ALPHA

Formed in 1994 at the Royal College of Music in London, the Belcea Quartet already has an impressive discography, including the complete Beethoven string quartets. For this new recording, the...

Arguably more known for his operas, the Moravian composer Leos Janacek also wrote choral and instrumental works and Rikadla presents the chamber/choral aspects of Janacek's works unfolding...

The young German baritone Konstantin Krimmel won the prestigious Preis des Deutschen Musikwettbewerbs in 2019, in addition to the Helmut Deutsch Prize. He joins Alpha for a number of recordings,...

In 1906, Komitas gave a concert and lecture in Paris. Debussy came on stage after the concert and knelt before the Armenian composer (who was also a priest, a singer and a pioneer of...

Closing the distance between classical music and Broadway, between the old world and the new, this album is born out of a stunning encounter between two performers. Kate Lindsey is an opera star...

After two recordings released on Alpha Classics (including a monograph devoted to Erkki-Sven T??r - ALPHA595 - that won a Diapason d'Or in 2020), the Estonian Festival Orchestra and Paavo J?rvi...

'But what are we going to do with all these pleasures?' A question sung t?te-?-t?te by the Princess and the Prince in Jacques Demy's film Peau d'?ne (Donkey Skin), and a more bothersome question for...

Johann Sebastian Bach? His very name arouses admiration, while his art generally provokes wonder, even ecstasy... To 'pay homage' to Bach is to acknowledge his special status - if not the God, at...

This recording reflects musical life in France in the eighteenth century. Leaving aside the prestigious repertoire of vocal and instrumental works, however, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien share with...

Inspired by the practice of Nuove Musiche advocated by Caccini in 1602, this album takes us to the foundations of modern Italian vocal music: a journey to the heart of the musical innovation that led...

During his lifetime, Rameau enjoyed a glittering reputation and was admired by all Europe, while Debussy's Hommage ? Rameau proves that his fame survived down the centuries. But what do we know about...

In 1680, Francois Chaperon, ma?tre de musique of the Sainte-Chapelle, entrusted the setting of some verses from the Lamentations of Jeremiah to Michel Richard de Lalande and Jean-Fery Rebel,...