BRILLIANT CLASSICS

Dvorak / Saint Louis Sym Orch / Susskind Comp Cons CD1. Allegro Agitato - Rudolf Firkusny/Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra 2. Andante Sostenuto - Rudolf Firkusny/Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra 3...

Brilliant Classics proudly presents the brand-new 5-album sets series: QUINTESSENCE, attractively priced compact box sets containing essential core classical repertoire in outstanding performances...

Dvorak / Stabat Mater Serenade For Strings CD

Dvorak / Stamitz Quartet Complete String Quartets CD

Petr Eben (1929 - 2007) was born in ?amberk, northeastern Bohemia. The son of two teachers, he studied music from an early age, becoming "conscripted" as organist when the men from his town were away...

Born in Vienna in 1765, Anton Eberl lived a quieter life than Mozart, and his music does not court the scandal or venture to the expressive extremes of his contemporary, friend and mentor. After...

Born in 1765, the same year as Mozart, Anton Eberl also displayed great musical talent from an early age. Only his father's bankruptcy saved him from a legal career, however, and he threw himself...

This release presents the best music of Ludovico Einaudi, whose aesthetic of emptiness has won him legions of fans worldwide, and Jeroen van Veen's survey of the piano music which is central to...

Elgar / Janacek / Kalinnikov / Orchestra Busoni Idyll CD1. Kalinnikov: Serenade in G minor for Strings - Orchestra Da Camera 'Ferruccio Busoni' 2. Janßcek: Idyll for String Orchestra - Orchestra Da...

The Organ Sonata by Elgar is relatively well-known, not least thanks to it's orchestration by Gordon Jacob, but the only other work he originally composed for organ is the Cantique Op.3 No.1, which...

From Arturo Toscanini and Sir John Barbirolli to Riccardo Muti and Antonio Pappano in our own time, Italian-heritage performers have often brought special qualities of sympathy and understanding to...

Born into a noble family, Isabella Leonarda (1620-1704) entered the Ursuline Convent in the Piedmontese city of Novara at the age of 16. Having taken holy orders she lived there for the rest of her...