Today Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672) is considered the most important and influential German composer of the early baroque era.In his 55 years of service as chapel-master to the court of Saxony in Dresden, he taught...

2017 marks the 500th anniversary of the European Reformation, started by Martin Luther in 1517. To honor this occasion, Deutsche Grammophon is releasing a new interpretation of the complete Mendelssohn symphonies, crowned by a...

In his debut album for ABC Classics, Italian-born cello virtuoso Umberto Clerici brings together a rich history of music for solo cello - from the Italian baroque to Bach's Suites, and onwards to contemporary masterpieces - to...

Billboard chart-topping violinist Rachel Barton Pine traverses Paganini's ground breaking set of 24 Caprices with virtuosic flair and, in equal measure, reverence for the bel canto - or "beautiful singing" - style of the...

Recorded live in Paris, two contrasting music dramas on the theme of an errant child, written by two supreme French composers and performed by a starry line-up of francophone singers. Mikko Franck, in his role as Music Director of...

11 World Premiere Recordings.A journey of discovery for Lezhneva, who spent days in a Berlin library unearthing this music.Incredible undiscovered arias from Carl Heinrich Graun (1704-1759), one of the...

Muses Trio celebrate music composed by women, performed by women, and focus on highlighting this relatively unknown, yet vastly deserving collection of outstanding works. The Spirit and the Maiden is their debut recording.

At the beginning of the nineteenth century, Beethoven was one of the first composers to reveal the expressive and technical qualities of the cello, both in his symphonic works and in his chamber music. With his five sonatas for...

Distant Light is Renée Fleming's first foray into the hypnotic world of Scandinavian music. For her first new studio album in three years she has chosen to inspire and provoke with a daring mix of music.<br...