Daniil Trifonov pays homage to music created during a pivotal period in Russian history

The four works on this disc, all composed in the 1940s, embrace the lingering end of one musical tradition and the vigorous upsurge of another. Richard Stamp unites some of the finest instrumentalists from the UK and Europe in...

Sabine Devieilhe and Alexandre Tharaud bring their customary clarity, finesse and insight to the works of four composers who defined the path of French art song or mélodie from the late 19th to the mid-20th century.

Selige Stunde (roughly translated as ‘Blessed Hour’) is the first recital in a small series of recordings that Jonas Kaufmann and Helmut Deutsch have made during the COVID-19 crisis

Lang Lang plays JS Bach

When Shostakovich wrote his Piano Quintet in 1940, most of his chamber music had yet to be composed. Combining formal purity and freedom of tone, the quintet was hailed as a masterly creation and has remained his most successful...

Jonas Kaufmann is now the Otello of this generation. This recording project is the crowning glory of his journey to become today's key exponent of this legendary role.

Over a decade after its inception, ground-breaking composer Max Richter announces the release of Voices - a major new recording project inspired by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In a time of dramatic global change,...

With their own arrangement of Schubert's iconic string quartet at its heart, 12 Ensemble's latest record also features a brand new commission by Oliver Leith, alongside a poignant work by Tavener

Following the announcement by Tasmin Little of her intended retirement from the concert platform, we wanted to create an album that would stand as both a tribute to, and celebration of, her outstanding career as a performer.

The young British soprano Louise Alder traces her family history through a programme of Rachmaninov, Grieg, Medtner, Sibelius, Tchaikovsky and Britten, with superb support from Joseph Middleton.

Joe Hisaishi is one of Japan's most beloved and prolific composers. Best-known as the go-to composer for Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki (including the Academy Award-winning Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke),...

Norwegian composer and pianist Ola Gjeilo presents a stunning collection of brand-new original works for solo piano, composed and performed by Gjeilo himself.

The New Year's Concert, one of the worlds most famous and spectacular classical music events, returns for the 81st time to present a sensational programme made up of the vast repertoire of the family of Johann Strauss and its...

This 2-CD collection brings together a selection of Einaudi's most popular tracks. The "godfather of neo-classical", Ludovico Einaudi's isone of the world's most popular contemporary composers. His minimal, intimate...