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Recorded live in Tokyo on 20 May 2009 with the NHK Symphony Orchestra conducted by Tadaaki Otaka, this concert provides a new opportunity to take the full measure of the poetry deployed by Nelson...

After the Second Piano Concerto (Alpha 395), Nelson Goerner presents here his first solo Brahms recital with the Sonata op.5, a youthful composition that is 'impetuous, full of ardour and vitality',...

Brahms's Trio op.114, originally conceived for clarinet (like the two Sonatas op.120), is presented here in it's version with viola: 'Like all Brahms's works, this trio is a vocal, melodic piece. And...

Brahms / Vinnitskaya Bach - Brahms CD1. Chaconne in D minor 2. Capriccio in F-Sharp minor (Un Poco Agitato) 3. Capriccio in B minor (Allegretto Non Troppo) 4. Intermezzo in A-Flat Major (Grazioso) 5...

Brahms,J. / Helmchen,Martin Brahms: Cello Sonatas CD1. I. Allegro Non Troppo 2. II. Allegretto Quasi Menuetto 3. III. Allegro 4. I. Allegro Vivace 5. II. Adagio Affettuoso 6. III. Allegro Passionato...

On his second album for Alpha Classics, rising star violinist Kerson Leong juxtaposes the Violin Concertos of Bruch and Benjamin Britten. This unusual pairing is a reflection on the journey from one...

Nothing is as it appears in the old English manor house of Bly. A new governess takes up her post and discovers that the children who are her new charges are under the influence of the ghosts of the...

Max Bruch was eighty years old when, in 1918, he decided to return to the chamber music genre he had frequented in his early years. Stimulated by the violin virtuoso Willy Hess, he composed two...

The first performance of Anton Bruckner's Seventh Symphony at the Zurich Tonhalle took place on 14 January 1924, to mark the centenary of the composer's birth. Under the direction of Walter,...

Busch Piano Trios 65 & 90 CD

Buxtehude / Arcangelo Trio Sonatas 1 CD1. Trio Sonata in F Major, Buxwv252 2. Trio Sonata in G Major, Buxwv253 3. Trio Sonata in a Minor, Buxwv254 4. Trio Sonata in B-Flat Major, Buxwv255 5. Trio...

The sonata concertata form is perfectly illustrated in these trios by Dietrich Buxtehude which, according to Peter Wollny constitute 'a landmark in the history of the sonata'. They provide a better...