Chamber Music & Recitals

The work of Gabriel Faur?, one of the most significant composers for the development of the French music at the turn of the 20th century, is not easily classified under a specific artistic trend. On the one hand, the pieces he wrote in the early stages...

The work of Dieterich Buxtehude (ca. 1637-1707), which appeared surprisingly not printed during his lifetime, with few exceptions, has survived only thanks to some manuscripts. This doubtless explains why it was totally unknown for a long time and...

The work of artists, poets and composers forms some of the most eloquent responses to the grave crisis and unutterable horror of the First World War. As humanity confronted it's potential for destruction on a grotesque and unprecedented scale, new depths...

The work is performed here with Rossini's original instrumentation and also includes the hymn for soprano and piano 'O salutaris hostia', which is often omitted. As a world first, a bonus track 'O salutaris de campagne' is included. The four soloists are...

The work group formed by Telemann's overture suites is regarded as exemplary and even today offers a wealth of discoveries - and the three works presented here in album recording premieres certainly answer this description. It is difficult to determine...

The work "REBIRTH" is composed of 11 unpublished works for piano, through which the author has tried to convey perceptions and emotions lived in intensely vivid moments of life, in the continuous search for an intellectual, sentimental and moral rebirth...

The words, with the exception of the Canticle of The Creatures, are settings of almost unknown poems by St Francis of Assisi. They cover a wide expressive and emotional range: from hope to despair, longing to acceptance, love to bitterness, delight in...

The words 'Irish blessing' are sure to make you think of the famous verse about sending a traveller on their way. It is found in German translation in the new hymn books of many Lutheran and Protestant churches. Schwetzingen chamber choir Quatro Forte,...

The woodwind quintet is probably the only instrumental combination in chamber music that can claim to have been invented twice. The colorful combination of flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon was quite popular in 18th-century noble courts, probably...

The wonderful Conspirare chamber choir, known for it's interpretive depth and other-worldly sonic lushness, offers another of it's captivating programs - this time joined by three superb guitar quartets - in a program remarkably relevant for our time...

The winner of the very first Queen Elisabeth Competition for cellists in Brussels in 2017, Victor Julien-Laferri?re also won the Victoire de la Musique Classique in 2018 in the category 'Soloist of the Year', and joined Alpha Classics in 2019 for several...

The winner of the very first Queen Elisabeth Competition for cellists in Brussels in 2017, Victor Julien-Laferri?re also received the Victoire de la Musique Classique in 2018 in the category 'Soloist of the Year'. His chamber recordings with the pianist...