Chamber Music & Recitals

Wagner Tristan & Isolde: Melchior CD

Samazeuilh / Chauzu,Olivier Nocturne / Suite In G / Chanson A Ma Poupee CD

Haydn / Salzburg Haydn Quintet Complete String Quintets CD1. Allegro Con Garbo 2. Menuetto Moderato - Trio 3. Largo 4. Allegretto - Variations I-VI 5. Menuetto, Allegretto - Trio 6. Finale: Presto 7. Allegro Spiritoso 8. Adagio Cantabile 9. Menuetto 10...

Zvonimir Nagy's Angelus is a singular journey into a meditative state. Like the commemoration of annunciation, Nagy's album features music for thoughtful contemplation, using solo organ to create delicate space for inner exploration throughout the life...

Zuzana Leharov impressively combines her cultural background with her unlimited love for jazz in her music. As a matter of course, folkloristic melodies merge with jazz solos to free improvisations. Zuzana Leharov writes: "The music on this album is...

Zuill Bailey, widely considered one of the premiere cellists in the world, is a Grammy Award winner, distinguished soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, Artistic Director and teacher. His rare combination of celebrated artistry, technical wizardry and...

Zsigmond Moricz is one of Hungary's greatest modern novelists. Be Faithful Unto Death is the moving story of a precocious schoolboy who is growing up in a boarding school in the city of Debrecen. When he is falsely accused of stealing a winning lottery...

Zoltan Kodaly, like his compatriot Bela Bartok, wrote major orchestral scores that were deeply enriched by his research into Hungarian folk music. The Dances of Galanta are full of swagger and vitality, and the Concerto for Orchestra, commissioned for...

Zoltn Kody's later years were dominated by a series of choral works but his early reputation centered upon chamber music, notably two string quartets, a Cello Sonata (8.553160) and the two masterpieces heard on this recording. The Duo for Violin and...

Zingari's libretto was inspired by Alexander Pushkin's poem "The Gypsies". Following Zaz? and Il Rolando di Berlino, Leoncavallo had abandoned the Wagner-inspired practice of writing his own librettos, and accepted the collaboration with Enrico...

Zephyr Quartet's new release, EPILOGUE, betrays expectations in the best manner possible. Listeners expecting to hear traditional (or even contemporary) classical music from this Australian string quartet will be in for a big surprise when they find...

Zemlinsky, Korngold and Bloch also shared the fate of so many other important musical voices of the early twentieth century when their music was banned, and their lives and careers upended, by the Nazi regime. ßAll three names can be found in the...