Chamber Music & Recitals

The year 1685 bestowed mankind with three geniuses with supernatural talents in composition and improvisation, i.e. Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Friedrich H?ndel and Domenico Scarlatti. Only the last two had the opportunity to confront themselves in a...

The worldwide lockdowns of 2020/21 proved highly fruitful for US-based violinist Itamar Zorman in his quest to seek out new repertoire. A virtual voyage around the world yielded a discovery of many lesser known and rarely played works for violin, which...

The world-renowned Brentano String Quartet presents the Franz Schubert String Quintet with guest Michael Kannen. Recorded in concerts at Amherst College the energy of the live performance is evident in this stunning recording of Schubert's masterpiece.

The world-famous mezzo-soprano Magdalena Ko?en decided to leave the world of classical music behind for a while and embarked on a gentle flirtation with the 'light muses'. She chose a truly soulful and immensely witty author for her excursion into the...

The world renowned French horn player Radek Babork has chosen for his new album "Orquestrina" compositions inspired by dance in it's various forms; alongside compositions by famous authors as Astor Piazzolla (Histoire du tango), Gabriel Faur? (Pavana) or...

The world premiere recording of Maurice Vieux's ?tudes for solo viola is presented in a double album, masterfully interpreted and performed by Marco Misciagna, who for the first time in history records and performs in a highly evocative recital...

The world premiere of the Yiddish operetta MAZELTOV RACHEL'E became a sensational success at the Cologne Opera in June 2021. For this piece, the director and author Christian von G?tz had musically collaged various numbers from the era of the New York...

The world of modern musical composition-as opposed to the arguably linear path followed for centuries by Western Music-emerges as a fascinating crossroads where different realities, styles, forms, and sounds meet. This album, besides placing particular...

The works on this first volume of the complete piano works of Mieczysowski range from very early yet characterful Mazurkas and the remarkably intense Lullaby, his Opus 1, to the at times dissonant Piano Sonata No 1.1. I. Adagio 2. II. Allegretto 3. III...

The works on this disc offer a broad survey of American violin music. John Corigliano's Chaconne is a set of variations based on his music for the 1998 film the Red Violin.1. Chaconne 2. Romanian Rhapsody No.1 3. Tristan and Isolde Fantasia - Charles...

The works on this CD span almost 30 years, from 1965 to 1994. The most striking factor is the varying yet equally successful approach adopted in writing for the clarinet by these very different composers, all of whom cater for the unique character of the...

The works on this beautiful recording are transcriptions for flute and piano of Franz Schubert masterpieces, from "Heidenr?slen," a lied he composed as a fresh-faced 17-year- old, to "St?ndchen," written just prior to his premature death at the age of 31...