Chamber Music & Recitals

Yiran Zhao makes use not only of musical elements but also of objects, bodies, movements and light-sources as compositional material. Many of her pieces inhabit the various boundary states between instrumental music, performance, sound-installation, and...

Yesterday, with genuine pleasure I attended a kind rehearsal of the opera 'Peter Schmoll und seine Nachbarn' by my pupil Mr. Carl Maria von Weber, and I cannot help attesting with truth, [...] that I consider it only right and proper that I recommend...

Yes, there was another Cleopatra! She was married to Tigranes the Great, King of Armenia, and together they created an Armenia that reached from the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean. The resplendent and regal voice of soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian is...

'Yes, he is so related to my very self that he and I are like two fruits from the same tree, produced by the same soil and fed by the same air.' (Gustav Mahler) The premiere of the Symphony No. 1 in E major by Hans Rott, written more than 100 years...

Yellowbird features the sensational tuba virtuoso Aaron Tindall in an album that defies categorization. Tindall's latest recording includes jazz pianist (Grammy-nominated Shelly Berg) on the ballad, "The Peacocks"; Claude Bolling's "Suite for Cello &...

Yann Tiersen, a true maestro of minimalist piano music, best known for the soundtrack to the 2001 movie Amelie, has released an album of gentle melodies and soothing sounds including both music from Amelie and more recent works. Tiersen's soundtrack to...

Yamen Saadi was born in Nazareth in 1997. He started to study the violin at the Barenboim-Said Conservatory in Nazareth, and after that began to study under the guidance of the renowned Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra Concertmaster, Chaim Taub. At only 11...

Yale Choral Artists has rapidly established itself as one of the most innovative professional choirs in the world, and it's recordings of works by three Yale composers showcase the breadth of contemporary American choral music. They include the powerful...

Xiaogang Ye is regarded as one of today's leading Chinese composers, having won prestigious awards for his concert music and for numerous highly successful film scores. The works on this recording share a deep affection for the beauty and power of nature...

Xiaogang Ye is regarded as one of China's leading contemporary composers, having been awarded a 2012 Guggenheim Fellowship, a 2013 China Arts Award, and a Distinguished Alumni citation from the Eastman School of Music in 2011. The Road to the Republic...

Xiaogang Ye is one of China's best-known contemporary composers whose work is acclaimed both in East Asia and the West for it's colorful sonorities and lyrical expressiveness. Demonstrating Ye's deep love for ancient Chinese poetry, Seven Episodes for...

Xavier Montsalvatge's music enriched Catalan culture throughout the second half of the twentieth century, and he remained one of Spain's leading composers. This overview of his orchestral music begins with excerpts from his ballet Manfred, which reveal...