BRILLIANT CLASSICS

Alexander Porfireyevich Borodin was the illegitimate son of a prince and his mistress, educated at home in St Petersburg by his mother. Although music was an early passion, he discovered his...

The First Symphony is notable for the rhythmic interest of the first movement and the lively second movement, which shows the influence of Mendelssohn, with the third movement full of heartfelt...

Hotel Terminus performed by Yuri Honing, known as "one of the most creative and fearless saxophonists of the moment". -The Times.1. Adler 2. Ibis 3. Western 4. Sheraton 5. Hyatt 6. Umai 7. Terminus

Born in a town on the shore of Lake Garda, Marco Bossi has a foothold on the catalogue thanks to his organ music: he was born into a family of organists and studied and worked in northern Italian...

Choro et Organo by Bernardino Bottazzi (1560-1614) may be considered the most extensive and best-known collection of Italian organ works from the early 17th century. In the beautiful edition printed...

Little is known of Jacques-Jules Bouffil (or Boufil, 1783-1868) before his admission to the newly founded Paris Conservatoire in 1801. There he became a clarinet student of Xavier Lefevre, apparently...

A new recording of the carefully refined, endlessly revised oeuvre of Pierre Boulez is always worth celebrating, but this one stems from a source hitherto unknown in the composer's own...

Bowen / Lombardi / Dang English Music For Oboe & Piano CD1. I. Con Moto 2. II. Elegy: Lento 3. III. Presto 4. I. Allegretto Grazioso 5. II. Andantino Espressivo 6. III. Allegro Giocoso 7. I. Theme 8...

Eugene Bozza was a 20th-century successor to Giulio Briccialdi, the Italian flautist who is celebrated in 2018, the 200th anniversary of his birth. Born to an Italian father in Nice in 1905, Bozza...

Brahms / Austbo Late Piano Pieces: Klavierstucke CD1. Fantasias (7) for Piano, Op. 116: Capriccio in D minor: Presto Energico 2. Fantasias (7) for Piano, Op. 116: Intermezzo in a Minor: Andante 3...

Lullabies of my sorrow", that is how Brahms described his short pieces for piano, the intermezzi, capriccii, Klavierst?cke and others. In the small form he expresses his deepest musical thoughts,...

Brahms / Chamber Choir Of Europe / Matt Choral Works CD1. No. 1. Rede, Madchen, Allzu Liebes 2. No. 2. Am Gesteine Rauscht Die Flut 3. No. 3. O Die Frauen 4. No. 4. Wie Des Abends Schone Rote 5. No...