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Gergiev Furlanetta Kiknadze Mariinsky Theatre
Catalogue # MAR0523
Italian bass Ferruccio Furlanetto is one of the most sought-after interpreters of French, Italian and Russian repertoire.
Here he joins Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky orchestra for…
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Shelley Howard Tso
Catalogue # CDA67843
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If the name Friedrich Kalkbrenner is familiar at all, it’s\nprobably for his famous suggestion that Chopin would benefit from\nthree years of study with him (a bold…
Melnikov Alexander Faust Isabelle Currentizis
Catalogue # HMC902104
Shostakovich’s music is often ‘two-faced’, sometimes sublimated in ecstasy and joie de vivre, sometimes plunged into emptiness and suffused with a death wish. Accompanied by the Mahler…
Buffalo University
Catalogue # ECLEC2305
Celebrating the 40th anniversary since its original release,\nTerry Riley’s In C has influenced generations of music enthusiasts\nby continuously crossing genre boundaries. This newly re-mastered\nreissue package features…
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Poltera Christian Hannikainen Tuomas
Catalogue # BISCD1737
Celebrated Swiss cellist Christian Poltera here presents three rarely-heard yet highly individual works composed between 1929 and 1966. Poltera’s previous BIS releases have gained critical acclaim -…
Gardner Edward
Catalogue # CHSA5101
Berio had an abiding fascination with reconciling the past and\nthe present, which can be seen in his orchestral realisations of\nworks by Mahler and Brahms, and most…
Gura Werner Berner Christoph
Catalogue # HMC902112
Born in Munich, Werner Güra has a reputation especially as an interpreter of lieder. His recordings for harmonia mundi, including the great cycles of Schubert, Schumann and…
Shui Lan Sudbin Yevgeny
Catalogue # BISSACD1988
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Coote Alice Johnson Graham
Catalogue # CDA67888
Alice Coote, one of the most distinctive mezzo-sopranos of today, makes her recital debut on Hyperion with pianist Graham Johnson, a stalwart of the label and tireless…
Brodsky Quartet
Catalogue # CHAN10708
ABC Classic FM CD of the Week: 16th April\n2012
Chandos Records signed an exclusive contract with the Brodsky\nQuartet in time for the celebrations of its…
Dijkstra Peter
Catalogue # 900503
On this new CD the Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks under the direction of Peter Dijkstra presents itself a cappella in works by Richard Strauss, Gustav Mahler and…
Doric String Quartet
Catalogue # CHAN10707
Erich Wolfgang Korngold was one of the most astonishing\nprodigies in the history of western music, admired by Mahler,\nStrauss, and Puccini. His compositions were regularly performed by\nrenowned…
Jurowski Michail
Catalogue # C5112
Khachaturian: Spartacus Bolshoi Theatre Moscow Version
Rias-Kammerchor & Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester, Michail Jurowski
Aram Khachaturian’s famous ballet, Spartacus, was first produced for the Kirov Theatre in Leningrad in…
Faust Isabelle Abbado Claudio
Catalogue # HMC902105
*“My first collaboration with Claudio Abbado – with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra in 2008 – opened my eyes to a new way of understanding and experiencing the…
Clausen Rene King Singers Concordia Choir
Catalogue # SIGCD262
Don’t let the ‘plain clothes’ cover of this album fool you: this is simply one of the most stunningly beautiful albums of modern choral music that you…
Hvorostovsky Dmitri
Catalogue # ODE12072
For his debut Ondine recording internationally renowned Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky has chosen 26 romances by Sergei Rachmaninov, including such popular songs as Spring Waters and In…
Isokoski Soile
Catalogue # ODE11872
Star Finnish soprano Soile Isokoski and her longstanding duo partner Marita Viitasalo are sensitive and passionate interpreters of Richard Strauss’s Lieder. Isokoski’s recording of the Four Last…
Kwiecien Mariusz
Catalogue # HMW906101
ABC Classic FM CD of the Week: 23rd January 2012
From the first moment you hear him, the immensely talented young Polish baritone Mariusz Kweicien will delight…
Bezuidenhout Kristian
Catalogue # HMU907499
In volume 3 of his widely acclaimed interpretations of Mozart’s solo keyboard music, fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout (who performed with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra during 2011) plays a…
Willens Michael Alexander
Catalogue # CPO7773542
Anton Eberl was one of Beethoven’s leading rivals in Vienna, his music praised during his lifetime for its ‘newness, fire and power’. Playing a period fortepiano, soloists…
Mortensen Lars Ulrik
Catalogue # CPO7774882
Having recently toured Australia for Musica Viva and regarded throughout the world as among the most remarkable and resourceful period performance ensembles, Concerto Copenhagen performs Handel’s first…
Jansons Mariss Bavarian Rso
Catalogue # 900105
Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony has enjoyed success since its premiere, becoming one of his most popular concert works. It’s powerful theme of victory rung out of fateful strife…
Vanska Osmo
Catalogue # BISSACD1986
Osmo Vanska first achieved international renown through his recordings of Sibelius’s symphonies with the Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Here, he revisits this much-loved repertoire with the Minnesota Orchestra…
Litton Andrew Bergen Po
