, Orchestra of the Antipodes - André-Ernest-Modeste Gretry: L'amant jaloux (2016)

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Erin Helyard, Orchestra of the Antipodes - André-Ernest-Modeste Gretry: L'amant jaloux (2016)

Erin Helyard, Orchestra of the Antipodes - André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry: L'amant jaloux (2016)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 432 Mb | Total time: 59:24+35:13 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Pinchgut Opera | # PG008 | Recorded: 2015

This hugely successful opera, heard and admired by Mozart during his sojourn in France, began a new kind of French musical drama. Glorious orchestral colours and wickedly witty ensemble pieces reveal striking musical and dramatic ideas, embracing the daring new ideals of the Enlightenment, while laying bare the innermost thoughts and feelings of the characters in a way that would inspire Mozart’s partnership with his librettist da Ponte. Mistaken identity, mysterious strangers, true love, duels and a happy ending!

Melissa Farrow & Erin Helyard - A Viennese Bouquet (2023)

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Melissa Farrow & Erin Helyard - A Viennese Bouquet (2023)

Melissa Farrow & Erin Helyard - A Viennese Bouquet (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 270 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 176 Mb | 01:16:35
Classical | Label: ABC Classics

Exquisite eloquence from Australia's foremost Baroque and Classical flute virtuoso, Melissa Farrow. Well known to Australian audiences as a featured artist with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Australian Haydn Ensemble and Pinchgut Opera, this is her first solo album: a deep dive into the elegant musical salons of early 19th-century Vienna. Sublime melodies, joyous virtuosity, and delicate nuances of colour: Farrow plays the nine-key instrument prized by composers of the day, where each note has multiple possible fingerings, each with its own subtle shades of timbre. Capable of expressing a vast range of emotions, the instrument was, as the great German Romantic Jean Paul described it, ‘a divining rod, plumbing the depths of the soul.’

Stephanie Mccallum & Erin Helyard - Aristea Mellos: Preludes and Duets (2022)

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Stephanie Mccallum & Erin Helyard - Aristea Mellos: Preludes and Duets (2022)

Stephanie Mccallum & Erin Helyard - Aristea Mellos: Preludes and Duets (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 176 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 135 Mb | Digital booklet | 00:57:20
Classical | Label: ABC Classic

Aristea Mellos is a Greek-Australian composer and pianist whose compositional voice has been described as ‘unnerving and awe-inspiring’ (Limelight). In this new album, she celebrates the miracle of the piano: its mechanical precision, its poetic resonance and its capacity for song.

Stephanie McCallum & Erin Helyard - Four Hands for France: Music for Piano Duet (2021)

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Stephanie McCallum & Erin Helyard - Four Hands for France: Music for Piano Duet (2021)

Stephanie McCallum & Erin Helyard - Four Hands for France: Music for Piano Duet (2021)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | Digital booklet | 01:12:48 | 171 Mb
Classical | Label: Toccata Classics

Playing four-hands piano was both vital in the dissemination of music in the nineteenth century and also a popular domestic activity. The French composers recorded here span the Romantic century, from the salon charm of Chaminade and Massenet and the virtuosity of Alkan’s wild dance to the innocence of the family music-room in pieces by Chausson, Godard and Ropartz. The original 1853 Parisian Erard piano on which this recording was made combines warmth with bell-like clarity, because of its straight stringing, allowing it to produce a surprising variety of appealing, expressive textures.