Chamber Music & Recitals

William Sidney Mount (1807-1868) was an accomplished American painter, but he had many other interests and talents as well, such as playing the fiddle. He also designed and patented a novel type of violin, which he called "The Cradle of Harmony." the...

William Popp, one of today's greatest classical accordionists, plays his own musical compositions. These are wonderful, spirited pieces to which you will want to return over and over again. William Popp began his music training on the piano at the age of...

William Perry is best known as a composer of film scores, and especially for silent films from which Swordplay! Raises the curtain on the swashbuckling films of Douglas Fairbanks. This sparkling selection of world premiere recordings comes from Perry's...

William Mathias wrote some of the most imaginative, communicative and joyful choral music of the mid- to late 20th century. These qualities are perhaps most clearly represented in his substantial catalogue of works for choir and, in particular, his...

William Mathias as one of the greatest of British 20th century composers. This pioneering recording of his three magnificent quartets was one of Metier's earliest and most popular releases. Out of print for several years, we are delighted to bring it...

William Howard performs the solo piano music of Howard Skempton in a collection that includes Skempton's 24 Preludes and Fugues, inspired by J.S. Bach's example but in a contemporary style. Skempton's piano miniatures are concise, crystalline gems:...

William Hawley (b. 1950) is one of the central figures in today's American choral music renaissance. As a student at Ithaca College and the California Institute of the Arts, he composed avant-garde instrumental works, and even flirted with minimalism...

William Grant Still, the "Dean of Afro-American Composers," was part of the Harlem Renaissance and wrote nearly 200 works including nine operas and five symphonies. Still's many awards included three Guggenheim Fellowships and eight honorary doctorates...

William Dawson's Negro Folk Symphony was premiered by Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1934 to huge enthusiasm. It's traditional form houses a continuous process of variation and introduces little-known spirituals in fragmentary form,...

William Christie conducts Les Arts Florissants & Michel Lambert (1610-1696) Recorded in april 1983 at Le Studio 105 de la Maison de Radio France. Co production: Harmonia Mundi / Radio France.1. Lambert: Tout L'univers Ob?it ? L'amour 2. Lambert: Ombre de...

William Byrd's work stands out above all for the variety of genres and structural principles. This is particularly evident in his unique keyboard music. The influence that Byrd also had on the continental development of piano music remains remarkable...

William Byrd (circa 1543 - 1623) was considered by his contemporaries to be a musician without peer. The music he wrote for voices to sing is generally recognized as his chief glory. While there are no transcriptions of chansons or song in tabulations...