Chamber Music & Recitals

Works for violin and piano occupy a special place in the compositional output of Nikolay Medtner (1880-1951). He wrote a large number of pieces for piano and voice. Where his chamber music is concerned, however, his emphasis was on the genre of the...

Works for violin and piano are an important part of Cyril Scott' chamber music. This disc presents three sonatas which span his output.1. I. Allegro Moderato 2. II. Andante Mistico 3. III. Allegro Molto Scherzando 4. IV. Allegro Maestoso 5. I. Moderato 6...

Works by two composers working at the University of Manchester in England: one American (Kevin Malone) and one British (Richard Whalley). These new works are all based on folk music: spirituals, protest songs, work ballads. They all reflect the...

Works by Antonio Vivaldi by definition fall within the repertoire of an Ancient music ensemble such as Pandolfis Consort, which specializes in Renaissance and Baroque music. The fact that the orchestra, founded in 2004 by violist Elzbieta Sajka-Bachler,...

Working in 17th-century Venice soon after the world's first public opera houses opened there, composer Francesco Cavalli had no tradition to follow. He gave his fertile imagination free rein, tinkering with the brand-new art form to create the lively...

Work began on the basilica of Saint-Clotilde in 1846, and only three years later, construction of the organ began under the supervision of the doyen of French organ builders, Aristide Cavaill?-Coll. The instrument as it comes down to us is one of the...

Wooden spoons at the ready! Turn the oven on, weigh out the sugar and immerse yourself in a feast of classical music - from Tchaikovsky's enchanting Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy to Clara Schumann's delicious Notturno. Perhaps you fancy making a sweet...

Wood River is an engaging Brooklyn -based band lead by Charlotte Greve. A vehicle for her compositional output that goes far beyond genre classifications. Expect back beats, through composed melodies, enigmatic lyrics and grooves, bathed in swirling...

Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy has gradually built a distinguished catalogue of recordings over the years on Brilliant Classics, and each new release from this German pianist tends to be welcomed in effusive terms by the international press. His accounts of...

Wolfgang Sawallisch is known throughout the world and especially in his birthplace as a paragon among his generation of conductors and musicians, exemplifying a former world of music. After a thorough music education and a firm grounding in the art of...

Wolfgang Rubsam is one of the world's leading exponents of the music of Bach, and his extensive series of the composer's music on Naxos has earned critical admiration. In turning to the Goldberg Variations, the culmination of Baroque variation technique,...

Wolfgang Rihm, one of the foremost contemporary composers, has created a powerful body of music for the violin. Gesungene Zeit is one of his most performed works, and it demonstrates why Rihm is so admired: music that begins and ends in ethereal lines...