Catalogue # BISSACD1874
Igor Stravinsky’s first full-length ballet, The Firebird, vividly combined several Russian folktales into an unforgettable entertainment which remains among his best-loved works today. This album presents the…
Baselga Miguel
Catalogue # BISCD1953
Miguel Baselga’s highly-praised traversal of Isaac Albeniz’s piano music have revealed countless treasures beyond the justly famous Iberia. His new album presents mainly early compositions alongside a…
Neunecker Marie Louise Weithaas Antje
Catalogue # BISSACD1859
Johannes Brahms, Gyorgy Ligeti and Kalevi Aho may seem an unlikely musical trio. But this exciting album proposes otherwise: Shoenberg famously dubbed Brahms ‘The Progressive, Ligeti’s Horn…
Paternostro Roberto
Catalogue # ARS38100
Historical Moment in Bayreuth
The appearance of the Israel Chamber Orchestra in Bayreuth in July 2011, including performance of music by the notorious anti-Semite Wagner, sparked a…
Kleinhapl Friedrich
Catalogue # ARS38105
The composer Nino Rota, recipient of two Oscars for his film\nscores, would have been celebrating his one hundredth birthday on\n12 December 2011. His classical compositions have…
Thalheimer Kreidler Eitrich
Catalogue # CAR83344
Du angenehme Nachtigall (Oh Delightful Nightingale) Bird Arias and Love Songs of the Baroque. In their “Flauto e voce” series, Collegium have performed many works for the…
Christian Altenburger Oliver Triendl
Catalogue # 7774282
Brahms’ friend Heinrich von Herzogenberg is increasingly recognised as a truly independent voice among German Romantic composers. His early admiration of Wagner and Liszt persists in these…
Weser Renaissance Manfred Cortes
Catalogue # 7775902
From a period when music in praise of the Blessed Virgin Mary\nwas particularly popular come these works by the immortal Josquin,\nwhose ingenious and sublime choral music…
Vardai Camerata Scweiz Griffiths
Catalogue # 7776122
Johann Baptist Vanhal composed some 77 symphonies matching quantity with unerring quality and gaining Charles Burney’s highest praise. While subsequently overshadowed by Haydn and Mozart, Vanhal is…
Lott Felicity Woolf Gabriel
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La Petite Bande
Catalogue # ACC25314
La Petite Bande continues its successful series with a seasonal collection. This CD includes cantatas for Christmas Day, the second and third days of Christmas and the…
Serebrier Jose Rpo
Cataqlogue # RPO017
Classic title tracks, themes and suites from films that became\nlegends during Hollywood’s Golden Age, including a superlative\nperformance of the Warsaw Concerto by Roderick Elms.
Performed…
Alberga Eleanor Taliesin Orchestra
Catalogue # ORC100019
A wonderful and magical retelling of Roald Dahl’s Snow White and\nthe Seven Dwarfs recorded in 1998 with new original music by\nEleanor Alberga and until now never…
Jurowski Vladimir Lpo
Catalogue # LPO0058
Recorded live at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, London, on 28 March 2007 (Pastorale d’été and Symphony No. 4) and 5 December 2009 (Une Cantate de Noël).
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Mehta Royal Martinez Rose Lpo
Catalogue # GFOCD01306
Glyndebourne staged the premiere of The Rape of Lucretia with Kathleen Ferrier cast as Lucretia and the following year premiered Albert Herring. Thirty four years then elapsed…
Spanyi Miklos
Catalogue # BISCD1763
In his acclaimed series of C.P.E. Bach’s music for solo keyboard, Miklós Spányi has constructed a programme consisting of four sonatas from the 1750’s, including the closing…
Wallin Ulf Pontinen Roland
Catalogue # BISSACD1784
As is the case with much of his music, Schumann’s three Violin Sonatas have not always received the appreciation they deserve. Ulf Wallin and Roland Pontinen make…
Von Otter Anne Minkowski Marc
Catalogue # V5266
On this new period instrument recording of “Les Nuits d’Été” and the symphony “Harold in Italy” by Hector Berlioz, from the award winning musical director Marc Minkowski…
Piau Sandrine Equilbey Laurence
Catalogue # V5265
Award-winning choral group Accentus and its musical director Laurence Equilbey are joined on this new recording of some of Felix Mendelssohn’s sacred choral works by one of…
Zimmermann Tamestit Poltera
Catalogue # BISSACD1857
For their second release on BIS the Trio Zimmermann play\nBeethoven’s String Trios Op.9 – a set of three that the composer\nhimself upon their completion described as…
Suzuki Masaaki Bach Collegium
Catalogue # BISSACD1941
Bach: Cantatas\n\“Man singet mit Freuden vom Sieg\” BWV149,\n\“Ich lebe, mein Herze, zu deinem Ergötzen\” BWV145,\n\“Ich liebe den Höchsten von ganzem Gemüte\” BWV174,\n\“Ich…
St Johns College Cambridge Nethsingha
Catalogue # CHSA5096
In the run-up to Advent and Christmas, the Choir of St John’s\nCollege, Cambridge under Andrew Nethsingha presents a joyous\ncelebration of music for the festive season. The…
Korcia Laurent Kantorow Jean Jacques
Catalogue # V5280
On this new Naïve recording, award-winning French violinist\nLaurent Korcia joins conductor Jean-Jacques Kantorow and the\nOrchestre Philharmonique de Liège in a performance of the Concertos\nof Tchaikovsky and…
Hough Stephen Litton Andrew
Catalogue # CDA67824
A concerto album from Stephen Hough is always a significant\nevent. For this new recording Stephen travelled to Bergen – Grieg’s\nhome town – to join forces with…
Fischer Thierry Becker Markus
Catalogue # CDA67817
Charles-Marie Widor was born in Lyon to a family of organ\nbuilders and consequently became an organist of great skill and an\nassistant to Camille Saint-Saëns at La…